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Describe A Restaurant That You Enjoyed Going To: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where was the restaurant?
  • Why chose this restaurant?
  • What type of food did you eat in this restaurant?
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Cue 1:Where was the restaurant?

  • Begin by mentioning the name and location of the restaurant, providing some context about the area.
  • Describe the ambiance and setting of the restaurant to give a vivid picture.

Example

The restaurant I enjoyed going to is called 'Spice Route', located in the bustling area of Connaught Place in New Delhi. It has a vibrant atmosphere with colorful decor and traditional Indian music playing softly in the background, making it a perfect spot for a delightful dining experience.

Cue 2:Why chose this restaurant?

  • Share your personal reasons for choosing this restaurant, such as recommendations or past experiences.
  • Mention any unique features that attracted you to this place, like its reputation or special events.

Example

I chose 'Spice Route' because it came highly recommended by my friends who praised its authentic Indian cuisine. Additionally, I had visited it once before for a family celebration, and the food and service were exceptional, which made me eager to return.

Cue 3:What type of food did you eat in this restaurant?

  • Describe the specific dishes you ordered and highlight any that stood out to you.
  • Explain how the food tasted and any memorable experiences related to the meal.

Example

During my visit, I ordered their famous butter chicken and garlic naan, along with a side of biryani. The butter chicken was rich and creamy, bursting with flavors, while the naan was soft and perfect for dipping. I also enjoyed a refreshing mango lassi that complemented the spices beautifully.

Conclusion

    Example

    Overall, my experience at 'Spice Route' was delightful, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a taste of authentic Indian cuisine in a warm and inviting atmosphere. I look forward to visiting again soon.

    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 Too Vague

    Candidates often give very general answers without specific details. This can make the response less engaging and informative.

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    Tip

    Include specific details about the restaurant's location, atmosphere, and unique features to create a vivid picture.

    2: Neglecting Personal Experience

    Some candidates fail to share their personal feelings or experiences related to the restaurant, which can make their answer less relatable.

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    Tip

    Discuss your personal experiences, such as memorable moments or favorite dishes, to make your response more engaging.

    Ignoring the Cues

    Candidates sometimes overlook the specific cues provided, leading to incomplete answers that do not fully address the topic.

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    Tip

    Make sure to answer all the cues clearly, addressing the location, reasons for choosing the restaurant, and the type of food you enjoyed.

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    I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.
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    Anonymous student Band 8

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    The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.
    Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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    Anonymous student Band 6.5

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    As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.
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    When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.
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    It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

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    Band 6-7

    This is a restaurant located in Kurmangala near the street beside Jyotinibas College Street where at the end of the buildings you will find a building named Smoky Shisha The Lounge. So this is the best place where you can go with your friends to have a very chill and hangout place. This is a place which would be very favourite to you after a period of time. This place also provides hookah for young generation. Before it was banned, this is during 2021, where we used to go to Smoky the Shisha Lounge to do hookah with our friends and the vibe and the ambience, the food is amazing. This place also provides Alfredo white sauce veg as well as non-veg pasta, which is an Italian brought up food, which is also being prepared in a state where the food is amazing. No matter how far you are, where you are located, but the food is always the perfect. We still go to the same place just to search the same food, but the place is now shut down. The food and the ambience there with loud music, all that friends that you have, it is a perfect day outing. Just to chillax with your friends and also have some good time, relax, have a word, talk, discuss and just to more smile. This is a place to have more good connections, even dance with your friends, enjoy a bit and hold a lot of discussions. And this place also brings back all the old memories that you collected together many years before. This is a great place.

    Band 6-7

    There are number of restaurants in my city but today I would like to talk about one restaurant which name is Savera Hotel which is located in the center of my city. It is a renowned hotel of my city and many people visited there to taste the food of that hotel because it's famous for its Italian and Chinese cuisines. I usually visited there to do a birthday parties and parties on marriage anniversaries because there are really good arrangements for parties. I probably remember that last year I organized a party there on my birthday and it was a really memorable moment for me and besides the staff of that hotel was really good because they always do good behavior with their customers and provide each and every facility on exact time. They are always serving each and every food on exact time. Furthermore, I love the environment of this hotel because it provide a peaceful environment and slowly music was running on every time at that hotel which provides me a peaceful environment as well as inner satisfaction. Apart from this, I like this hotel a lot because it's near, it's only far away 4-5 minutes of my home. Apart from this, I can easily visit there to enjoy every moment of my life with my friends. I usually go there.

    Band 6-7

    I would like to talk about a restaurant which is in Thrissur, Kerala. Its name is Tonson's Casa. It's right in the city center with a very good ambience. The restaurant itself looks like as if it's in the middle of the forest with numerous flowers and a beautiful pond is right in front of the restaurant with beautiful fishes. The main attraction is that the food is very tasty. A good number of people come over there. In fact, myself and my family went there. We had to wait for 45 minutes to get a seat. Inside the restaurant, there are seating arrangements and it has a centralized AC. It's fabulous to see. The chef really attends the customers very well. They treat them very well. They provide different cuisines like Indian, Italian and also Chinese. We preferred Indian cuisine and we ordered chicken biryani, grilled chicken and a cocktail. It really tasted... the food was delectable. Really enjoyed the food. And even after the food, they provide a feedback form which we filled and gave them. It was an amazing experience to visit Somsen's Casa. We went to Somsen's Casa based on the positive reviews that people have put on Google. And everybody has... it's commendable.

