Checking a Restaurant Order | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: At a restaurant, a customer asks staff to confirm a mild order and side dish before the food is served..

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Dialogue

A

料理が出てくる前に、注文を確認してもよろしいでしょうか。

ryoh-REE gah deh-teh-KOO-roo mae-nee, choo-MON oh kah-koo-NIN shee-teh-moh yoh-ROH-shee deh-SHOH kah Could we review our order before the food comes out?
B

何を確認したいですか。

NAH-nee oh kah-koo-NIN shee-TIE dess kah What would you like to confirm?
A

私は、辛いものではなく、辛さ控えめのものをお願いしました。

wah-TAH-shee wa, kah-RAH-ee moh-noh deh-WAH nah-koo, kah-RAH-sah hee-kah-eh-meh noh moh-noh oh oh-neh-GUY shee-mah-SHEE-tah I asked for the mild version, not the spicy one.
B

厨房に確認してみます。

choo-BOH nee kah-koo-NIN shee-teh mee-MAHS Let me check that with the kitchen.
A

私は、付け合わせが一番心配です。

wah-TAH-shee wa, tsoo-keh-ah-wah-seh gah ee-chee-BAHN sheem-PIE dess The side dish is the part I am most worried about.
B

注文が正しく準備されるように、分かりやすいメモを追加できます。

choo-MON gah tah-dah-SHEE-koo joon-BEE sah-reh-roo yoh nee, wah-kah-ree-yah-soo-ee MEH-moh oh tsoo-ee-KAH deh-kee-MAHS I can add a clear note so the order is prepared correctly.
A

それは助かります。私たちは、注文どおりの料理をいただきたいだけです。

soh-reh wa tah-soo-kah-ree-MAHS. wah-TAH-shee-tah-chee wa, choo-MON doh-ree noh ryoh-REE oh ee-tah-dah-kee-TIE dah-keh dess That helps. We just want the meal to match our order.
B

分かりました。料理が届く前に確認したほうがよいですね。

wah-kah-ree-mah-SHEE-tah. ryoh-REE gah toh-doh-KOO mae nee kah-koo-NIN shee-tah hoh gah yoh-EE dess neh I understand. It is better to check before the food arrives.
A

料理が出される前に、注文を確認していただけますか。

ryoh-REE gah dah-sah-reh-roo mae nee, choo-MON oh kah-koo-NIN shee-teh ee-tah-dah-keh-MAHS kah Could you confirm the order before the food is served?
B

今確認して、変更が必要な点があればお伝えします。

ee-MAH kah-koo-NIN shee-teh, hen-KOH gah hee-tsoo-YOH nah ten gah ah-reh-bah oh-tsoo-TAH-eh shee-MAHS Let me check now and tell you if anything needs changing.

