Simple Spanish for Ordering Food in Mexico

About this episode

Sitting down in a restaurant in Mexico, opening the menu, and feeling your heart race before the waiter even arrives — that’s the moment this episode fixes. Maria takes you through a full meal: getting seated (“¿tienen una mesa para dos?”), the menu (“¿me trae la carta?”), asking what’s good and how spicy it is (“¿qué me recomienda?”, “¿pica mucho?”), ordering al pastor tacos and an agua de horchata, making it work for dietary needs (sin cebolla, algo vegetariano), the polite beats Mexicans actually use (buen provecho, disculpe joven), and closing out — la cuenta, la propina, ¿aceptan tarjeta?, para llevar, and splitting the bill. Order like a local from the first “buenas” to the last gracias.

The full illustrated comic, study guide, transcript, audio & vocab are in the pack.