recommend a restaurant

Meaning

To suggest a specific place to eat because you think it is good. This is a highly practical phrase used when traveling, socializing, or asking locals for food suggestions. It is polite, helpful, and very common in casual conversations.

Examples

• Can you recommend a restaurant near our hotel for dinner?

  Can you recommend a restaurant near our hotel for dinner?

• My coworker recommended a restaurant that serves amazing Italian food.

  My coworker recommended a restaurant that serves amazing Italian food.

• I always ask locals to recommend a restaurant when I visit a new city.

  I always ask locals to recommend a restaurant when I visit a new city.

• She recommended a restaurant, but it was unfortunately closed on Mondays.

  She recommended a restaurant, but it was unfortunately closed on Mondays.

• If you like sushi, I can highly recommend a restaurant downtown.

  If you like sushi, I can highly recommend a restaurant downtown.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Can you recommend me a restaurant?

  ✓ Can you recommend a restaurant to me?

  In English, we recommend something (to someone), not someone something. Avoid putting 'me' directly after 'recommend'.

• ✗ I recommend you to try this restaurant.

  ✓ I recommend trying this restaurant.

  The verb 'recommend' is followed by a gerund (-ing) or a 'that' clause, not an infinitive with 'to'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since you know the city so well, could you ___ for our anniversary?

  💡 suggest a place to eat

  Show answer

  recommend a restaurant

• I asked the hotel receptionist to ___ nearby.

  💡 suggest a dining spot

  Show answer

  recommend a restaurant