The menu in a restaurant – Useful words and phrases
1. Categories on the menu
- Appetizers (cold/hot)
- Beverages
- Bottled water and sodas
- Brunch (Breakfast & Lunch)
- Coffee and Tea
- Desserts
- Eggs
- Hors d'oeuvres
- Hot drinks
- Liqueurs
- Main course
- Omelets (Omelettes)
- Pasta
- Pizza
- Salads
- Sandwiches
- Sides (Side orders)
- Soups
- Sparkling wine
- Starters
- Wine
- Wines by the glass (white, blush, red)
2. Special dishes/beverages
- beef
- brandy
- burger
- Cheddar
- chicken
- chips , French Fries
- chop
- cod
- cognac
- crab
- crabs
- fish
- Fish and chips
- ham
- Irish Whiskey
- jacket/baked potato
- lamb
- liver
- lobster
- mashed potatoes
- meatloaf
- mussels
- oysters
- perch
- pie
- plaice
- pork
- port
- prawn
- salmon
- seafruit
- shell fish
- Single Malt Scotch (Whisky)
- steak
- trout
- turkey
- veal
3. Useful phrases
- bill check
- service included
- small/large plate
- tip
- today's special
- VAT (value-added tax)