Restaurant
Lesson 39
How was your meal?
料理の感想を尋ねる

Conversation
※日本語訳は下記にあります
Customer
Excuse me, may we have the bill please?
Waiter
No problem. I’ll bring it right away. Here you go. And how was your meal?
Customer
Oh, it was great. Thank you. I’ve never been to a restaurant with a call button like this before.
Waiter
They are very common in Japanese restaurants. Is the service different from your country?
Customer
Yes, very different. I think the service is very speedy here, and everyone is super polite. It’s kind of hard to get used to!
Waiter
Thank you very much.
Language Focus
How was your meal?
お食事はどうでしたか？
Did you enjoy your meal today?
お食事を楽しめましたか？
Was everything to your liking?
お気に召しましたか？
I hope everything was adequate.
ご満足いただけるとよいのですが。
Was everything ok for you tonight?
何かご不満はありませんでしたか？
Everything was just fine.
とてもよかったです。
It was great, thank you.
よかったです、どうもありがとうございます。
Service was a little slow.
接客が少々もたついていました。
It was very reasonable, thank you.
とても（値段が）お手頃でした。
Do we need to tip?
チップがいりますか？
Can I leave a tip?
チップを置いておいていいですか？
It’s not necessary.
必要ありません。／お気持ちだけで。
Vocabulary and Pronunciation Practice
reasonable
それほど高くない
necessary
必要な
service
接客
meal
食事
adequate
適当な
used to
慣れている
tip
チップ
enjoy
楽しむ
Practice
Match the definitions to the words on the right.
  1. _________ being essential
  2. _________ fulfilling all demands or requirements, approval
  3. _________ accustomed or habituated to
  4. _________ not alike in character or quality
  5. _________ to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence
  6. _________ moderate, especially in price; not expensive
  7. _________ satisfaction, to have experienced with joy
  8. _________ a small present of money given to someone for a service
  9. _________ a push switch, device or bell used to summon someone
  10. _________ as good as necessary for some requirement
  11. ___________ swift, quickly, quite fast
  1. enjoy
  2. used to
  3. reasonable
  4. adequate
  5. necessary
  6. tip
  7. call button
  8. speedy
  9. satisfactory
  10. hope
  11. different
Listening

Listen to the following conversations. How was the customer’s meal?

Conversation 1: _______________________________
Conversation 2: _______________________________
Conversation 3: _______________________________
Conversation 4: _______________________________
Conversation 5: _______________________________

Roleplay: Use the following information.
1. How was your meal? / Delicious, thank you
2. Was everything satisfactory? / Yes, very reasonable.
3. How did you enjoy the meal? / It was great, service was very swift
4. I’m sorry to say, the service is very slow / Our apologies
5. How was everything for you today? / Very satisfactory
6. Did you enjoy your visit? / It great, do I leave a tip?
Conversation 日本語訳
客
すみません、お会計をお願いできますか？
ウェイター
かしこまりました。すぐにお勘定をお持ちします。どうぞ。 お食事はどうでしたか？
客
おいしかったです。こういう呼び出しボタンがあるレストランに来るのは初めてでした。
ウェイター
日本のレストランによくあります。あなたの国と接客の仕方は違います？
客
はい、大きく違います。 日本の接客はとてもスピーディで、みんなとても礼儀正しいです。なかなか慣れないですね。
ウェイター
ありがとうございます。
Listening Conversations:
Conversation 1:
Waiter
How was you meal tonight, sir?
Customer
The food was delicious. Thank you very much for a wonderful meal.
Conversation 2:
Waiter
Was the meal to your liking today?
Customer
Yes, it was very good. I’m afraid the service was a bit slow though.
Conversation 3:
Waiter
I hope everything was satisfactory?
Customer
Yes, it was just lovely. Thank you.
Conversation 4:
Customer
I’d like to make a complaint. The service was not satisfactory tonight. Very slow.
Waiter
Please accept our deepest apologies.
Conversation 5:
Waiter
Did you have a good time tonight?
Customer
Yes, everything was just great. And the price is so reasonable!
日本語訳
会話 1:
ウェイター
今夜のお食事はどうでしたか？
客
とてもおいしかったです。ごちそうさまでした。
会話 2:
ウェイター
お食事はお気に召しましたか？
客
はい、とてもおいしかったです。ただ、接客が少々もたついていましたけど。
会話 3:
ウェイター
ご満足いただけたならよいのですが？
客
はい、とてもよかったです。ありがとうございました。
会話 4:
客
ちょっと文句を言いたいのですが。今夜は接客に満足いきませんでした。とても遅くて。
ウェイター
大変申し訳ありません。
会話 5:
ウェイター
今夜はご満足いただけましたか？
客
はい、とてもよかったです。値段もそんなに高くないですし。