Restaurant reservations Part 2 (Advanced): Specifying any dietary restrictions or special requests.

💬 llevar usually means "to carry," but with food it means "to contain." Ask ¿Qué lleva? "What's in it?"

🇲🇽 Many moles are thickened with bread or crackers, so they can hide gluten. Ask about any sauce you aren't sure of.

💬 nada más literally means "nothing more," but in Mexico it's an everyday way to say "just." For example: nada más quería preguntar "I just wanted to ask."

💬 qué bueno que works like "I'm glad that" and fits in front of any statement. For example: qué bueno que vino "glad you came."

💬 Spanish says you "have" care: tener cuidado. Add con to name the danger: tengan cuidado con el pan "be careful with the bread."

💬 After para que "so that," the verb changes shape, so está becomes esté. al tanto is a common Mexican way to say "informed."

💬 Spanish often keeps this singular where English uses a plural. ¿alguna alergia? is the natural way to ask "any allergies?"

💬 Mexico says cacahuate. You may know maní from other countries, but it's less common here. al is just a + el squeezed together.

🇲🇽 Salsa macha is often left on the table or drizzled on dishes without any mention. If you have a peanut allergy, ask about it specifically.

💬 se here is really le "to you." It turns into se whenever it sits right before lo or la.

🇲🇽 Pairing thanks with muy amable is a warm, very common way to close a call in Mexico. Staff will often reply a sus órdenes "at your service".

🇲🇽 Said in reply to gracias, it means "no, thank YOU." It sounds warm and a bit more gracious than de nada.

💬 In Mexico, quedar is used constantly to mean something is settled or done. On its own, ya quedó means "all set."

💬 lo here means a formal "you" said to a man. To a woman it's la esperamos, and to a group it's los esperamos.

💬 Putting que before the verb turns it into a wish. Swap the time of day as needed: que tenga buen día "have a good day."