Devil's Den
20 Sept 2023
Great drinks . Wednesday is all day Happy Hour so 2 for 1 off the Happy Hour menu. I had a Mai Tai and a Classic Daiquiri. Both very well made. The only problem I have with the place is that I didn’t see even one Tiki for the decor. Mostly sculls and skeletons. My Mai Tai did come in a Tiki mug though.
Three Dots and a Dash
19 Sept 2023
This was my 2nd visit. Everyone raves about this bar but I gotta say I've found it a disappointment.
The entrance is in an alley and then you have to go down a stairway to get to the bar. So far so good. Turn the corner into the bar and it's pretty dark. Still good. The decor is good but not great. Just a bunch of bamboo and a few tikis, with appropriate lighting. The music is just all wrong. Modern electro crap.
I sat at the bar. The bartenders are friendly and very competent. They just don't have a good menu to work with. Their drink menu isn't very long, and is mostly just strange takes on classic tiki drinks. For instance, I ordered a 2044 Mai Tai. Overproof Jamaican Rum, 55 degree Martinique Rhum Agricole Blanc, Brazilian Cachaca, Yellow Chartreuse, lime, and orgeat. Sounds like it might be an interesting take on the Mai Tai. Unfortunately it really is not at all reminiscent of a Mai Tai. Way too sweet, and the Cachaca just ruins it.
I hate to be so critical, but both visits were big disappointments. It just isn't a very "Tiki" experience.
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