Restaurant in the hotel

Every hotel has bars and restaurant, because it is very popular pastime. When people staying in the hotel are hungry or just want to relax and have good time listening to music and having a drink, they go to a restaurant. They prefer to eat ready-made food, because they are not at home and can’t cook. There is a wide variety of restaurants serving different types of food at different prices. There are Chinese, Italian, French restaurants.

In some restaurants you should reserve table in advance, in others not. You choose a table and a waiter brings you the menu. When you have looked at the menu and chosen what you want for the first two courses the waiter takes your order. There is usually a wide choice of beverages to please everyone. A barman or a wine waiter offers the wine list where the guest can find any drink they like. In the end of your meal the waiter takes your order for dessert, tea or coffee.

In some place you can dance to disco music between the courses of your meal. While having your drink or a meal you may enjoy a cabaret. This can be any kind of shows: music, singing, dancing, or people telling stories and jokes.

When you finish eating, ask the waiter to bring you the bill. In most restaurants a service charge (10-15%) is added into the sum, that’s why it’s not necessary to give a tip.

Restaurants in the hotel are very popular and convenient, because guests don’t need go far from their room. They can make an appointment there and meet interesting people.

Restaurants in the hotels

Every hotel has bars and restaurant, because it is very popular pastime. When people staying in the hotel are hungry or just want to relax and have good time listening to music and having a drink, they go to the restaurant.

Food services are a feature of hotels. The typical modern “package hotel” includes a restaurant, a café shop for quicker and less expensive meals and a bar or cocktail lounge. Many larger hotels have several restaurants, often featuring different kinds of food, as well as different prices. The poolside bar and snack bar for quick food are normal part of the service at a resort hotel.

The range of food service in hotels and restaurants today is extensive. There are four types of service. Gueridon service is the highest grade of service offering a full a La carte menu where dishes are served by the waiter from a trolley in the dinning-room, and the gueridon waiter has to cook speciality at the table.

Silver service is the second type where the menu can be either a La carte or table d’hote. In this system, the food is prepared in the kitchen and then put on to silver plates and presented to the guests in the dining-room.

A third form of table service is plate service. The waiter receives the meal already plated from the service hot plate and only has to plate it in front of the guest.

In a fourth type of service, called self-service, a customer collects a tray from the service counter, chooses his dishes and selects the appropriate cutlery for the meal.

There is one more service food system called “the Swedish Board”. This type is a great advantage for the guests as they needn’t wait for the waiters to serve them. The SB is placed in the centre of the hall; the tables for four guests are near the walls. The plates with snacks, salads, vegetables, herbs are mostly served in the centre of the hall. Second, main dishes and desserts are usually served on separate tables.

The guest come up to the SB, take the plates, make choice of the appetizers, dishes and cooling beverages and take their seats at the tables.

The waiter can help the guests if necessary.

The guests can buy wines, cigarettes, beer, coffee, mineral water and pastry for cash money in the restaurant hall.

Today, with increasing needs for economy, many establishments usually prefer a variety of types of service. Tourist hotels, for example, frequently offer a combination of self-service and plate service for breakfast.

So, food service is very important for every hotel as it brings profit to it.

№10 St. Petersburg: climate, geographical position, rivers, canals, some history

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is my home city. It is one of the largest industrial and cultural centres and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was founded in 1703 by Peter I and for over 200 years (from 1714 till 1917) was the capital of Russia.

The city began with the Peter and Paul Fortress. The Peter and Paul Cathedral, the first church of the city, is worth seeing: it is an outstanding architectural monument.

St. Petersburg is famous for its architecture. There are many fine buildings, beautiful monuments, rich museums, parks and gardens in the city. The monument to Peter I (Bronze Horseman), St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Admiralty, the Hermitage, the Summer Gardens, the Russian Museum, Palace Square with the Alexander Column — all of them have a world-wide fame.

The historical centre of St. Petersburg is the Admiralty. Nevsky Prospect is the main street of the city. It begins at the Admiralty and ends at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. If you walk along Nevsky Prospect, you will see many beautiful buildings. You will see the famous Kazan Cathedral with the monuments to the Russian generals Kutuzov and Barklay deTolli, the Alexandrinsky Theatre with the monument to Catherine II in front of it, the Anichkov Palace and the Belosselsky- Belozersky Palace, facing each other across the Fontanka River. The bridge over the Fontanka is famous for Klodt's sculptural groups of a man taming a horse.

There are many theatres in St. Petersburg, such as the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet House, the Maly Opera and Ballet House, the Alexandrinsky Theatre, the Tovstonogov Drama Theatre, the Akimov Comedy Theatre, the Musical Comedy and many others.

St. Petersburg is also famous for the beautiful Neva and its embankments and bridges. The city is especially beautiful during the White Nights in summer.

my home city - родной город

industrial - промышленный

cultural - культурный

it was founded - он был основан

church - церковь

Catherine II (the Second) - Екатерина II

facing each other - смотрящие друг на друга

sculptural groups - скульптурные группы

a man taming a horse - мужчина, укрощающий коня