En un restaurante In a restaurant 
  When you get to a restaurant, the waiter will ask you what you want.
The waiter may speak to you casually, because you're young:
The waiter may speak to you politely, because you're a customer:
You can answer three ways:
Then you say gracias when the waiter - el camarero or la camarera - brings your food.
Watch the video on ordering food in a restaurant from un camarero or una camarera - a waiter.
Wondering how Washington DC politicians order their breakfasts? Watch the Vice President order a coffee and a doughnut.
Spanish
VP: Hola, buenos días.
E: Buenos días.
VP: Un café y una rosquilla de canela, por favor.
E: Lo siento. No hay más rosquillas de canela.
VP: Pues un café y una rosquilla de chocolate. ¿Cuánto es?
E: Son tres dólares.
VP: Gracias.
E: De nada.
English
VP: Hi, good morning.
E: Good morning.
VP: A coffee and a cinnamon doughnut, please.
E: I'm sorry. There aren't any more cinnamon doughnuts.
VP: Then a coffee and a chocolate doughnut. How much is it?
E: It's three dollars.
VP: Thanks.
E: You're welcome.
Watch the customer use the question ¿Cómo se dice? to order lunch at a café (a café is a restaurant with outdoor seating).
Spanish
W: Hola, buenas tardes. ¿Qué quiere tomar?
T: Hola, ¿cómo se dice "salad" en español?
W: Se dice "ensalada".
T: Gracias. Quiero una ensalada, por favor.
W: ¿De lechuga y tomate?
T: ¿Cómo se dice "lechuga" en inglés?
W: Se dice "lettuce".
T: Perfecto. Sí, la ensalada de lechuga y tomate, por favor.
W: A la orden.
English
W: Hi, good afternoon. What would you like?
T: Hi, how do you say "salad" in Spanish?
W: You say "ensalada".
T: Thanks. I want a salad, please.
W: Lettuce and tomato?
T: How do you say "lechuga" in English?
W: You say "lettuce".
T: Perfect. Yes, the lettuce and tomato salad, please.
W: Coming right up.
Notice that the waitress said a la orden, which you'll hear everywhere if you go to Colombia. It can mean I'm here to help.
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