Taking orders at a restaurant as a waiter: Highlighting the menu

🇯🇵 [いらっしゃいませ] is a fixed store-and-restaurant greeting said to customers, not something customers say back. In Japan, people usually just nod or proceed rather than answering [Welcome].

💬 [こちら] is a polite way to say [this way / here], often softer than more direct words like [ここ]. With [へ], it becomes [toward this way], as in [こちらへ] or [あちらへ].

💬 [どうぞ] is very flexible: it can mean [please], but also [go ahead] or [here you are] depending on the situation. You'll hear it a lot when offering, handing over, or inviting someone to proceed.

🇯🇵 [こちらへどうぞ] is a standard staff phrase when leading a customer to a seat. It's polite but routine, so you'll hear it in casual places too.

💬 [てください] is a common way to ask someone to do something: [みせてください] = [please show me]. You can swap in other verb-[て] forms, like [まってください] for [please wait].

💬 Put [を] after the thing you want someone to act on: [メニューをみせてください] = [please show me the menu]. [を] is pronounced (o), not (wo).

💬 [こちらが] often introduces something politely: [here is ...] or [this is ...]. The [が] marks what's being presented, as in [こちらがお水です] ([here is your water]).