お料理です
oryōri desu
The English phrase "here is your food" is translated into Japanese as お料理です (oryōri desu).
This phrase is used specifically when a server is presenting the prepared dishes to the customer at the table.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase consists of the polite prefix 'o-', the noun 'ryōri' (cooking/meal) and the polite copula 'desu' (is).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The use of the honorific prefix 'o-' makes this phrase appropriate for a server to use in a restaurant setting. For more formal variations, you might hear ご注文の品です to mean "Here is your order" or ご注文どおりです to mean "As you ordered."
How do you pronounce it?
oryōri desu
Did you know?
- The word 料理 shares a root with the concept of 'treating' or 'managing' a person, which is why the term can be used metaphorically for handling a difficult opponent in a match.
- The honorific prefix お in お料理 can be omitted entirely if the person speaking is the one who cooked the food, as using it to describe your own work would sound boastful.
- While お料理です is common, a server might instead say お待たせいたしました which translates to 'I have kept you waiting'.
Examples in context
- お料理です。oryouri desu.Here is your food.
- こちら、お料理です。kochira, oryouri desu.Here is your meal.
- ご注文のお料理です。gochuumon no oryouri desu.Here is the food you ordered.
Example conversation
A customer receives their meal at a small restaurant.
- 大翔 Hirotoお待たせしました。お料理です。omatase shimashita. oryouri desu.Thank you for waiting. Here is your food.
- 美咲 Misakiありがとうございます。arigatou gozaimasu.Thank you very much.
- 大翔 Hirotoごゆっくりどうぞ。goyukkuri douzo.Please enjoy your meal.
- 美咲 Misakiいただきます。itadakimasu.Let's eat.
