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You phone a restaurant and book a table: what to say in Czech

You phone a restaurant and book a table.

Restaurace / hospoda9 linesLevel A2For life in Czechia The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. When booking give the day, time, number of people and surname; for a bigger group at the weekend book in advance and arrive on time, because tables are held only briefly.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Restaurace U Lípy, dobrý den.
RES-tow-ruh-tseh Oo LEE-pih, DOH-brih dayn.
U Lípy restaurant, good day.
They might also say:
Dobrý den, restaurace, slyším vás.
DOH-brih dayn, RES-tow-ruh-tseh, SLIH-sheem vahs.
Good day, the restaurant, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Dobrý den, chtěl{|a} bych rezervovat stůl na sobotu.
DOH-brih dayn, khtyehl bikh REH-zehr-voh-vuht stool nuh SOH-boh-too.
Good day, I'd like to book a table for Saturday.
THEY SAY
Na kolik osob a na kolik hodin?
Nuh KOH-leek OH-sob uh nuh KOH-leek GOH-deen?
For how many people and at what time?
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YOU REPLY
Pro šest osob, na sedmnáctou hodinu.
Proh shest OH-sop, nuh SEDM-nuhts-toh-oo GOH-dee-noo.
For six people, at five in the afternoon.
THEY SAY
V sobotu v sedmnáct hodin pro šest osob. Na jaké jméno?
V SOH-boh-too f SEDM-nuhtst GOH-deen proh shest OH-sop. Nuh YAH-keh YMEH-noh?
On Saturday at five for six people. Under what name?
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YOU REPLY
Na jméno Kovalenko.
Nuh YMEH-noh KOH-vuh-layn-koh.
Under the name Kovalenko.
THEY SAY
Dobře, zapsáno. Prosím, přijďte včas, stůl držíme patnáct minut.
DOBR-zheh, ZAHP-suh-noh. PROH-seem, PRSHEEYTY-teh fchahs, stool DRZHEE-meh PAHT-nuhtst MEE-noot.
Fine, noted. Please come on time, we hold the table for fifteen minutes.
They might also say:
Máme zapsáno. Stůl držíme čtvrt hodiny.
MAH-meh ZAHP-suh-noh. Stool DRZHEE-meh chtvrt GOH-dee-nih.
Noted. We hold the table for a quarter of an hour.
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YOU FINISH
Děkuji za pomoc, na shledanou.
DYEH-kooy-ee zah POH-mots, nuh SKHLEH-duh-noh-oo.
Thank you for the help, goodbye.
THEY SAY
Na shledanou.
Nuh SKHLEH-duh-noh-oo.
Goodbye.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Restaurace
RES-tow-ruh-tseh
noun
restaurant
Lípy
LEE-pih
noun
linden tree (genitive)
dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
bych
bikh
verb
would
rezervovat
REH-zehr-voh-vuht
verb
to reserve

29 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Můžete mi to napsat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh mee toh NAHP-suht, PROH-seem?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
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