Who doesn't know this typically German word which doesn't have a real equivalent in English. Maybe you could call it cosy but it doesn't really explain the word. When a restaurant is "gemütlich", it means that there is a nice temperature - not too hot or cold-, you are comfortably seated, there is a nice atmosphere and you feel at home.
Specific to German restaurants - I know it also from Austria and Switzerland - is the fact that you may come to eat there and then stay there all evening until you decide to go home. It isn't expected of you that you change for a bar or other location after you have finished your meal.
We even have a song which describes it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8VmCDdt5o
In this case it is a song which is frequently sung at beer festivals.
If you like other German drinking songs, try out this one:
http://www.rhapsody.com/playlistcentral/playlistdetail?playlistId=ply.12753633
Cultural Insight about Germany and the region of Stuttgart. Peculiarities, what to see, what to know and how to move.
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