izakaya

Though if you want something else it's not going to arrive in 3-5 mins like an izakaya.

The iconic French or Italian restaurant is larger than the iconic Japanese izakaya with 10 seats.

Locally to me, far from anywhere it belongs, an independent-spirited Japanese man operates a little izakaya as a solo enterprise.

If you're in Istanbul, and you're going to meet at 7pm Izakaya time, why would you enter 7pm Istanbul time?

You see a bit of their lives outside, but it always reverts back to the izakaya where they debate on various topics.

Put 1am Istanbul time or, more sensibly, enter the appointment as 7pm Izakaya time.

It's also quite socially acceptable for women to go to an izakaya and drink oolong tea instead of alcohol all night long.

I entered a jazz izakaya in Kanazawa with only two stools and no room for anyone else.

I think pub in Britain, tapas bar in Spain, beer hall in Germany are all similar to izakaya in Japan.

I'd get invited to the local izakaya and we'd have a grand old time shooting the shit over sports, politics, etc.

Although I feel like I've definitely been in situations where there were no spoons (izakaya...

It's very common to have this fee in bars and izakaya[1].

That said, I’m guessing the “jazz izakaya” that gp mentioned would probably just be called a bar or izakaya, possibly with a thematic adjective added.

Most of the action centres around a group of regulars talking while at a small izakaya in Shinjuku, Tokyo, which is run by someone known only as "Master" and only opens from midnight to 7am.

If this were set in Japan as you propose, and we substituted “onigiri stall” or “izakaya” for “Mexican restaurant,” would that affect the substance of the gp’s observation?

There must be something I'm not understanding about "izakaya culture", because that just sounds like hanging with friends without a specific activity planned so you just talk shit, have a drink and eat (whether at home or different places around town), maybe someone breaks out a pack of cards?

Izakaya I would associate more with drinking and small plates of food, but not necessarily a catch-all for bars.

If I'm flying to Japan and meeting someone at 7pm, I'm going to make an appointment 'Izakaya at 7pm'.

Izakaya usually only open for dinner, maybe lunch, but definitely not breakfast.