Eating Out — Restaurants and Role-Plays

Eating out is a practical GCSE German topic that appears frequently in speaking role-plays and listening tasks. You need vocabulary for restaurant situations, the ability to order food and drink, express preferences, deal with problems and pay the bill.

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1. Types of Eating Establishments (Gaststätten)

German	English
das Restaurant	restaurant
das Gasthaus / die Gaststätte	inn / pub restaurant
das Café	café
die Kneipe	pub
der Biergarten	beer garden
die Imbissbude / der Imbiss	snack bar / takeaway stall
das Schnellrestaurant / Fast-Food-Restaurant	fast-food restaurant
die Konditorei	cake shop / patisserie
die Eisdiele	ice cream parlour
die Pizzeria	pizzeria

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2. At the Restaurant — Key Phrases

Arriving