Restaurant reservations Part 4: Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.
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Key Phrases
Quería hacer una reserva.
I'd like to make a reservation.
Quería preguntar por la accesibilidad.
I wanted to ask about accessibility.
¿Me confirma la reserva?
Can you confirm the reservation?
Skills You'll Learn
Making a restaurant reservation for a specific day, time, and number of people.
Hacer una reserva en un restaurante para un día, una hora y un número de personas concretos.
Asking about accessibility features such as ramps, space between tables, and accessible restrooms.
Preguntar por la accesibilidad, como rampas, espacio entre las mesas y baño adaptado.
Confirming reservation details politely and understanding the restaurant's response.
Confirmar los detalles de una reserva con cortesía y entender la respuesta del restaurante.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Spain to book a family dinner for Saturday. You want to confirm the reservation details and ask about accessibility, including wheelchair access, space between tables, and an accessible restroom for your mother.
Hola, quería hacer una reserva para cenar en familia.
Hello, I’d like to make a reservation for a family dinner.
Claro, encantado. ¿Para qué día y cuántas personas?
Of course, happy to help. For what day and for how many people?
Para el sábado, para cinco personas. Quería preguntar por la accesibilidad.
For Saturday, for five people. I wanted to ask about accessibility.
Por supuesto. El restaurante tiene rampa en la entrada.
Certainly. The restaurant has a ramp at the entrance.
Qué bien. Mi madre usa silla de ruedas. ¿Hay espacio entre las mesas?
That’s good. My mother uses a wheelchair. Is there space between the tables?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Quería
keh-REE-ah
I wanted / wanted to
💬 [Quería] often softens a request in Spain: literally "I wanted," but used like "I'd like." Same pattern: [Quería reservar una mesa.]
See breakdown →Hacer
ah-SEHR
To make / to do
Una reserva
OO-nah reh-SEHR-bah
A reservation / a booking
💬 Spanish usually says [hacer una reserva] for "make a reservation." You can reuse the same pattern with other nouns: [hacer una pregunta].
See breakdown →Quería hacer una reserva.
keh-REE-ah ah-SEHR OO-nah reh-SEHR-bah
I'd like to make a reservation.
💬 [Quería] makes the request sound polite and less direct, more like "I'd like to..." than a plain past tense. You can swap in other verbs the same way: [Quería preguntar] or [Quería confirmar].
See breakdown →Para cenar
PAH-rah seh-NAHR
For dinner
En familia
ehn fah-MEE-lyah
With the family
💬 [En familia] means "as a family" or "with the family," not literally "in family." Spanish often uses [en] in fixed expressions like this: [viajar en grupo].
See breakdown →Para cenar en familia
PAH-rah seh-NAHR ehn fah-MEE-lyah
For dinner with the family
💬 [Cenar] is "to have dinner," so [para cenar] is the natural Spanish way to say "for dinner." The same pattern works with meals: [para comer].
See breakdown →Claro.
KLAH-roh
Of course.
Encantado.
ehn-kahn-TAH-doh
Happy to help.
🇪🇸 In Spain, staff may say [Encantado.] or similar warm replies on the phone, but it does not mean they are being unusually personal. It is just a friendly service tone.
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