Ordering Takeout Food in Spanish
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In this Spanish conversation, Brian calls a restaurant to place an order for pickup. Read the dialogue to practice natural Spanish for ordering dishes, choosing fillings or variations, adding extra items, giving a name, asking about the total, and confirming when a takeout order will be ready.
Spanish Conversation
Employee: Restaurante El Patio, buenas tardes.
Employee: El Patio Restaurant, good afternoon.
Brian: Hola. Quisiera hacer un pedido para recoger.
Brian: Hi. I'd like to place an order for pickup.
Employee: Claro. ¿Qué le gustaría ordenar?
Employee: Of course. What would you like to order?
Brian: Dos órdenes de enchiladas verdes.
Brian: Two orders of green enchiladas.
Employee: ¿De pollo, queso o una de cada una?
Employee: Chicken, cheese, or one of each?
Brian: Una de pollo y una de queso.
Brian: One chicken and one cheese.
Employee: Perfecto. ¿Con arroz y frijoles?
Employee: Perfect. With rice and beans?
Brian: Sí, las dos.
Brian: Yes, both.
Employee: Muy bien.
Employee: Very good.
Brian: La de queso, ¿puede ir sin crema?
Brian: Can the cheese one come without sour cream?
Employee: Sí, sin crema.
Employee: Yes, no sour cream.
Brian: Y quisiera una sopa de tortilla.
Brian: And I'd like a tortilla soup.
Employee: Claro. ¿Grande o individual?
Employee: Of course. Large or individual?
Brian: Individual.
Brian: Individual.
Employee: ¿Algo de tomar?
Employee: Anything to drink?
Brian: Dos horchatas medianas.
Brian: Two medium horchatas.
Employee: Perfecto. Le repito: una enchilada de pollo, una de queso sin crema, ambas con arroz y frijoles, una sopa individual y dos horchatas medianas.
Employee: Perfect. Let me repeat that: one chicken enchilada order, one cheese order without sour cream, both with rice and beans, one individual soup, and two medium horchatas.
Brian: Sí, correcto.
Brian: Yes, that's correct.
Employee: Son quinientos veinte pesos.
Employee: That's 520 pesos.
Brian: ¿Cuánto tardan?
Brian: How long will it take?
Employee: Unos veinticinco minutos.
Employee: About twenty-five minutes.
Brian: Perfecto. Paso en media hora.
Brian: Perfect. I'll be there in half an hour.
Employee: Muy bien. ¿A nombre de quién?
Employee: Very good. What name?
Brian: Brian.
Brian: Brian.
Employee: Listo, Brian. ¿Va a pagar aquí cuando llegue?
Employee: Got it, Brian. Will you pay here when you arrive?
Brian: Sí.
Brian: Yes.
Employee: Perfecto. Lo esperamos.
Employee: Perfect. We'll see you then.
Brian: Gracias.
Brian: Thanks.