How to Say ‘Good afternoon, La Casona restaurant.’ in Mexican Spanish
Buenas tardes, restaurante La Casona.
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs rehs-tow-RAHN-teh lah kah-SOH-nah
[BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs rehs-tow-RAHN-teh lah kah-SOH-nah]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: This is how Mexican restaurants typically answer the phone: greeting first, then the restaurant's name. Buenas tardes runs from about noon until dark, so use it for an afternoon call.
Phrase Breakdown
Buenas tardes,
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs
Good afternoon,
Greeting used from about noon until dark. Say it as BUE-nas TAR-des.
Buenas tardes, señora.
Good afternoon, ma'am.
Words in this phrase
Buenas
[BWEH-nahs]
good
Feminine plural of 'bueno', used in greetings.
Buenas noches a todos.
Good night, everyone.
tardes
[TAR-dehs]
afternoon
Plural of 'tarde'; used in the greeting 'buenas tardes'.
Trabajo por las tardes.
I work in the afternoons.
restaurante La Casona.
rehs-tow-RAHN-teh lah kah-SOH-nah
La Casona restaurant.
How staff identify the business when they answer the phone. Roll the initial 'r'.
Llamé al restaurante La Casona.
I called La Casona restaurant.
Words in this phrase
restaurante
[rehs-tow-RAHN-teh]
restaurant
A place where meals are served.
El restaurante abre a la una.
The restaurant opens at one.
La
[lah]
the
Feminine singular definite article used before a feminine noun.
La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».
The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”
Casona
[kah-SOH-nah]
big house (name)
A large old house; often used as a restaurant name.
Vivimos en una casona antigua.
We live in an old mansion.
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