🇮🇹 Italian Ordering Food & Drinks
Cafés, bars and restaurants: how to order, ask for the bill, and compliment the cooking — the most-used phrases of any trip. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Italian |
|---|---|
| I'd like… | Vorrei… |
| The menu, please | Il menù, per favore |
| Water | Acqua |
| A coffee, please | Un caffè, per favore |
| A beer, please | Una birra, per favore |
| The bill, please | Il conto, per favore |
| Delicious! | Buonissimo! |
| I'm vegetarian | Sono vegetariano/a |
| Do you have…? | Avete…? |
| Cheers! | Salute! |
| A table for two, please | Un tavolo per due, per favore |
| Can I pay by card? | Posso pagare con la carta? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Italian phrases
Greetings & BasicsAsking for DirectionsNumbers 1–10Shopping & MoneyEmergencies & HealthSmall Talk & IntroductionsDays & Telling TimeHotel & Check-in