You and some friends ate a meal at a restaurant to celebrate a special occasion, and you were very pleased with the food and service. Write a letter to the restaurant manager. In your letter: - give details of your visit to the restaurant - explain the reason for the celebration - say what was good about the food and the service
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to express my completeutter satisfaction and admiration regarding the outstanding food and service we enjoyedwe have enjoyed atin your restaurant, “La-Italiano”, last Sunday. Thank you for making our event special. It was my friend's birthday, so we decided to celebrate it at your restaurant. We visited your restaurant on 29th July, at around 7.30 pm, due to its convenient location and a good reputation for delicious food. I am happy that we picked your place. Five of us went to your restauranteatery and we enjoyed a traditional Italian cuisinecousin for dinner and a special black forest cake from your restaurant. It was really worth the moneyIt really did worth the money we paid because I suppose you have hired the best chef in townthe best chef in the town! The service of the waiters was also excellentmarvellous. They were truly well-mannered, organised and skilled in serving food. On top of that, the interior design of your place is absolutelyadequately stunning. We also realised how generouslypreciously you treat your customers when my friend got a chocolate box as a birthday gift from your restauranton behalf of your restaurant. That truly made our day. I hope the authorities of your restaurant will always ensure this excellent service and food to all its guests. Yours faithfully, Shadia Rahman
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter fully addresses the occasion, visit details, food, and service in a warm, suitably appreciative tone, with a clear progression through the relevant points. Its impact is weakened by the single-block presentation and several inaccurate word choices and grammatical forms. The highest priority is to divide the response into purposeful paragraphs while favouring precise, natural restaurant vocabulary and checking past-tense verb patterns.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The letter covers the visit details, reason for celebration, and positive comments about food and service. The purpose is clear and the tone is appropriately appreciative.
Keep the same coverage, but make the praise more specific and less exaggerated.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response is logically ordered, but it is presented as one long block and some transitions are basic. The sequence from reason to food to service is clear.
Use paragraph breaks after the opening thanks, after the visit details, and before the closing wish.
Lexical Resource
There is a good range of positive vocabulary, but some word choices are inaccurate, including cousin for cuisine and preciously for generously.
Prioritise accuracy over decorative vocabulary, especially for restaurant and service descriptions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Grammar is generally understandable, but errors in tense, verb patterns, and articles appear across the letter.
Review past-tense descriptions and fixed expressions such as it was worth and one of the best.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You and some friends ate a meal at a restaurant to celebrate a special occasion, and you were very pleased with the food and service. Write a letter to the restaurant manager. In your letter:
- give details of your visit to the restaurant
- explain the reason for the celebration
- say what was good about the food and the service
Your response
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