Survival Phrases
The exact phrases you need for real life abroad — with practice dialogues and audio, for every level.
Practice pronunciationEating & Drinking Out
Restaurants, cafés, bars, and ordering food.
Making a Restaurant Reservation
Use these phrases to book a table, ask about the menu, and confirm your arrival at a French restaurant.
Making a Restaurant Reservation
These phrases will help you smoothly book a table, request specific seating, and communicate your needs to restaurant staff in French.
Ordering at a Restaurant
Use these practical phrases to confidently read the menu, order food, and ask for the bill in a French restaurant or café.
Ordering at a Restaurant
Use these phrases to navigate a French menu, ask the staff for advice, and order your food and drinks naturally.
Ordering at a Restaurant
Use these practical phrases to navigate menus, order food and drinks, and communicate special requests confidently in a French restaurant.
Ordering Coffee at a Café
Use these phrases to order a coffee, choose how to have it, and pay at a French café.
Ordering Coffee at a Café
Use these phrases to confidently order coffee, ask for what you need, and pay at a French café.
Allergies & Dietary Needs
Essential phrases for safely communicating dietary restrictions and allergies when eating out.
Allergies & Dietary Needs
These phrases will help you clearly and safely communicate your dietary restrictions and food allergies when eating out.
Sending Food Back & Complaints
Use these phrases when something is wrong with your food or order at a restaurant — to flag the problem, get it fixed, or escalate to the manager.
Paying & Splitting the Bill
Use these phrases at the end of a meal to ask for the bill, state how you want to pay, and handle splitting the cost.
Paying & Splitting the Bill
Use these phrases when you are ready to finish your meal, check the total, and pay at a restaurant or café.
Paying & Splitting the Bill
Use these phrases when you are ready to finish your meal, pay the bill, and sort out tips and splitting the cost with friends in a French restaurant.
Ordering Drinks at a Bar
These phrases will help you confidently order drinks, open a tab, and navigate a night out at a French bar like a local.
Ordering Drinks at a Bar
Use these phrases to confidently order drinks, buy a round for friends, and manage your tab at a French bar.
Takeaway & Delivery
These phrases will help you confidently order food, arrange delivery details, and resolve any issues with your meal in French.
Takeaway & Delivery
Essential phrases for ordering food to go or getting it delivered directly to your door.
Takeaway & Delivery
These essential phrases will help you confidently order food for takeaway or delivery, ask about wait times, and handle payments in French.
At a Fast-Food Counter
Use these practical phrases to confidently order your favourite fast food, customize your meal, and pay at the counter.
At a Fast-Food Counter
Use these practical phrases to confidently order food, customize your meal, and pay at a French fast-food counter.
At the Bakery & Deli
Use these practical phrases to confidently order bread, pastries, and deli items in French.
At the Bakery & Deli
Use these phrases to confidently order baked goods, specify exactly what you want, and handle quantities at the deli counter.
Buying Street Food
Use these phrases to confidently order food, ask about ingredients, and pay at a street food stall.
Buying Street Food
These phrases will help you confidently order food, ask about ingredients, and pay at a French street food stall.