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Describe a cafe you like to visit.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where is it?
  • What kinds of food and drinks does it serve?
  • Why do you like to go there?
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Cue 1:Where is it?

  • Begin by mentioning the location of the cafe, including the city and neighborhood.
  • Describe the ambiance and surroundings that make the cafe appealing.

Example

The cafe I love to visit is located in the bustling area of Connaught Place in New Delhi. It’s nestled between some vibrant shops and has a cozy outdoor seating area that is perfect for people-watching.

Cue 2:What kinds of food and drinks does it serve?

  • List some of your favorite items from the menu, focusing on both food and beverages.
  • Mention any unique or signature dishes that the cafe is known for.

Example

The cafe serves a variety of delicious items, including freshly brewed coffee, aromatic teas, and mouth-watering pastries. I particularly enjoy their signature masala chai and the chocolate croissant, which are simply delightful.

Cue 3:Why do you like to go there?

  • Share personal reasons for your preference, such as the atmosphere, service, or special memories.
  • Highlight any unique features that set this cafe apart from others.

Example

I love going there because it has a warm and inviting atmosphere that makes me feel relaxed. The staff are friendly and always greet me with a smile, which adds to the overall experience. It’s also a great place to catch up with friends or spend some quiet time reading.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall feelings about the cafe.
  • Mention how often you visit and any future plans you have regarding the cafe.

Example

In conclusion, this cafe holds a special place in my heart. I try to visit at least once a week, and I look forward to trying new items on the menu each time I go.

Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

Tips to answer this Cue Card

1: Being Vague About Location

Candidates often give unclear or general descriptions of the cafe's location, which makes it hard for the examiner to visualize. Specific details help create a clearer picture.

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Tip

Mention the exact area or landmark near the cafe to provide a clear context. For example, say 'It's located near the city park' instead of just 'in the city.'

2: Listing Too Many Menu Items

Some candidates list too many food and drink items, which can overwhelm the listener. It's better to focus on a few favorites that highlight the cafe's uniqueness.

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Tip

Choose two or three signature dishes or drinks that you love and explain why they are special. This keeps your answer concise and engaging.

Not Explaining Personal Connection

Candidates often fail to explain why they like the cafe, making their answer less personal and relatable. Sharing personal experiences makes your response more engaging.

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Tip

Share a specific memory or feeling associated with the cafe, such as a special occasion or a favorite moment spent there, to create a connection.

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Band 6-7

I would like to talk about a cafe called La Vanilla. It is back in my hometown. It is an amazing place if you like to go to a cafe with amazing aesthetics, good service and of course a fragrance of various coffee flavors. It provides with different types of flavors and coffee. For example, cheesecake latte is one of their best sellers. There is also a dish called a wood fired pizza. It is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted in my entire life. It comes out really crisp and the sauce they use is so amazing. Therefore, I loved the food at that place. Also, they provide with amazing service and the people who serve are so friendly that it makes you want to go there more and more. But unfortunately, for me, I cannot travel to my hometown that much. I always keep recommending my other friends to go there, however. It was opened in the year 2009, I think and it has always been really popular throughout. It is the most amazing and heart welcoming cafe. I got to know about it through my brother. He also likes to explore cafes just like me. It provides with an amazing experience whenever I want to, you know, relieve stress after a long day of work. I love going there and just having a delicious coffee. The pizza and coffee is the perfect blend. I love that cafe.

Band 6-7

A cafe I would like to visit is in London, which serves a really good hot chocolate and amazing desserts. I love drinking hot chocolate. I believe the flavor and the warmth that it gives the person is really good. I also would like to visit it because it's very famous. It's recently gained popularity on social media. It is very famous for all of its desserts, the dipping hot chocolate and marshmallows as well as the desserts, milk desserts and strawberry desserts and different kinds of desserts. It's also special. I would like to visit Tres Leches in London. It's special, it's in the central part of London. It's a sight for one's eye and it's a hot chocolate piece with cherry on top. A cafe I would like to visit is called Tres Leches in London. It's in the central part of London with a great view of the London city. It's usually known for its hot chocolate and different kinds of desserts. I personally love drinking hot chocolate as it's my personal favorite. Even currently where I live, which is in India, I love having hot chocolate. So going to a place which is specializing in hot chocolate is something that I really wish to go. It's really, Tres Leches is a very famous place. It's recently gained a lot of traction on social media. It's meant to be heaven on earth or a sight to sore eyes and it's gained popularity for its strawberry desserts especially, strawberry and chocolate desserts and I personally love having strawberry and chocolate together. So that's like a cherry on top for me. It's really fresh and very, very inviting to everyone's taste buds. Even people all around like in Dubai, New York, Australia are dying to go and have a small slice of this particular heaven. It basically is also revised as heaven on earth. So that's one of the more reasons that I would want to go there. Some different aspects of going to a cafe would be its food as well. Apart from desserts, it also serves food like croissants, pan au chocolat, multigrain breads and different kind of chili cheese toasts as well, which I also love to have. The final reason would be the view as I love watching beautiful views out in the world and the main view in central London would be a very good view to watch.

