Check a French restaurant reservation: the final time and details

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Follow a French booking with a changed time and a terrace request, then check the confirmed date, party size and name with a checklist and quiz.

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In short

Repeat the final date, accepted time, number of people and booking name. Keep seating preferences separate: Je note votre souhait acknowledges a request. Ask what is confirmed before you finish the call.

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Une réservation pour le 12 juin
  1. Client

    Bonjour, je voudrais réserver une table pour quatre personnes le 12 juin à dix-neuf heures.

    Hello, I’d like to book a table for four people on 12 June at seven pm.

  2. Restaurant

    À dix-neuf heures, nous sommes complets. Je peux vous proposer vingt heures.

    We’re fully booked at seven. I can offer you eight.

  3. Client

    D’accord pour vingt heures. Est-ce qu’une table en terrasse serait possible ?

    Eight is fine. Would a table on the terrace be possible?

  4. Restaurant

    Je note votre souhait, mais je ne peux pas garantir une table en terrasse. C’est à quel nom ?

    I’ll note your preference, but I can’t guarantee a table on the terrace. What name is it under?

  5. Client

    Au nom de Martin. Donc, le 12 juin à vingt heures, pour quatre personnes, au nom de Martin. C’est bien cela ?

    In the name of Martin. So, 12 June at eight pm, for four people, in the name of Martin. Is that right?

  6. Restaurant

    Oui, votre réservation est confirmée.

    Yes, your reservation is confirmed.

Write the final details from the reply
DetailFinal noteWhat happened
Datele 12 juinKept throughout the exchange.
Time20 heuresThe client accepted the offered alternative.
Party sizequatre personnesKept in the final read-back.
NameMartinGiven and repeated by the client.
Seatingterrasse souhaitéeRequested; a terrace table is still unconfirmed.

The first request was for seven pm; the accepted booking is for eight. D’accord pour vingt heures accepts the alternative. Je note votre souhait concerns the terrace request. The restaurant confirms the reservation after the client reads back the date, time, party size and name.

Picture the seating options

A small French restaurant viewed in a clear cutaway from slightly above. A dining room has wooden tables and chairs. An open doorway leads to an outdoor terrace
Before you finish the call

A self-review aid, not a grade. Ticks are not saved.

Question 1No account needed
Which time is confirmed in the exchange?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Vingt heures.. The restaurant offers twenty hours and the client accepts that time before the final confirmation.

Question 2No account needed
What is the status of the terrace?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

It is requested but unconfirmed.. The restaurant records the wish and explicitly says it cannot guarantee a terrace table.

Question 3No account needed
You want to check the booking name. Which question fits?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

La réservation est bien au nom de Martin ?. The third question checks the name. The others ask for the party size and the time.

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