How to order food and drink in a restaurant in Vietnamese?

Conversations at the restaurant or a coffee shop are always a hot topic in any languages. This lesson is created to help Vietnamese learn to order food or drink at these places.

How to mention food & drink:

4 units used for food and drink

• tô : a big bowl
• chén: a small bowl
• dĩa : a plate
• ly : a glass

Structure:

Example:

• 1 tô phở
• 1 chén cơm
• 3 dĩa cơm
• 2 ly nước cam

How to order food/ drink

Example:

Lấy cho anh 1 ly nước cam đi. (A glass of orange juice, please!)

Cho em 1 tô phở. (A bowl of Pho, please!)

How to pay

To ask the waiter/ waitress to come and get you the bill, you can say Tính tiền dùm anh đi.

(tính : calculate,  tiền: money )

Other examples, tính tiền dùm tôi/ em/ chú.. (đi)

When you get the change, you can say  Thối tiền dùm anh. 

(thối tiền: give the change back to the customer)

 

VOCABULARY

Common Vietnamese food (Watch the video for more pictures)

• Gà kho xả ớt
• Canh chua cá lóc
• Cá chiên xù
• Phở
• Hủ tiếu
• Bún
• Cơm

Common Vietnamese drink (Watch the video for more pictures)

• Sinh tố bơ
• Nước mía
• Nước ngọt

Watch the video to see our drama with clear pronunciation and explanations

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