Ordering Coffee at a Café

salam.

Hello.

The standard, everyday greeting.

salam, khasteh nabashid.

Hello, good work.

A very common polite greeting specifically used for service workers.

ye ghahve, lotfan.

A coffee, please.

The most natural way to order; short and direct.

kuchik.

Small.

Short one-word answers to staff are standard and polite enough in this context.

birun-bar.

To go.

Use this when you want to take your coffee with you.

chand-e?

How much is it?

A very common and simple everyday way to ask the price.

cheghadr mishe?

How much does it come to?

The standard transactional way to ask for the total amount.

kart mikesham.

I'll pay by card.

Standard transactional language for using a card reader.

befarmaid.

Here you go.

Use this polite word whenever you hand your card or cash to the staff.

khodahafez.

Goodbye.

ruz bekheyr.

Good day.

A polite phrase to wish the staff a good day as you leave.