The next time you want to go out with friends for a meal at a restaurant you may need to book a table or, in other words, make a reservation.
下次你想和朋友出去吃饭的时候，你可能需要预定一个座位，或者换句话说，提前预约。

Your name is usually always required to make a booking.
预订时通常需要您的姓名。

This article is going to teach you the vocabulary to help you reserve a table.
本文将展示给您如何预定餐桌的相关词汇。

Table Reservation at a Restaurant
如何预约订餐

1. Booking
1.预定

To ask that a service or product is available only for you at a particular time.
要求某项服务或产品只在特定时间提供给您。

I’d like to make a booking for tonight at 7 pm. My name is (name).
我想订今晚7点的票。我叫（名字）。

I’d like to book a table for tonight at 7 pm.
我想订一张今晚7点的餐桌。

2. Reservation
2.预约

A synonym of booking, these words can be used similarly.
作为booking的同义词，这些词可以类似地使用。

I’d like to make a reservation for tonight at 7 pm. My name is (name).
我想预约今晚7点的。我叫（名字）。

I would like to reserve a table for tonight at 7 pm.
我想预订今晚7点的餐桌。

3. Cancel
3.取消

When you don’t want the booking or reservation made previously.
如果您不想要之前的预约或预订。

I would like to cancel the booking/reservation I made for tonight under the name of (name).
我想取消我今晚以（姓名）的名义预订的房间。

4. People
4.人数

The plural of person, it is used to specify how many people will be coming.
“person”的复数形式，用于预定将要来的人数。

I need to make a booking for 23 people. My name is (name).
我需要预订23个人的房间。我叫（名字）。

5. Menu
5.菜单

The list of food and drinks that are served at the restaurant.
餐厅提供的食物和饮料清单。

Before I make a booking, what kind of menu do you have, seafood or meats?
在我预订之前，你们有什么类型的菜单，海鲜或肉类？

6. Non-Smoking / Smoking
6.非吸烟区/吸烟区

To say whether you want to sit in an area of the restaurant that allows cigarettes or not.
说你是否想坐在餐馆允许吸烟的地方。

I would like a table in the non-smoking section, please.
我想要张无烟区的桌子。

7. Area Selection – Window / Inside / Outside
7.区域选择–靠近窗口/室内/室外

We want a table by the window if you have one.
如果可以的话，我们想要张靠窗的桌子。

We would like to be seated inside.
我们想坐在里面。

Can you reserve one of your outside tables for us, please?
您能为我们预订一个室外的餐桌吗？

8. Booth
8.隔间

A booth is a table that has long cushion chairs around it. The chairs have backs that separate each table from one another. This kind of seating is normally found in cafes.
小隔间是指一张桌子，周围有长靠垫。这些椅子的靠背把每一张桌子隔开。这种座位通常在咖啡馆里。

I would like a booth, please.
我想要个小隔间。

9. Availability
9.有空位

A word used to ask if there are tables that can be reserved or not.
用来询问是否有空位。

Do you have any tables available this afternoon?
今天下午有空桌吗？

What is your booking availability for a large group of 50 people for tomorrow at lunch?
明天午餐时，一大群50人的预订空位是多少？

10. Booking Times
10.预定时间

What is the earliest/latest time I can make a reservation?
我能预约的最早/最晚时间是什么？

Please reserve a table for me at (time). My name is (name).
请在（时间内）为我预订一张桌子。我叫（名字）。

Do you have any times available to make a booking for tonight?
你有空预约一下今晚的票吗？

What time does the restaurant open this evening?
这家餐馆今晚几点开门？

Do you allow bookings?
这边接受预定吗？

11. Special Occasions
11.特殊场合

It is our Ten year wedding anniversary next month, and I wanted to see if you have any special offers or arrangements before I booked a table with you?
下个月是我们结婚十周年纪念日，我想在和你订桌子之前看看你有没有什么特别的优惠或安排？

Can I please reserve your best table for Friday next week? I am planning on proposing to my Girlfriend during the evening; can arrangements be made to have the ring brought to our table in a Champagne Glass?
我能预订下星期五最好的桌位吗？我打算在晚上向我女朋友求婚；能安排把戒指放在香槟酒杯里带到我们桌上吗？

Booking a table at a restaurant is easy if you remember the three most important things you need to include in your request.
如果你记得在你的请求中需要包括的以下三件最重要的事情，那么在餐馆预订一张桌子是很容易的。

Your Name
你的名字

Time
预定时间

How many people.
预订人数

Where you would like to sit is an additional detail, include it when you make the booking, especially if you would like a particular table.
您想坐在哪里是一个额外的细节，包括您何时预定，特别是如果您想要一个特定的桌子。

We hope that this helps you to book your table the next time you go out to eat with friends or family.
我们希望这篇文章能在你下次出去和朋友或家人一起吃饭，预定餐桌时帮到你。