השירות במסעדה הזאת טוב.

Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

השירות במסעדה הזאת טוב
literally follows the pattern the service in this restaurant good
but it means The service in this restaurant is good.

In past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• השירות היה טוב = The service was good
• השירות יהיה טוב = The service will be good

Because טוב agrees with השירות, which is the subject, and השירות is masculine singular.

• השירות = the service → masculine singular
• טוב = good → masculine singular form

A common beginner mistake is to match טוב/טובה with the nearest noun, which here is מסעדה. But מסעדה is inside the phrase במסעדה הזאת (in this restaurant), so it does not control the adjective.

Compare:

• השירות טוב = The service is good
• המסעדה טובה = The restaurant is good

Hebrew noun gender often has to be learned word by word. שירות is a good example, because it is masculine singular even though its ending may look unusual to a learner.

So you say:

• שירות טוב = good service
• not שירות טובה

This is just something to memorize with the noun. Many Hebrew nouns do not follow the most obvious gender patterns.

Because Hebrew demonstratives like this usually come after the noun, not before it.

So English says:

• this restaurant

But Hebrew says:

• המסעדה הזאת
• literally: the restaurant this

With the preposition ב (in), that becomes:

• במסעדה הזאת = in this restaurant

This word order is completely normal in Hebrew.

Because the preposition ב (in) combines with the definite article ה (the).

So:

• ב + המסעדה → במסעדה

This is very common in Hebrew. The same thing happens with other prepositions too.

For example:

• בבית = in the house
• למלון = to the hotel
• מהחדר = from the room

So even though you do not see a separate ה in במסעדה, the noun is still definite: in the restaurant.

Yes, זאת by itself can mean this. But after a noun, Hebrew normally uses the forms:

• הזה = this (masculine singular)
• הזאת = this (feminine singular)
• האלה = these

So:

• הספר הזה = this book
• המסעדה הזאת = this restaurant

Since מסעדה is feminine singular, the correct form here is הזאת.

In standard Modern Hebrew, הזאת means this.

So:

• המסעדה הזאת = this restaurant

If you want that restaurant, you would usually say:

• המסעדה ההיא

So the feminine singular contrast is:

• הזאת = this
• ההיא = that

Because טוב is a predicate adjective here, not part of the noun phrase.

Compare these two ideas:

1. השירות טוב = The service is good

   • טוב is the predicate
   • no ה

2. השירות הטוב = the good service

   • טוב is directly describing the noun inside the noun phrase
   • it takes ה because the noun is definite

So in your sentence, טוב means is good, not the good.

This order is natural and correct, but Hebrew word order can sometimes shift for emphasis.

Neutral order:

• השירות במסעדה הזאת טוב
  = The service in this restaurant is good

You might also hear:

• במסעדה הזאת השירות טוב
  = In this restaurant, the service is good

That version emphasizes the location first.

So the given sentence is normal, but it is not the only possible order.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-she-RUT ba-mi-sa-DA ha-ZOT tov

Approximate stress:

• השירות → ha-she-RUT
• במסעדה → ba-mi-sa-DA
• הזאת → ha-ZOT
• טוב → tov

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

ha-she-RUT ba-mi-sa-DA ha-ZOT tov