If you're thinking about a trip to Italy, I'm sure you've probably pictured yourself

walking into a beautiful Italian cafe and ordering your first drink or going out for an authentic

Italian meal. Welcome back to our mini-series on Italian Phrases for Travel. In this episode,

you'll learn how to navigate bars and restaurants so you can start really enjoying this trip. By the end, you'll learn how to navigate bars and restaurants so you can start really

enjoying this trip by the end you'll know how to order food and drink like a

local and what an Italian bar is which might not be exactly what you think it is So, Matteo, we're on holiday in Italy. What's the first thing you want to do?

Maybe. Find a nice restaurant and try some local dishes?

See, we have the same priorities in life. The restaurant is...

And as you're listening at home, if you already know these words, try to say them in the

pause and if you don't know worries, say them with Matteo, trying to get your pronunciation

as close to his as possible. Speaking of pronunciation, did you notice how Mateo pronounced

Ristorante? In Italian it's not rest, it's Rist, with an I, Rih, Rist.

Ristorante.

Ristorante.

Ristorante. Ristorante. In Italy, restaurant restaurant restaurant restaurant

in Italy lunch usually starts around one perhaps a little later on the weekends

and dinner normally starts between 8 and 9.30 although if you south, it might even start a little later.

How would you say a table for two?

And you can ask

Do you have?

Let's use the plural

you when speaking to more than one person

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