Restaurant reservations: Setting preferences for seating, such as indoor, outdoor, or specific views.

💬 [訂位] is the usual Taiwan word for making a restaurant reservation. You can swap the object after it: [訂兩位] for booking for two, or [訂今晚的位子] for booking a table tonight.

💬 [我想] often softens what you want, so it can sound more polite than a blunt [我要]. Use the same pattern with another verb: [我想換位子] or [我想坐室內]

💬 [的] links the time phrase to the noun: [今晚的位子] is literally "tonight's seat/table," meaning a reservation for tonight. You can reuse this with other times, like [明天的位子] or [週五的位子].

💬 [我想] often softens a request, so [我想訂今晚的位子] sounds natural for "I'd like to reserve for tonight." [位子] is literally "seat," but in restaurants it often stands for your table or reservation spot.

💬 [幾位] is the set way to ask how many people are in the party. [位] is a polite counting word for people, so you'll hear [兩位], [三位], and so on.

🇹🇼 [請問] is a very common polite opener in Taiwan before asking a question to a customer or stranger. It softens the interaction, so using it yourself sounds natural rather than overly formal.

💬 [有幾位] literally uses [有] "have," but in this situation it means how many people are in your group. The [呢] at the end makes the question a bit softer and more conversational.

💬 [有幾位] is the common restaurant pattern for asking party size. [您] makes it polite, and [呢] softens the question rather than changing the basic meaning.