Korean Restaurant Phrases Flashcards: 22 Cards with Audio and Notes

Korean Restaurant Phrases Flashcards: Study the 22 Cards

The deck above holds the same 22 cards as the table further down the page. Each card is a whole phrase or a key word, so you practise saying and recognising it, not just spelling it. Nothing plays until you press an audio button.

How Do I Use These Flashcards?

Use the deck in four steps. It works with tap, click or keyboard.

1. Choose a mode. Start with recognition (Hangul to meaning). Switch to recall (meaning to Hangul) or listening (audio to meaning) when recognition feels easy.
2. Show the answer. Think of the answer first, then press Show answer (or Space). Turn on the romanization toggle only if you need it; the card table below always shows it.
3. Grade yourself. Press Got it if you answered correctly without help, or Not yet if you hesitated or guessed.
4. Finish the session. A session holds up to 20 cards (you can set 10, 20 or 40). With 22 cards, one session reviews the whole deck once, and a second pass picks up the cards you missed.

What Do the Three Modes Do?

Recognition shows the Hangul and asks for the meaning, which trains reading. Recall shows the meaning and asks for the Hangul, which trains remembering; you may type the phrase with your Hangul keyboard or recall it in your head. Listening plays a clip and hides the letters, which trains the ear. Listening mode only uses a card once its audio is approved, and cards without approved audio are skipped in that mode with a note.

What Do Got It and Not yet Do?

Got it moves the card up one Leitner box, so it returns later. Not yet sends the card back to box 1, so it returns in the same session or within 10 minutes. The grades are your own judgement; the deck does not score you or claim fluency.

Deck Scope: What Is and Is Not Covered

The deck covers ordering, asking about the food, asking for extras, toasting, paying and taking food to go. It does not cover shopping for goods or comparing prices. Each card uses the same Korean as the matching phrase guide, and the phrase flashcards list has the other decks.

What Is Left out of This Deck?

Left out: shopping for goods or comparing prices. For related topics, see the Korean shopping phrases flashcards and Korean emergency phrases flashcards decks. The full lesson is the korean restaurant phrases guide, and the Korean flashcards hub lists every deck, including Hangul, vocabulary, grammar and TOPIK decks.

All 22 Cards in One Table

All 22 cards are listed below. The table is plain HTML and works without the deck.

How Do I Read the Table?

Hangul is the phrase or word. Revised Romanization (RR) is a learning aid from the South Korean government system of 2000, and it does not show every sound change, so learn the Hangul first. The Meaning column gives the English sense, and the Note column gives a sound or usage tip. The last column lists the audio assetId for the normal-speed clip, with a second ID where a slow clip (0.8x) exists for a sound-focus card.

Usage Notes for These Cards

Order with item + 주세요, such as 물 주세요 or 하나 더 주세요. Staff understand the noun even without a long sentence. 주문할게요 states that you are ready to order, and the formal 주문하겠습니다 suits a business dinner.

Questions about food use the polite 요 ending: 이거 매워요? asks about heat and 뭐가 맛있어요? asks for a recommendation. If you need a milder dish, 맵지 않게 해 주세요 is the polite request.

Two phrases frame the meal. 잘 먹겠습니다 is said before eating and 잘 먹었습니다 after eating. Staff and hosts say 맛있게 드세요 as the food arrives. Use 건배 for a toast with any drink.

Pay with 계산해 주세요. In many restaurants you pay at the counter by the exit, so the phrase may mean walking to the till. 제가 살게요 is how you offer to pay for the group.

Which Sounds Do Not Match the Spelling?

Spelling and sound differ in Korean. Brackets show the sound. The standard pronunciation rules of the National Institute of Korean Language (국립국어원) describe these changes, and the audio shows them.

• 맛있어요 is spoken [마시써요]. The ㅅ of 맛 links to the vowel of 있, and the ㅆ of 있 links to 어 (liaison). The standard also allows [마디써요], but [마시써요] is the everyday form.
• 주문할게요 is spoken [주문할께요]. The ㄱ after ㄹ in -(으)ㄹ게요 is tensified.
• 맛있게 드세요 is spoken [마싣께 드세요]. The ㅆ before ㄱ becomes [ㄷ], and the ㄱ is tensified.
• 맵지 않게 is spoken [맵찌 안케]. The ㅈ after ㅂ is tensified, and ㅎ merges with the following ㄱ to make an aspirated ㅋ.

What Mistakes Do Learners Make with Restaurant Phrases?

• Saying 주세요 without the item. Name what you want first.
• Using 먹을게요 for "please give me food". It means "I'll eat".
• Forgetting 좀 when asking for extras. 물 좀 주세요 sounds softer than 물 주세요.
• Using casual 줘 or 맛있어 with staff. Keep the 요 or the formal ending.

How Does the Review Schedule Work?

The deck uses a simplified Leitner system with five boxes. A new card starts in box 1. Each Got it moves it up one box, and each Not yet returns it to box 1. The box sets how long the card waits before it is due again.

Each session shows due cards first, oldest due first, and then up to 10 new cards a day by default. A deck of 22 cards fits in two or three short sessions. Progress is saved only in this browser, so clearing site data deletes it. Use the export button to save a small JSON file with card IDs, boxes and due dates, and import it on another device. No account is needed.

Cultural and Practical Context

Sharing dishes is the norm at Korean tables, so ordering several dishes to share is more typical than one dish per person. Many restaurants use a call button or a spoken 여기요! to get staff, which is normal and not rude. Some grilled-meat restaurants set a minimum of one portion per person, though this varies by venue, and side dishes (반찬) are often free.

Limits of This Deck

The deck teaches 22 cards, not every phrase on the topic. Revised Romanization is a reading aid and does not show every sound change. All Korean text on the page is generated and was reviewed and signed off by Min-ji Park on 15 October 2026.

Next Steps after the Korean Restaurant Phrases Flashcards

When these cards feel easy, move on to the korean shopping phrases flashcards or the korean emergency phrases flashcards. Browse more topics in the korean phrases flashcards list, or open the Korean flashcards hub for every deck.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I Call a Waiter in a Korean Restaurant?

Many restaurants have a call button on the table. If not, say 여기요! ("over here") or 저기요! in a clear voice. This is normal and not rude. Then use item + 주세요 to order.

Can I Ask for Less Spicy Food?

Yes. Say 맵지 않게 해 주세요 ("please make it not spicy"). You can also ask 이거 매워요? first to check the heat before you order.

How Do I Order Takeout?

Say 포장해 주세요 ("to go, please") when you order or when you pay. In cafés, say the drink first and then 포장해 주세요 if you do not want to sit.

What Do I Say before and after Eating?

Say 잘 먹겠습니다 before you eat and 잘 먹었습니다 when you finish. Both are polite and fit a meal with elders or a host.

Is My Progress Saved If I Close the Page?

Yes, in the same browser on the same device. Card boxes and due dates are stored locally and no account is needed. Clearing site data, using a private window or switching browsers removes them, so use the export button if you want a backup file to import later.