Czech at a Restaurant: Ordering Goulash

You’ve chosen your goulash. What would you like with it?

You’re in a Czech restaurant, and you’ve found what you want on the menu.

„Dám si guláš.“

But which side dish will you choose? And how will the waiter ask?

You might hear „A k tomu?“ or „Jakou si dáte přílohu?“ — different questions that bring you to the same choice.

Let’s explore the options, so you can order your goulash just the way you’d like it.

Listen to the episode

What can you have with your goulash? And what might the waiter ask when you order?

Listen to explore the options, then join in with a short restaurant dialogue — slowly first, and then at a more natural speed.

No need to catch every word. Listen again and try answering for yourself.

Download the free handout

Want to try ordering for yourself?

The handout brings together the Czech dialogue, different questions you might hear, and ways to answer. Keep it nearby as you listen, then choose what you’d like and say your order aloud.

English translation

Not a literal translation.

Waiter/Waitress: Have you decided what you’d like?

Customer: Yes, I’ll have goulash.

Waiter/Waitress: And what would you like with that?

Customer: Bread dumplings, please.

Waiter/Waitress: And would you like something to drink?

Customer: Yes, a small beer, please.

Waiter/Waitress: Anything else?

Customer: No, that’s everything. Thank you.

Waiter/Waitress: All right.

Different meal, familiar questions

Once you recognise „A k tomu?“ or „Jakou si dáte přílohu?“, you can use that understanding beyond ordering goulash.

Try another meal in Czech at a Restaurant: Ordering Fried Cheese.

Listen for familiar questions, choose what you’d like, and answer aloud. You’re building on Czech you already know — one order at a time.

And what if things don’t go as planned?

You’re ready to order… but nobody has brought you a menu.

Or your food arrives, and it’s not what you ordered.

Would you know what to say?

These moments are part of real life, too. Inside the Czech Your Day Community, you can practise handling them in Czech — in a safe space where you can try, make mistakes, and try again.

So you don’t have to wait until you’re in a busy restaurant to say it for the first time.

If you’ve ever thought, “I wouldn’t know what to say,” come and practise with us. You don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

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