Woman: Are you ready to order?
Man: This is what a waiter or waitress will ask you, after you have looked through the menus. An order is a request for food or drinks in a restaurant, hotel, bar etc.
Now listen to an example of this phrase:
Woman: Are you ready to order?
Man: Yes please, first I’d like to order a bottle of red wine.

Woman: I’ll have a fillet steak please.
Man: We often use the future simple to give restaurant orders.
For example:
Woman: I’ll have a fillet steak please.
Man: And I’ll have the fish of the day please.

Woman: How would you like your steak cooking?
Man: If you order a steak in a restaurant, this is what a waiter or waitress will ask you, so the chef knows how long to cook it for.
Listen to this short conversation:
Woman: How would you like your steak cooking sir?
Man: Medium Rare please.
Woman: Are you sure? You’ve ordered a fillet steak, it might be too pink for you.
Man: No, It’s better that way, and if it’s too rare, I can ask them to cook it a little longer.

Woman: I’d like my steak well done/medium/ rare.
Man: People have different preference on how long they like meat to be cooked for. These 3 expressions are used for meat. “Well done” means you want the meat cooked for a long time, so it is completely brown. “Medium” means you want it cooked until it’s brown all the way through, but still a little pink in the middle. “Rare” means not cooked for very long, so that the inside is still red.
For example:
Woman: I’d like my steak very well done please.
Man: Are you sure?
Woman: Yes, I like it to be almost burnt.
Man: Yuk! You lose all the taste that way.

Woman: Now you will listen to a conversation of a couple ordering food in a restaurant.

Woman: Hello Welcome to “Sunny Sea” restaurant, would you like a table for 2?
Man: Yes, please.
Woman: There you go, here are your menus. Would you like anything to drink?
Man: Just a bottle of water for now please.
Woman: It seems nice here, what are you having as a starter?
Man: I think I’ll have sea food salad, and a fillet steak for my main course. What about you?
Woman: I think I’ll have the deep fried mushrooms and then chicken.
Woman: Are you ready to order?
Man: Yes. We’d like a seafood salad and deep fried mushrooms as starters, then for the main course, chicken and I’ll have a fillet steak please.
Woman: How would you like your steak?
Man: I’d like my steak medium please.
Woman: Would you like anything else?
Man: Well we get vegetables with the main course, so just a bottle of your house red, please.
Woman: OK, thank you, I’ll be back with your wine in just a moment.