Phrasal verbs en el restaurante

Ejemplo 1The restaurant books up quickly on Fridays.

Ejemplo 2The private dining room is booked up for the whole weekend.

Ejemplo 1Call ahead if you need a table for eight.

Ejemplo 2We called ahead to ask whether the kitchen could handle a nut allergy.

Ejemplo 1We checked in with the host at the entrance.

Ejemplo 2Please check in with the host once your whole party has arrived.

Ejemplo 1Two guests showed up late.

Ejemplo 2If a guest does not show up, we hold the table for fifteen minutes.

Ejemplo 1The server invited us to sit down.

Ejemplo 2We sat down near the window and looked through the menu.

Ejemplo 1Chop up the onions before heating the pan.

Ejemplo 2The prep cook chopped the parsley up just before service.

Ejemplo 1The chef cut up the chicken for the stew.

Ejemplo 2Could you cut the limes up into thin wedges?

Ejemplo 1Mix in the herbs at the end.

Ejemplo 2Slowly mix in the cream so the sauce stays smooth.

Ejemplo 1Roll out the dough on a floured surface.

Ejemplo 2The pastry chef rolled the dough out until it was paper-thin.

Ejemplo 1Warm the sauce up before service.

Ejemplo 2We warmed the bread up while the guests chose their drinks.

Ejemplo 1Turn down the heat before the pot boils over.

Ejemplo 2The stock boiled over while the cook was plating another dish.

Ejemplo 1Make sure the chicken cooks through.

Ejemplo 2Leave the fish in the oven until it has cooked through.

Ejemplo 1The cook fried up some vegetables.

Ejemplo 2They fried up a fresh batch of plantain chips for our table.

Ejemplo 1Turn the heat down once the soup starts boiling.

Ejemplo 2The chef turned down the flame to keep the sauce from burning.

Ejemplo 1They brought out the main course together.

Ejemplo 2Our server brought the appetizers out as soon as we sat down.

Ejemplo 1The server handed out the menus.

Ejemplo 2Before taking orders, Marta handed the wine lists out.

Ejemplo 1Could you top up our water glasses?

Ejemplo 2The waiter topped my coffee up without interrupting the conversation.

Ejemplo 1We sent the cold soup back.

Ejemplo 2He sent the steak back because it was undercooked.

Ejemplo 1We eat out once a week.

Ejemplo 2Families often eat out here after the Sunday market.

Ejemplo 1Everything is ready, so dig in.

Ejemplo 2The chef is ready for feedback, so dig in while everything is hot.

Ejemplo 1She only picked at her salad.

Ejemplo 2The child picked at his pasta and said he was not hungry.

Ejemplo 1They polished off the entire dessert.

Ejemplo 2We polished the shared platter off in less than ten minutes.

Ejemplo 1The cashier rang up our order at the counter.

Ejemplo 2Could you ring these two desserts up separately?

Ejemplo 1Let us settle up before we leave.

Ejemplo 2We settled up at the counter and left a tip in cash.

Ejemplo 1The staff cleared the plates away.

Ejemplo 2A busser cleared the empty glasses away between courses.

Ejemplo 1The kitchen team cleaned up after service.

Ejemplo 2Everyone stayed to clean up the dining room after the last table left.