How to Say “Menu please” in Chinese
Food and dining · HSK 2
"Menu please" in Chinese is 请给我菜单 (qǐng gěi wǒ cài dān). 请给我菜单 (qǐng gěi wǒ càidān) politely asks for a menu. In China many restaurants now skip paper menus entirely; you scan a 二维码 (èrwéimǎ, QR code) on the table and order on your phone.
Primary translation
请给我菜单
qǐng gěi wǒ cài dān
Traditional: 請給我菜單
Variants by register
Casual
菜单
cài dān
When to use it
请给我菜单 (qǐng gěi wǒ càidān) politely asks for a menu. In China many restaurants now skip paper menus entirely; you scan a 二维码 (èrwéimǎ, QR code) on the table and order on your phone. If staff hand you a tablet, that is 点单机 (diǎndān jī). For wine lists specifically ask 酒单 (jiǔdān). If a picture menu exists, the magic phrase is 有图片菜单吗 (is there a picture menu?).
Example sentences
服务员，请给我菜单。
Fúwùyuán, qǐng gěi wǒ càidān.
Waiter, please give me the menu.
扫这个二维码点餐。
Sǎo zhège èrwéimǎ diǎncān.
Scan this QR code to order.
有英文菜单吗？
Yǒu Yīngwén càidān ma?
Do you have an English menu?