Eating out

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Instructions

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The Boat Restaurant

★★★★☆

489 reviews

Lunch served 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Dinner served 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Reviews

Info

Starters

All starters are served with bread and butter

Tomato soup

£2.00

French onion soup

£2.50

Tomato salad

£2.90

Chicken Salad

£3.30

Snacks (lunchtime only)

All snacks are served with salad and chips

Cheese omelette

£3.50

Vegetable omelette

£3.25

Cheese & tomato sandwich

£3.25

Burger

£2.90

Cheese burger

£3.20

Chicken sandwich

£3.50

Chocolate cake

£2.25

Main courses

German sausage and chips

£6.50

Grilled fish and potatoes

£6.25

Italian cheese & tomato pizza

£4.85

Thai chicken and rice

£5.95

Vegetable pasta

£4.85

Roast chicken and potatoes

£5.95

Desserts

Fruit salad and cream

£2.25

Ice cream (choose from chocolate, coffee or lemon)

£2.00

Lemon cake

£2.25

Chocolate cake

£2.25

Cheese and biscuits

£2.50

Drinks

Mineral water

£1.00

Fresh orange juice

£1.25

Soft drinks

£1.30

English tea

£0.90

Irish cream coffee

£0.90

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Waiter: Hello.
Jamie: Hi. A table for two, please.
Waiter: Of course. Over here, please. Here’s the menu.
Sally: Thank you.
(pause)
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Sally: Yes, we are.
Waiter: What would you like for your starter?
Jamie: I’d like French onion soup, please.
Sally: And I’ll have a tomato salad, please.
Waiter: And for your main course?
Jamie: Mmm, I’m not sure. I don’t know whether to have the steak or Thai chicken.
Sally: Oh, I’d like the Thai chicken and rice please.
Jamie: OK, me too.
Waiter: So that’s two Thai chicken and rice. What would you like to drink?
Jamie: I’ll have a fresh orange juice and ...
Sally: I’d like some mineral water, please.
Waiter: OK, thank you.

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Discussion

What food and drink from this menu would you order?

Language level

A2 English level (pre-intermediate)

Topics

restaurants

food

Average: 3.7 (16 votes)

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Comments

Submitted by Giovannichoi on Fri, 06/12/2020 - 04:49

Well, I'd like some French Onion Soup for the starter, and German sausage and chips for the main course. Also I want a cheese burger for snack, and an Ice-cream coffee (Affogato) for drink. And at last, for the dessert, I'll get some Chocolate cake. I bet it will be very good!!!!!!!

Submitted by anna_v3r on Thu, 06/04/2020 - 08:35

From this menu I would like to order tomato soup and an Italian cheese & tomato pizza. To drink I would like a fresh orange juice.

Submitted by DIGIOTANIMES on Sat, 05/30/2020 - 20:58

I would like to order a chicken salad, a chocolate cake, a cheese omelette, a thai chicken and rice, a ice cream, a cheese and biscuits and fresh orange juice

Submitted by nimdini on Wed, 05/13/2020 - 04:23

I would like to order German sausage and chip.

Submitted by anhtuanbk60 on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 15:14

Waiter: Hello. Are you ready to order? Me : yes. I'll have a English tea and wifi password, please.

Submitted by Y_A_S_H on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 16:50

I think you should say- Yes, I'll have an English tea and the Wi-Fi password, please.

In reply to Waiter: Hello. Are you ready by anhtuanbk60

Submitted by vittoriadigianno on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 11:54

i would like order cheese burger and chocolate cake

Submitted by mmatildepontoni04 on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 17:49

In this restaurant I'd like to order tomato soup for starter, Thai chicken and rice for main courses, mineral water as a drink and lemon cake for dessert

Submitted by chiarusso on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 17:23

i would order an italian pizza and a mineral water

Submitted by Matteo on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 17:23

I would like to order a grilled fish with potatoes and water

Submitted by Shhhh on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 02:48

To eat to ask German sausage and chips and ice cream. And to drink Fresh orange juice.

Submitted by gio_cra2004 on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 15:51

I'd like order a roast chicken and potatoes, mineral water and chocolate cake, thanks.

Submitted by _16lx on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 15:04

I'll like for stater French onion soup and for main course I'll have Thai chicken and rice and for drink I'll have soft drink

Submitted by Gabriele1926 on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 11:00

I would like grilled fish and potatoes, mineral water and an ice cream

Submitted by alaricofranca02 on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 12:12

I would order Italian pizza and mineral water and lemon cake for dessert. thanks

Submitted by giogiomas on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 17:13

I would order a Thai Chicken and a mineral water.

In reply to I would order Italian pizza by alaricofranca02

Submitted by sunflower on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 18:10

I'd like an Italian cheese and tomato pizza

Submitted by AnahiG on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 15:31

I found a restaurant with varied food.

Submitted by paulagosia on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:43

In this restaurant I'd like to order a Chicken salad, Vegetable pasta, chicken sandwich , mineral water and ice scream.

Submitted by AnahiG on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 23:13

i found a restaurant with varied food.

