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You book a table at a restaurant: what to say in Spanish
You book a table at a restaurant.
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How it's done. At a restaurant you say reservar una mesa para dos; give time and name; Spaniards dine late: from nine, and lunch is around two.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
Restaurante La Plaza, buenas tardes.Res-tow-RAHN-teh Lah PLAH-suh, boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des.
La Plaza restaurant, good afternoon.
YOU REPLY
Buenas tardes, quisiera reservar una mesa para dos esta noche.
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, kee-SYEH-ruh reh-sehr-BAHR OO-nuh MEH-suh PAH-ruh dos ES-tuh NOH-cheh.
Good afternoon, I'd like to book a table for two tonight.
THEY SAY
¿A qué hora?Uh keh OH-ruh?
At what time?
They might also say:
¿Para qué hora la quiere?
PAH-ruh keh OH-ruh lah KYEH-reh?
For what time?
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YOU REPLY
A las nueve, por favor.
Uh lahs noo-EH-beh, por fuh-BOR.
At nine, please.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. ¿A nombre de quién?Mooy byayn. Uh NOM-breh deh kyayn?
Very well. In whose name?
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YOU FINISH
A nombre de Kovalenko.
Uh NOM-breh deh Koh-VAH-layn-koh.
Under the name Kovalenko.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Les esperamos a las nueve.Pehr-FEK-toh. Les es-peh-RAH-mos uh lahs noo-EH-beh.
Perfect. We'll expect you at nine.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Restaurante
Res-tow-RAHN-teh
noun
restaurant
Plaza
PLAH-suh
noun
square
buenas
boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
tardes
TAHR-des
noun
afternoons, evenings
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
reservar
reh-sehr-BAHR
verb
to book
23 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Similar situations
You walk into a restaurant and ask for a tableRestaurante / menú del día · A1 in the app
→You ask for the menu and drinksRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
→You order the set lunchRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
→You mention an allergy or dietary restrictionRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
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