Restaurant reservations Part 2: Understanding cancellation policies and deadlines.

💬 [Quería] often softens a request in Spain: literally "I wanted to...", but it works like a polite "[I'd like to]..." in English. You can reuse it with other verbs: [quería preguntar] or [quería reservar].

💬 [Quería] often sounds more polite than a blunt present like [quiero] in service situations. The same pattern works in many requests: [Quería cambiar la reserva.]

💬 [A nombre de quién] is the fixed way to ask whose name a booking is under, not a word-for-word match to English. Reuse it for other bookings too: [¿A nombre de quién es la mesa?]

💬 Spanish often says [¿A nombre de quién está... ?] where English uses "under whose name is... ?". You'll hear the same structure with other reservations: [¿A nombre de quién está la mesa?]