How to Say ‘When you visit the restaurant’ in Japanese
ご来店の際に
go raiten no sai ni
[go rye-TEN noh sigh nee]
💬 Usage Tip: 〜の際に is a formal "at the time of…", common in staff speech and on signs: お会計の際に (o-kaikei no sai ni) "when paying".
Phrase Breakdown
ご来店の
go raiten no
your visit to the shop (honorific)
Read 'go-raiten no'. 来店 means 'coming to the store', and ご makes it respectful.
ご来店のお客様へ。
To customers visiting our store.
Words in this phrase
ご
go
[go]
honorific prefix
A prefix added to words to show respect.
ご出発はいつですか？
When is your departure?
来店
raiten
[rye-TEN]
visiting the store
Coming to a shop or restaurant; used by staff about customers.
ご来店ありがとうございます。
Thank you for visiting us.
の
no
[noh]
of; linking particle
Links two nouns to make “after meals”: ごはんのあと.
ごはんのあとにお薬を飲みます。
I take medicine after meals.
際に
sai ni
at the time of / when
Read 'sai ni'. This is a formal way to say 'when'.
お帰りの際にどうぞ。
Please take one when you leave.
Words in this phrase
際
sai
[sigh]
occasion; time when
Formal word for 'at the time of'.
お帰りの際にお知らせください。
Please let us know when you leave.
に
ni
[nee]
in; at; to
Particle indicating location or target state.
手元に置きたいです。
I want to keep it at hand.
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