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**Disclaimer** : _This relates to prose, I would never consider being
intentionally rude in real life._

I'm currently writing a short-story, and in it there's a scene in a Japanese
restaurant. It calls for one of the characters (female) to call the waiter
over and request a bottle of Sake (nihonshu?), as per the chef's
recommendation.

My own—slow but ongoing—study of Japanese, is of little help, because text-
books has an awful tendency to mangle the politeness in these matters. From
what I understand of the politeness customs in Japan, a customer would
probably **not** be more polite toward the staff, than the staff toward the
customer.

So, how would one, as a woman, in conversational Japanese, bordering on being
downright rude, order a bottle of the house's recommended rice-wine?

My own best guess would be " _Oi, nihonshu kudasai!_ ", but that doesn't sound
right to me…
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Ordering a drink, conversational Japanese
Simply: お酒を一本下さい。

Be careful, though, it means you want one bottle of rice wine.

PS. It's just a deduction I came to personally, but the tidbit you wrote makes
me recall all the situations I stumbled upon when drunken people, outsiders of
course, kept on insulting the Japanese. It sounds like "Bring me some booze,
would ya!?". Just be careful when they're getting "edgy" with their opinions
on gaijins, because on many occasions, they have a reason to.
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As @dainichi has suggested in his comment I think you could use  

> ちょっと。おススメのお酒/日本酒ちょうだい。or  
>  ちょっと。おススメのお酒/日本酒持ってきて。or  
>  ちょっと。おススメのお酒/日本酒もらうわ。  
>

etc. in a Japanese restaurant. If in [居酒屋]{いざかや} you would say  

> [熱燗]{あつかん}つけて。  
>  一本つけて。  
>  [沢の鶴]{さわのつる}、[冷]{ひや}で。  
>

etc., depending on what (type/brand) you want / how (hot/iced/warm/room
temperature) you want it.
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Say "ano" or "chotto" to get attention at beginning, both is polite.(Oi is
really rude) And the rest is just fine.
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