In reply to In this restaurant I'd like by paulagosia

Submitted by AnahiG on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 23:13

i found a restaurant with varied food.

In reply to In this restaurant I'd like by paulagosia

Submitted by ServerMateYT321 on Mon, 03/16/2020 - 16:38

no starter italian cheese and tomato pizza soft drinks lemon cake

Submitted by Jocher on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 13:57

I would order Italian pizza and mineral water, and I would also like to express my gratitude for such a wonderful site. THANKS

Submitted by Raysan on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 15:24

I'd like the tomato soup as a starter, Italian cheese & tomato pizza as main courses, English tea as a drink, burger as a snack and ice cream as a dessert! How do you feel about those?

Submitted by maikha on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 09:40

I'd like tomato soup for started, roast chicken with potato for main course and a chocolate cake for desert is so wonderful!

Submitted by nga2k5ute on Sat, 08/17/2019 - 14:02

I can't do the preparation task. Please help me! There's a problem with it.

Submitted by Tina - Coordinator on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 07:40

Hi nga2k5ute,
I've just tried the preparation task and it's working for me, perhaps you could 'refresh' your page and try again. Let us know if you continue to have problems.
All the best, Tina ☺
(LearnEnglish Teens team)

In reply to I can't do the preparation by nga2k5ute

Submitted by nga2k5ute on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 13:43

It works now, thanks.

In reply to Hi nga2k5ute, by Tina - Coordinator

Submitted by empty on Sun, 07/28/2019 - 09:09

Actually , I don't like to eat those items . except for the tomato soup ,German sausage and chips and Mineral water .

Submitted by Thu on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 06:35

I'd like to order a Tomato Soup for starter, and Italian Cheese & Tomato Pizza with German Sausage and Chips for main courses. For a drink, I'd like to have a glass of fresh orange juice. And about the desert, I'd like lemon or chocolate ice cream. What a wonderful dinner. : )

Submitted by Kaity on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 03:39

Hi! I will choose onion soup for appetizers. Chicken salad and burgers for main course. I will use fresh orange juice. Cream for dessert.

Submitted by levansonqs on Mon, 06/24/2019 - 08:40

Hi all, About me, I think French onion soup for starter and then I will eat Grilled fish and potatoes for the main course, For drink, I think fresh orange juice.

Submitted by Shashi on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 12:27

I'll have Tomato salad, Vegetable pasta, Irish cream coffee, Chocolate cake and Burger .

Submitted by vy08 on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:15

borring because my teacher (-) my point. ( hate it)

Submitted by nguyenninh on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 04:04

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Submitted by Patrick1966 on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 16:11

And how are we supposed to know if the drinks they ordered were or not cold???

Submitted by JoModerator on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 09:05

Hi Patrick1966,

The drinks they order are fresh orange juice and mineral water. These are cold drinks.

Soft drinks are also cold, but English tea and Irish cream coffee are hot drinks.

I hope that helps!

Best wishes,

Jo (LearnEnglish Teens team)

In reply to And how are we supposed to by Patrick1966

Submitted by AbdlrahmanMohamed on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 16:13

The sound track is not working

Submitted by editor_rachael on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 09:58

Hi AbdlrahmanMohamed,

Sorry you're having problems with the audio. I've just tested it and it's working fine for me. What browser and device are you using? Try using a different browser and device, if possible, to see if that helps. Is this the only audio that doesn't work for you or are you having problems on other pages too? If so, can you tell us what pages?

Best wishes,

Rachael
LearnEnglish Teens team

In reply to The sound track is not by AbdlrahmanMohamed

Submitted by Kongking123 on Mon, 01/21/2019 - 10:59

Feels bad man

In reply to The sound track is not by AbdlrahmanMohamed

Submitted by PinkyT on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 12:22

Hi, there is an error in one of the downloads. It is on the exercise page, number 2, where you must select a word from the word bank to fill in the gaps, but the word bank is missing.

Submitted by Tina - Coordinator on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 15:51

Hi PinkyT,
Thanks so much for letting us know! I'll pass it on to our Teens Team and add the missing 'word bank'! :)
Best wishes, Tina (LearnEnglish Teens Team)

In reply to Hi, by PinkyT

Submitted by khanhlinh92004 on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 15:17

I will eat all the food. Come on! Let's eat all you like. Eating is the best. I love eating.

Submitted by iiLavenderii on Sat, 04/14/2018 - 20:15

i like fresh orange juice, salad and rice

Submitted by Kongking123 on Mon, 01/21/2019 - 11:00

I like blue waffles

In reply to i like fresh orange juice, by iiLavenderii

Submitted by SLMT on Fri, 04/06/2018 - 00:31

I would like to have chicken salad for starter,Grilled fish and potatoes for main course,lemon cake for dessert. For a drink,I would like a glass of fresh orange juice.

Submitted by cat28 on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 13:40

I'd like spring rolls, Thai curry with rice, and Beer please!

Submitted by Athony on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 15:58

Mom's food is best

Submitted by Danganhminh2007 on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 12:17

My mother's food is the best

Submitted by Athony on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 15:59

Right

In reply to My mother's food is the best by Danganhminh2007

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