Restaurants · Food and eating
the house special
restaurant's featured dish
The house special is a dish that a restaurant especially recommends or is known for.
This vs that
I tried the house special.
I ordered the dish of the day.
Hear it in real life
What would you recommend?
The house special is very popular.
The house special was a slow-cooked beef stew with fresh bread.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'House special' is the familiar restaurant phrase; the stiff version sounds like a review.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: What is your home special today?
Say: What is the house special today?
Restaurants use 'house special', not 'home special'.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
try the house special
You should try the house special if you like seafood.
I tried the house special, and it was excellent.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about restaurants.
Could we have the bill?
Could we have the bill, please?
Restaurants words
Food and eating · Restaurants: the words around “the house special”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I tried the house special.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the house special
restaurant's featured dish
“The house special was a slow-cooked beef stew with fresh bread.”
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