WRITING: RESTAURANT REVIEW

WRITING: RESTAURANT REVIEW

by Miss Dayah

​What is a review

• ​a short opinion-based essay about a specific subject

• ​the subject can be anything from a book to a movie and even restaurant

• ​we usually see reviews done online especially now in the age of social media and influencers

​Read the review carefully and answer the questions in the next slides.

​Vega, New York

★★★☆☆

Great mains, pity about the chips

Came for lunch with my sister. We loved our Thai-style mains which were amazing with lots of flavour, very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.

But the service was below average and the chips were too terrible to finish.

When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes while they got our table ready. OK, so we didn't have a reservation, but the restaurant was only half full. There was no reason to make us wait at all.

We ordered the chips as a side dish and they looked delicious. But, when we tasted them, they were overcooked and swimming in oil so we left most of them. We expected a lot more for $10!

When the waiter asked if everything was ok, we said we really didn't like the chips and he said 'That's funny, I love them' and that was it. He didn't offer us anything else or take them off our bill. Also, when we didn't leave a tip, he looked annoyed.

I was really excited about visiting Vega, and the mains were just fantastic, but the rest of the experience was really disappointing

Multiple Select

What were the words/phrase in the review that were useful in describing the food? 

• mains

• below average

• terrible

• overcooked

• annoyed

Multiple Choice

The review overall was ......

• very positive

• very negative

• partly positive and partly negative

Multiple Select

The customer was not happy with

• the mains

• the service

• the clock

• the chips

Multiple Choice

The best thing was

• the service

• the side dish

• the mains

Multiple Select

Choose words that show positive review

• delicious

• disappointing

• impressive

• overcooked

• fantastic

Multiple Select

Choose words that show negative review

• delicious

• disappointing

• impressive

• overcooked

• terrible

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE THE REVIEW:

My colleague and I decided to try out this café near our office. The staff gave us a warm welcome. We asked about the ingredients of the _____ because my colleague can't have anything with nuts in, and they were helpful.

• dishes

• menu

• bill

• service

Multiple Choice

He ____ a vegetable curry and I went for a toasted sandwich. Unfortunately, that was off the ____ so I had a four-cheese pizza instead.

• ordered , menu

• try , bill

• ordered , bill

• try , menu

Multiple Choice

The food _____ fast! The pizza was ________ My colleague liked his curry too but it was quite spicy for him. The _______ for both of us came to £20 including the _____ charge, which we thought was reasonable. I'll be back to ______ that toasted sandwich some time.

• service , delicious , menu , bill , try

• arrived , delicious , bill , service , try

• service , delicious , ordered , bill , try

• arrived , delicious , service , bill , try

​Tips when writing a review

1. Use an informal or semi-formal style.

2. In the title, give the main idea or opinion.

3. Write about the important parts of the experience only, not every detail.

4. Organise your ideas into paragraphs.

5. Write about the good and the bad.

​Now that you are prepped in what you need when writing a review.

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Let's try writing a full one!​

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​Task

​Open the link to the padlet in our class group.

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You will watch a short clip from the TV Show : Restaurant Nightmares.

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Imagine that you are the customer in the clip (Gordon Ramsay) and write a review based on your experience as seen in the clip.

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Submit your review in the padlet provided (add your review by clicking the + symbol) by 8pm tonight. Please remember to use your full name for attendance.

(you can turn on the captions/cc of the clip if it is difficult to catch what the people in the clip were saying)

​That's all for today!

​Don't forget to submit your own review on padlet!