A Restaurant Put Chairs on the Pavement | IELTS Letter Sample
A restaurant near your home put some chairs and tables on the pavement for customers. This creates a problem for you. Write a letter to the manager to complain about this matter. In your letter
discuss the problem. How it affects you.
Say what will you do if this matter is not resolved.
Here is a band 9 letter on this topic.
Dear Sir or Madam
I am a resident of Garden Retreat, the residential complex adjacent to your restaurant. I am writing this letter to express my concern regarding your new dining arrangement on the pavement. I must tell you that this is totally unacceptable. First, the pavement is not meant to be used in this manner. By placing tables and chairs on the pavement, you hinder the free movement of pedestrians.
This arrangement is causing a lot of problems for my family and me as well. A lot of noise is coming from customers who eat outside the restaurant. Since your restaurant is open until 12 o’clock, this constant noise prevents us from falling asleep. I have aged parents and school going children. They are not able to sleep well. What’s more, you do not have adequate parking space for all the customers who eat inside and outside the restaurant. It is common for your customers to park their vehicles in front of our gates. This causes a lot of inconvenience to us.
Your earlier arrangement of serving your customers only inside your restaurant did not create any problems for us. Hence, I request you to stop serving customers on the pavement. If you continue this practice, I am afraid I will have to contact the City Council.
I look forward to seeing this issue resolved.
Yours sincerely
Simranpreet Kaur
Analysis
This letter answers all the questions in the task rubric. It uses formal language which is appropriate for a letter of this kind. Appropriate opening and closing formulae are used. There are hardly any grammar mistakes. Also, this letter uses advanced vocabulary. It makes good use of cohesive elements as well.
Score
Task response: 9/9
Coherence and cohesion: 9/9
Grammatical range and accuracy: 9/9
Lexical resources: 9/9