Band 6-7

my love for tea coffee and beverages make me visit a cafe very often and it is mostly the Raju tea stall located in tower circle of our city Karimnagar there we get a very very delicious tea and coffee with very hot and spicy samosa I really enjoy chai and samosa I do often visit with my mom when we go there to shopping have our snacks and return back to home and there it's one of the famous cafeteria in Karimnagar the samosa there is very crunchy and we can also get many of the items like pakodas, some snacks, biscuits, jalebi sweets, papads etc

Band 6-7

Cafes are great places which grab a lot of attention of the youths and even the teenagers or seniors for a cozy place to hang out and sit with friends and family. I am very fond of cafes and ever since I was a teenager I have a predilection of going to a cafe even alone to grab a coffee on weekends or on evenings. There are various, many cafes I would like to describe about a cafe that I like to visit in particular. It is in the Banjara Hills of, it is located in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, named Rose Tree Coffee House. It's a chain basically and it has its branches at many places all over the country. The design of the cafe is such that they have made it out of a bungalow, existing old vintage bungalow.

Band 6-7

and I think the vibe of the place is very vibrant and the people who are who are regular visitors are also very homely and and those coming to the stuffs they are very well behaved and courteous which makes me go there again and again and coming to the food however the price is on the higher side but the quality of the food is top-notch if I have to talk about my favorite food it will be the bruschetta and pepperoni pizza and coming to the drink it would be the cranberry cold brew because and this year if I have to if I have to tell that this year this cranberry cold brew of roastery coffee house won the best coffee the town award because it is so good and since it's a brewery itself so it's like a plus point for people who are into beers and alcoholic items and coming to other drinks there's another drink called brownie shot which is which is a must try if you visit that place

Band 6-7

I belong in a hometown named Surat. In my hometown Surat, there are wide variety of cafes available. They have all different types of themes and ambience. But I personally prefer to go to a cafe which has ambience related to open space or rather I would say related to nature because it helps me to clear up my mind and also gives a lot of space where I don't feel isolated or congested. There is this one cafe away from my house nearly 15 to 20 minutes. It is called as the gallery cafe. The architecture is related to the blend of native place and Greek type of architecture where different plants are being planted. It has open ceiling and it is a fan oriented place. There is no AC but rather than keeping the ambience in mind, it has excellent choices and food as well. There are different cuisines available which might be Italian, Indian, Greek, Lebanese etc. and from that my favourite cuisine is probably Lebanese and Italian. I prefer the pasta of that place because those are really creamy and savoury. And also they provide good choices in sweets. They have different choices of pastries that are not available in different cafes. But the pastries that there are can be died for and I would say due to its good service, I usually like to visit the place and during night time it has really good blend of singing and dancing culture which I always have looked forward to. There are also bands performing there.

Band 6-7

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Band 6-7

I like to go to a cafe named Blossoms. I was introduced to it by one of my friends. It was near our college. We all, the batch mates used to go up there at our free time. It serves a lot of drinks and food, namely a variety of coffees and Italian cuisines which is favoured by most of the undergrad students. We often visit there whenever we have any moment of celebration and whenever we want to celebrate some moments like birthday or someone's securing a job and many more. I miss it now after my graduation because I am not going there often. But we all are planning later to go there and cherish our old moments of our undergraduate days.

Band 6-7

I am a coffee addict so I love visiting cafes in my country there are many different cafes but one of them I love visiting is the cafe coffee day it has a varied ranges of coffee with different subtle flavors however I do visit other cafes but the snacks in cafe coffee day are really exciting when I was young I visited cafe coffee day with my friends as well as my family there is a separate zone for no there is no smoking zone there where you can smoke and there is no chances of the smoke coming in then secondly there is a huge variety of pastries and cake and I am a sweet tooth of I have a sweet tooth there the privacy there is super and there are separate chambers where you can sit and enjoy and enjoy your private space then the ambience is really nice the decorations really attracts me and it provides beautiful photographs the behavior of the attendants are really good they always welcome you with a smile however nowadays I have gone there less but in future I really looking up in visiting the cafe with my friend and spend time in talking about our life last last time I visited the cafe was 1.5 years ago and I really feel that I should visit it because I have not tasted the same quality of coffee whenever I go in Goa

Band 6-7

I would like to visit hashtag cafe which is located behind the SIT college in Tumkur city. They serve white sauce pasta and cheese maggi which I like the most. Just because of these two dishes I like to visit that cafe and also the ambience over there is pretty good. And apart from that I would like to visit coffee day which is located again in the SIT backyard over there.
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