what is the most natural way of saying "how long is the wait?" in a restaturant?
I looked this up on Naver and it doesn't sound too natural (to me at least):
얼마나 기다려야 합니까?

This sounds a bit informal:
얼마나 걸릴까요?

Or maybe something like this?
네 사람은 얼마나 기다려야 하죠?

Thanks in advance

Question

what is the most natural way of saying "how long is the wait?" in a restaturant?
I looked this up on Naver and it doesn't sound too natural (to me at least):
얼마나 기다려야 합니까?

This sounds a bit informal:
얼마나 걸릴까요?

Or maybe something like this?
네 사람은 얼마나 기다려야 하죠?

Thanks in advance

Answer

You are right, 얼마나 기다려야 합니까? doesn't sound natural.

얼마나 걸릴까요? (as you think, it's informal. But i's fine in a restaurant)
얼마나 걸려요?/ 얼마나 걸리나요?/ 얼마나 기다려야 하나요?  (all same as the above one)

The last one doesn't make sense at all. It will be more natural if you remove '사람은'.

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