Polish · Restauracja
You walk into a restaurant and ask about a table: what to say in Polish
You walk into a restaurant and ask for a table.
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How it's done. In a restaurant you usually wait until the waiter shows you a table; say Mam rezerwację na nazwisko... if you booked.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
Dobry wieczór, czy mają państwo rezerwację?DOH-brih VYEH-choor, chih MIGH-om PAHNST-foh reh-zehr-VAH-tsyeh?
Good evening, do you have a reservation?
They might also say:
Dobry wieczór, stolik dla ilu osób?
DOH-brih VYEH-choor, STOH-leek dlah EE-loo OH-soop?
Good evening, a table for how many?
YOU REPLY
Dobry wieczór. Nie mamy rezerwacji. Czy macie wolny stolik dla dwóch osób?
DOH-brih VYEH-choor. Nyeh MAH-mih reh-zehr-VAH-tsyee. Chih MAH-tsyeh VOL-nih STOH-leek dlah dvookh OH-soop?
Good evening. We have no reservation. Do you have a free table for two?
THEY SAY
Tak, proszę za mną, mam stolik przy oknie.Tahk, PROH-sheh zah mnom, mahm STOH-leek pshih OK-nyeh.
Yes, please follow me, I have a table by the window.
They might also say:
Chwileczkę, sprawdzę. Tak, jest wolny stolik.
Khfee-LECH-keh, SPRAHVD-zeh. Tahk, yehst VOL-nih STOH-leek.
One moment, I'll check. Yes, there is a free table.
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YOU FINISH
Bardzo dziękuję.
BAHRD-zoh dzyayn-KOO-eh.
Thank you very much.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
wieczór
VYEH-choor
noun
evening
mają
MIGH-om
verb
they have
państwo
PAHNST-foh
noun
ladies and gentlemen
rezerwację
reh-zehr-VAH-tsyeh
noun
booking (accusative)
mamy
MAH-mih
verb
we have
18 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
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