Izakaya Meijiya

• Cuisine(s): Japanese
  Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 5:30pm-12am
• Price: $
  Alcohol: Beer/Wine
• Reservations: Not Necessary
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

The newest tenant in a decrepit Costa Mesa strip mall at which the metal bars go up when the sun goes down, Izakaya Meijiya opened with a dining room no bigger than a teriyaki-to-go joint and a staff of three or four who would be outnumbered if the place were even half-full. The food is tapas-size bites designed to be consumed with ice-cold glasses of Sapporo, Kirin or Asahi-or, depending on how the workday went, thimble shots of premium sake. As is typical of the style, preparations run the gamut of every conceivable cooking method including deep-fried, steamed, stir-fried, simmered, grilled, pickled and, some, not cooked at all.