
Restaurant reservations Part 2: Inquiring about parking or valet services.
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Key Phrases
Me gustaría hacer una reservación
I would like to make a reservation
¿A qué nombre?
Under what name?
¿Necesita algún servicio adicional?
Do you need any additional services?
Skills You'll Learn
Making a reservation
Hacer una reservación
Asking for additional services
Preguntar por servicios adicionales
Confirming reservation details
Confirmar detalles de la reservación
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Mexico to make a dinner reservation. The conversation is between you and the restaurant's assistant. You will specify the details such as the number of people, the name for the reservation, and ask about parking services.
Hola, buenas tardes. ¿En qué puedo ayudarle?
Hello, good afternoon. How can I help you?
Hola, me gustaría hacer una reservación para cenar.
Hello, I would like to make a reservation for dinner.
¡Claro! ¿Para cuántas personas será la reservación?
Sure! For how many people will the reservation be?
Será para dos personas, por favor.
It will be for two people, please.
Perfecto. ¿A qué nombre estará la reservación?
Perfect. Under what name will the reservation be?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hi
Buenas
BWEH-nahs
Good
🇲🇽 In Mexico, [buenas] by itself is a very normal greeting in casual service situations, including on the phone. It sounds friendly and natural, not incomplete.
See breakdown →Tardes
TAR-dess
Afternoon
Buenas tardes
BWEH-nahs TAR-dess
Good afternoon
¿En qué
en keh
In what
💬 [¿En qué... ?] is a common way to ask what someone needs: [¿En qué puedo ayudarle?], [¿En qué le sirvo?]. It works more like "how/with what" than a literal "in what."
See breakdown →Puedo
PWEH-doh
Can I
💬 [Puedo] is the [yo] form of [poder]. You'll hear the same pattern in service phrases like [¿Puedo ayudarle?] and [¿Puedo tomar su reservación?].
See breakdown →Ayudarle?
ah-yoo-DAR-leh
Help you?
💬 The [le] on the end means "you": [ayudarle] = "help you." Spanish often attaches little words like this to the verb, as in [decirle] or [confirmarle].
🇲🇽 This [le] form is polite and common in customer service. In Mexico, staff will usually address adult customers this way unless the setting is very casual.
See breakdown →¿En qué puedo ayudarle?
en keh PWEH-doh ah-yoo-DAR-leh
How can I help you?
💬 [Le] in [ayudarle] is the polite "you," so this is a formal way to address one person. The same pattern shows up in [¿Puedo llamarle?] and [Quiero confirmarle su reservación].
🇲🇽 This is standard polite service language in Mexico, especially by phone. It sounds professional, not stiff.
See breakdown →Me gustaría
meh goos-tah-REE-ah
I would like
💬 [Me gustaría] is a softer, more polite way to ask for something than a blunt [quiero]. You can reuse it easily: [Me gustaría reservar], [Me gustaría una mesa afuera].
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