dessert menu

Meaning

A dessert menu is a separate list of sweet dishes (like cakes, ice cream, or pies) and sweet drinks offered at the end of a meal. In many restaurants, the server will bring this menu only after you have finished your main course.

Examples

• Could we see the dessert menu, please?

  Could we see the dessert menu, please?

• I am too full for a main course, but I want to look at the dessert menu.

  I am too full for a main course, but I want to look at the dessert menu.

• The waiter handed us the dessert menu along with the coffee options.

  The waiter handed us the dessert menu along with the coffee options.

• Everything on the dessert menu looks absolutely delicious.

  Everything on the dessert menu looks absolutely delicious.

• They have a separate dessert menu with seasonal fruit tarts.

  They have a separate dessert menu with seasonal fruit tarts.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Can I see the desert menu?

  ✓ Can I see the dessert menu?

  Be careful with spelling and pronunciation. 'Desert' (one 's') is a dry, sandy place, while 'dessert' (two 's's) is the sweet food.

• ✗ We would like the sweet menu, please.

  ✓ We would like the dessert menu, please.

  While logical, restaurants do not call it a 'sweet menu'. The standard term is 'dessert menu'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• After we finished our steak, the waiter brought over the ___ menu.

  💡 The menu for sweet dishes.

  Show answer

  dessert

• I always check the ___ menu first to see if they have chocolate cake.

  💡 Sweet treats at the end of a meal.

  Show answer

  dessert