Word by Word

料理 料理 means food or a dish here, as in 料理が出てくる and 料理が出される. It is the meal the customer is waiting for or expects to receive.
が が marks 料理 as the subject in 料理が出てくる and 料理が届く. It shows that the food is what comes out or arrives.
出てくる 出てくる means come out or appear here, describing the food being brought out for service. A useful pattern is 料理が出てくる前に, before the food comes out.
前 前 means before in 料理が出てくる前に and 料理が届く前に. It identifies the earlier time in relation to the food coming out or arriving.
に に marks the time point before which the checking should happen in 前に. The pattern 〜前に is used when one action should occur before another.
注文 注文 means the order placed at the restaurant, as in 注文を確認する. It can also describe what the meal should match in 注文どおりの料理.
を を marks 注文 as the object of the checking action in 注文を確認して. It identifies what is being confirmed.
確認 確認 means checking or confirming the order, as in 注文を確認 and 確認してみます. It is useful for checking details with another person or department.
して して connects the checking action to the following polite expression in 確認してもよろしいでしょうか. It is the connected form used when asking permission to check.
も も contributes to the permission request in してもよろしいでしょうか. Together, this expression asks whether doing the action is acceptable.
よろしい よろしい means acceptable or all right in してもよろしいでしょうか. It is a polite way to ask whether an action is permitted.
です です gives a polite ending to したいですか in the question 何を確認したいですか. It makes the statement about what someone wants to do polite.
でしょう でしょう softens the question in よろしいでしょうか, giving it the polite sense of asking whether something would be all right. It is useful when making a careful or deferential request.
か か marks the questions 何を確認したいですか and してもよろしいでしょうか. It signals that the sentence is asking for information or permission.
何 何 means what in 何を確認したいですか. It asks which thing or detail the other person wants to confirm.
したい したい means want to do in 何を確認したいですか. Here it describes the other person's desire to confirm something.
私 私 means I in 私は and 私は、辛いものではなく. It identifies the speaker as the person who made the request and has the concern.
は は marks 私 as the topic in 私は、辛いものではなく. It sets the speaker as the person whose request or preference is being discussed.
辛い 辛い means spicy here, as in 辛いもの. It describes the option the customer says they did not request.
もの もの means thing or option in 辛いもの and 辛さ控えめのもの. Here it refers to a food option with the stated quality.
で で is part of the contrast in 辛いものではなく. It connects the description of the unwanted spicy option to the following negative contrast.
なく なく completes the negative contrast in ではなく, meaning not the spicy option but rather the mild one. This pattern is used to reject one option and contrast it with another.
辛さ 辛さ means spiciness in 辛さ控えめのもの. It identifies the degree of spicy flavor being kept moderate.
控えめ 控えめ means restrained or mild in 辛さ控えめ. Here it says that the spiciness should be kept at a moderate level.
の の links 辛さ控えめ to もの in 辛さ控えめのもの. It makes the following もの the option characterized by mild spiciness.
お願い お願い means a request in お願いしました. In this restaurant context, it refers to the customer's request for a particular version of the dish.
しました しました reports that the request was already made in お願いしました. The expression states politely that the customer asked for the mild version.
厨房 厨房 means the kitchen or cooking area in 厨房に確認してみます. It is the place the staff member will contact to verify the order.
みます みます in 確認してみます means will try doing or will check. Following 確認して, it presents the check as an action the speaker will try now.
付け合わせ 付け合わせ means a side dish in 付け合わせが一番心配です. It identifies the part of the order that worries the customer most.
一番 一番 means most in 一番心配です. It shows that the side dish is the greatest concern among the order details.
心配 心配 means worry or concern in 付け合わせが一番心配です. It describes the customer's uncertainty about whether the side dish will be correct.
正しく 正しく means correctly in 正しく準備される. It describes the order being prepared according to the customer's request.
準備 準備 means preparation in 準備される. Together with the surrounding form, it describes the order being prepared.
される される means be prepared or be done in 準備される. It presents the order as receiving the preparation, rather than focusing on who prepares it.
よう よう contributes the purpose expression in 正しく準備されるように, so that the order is prepared correctly. The pattern 〜ように can state the result someone is trying to achieve.
分かりやすい 分かりやすい means clear or easy to understand in 分かりやすいメモ. It describes a note whose content can be understood without difficulty.
メモ メモ means a note in 分かりやすいメモを追加できます. Here it is a written instruction added to help the order be prepared correctly.
追加 追加 means adding or an addition in メモを追加できます. It describes putting an extra note onto the order.
できます できます means can do or can add in メモを追加できます. It tells the customer that the staff member is able to add the note.
それ それ means that in それは助かります. It refers to the staff member's offer to add a clear note.
助かります 助かります is a polite expression meaning that helps or that is helpful in それは助かります. A customer can use it to show gratitude when someone offers useful assistance.
私たち 私たち means we or us in 私たちは、注文どおりの料理をいただきたいだけです. It refers to the customers together as the people making the request.
どおり どおり means according to or as ordered in 注文どおりの料理. It says that the meal should match the order exactly.
いただきたい いただきたい means would like to have or receive in 料理をいただきたい. Here it politely expresses the customers' wish to receive the meal they ordered.
だけ だけ means only or just in いただきたいだけです. It limits the request, showing that the customers only want the meal to match their order.
分かりました 分かりました means understood or all right in the staff member's reply. It acknowledges the customer's concern before giving the next response.
届く 届く means arrive in 料理が届く前に. Here it describes the food reaching the customers before which the order should be checked.
した した appears in 確認したほうがよい and refers to doing the checking. In this pattern, it helps recommend that the action be done.
ほう ほう means the option or course in 確認したほうがよい. Together with した and よい, it forms a recommendation that checking is better.
よい よい means good or better in したほうがよい. The pattern 〜たほうがよい recommends doing the action.
ね ね seeks agreement in 確認したほうがよいですね. It makes the recommendation sound like a shared conclusion or confirmation.
出される 出される means be served in 料理が出される前に. It describes the food being brought out by the restaurant before the checking takes place.
いただけます いただけます in 確認していただけますか forms a polite request for the other person to do the checking. It presents the action as something the speaker is asking the other person to kindly do.
今 今 means now in 今確認して. It specifies that the staff member will begin checking immediately.
変更 変更 means a change in 変更が必要な点. Here it refers to any order detail that may need to be changed.
必要 必要 means necessary in 変更が必要な点. It describes a point for which a change is required.
な な links 必要 to the noun 点 in 必要な点. It allows the description necessary to modify the following aspect.
点 点 means point or aspect in 変更が必要な点. Here it refers to an order detail that might require a change.
あれば あれば means if there is or are in 変更が必要な点があれば. It introduces the condition that a change-requiring detail exists.
お伝え お伝え means inform or tell in お伝えします. Here it refers to communicating any necessary change to the customer.
します します means will do or will tell in お伝えします. Together with お伝え, it politely states that the speaker will inform the customer.

Grammar Points

〜される

料理が注文どおりに準備されます。

ryoh-REE gah choo-MON doh-REE nee joon-BEE sah-reh-MAHS

The dish is prepared as ordered.

〜される forms the passive voice. It shows that the dish receives the action of being prepared.

お〜します

厨房に変更点をお伝えします。

choo-BOH nee hen-KOH-ten oh oh-tsoo-TAH-eh shee-MAHS

I will convey the changes to the kitchen.

お伝えします is a polite humble expression used when the speaker conveys information to someone.

Japanese Vocabulary

お願いする verb
oh-neh-GUY soo-ROO ask for; request お願いしました
一番 adv
ee-chee-BAHN most; the most
何 pron
NAH-nee what
確認する verb
kah-koo-NIN soo-ROO confirm; check 確認して
出てくる verb
deh-teh-KOO-roo come out; be served
心配 adj
shem-PIE worry; concern 心配です
辛い adj
kah-RAH-ee spicy; hot
辛さ控えめ phrase
kah-RAH-sah hee-kah-eh-MEH mild; low in spiciness
厨房 noun
choo-BOH kitchen
注文 noun
choo-MON order
付け合わせ noun
tsoo-keh-ah-wah-SEH side dish
料理 noun
ryoh-REE dish; food

Quiz

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confirm; check

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ask for; request

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mild; low in spiciness

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come out; be served

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