How to Say “May I see the menu” in Thai
ขอเมนูหน่อย
khɔ̌ɔ mee-nuu nɔ̀y
May I see the menu
ค่ะ (khâ) and ครับ (khráp) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
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When to use it
A simple, everyday request when you sit down at a restaurant. The ขอ (khɔ̌ɔ) + [noun] + หน่อย (nɔ̀y) pattern works well for general requests like this one. When ordering a specific dish with a quantity, though, Thai speakers typically swap หน่อย (nɔ̀y) for a number and a classifier instead: ขอผัดไทย 1 ที่ (khɔ̌ɔ phàt-thay nɨ̀ng thîi) ครับ/ค่ะ (khráp/khâ) — may I have one Pad Thai, please. ที่ (thîi) here is the classifier for a serving or order of food.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ขอเมนูหน่อย written as: kor menu noi, khor menoo noy, ko menu noy.
There is no single standard for writing Thai in the Roman alphabet — phrasebooks, road signs, and tourist guides each follow a different system, and many just invent their own spellings. The romanization on this page uses a consistent IPA-based system that marks all five tones and distinguishes short from long vowels. The same word always gets the same spelling. Paste any Thai to see it romanized →
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