Ordering Coffee at a Café
These phrases will help you confidently order coffee, choose milks and sizes, and pay at a Spanish-speaking café.
Key Phrases
Un café con leche, por favor.
neutralA coffee with milk, please.
The standard and polite way to order in most Spanish-speaking countries.
Ponme un café con leche.
casualGet me a coffee with milk.
Very common in Spain, though it uses the direct imperative form.
¿Tienen leche de avena?
neutralDo you have oat milk?
Use the plural 'tienen' to address the café staff in general.
¿Para tomar aquí o para llevar?
neutralFor here or to go?
You will hear the staff ask this very often.
Para llevar, gracias.
neutralTo go, thanks.
A simple and natural response to the barista.
¿Desea algo más?
politeWould you like anything else?
A polite phrase often used by service staff.
¿Algo más?
neutralAnything else?
A quicker, standard way staff will ask if your order is complete.
Nada más, gracias.
neutralNothing else, thanks.
The standard way to decline further items.
¿Cuánto es?
neutralHow much is it?
A simple and direct way to ask for the total.
Voy a pagar con tarjeta.
neutralI'm going to pay with a card.
Useful to clarify how you will pay before they process the total.