Restaurant reservations Part 3: Asking about any ongoing promotions or special menus.
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Key Phrases
Quiero hacer una reservación para mañana.
I want to make a reservation for tomorrow.
¿Para cuántas personas? Seríamos cuatro.
For how many people? There would be four of us.
¿Tienen alguna promoción o algún menú especial esta semana?
Do you have any promotions or a special menu this week?
Skills You'll Learn
Making a restaurant reservation and confirming the date and time.
Hacer una reservación en un restaurante y confirmar la fecha y la hora.
Asking about availability, table size, and seating for a group.
Preguntar por disponibilidad, tamaño de mesa y lugar para un grupo.
Inquiring about promotions and special menus.
Preguntar por promociones y menús especiales.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Mexico to reserve a table for four people for tomorrow at eight, while also asking about current promotions and the special menu of the week.
Hola, buenas tardes. Quiero hacer una reservación para mañana.
Hello, good afternoon. I want to make a reservation for tomorrow.
Claro, con gusto. ¿Para cuántas personas sería?
Of course, with pleasure. For how many people would it be?
Seríamos cuatro. ¿Tienen mesa para las ocho?
There would be four of us. Do you have a table for eight o'clock?
Sí, sí tenemos lugar a esa hora.
Yes, we do have availability at that time.
Perfecto. También quería preguntar si tienen alguna promoción ahorita.
Perfect. I also wanted to ask if you have any promotion right now.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenas
BWEH-nahs
Good
Tardes
TAR-des
Afternoon / evening
Buenas tardes.
BWEH-nahs TAR-des
Good afternoon.
Quiero
KYEH-roh
I want
Hacer
ah-SEHR
To make / to do
Una reservación
OO-nah reh-sehr-bah-SYOHN
A reservation
💬 In Mexico, both [reservación] and [reserva] are used, but [hacer una reservación] is completely natural. You can swap in other nouns after [hacer una...], like [hacer una cita].
See breakdown →Quiero hacer una reservación.
KYEH-roh ah-SEHR OO-nah reh-sehr-bah-SYOHN
I want to make a reservation.
Para
PAH-rah
For
Mañana
mah-NYAH-nah
Tomorrow
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