    Band 6-7

    Well, when it comes to the food, everybody is cherished to have a good food because it soothes our inner aura, but one such thing is when we see a good restaurant in our country, we always admire to get some good food and we love to try some new food that was launched in the restaurant. So, in my city, one such restaurant was launched for the seafoods that is a seafood restaurant and when I entered into the restaurant, the restaurant ambience was really really good and amazing and when I ordered the crab masala and prawn 65, the food was really fresh and the masala inside the food tasted good and when I take a bite of it, the blast of masala, the masala blasted into my mouth and it was really refreshing and further, I ordered a mutton soup inside the restaurant and it was quite okay, but when I ordered some other foods like a fish 65, it was really amazing food, I hope so. And the service of the restaurant was really good and at last, I ended up with

    Band 6-7

    The restaurant that I enjoyed the most was SK Supercook when I was studying in Coimbatore for my Masters, I used to visit the restaurant often because I like homemade foods very much especially when I cook and I eat I feel so comfortable. I got that coziness in that restaurant, whenever I go to the restaurant I feel like I am eating in my home, it gives me such a pleasant moment and the environment is so quiet and surrounded by so many trees and I used to eat parotas and chicken curry which is exactly like what my mom used to give me for festival, so whenever I go to that restaurant I will start feeling like I am in my home and I will get a really peaceful environment there.

    Band 6-7

    the restaurant which I am going to describe is nearby my locality which is really a 15 minutes from my home this is MRA restaurant Thalassery why I choose this restaurant is because of its ambience and calm effect it is really important for a appetizer to be in a calm position because every time when we rush into the food we need a calm while we eat our food so this they have the most delicious menus over there I love to be to eat masala dosa chutney and Sambar from there and they are so crisp so delicious food they own the waiter all the manager all the staffs are really great in their service they do have multiple stores but this this one actually is the best which is near to my home place and I just go there eat the food enjoy myself the food everything is absolutely nice nicest than myself and when I talk to talk to you about the service they are having both dining and not dining they also do the parcel

    Band 6-7

    I have chosen to go to Pista House restaurant near my home because it was just 4 km away from my home. So basically when this was established back in 2020, I was of no opinion about this restaurant. I just went casually along with my family to give it a try. I basically had no opinion on the different cuisine and menu. We just went out casually to try whatever we want. Then we ended up ordering a biryani for us which was very flavorful. The essence of all the masalas added to that were overloaded with different flavors. We all enjoyed it. We frequently visit there even in this period. I have visited it over 50 times or even more. Along with this, there are different starters of chicken and meat which are also outstanding. I recommend this restaurant to each and every one of my friends. I choose this restaurant every time when I prefer to eat good and simple because it just enhances the mood and relieves all the stress. Whenever we crave for something good, this is the best spot. The biryani goes very well with Thumbs Up there and the prices are also very affordable compared to other restaurants in the same locality.

    Band 6-7

    There are lots of restaurants in my Hong Kong. Here I would like to talk about a restaurant named Flavors. It's a very old traditional restaurant that has very unique types of food. This is the old traditional food. And the designs are created in a different way. There are lots of photos on the walls. And the scraps are used to decorate the walls of the hotel. And there are lots of street pieces. They probably mean the customer satisfaction. And there are lots of fun activities. I think in the evenings around 6 to 8 there will be a band or some kind of person playing instruments. It's a beautiful vibe we can create in that atmosphere. And one of the major part is that they provide perfect car parking and seating arrangements to the customers. And the customers are serving dishes. One of my favorite dish is beef steak. They serve it in a different manner. I think there are no waitress in my restaurant. The orders are processed via mobile phones. And the food will be delivered by trains in the right side corner of the seating. And the presentation of the food was beautiful. The beef steaks are cut into slices. We can tell them how to cook. It's medium, high or low flame cook. And there are lots of vegetables added.

    Band 6-7

    Since I am a food enthusiast, I like to try new cuisines every now and then and I really love Italian cuisine and because of that I found this very nice place in my neighborhood called the Oliver's Pizzeria. Their main domain is Italian cuisine and they serve other kinds of cuisines as well to cater to various audiences but their speciality is Italian and I chose this restaurant because of the taste that they offer. They have a very unique style of serving the menu as well as the kind of food that I like to order at Oliver's Pizzeria is spaghetti. Since I love pasta, I really like to order their Arrabbiata spaghetti and it is basically made from a tomato puree with Italian seasoning and herbs which taste really good because they smoke it with some charcoal and they also have their signature pesto basil pizza which tastes incredible.

    Band 6-7

    Well, being a party animal, I love to spend nights in restaurants and enjoy parties in clubs and restaurants. On the same note, I would like to talk about a restaurant which I like most. It is situated in Amritsar, in the block of Ranjith Avenue. I choose this restaurant whenever I have to celebrate birthday and any other occasion because this restaurant has a big hall which provides privacy to family and a friend circle. Moreover, this restaurant also has a disco, a DJ system, and many other things which usually not other restaurants have. So most of the time, when I have to celebrate something, I generally visit this restaurant. This restaurant has a variety of foods, Indian as well as Western food. Most of the times, when I visit this restaurant, I prefer to eat dosa, idli, and also shuji is one of the favorite dish I have ever tried there. I choose this restaurant because the management, staff, and workers of this restaurant are very friendly and very cooperative with us. They never miss a chance to amaze us by their food and by their service. Moreover, the price of this restaurant is very affordable and it is not much expensive. So most of the time, I usually prefer this restaurant.
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