1. In groups of four, write a review of
a restaurant where you have eaten recently and would recommend to others. Using the ICT tool of Google Docs (https://www.google.es/intl/es/docs/about/), and in
groups of four students. Write about 30 words (each) and revise the lines
written by the other members of the team. To know who the original author of
the words is, choose and write a colour.
Use and follow the guidelines provided:
How to Write a Restaurant Review
The job of a food reviewer is to tell
the taste, texture, smell, and presentation of a restaurant's food. You not
only comment on the food but also on the atmosphere, staff knowledge, attentiveness,
the speed of service and the general impression of the restaurant. A great food
review allows the readers to decide whether or not they want to visit the
restaurant when they're done reading your review.
This is how a review would be
planned and then written:
1) Open your review with
a catchy sentence. The
first sentence of the review should make people want to read more. Remember,
you are giving them a reason to either spend their money at this restaurant or
skip ahead to another one, but you're also trying to get them to read your
writing.
2) Describe 3-5 dishes
that you sampled, not all of them. No one wants to read a laundry list of foods,
so pick the foods that made the greatest impression on you (good or bad) and
focus your writing on these dishes. You should try and talk about:
·
Presentation
·
Taste
3) Use big, colourful
adjectives when writing. Remember that, above all, you're selling the experience here, not just
the food.
4) Think about a
restaurant's intentions, not just your personal preferences. A good food review is about helping
other people find the restaurant, not just a platform to tell everyone your
likes and dislikes. A good reviewer is as unbiased as possible, evaluating the
restaurant as a whole. What kind of atmosphere are they going for here? Do they
pull it off? How do your preferences match the restaurants?
5)
Write a mixture of
pros and cons. Unless it is
either the very best restaurant you've ever eaten at or the very worst, it is
not fair to write a review that is either all good or all bad. Try and give
your audience the complete picture.
6) Make a recommendation.
Ultimately, people
want your advice on the food. What to order, what to skip, and what restaurants
to go to depending on their mood.
7) Fill in the essential
details of the restaurant in the beginning or end of the review. This is where you put in the average
cost of a meal, the reservations time, and the address. You could also add a
rating, such 3 out of 4 stars, if you wanted.
Here you have some useful language for a review:
The thing I liked most was
I was pleasantly surprised by
If you get a chance to
I was disappointed by/with
owned by
head chef (restaurant)
waiters (restaurant)
reasonable prices
(a bit/somehow) expensive
always fully booked
book in advance
I would definitely recommend
seeing/visiting/reading/having a look at ...
REMEMBER: Describe the location, service and setting.
Use as much modals as possible.
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