3.5 Writing a restaurant review

​UNIT 3: Food
Lesson 3.5 Writing

By Joan Eliot Mayol

Guess the Dish – Around the World

Open Ended

Guess the dish and its country of origin!

Open Ended

Guess the dish and its country of origin!

Open Ended

Guess the dish and its country of origin!

Open Ended

Guess the dish and its country of origin!

Open Ended

Guess the dish and its country of origin!

Categorize

Options (20)

• delicious

• flavourful

• fresh

• tender

• creamy

• mouth-watering

savory

crispy

hearty

zesty

spoiled

bland

overcooked

soggy

stale

friendly

attentive

welcoming

cozy

clean

rude

slow

unresponsive

dirty

noisy

Drag each adjective to categorise it into the correct group.

🟢 Positive Food

🔴 Negative Food

💙 Positive Service / Atmosphere

🟠 Negative Service / Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Which one is the restaurant review?

• Last weekend I watched a new action movie at the cinema.
  The special effects were incredible, but the story was too predictable.
  I wouldn’t watch it again.

• New York is one of the largest cities in the USA.
  It is famous for its skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty.
  Millions of tourists visit the city every year.

• I had lunch at Vega, a vegetarian restaurant in New York.
  The Thai-style mains were amazing and full of flavour, but the chips were overcooked and oily.
  The waiter didn’t offer to change them or take them off the bill, which was disappointing.

Open Ended

What words or sentences show that it’s a restaurant review?

Poll

Read the Vega review quickly.

Decide: Is the writer’s overall opinion of the restaurant mostly positive, mostly negative, or mixed?

• positive

• negative

• mixed

Open Ended

Which words or phrases are positive?

Open Ended

Which words or phrases are negative?

Multiple Choice

“We ordered the chips as a side dish and they looked delicious.”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

“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.”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

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

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

“I was really excited about visiting Vega… but the rest of the experience was really disappointing.”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

“We expected a lot more for $10!”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

“When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes while they got our table ready.”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

Which part is this sentence?
“We loved our Thai-style mains which were amazing with lots of flavour…”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

Which part of a review is this sentence?
“Came for lunch with my sister.”

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Multiple Choice

I would go back only for the mains, but I’d try a different place for better service and sides.

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

Dropdown

Gives the reviewer’s feelings or evaluation.​

Select answer

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Dropdown

Introduces the restaurant and why the writer visited.

Select answer

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Dropdown

Gives factual details about service, waiting time, food served.​

Select answer

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Dropdown

Gives overall judgment or advice to the reader.

Select answer

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Match

Match the following

• “Came for lunch with my sister … we loved our Thai-style mains … impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.”

• “When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes … the chips looked delicious …”

• “Service was below average … chips were overcooked … waiter looked annoyed … I was really excited … mains were fantastic … rest disappointing.”

• “Great mains, pity about the chips … I was really excited … but the rest … disappointing.”

Introduction

Description

Opinion

Recommendation

• Introduction

• Description

• Opinion

• Recommendation

The four parts of a review

A good review usually has:

1.Introduction – tells us where / when / why

2.Description – facts about the food, service, atmosphere

3.Opinion – reviewer’s feelings and evaluations

4.Recommendation – final advice or judgement

Drag and Drop

Positive (Food)​ ​

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flavourful

tender

creamy

mouth-watering

bland

greasy

friendly

cosy

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Negative (Food)​ ​

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tender

overcooked

bland

greasy

unorganised

rude

soggy

noisy

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✅ Positive – Service / Atmosphere ​

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tasteless

efficient

welcoming

elegant

burnt

cosy

noisy

stuffy

Drag and Drop

🚫 Negative – Service / Atmosphere ​

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tasteless

cramped

unorganised

elegant

burnt

blunt

soggy

stuffy

Multiple Choice

We came for lunch at Vega, a vegetarian restaurant in NY.

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Choice

We loved our Thai-style mains.

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Choice

which were amazing – very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Choice

The waiter didn’t offer to change them or take them off the bill.

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Select

chips … looked delicious but were overcooked and swimming in oil

• FACT

• OPINION

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Reorder

Reorder the following

• We came for lunch at Vega, a popular vegetarian restaurant in New York.

• The restaurant was bright and lively, with friendly music playing in the background.
  We loved our Thai-style mains, which were amazing – very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.
  

• However, the service was below average, and we had to wait 20 minutes for a table.

• The chips looked delicious but were overcooked and swimming in oil.
  The waiter didn’t offer to change them or take them off the bill and looked annoyed when we asked about it.

• I would recommend Vega for its wonderful mains, but I hope they improve the service and side dishes.

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Open Ended

Write one sentence about something good and link it with something negative using a contrast linking word (e.g. however, although, but).

Open Ended

Write one sentence that shows a reason and a result using a cause–effect linking word (e.g. because, therefore, as a result, since).

Poll

Which was hardest: adjectives / opinions / linking words?

• adjectives

• opinions

• linking words