Love-Spanish.com: Is There A Restaurant Around Here?

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Is There A Restaurant Around Here?

Introduction

This post is about giving information about facilities in the vicinity, and more specifically about the availability of a restaurant nearby.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a work colleague. The other person is looking for a place to eat. He/ she doesn't know the locality, but believes that you do and says to you something like: "is there a restaurant around here?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Hay un restaurante por aquí?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say whether or not there are any restaurants in the vicinity. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative.

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

Sí, hay un restaurante cerca de aquí (yes, there is a restaurant near here)
Sí, hay un restaurante bastante cerca (yes, there is a restaurant quite near)
Sí, hay un restaurante muy cerca (yes, there is a restaurant very near)
Sí, hay un restaurante a la vuelta de la esquina (yes, there is a restaurant around the corner)
Sí, hay un restaurante al otro lado de la calle (yes, there is a restaurant on the other side of the street/ road)
Sí, hay varios restaurantes bastante cerca (yes, there are several restaurants quite near)
No, por aquí no hay ningún restaurante (no, there aren't any restaurants around here)
No, por aquí no hay restaurantes (no, there are no restaurants around here)