Hi-Fi Izakaya

Hi-Fi Izakaya is a bar in Lancaster, PA. It operates as a Japanese listening lounge and cocktail bar, pairing carefully spun vinyl records with craft cocktails, Japanese small plates, and a collection of Japanese whisky, sake, and spirits. The bar is open Tuesday through Thursday from 6pm to midnight and Friday and Saturday from 6pm to 2am. It holds a rating of 4.80 based on 123 reviews.

The room is built around analog sound. Resident selectors spin city pop, soul, jazz, and lesser-known records, and the bar hosts guest selectors and recurring vinyl nights, including a Playing Quality Records session with HexWax and Friends. The cocktail list runs from highballs topped with super carbonated soda to house creations such as the Ochado Chu-Hi, made with Suntory Toki whisky, mizunara shochu, Cointreau, grapefruit soda, and spiced pomelo honey, and the Uchi Chu-Hi, built on Okinawan awamori with coconut oolong tea, dry sherry, lemon, fermented pineapple, and perilla. A section of remixed classics includes a Gen-Matcha Gimlet and a Japanese Old Fashioned made with Mars Iwai 45 whisky, mizunara-aged demerara, and Mt. Fuji bitters. In the kitchen, shareable izakaya plates are prepared for pairing with the drinks.

The bar sits on West Orange Street, a short walk from The Trust Performing Arts Center and about a tenth of a mile from North Prince Street. Lancaster Central Market, The Ware Center at Millersville University, and Binns Park are all roughly a tenth of a mile away.

Hi-Fi Izakaya has built a strong local reputation, reflected in consistently high customer ratings across a large base of reviews.

For a late-night drink and a record in downtown Lancaster, Hi-Fi Izakaya pairs Japanese drinking food and whisky with a listening room a few steps from Central Market.