All You Can Drink in Japan Starts a Clock You Cannot See.
To say All-you-can-drink, please. in Japanese, say 飲み放題でお願いします (nomihōdai de onegai shimasu).
All you can drink is not all night. The second you order it, they start a timer you never see.
飲み放題でお願いします
nomihōdai de onegai shimasu
All-you-can-drink, please.
In this video
- 飲み放題 nomihōdai 「飲み放題」 is all you can drink. It is usually 90 or 120 minutes. Last pour hits about 15 minutes before they take the glasses.
- 飲み放題でお願いします。 Nomihōdai de onegai shimasu. All-you-can-drink, please.
- 二時間 ni-jikan Ask for two hours if they give you a choice. 「二時間」. Then actually watch the clock, because they will not.
- 二時間の飲み放題でお願いします。 Ni-jikan no nomihōdai de onegai shimasu. Two hours of all-you-can-drink, please.
Why this phrase
Japan Decoded at an izakaya. Reveal the hidden 飲み放題 system: usually 90 to 120 minutes, last pour about 15 minutes before time is up, glasses get lifted when the clock dies. Then teach the one line that starts it: 「飲み放題でお願いします」.
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