Our visit to the Grass Skirt was after the intro Luau for Tiki Oasis 2026: we walked our way from the Catamaran hotel (which has a nice Polynesian decor as well. ) Entry was through a small kitchen, Speakeasy style, through a large walk-in fridge door! Apparently they have a second Speakeasy on the other side... Once through this magical door, we stepped into a dark and well decorated tiki bar. Two very large open tiki god mouths house booths, the bar is backed by skulls with pineapple fronds. A central fireplace was off for our visit, but hosts some skulls nestled inside. A large mural with a hula girl takes up a good portion of one wall. It was very loud and busy when we arrived, not shocking with Tiki Oasis just starting! We were already decked out in Hawaiian fashion and leis so fit right in. It took a while for a server to come help us, but the place was packed. We are pretty sure our server was "baked" as they had a hard time counting how many of us (6) were at our booth and eventually forgot to put our order for drinks in. They did make up for it by giving us all a ChiChi slushy that was quite tasty while waiting a second time for drinks. Drinks were very tasty, with many takes on classics that had a bit of a different spin. They do have food but we did not have any of it due to just finishing a big luau spread! Vibe: 7/10. Service: 4/10. Drinks: 8/10. Overall score: 7/10.

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Tiki Bar

The Grass Skirt - San Diego

San Diego, California, United States

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The Grass Skirt opened November 7th, 2016, in San Diego's Pacific Beach neighborhood. It is owned by the SDCM restaurant group. This speakeasy-style tiki bar is hidden behind a poke restaurant, Good Time Poke. There is a full menu of tropical cocktails, mostly their own creations, and a menu of seafood-centered dishes. Carved posts by local tiki legend Tiki Bosko support thatch over booths wrapping around a central fire pit, and backed by a grand mural of Diamond Head with a hula dancer. The bar is backed with orange tile and lava rock, and fronted by bamboo, lauhala and tapa cloth. One booth sits inside the mouth of a huge tiki head.