すみません、注文をお願いします。
Sumimasen, chūmon o onegai shimasu.
Excuse me, I’d like to order.
- Word for word
- “Excuse me, an order, please.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Calling the server in a restaurant.
- Worth knowing
- In many restaurants it is normal to call staff over with すみません. There is often a call button instead.