Ordering in the restaurant in Croatian

How to properly order food in Croatia

Imagine yourself enjoying holidays in sunny Croatia where people are not that good in English. What would you do? Probably learn some bacis vocabulary for ordering food = "naručiti hranu i piće" and drinks in Croatian. Therefore, coLanguage team will show you in this lesson how to order food and drinks in Croatian-speaking country. Start now!

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Ordering food in Croatian

There is high chance for hearing following questions from waiter/waitress: 

If you still have no idea what would you like to eat nor drink. With following phrases you will manage to express your needs. 

 Are you ready to order now? You might use this options: 

List of food in Croatian

Croatia is a mediterranean country which means menu is mostly filled with sea-food specialties = specijalitetima od morski plodova. Besides, we will teach you most common used food products in Croatian. 

• the menu - meni
• the main dish - glavno jelo
• the side dish - prilog
• the dessert - desert

Examples

• Can I get more bread, please. - Mogu li dobiti još kruha, molim Vas?
• Is there any vinegar? - Imate li octa?
• Can you give me some oil? - Možete li mi dodati malo ulja?

List of drinks in Croatian

You cannot go in the restaurant without orderings some drinks. Following words might be useful. Pay attention!

Examples

• Can I get more red wine? - Mogu li dobiti još crnog vina?
• Do you maybe have tea? - Imate možda li čaja?
•  We can go to drink a beer tonight. - Večeras možemo ići na pivo.

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