Home Tiki Bars
Atomic Lagoon
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Atomic Lagoon is the home tiki bar of Richard Ridley and Steve Bultemeyer in Phoenix, Arizona. The bar was created in April 2017. The name is a nod to their house: "Atomic" for its mid-century modern design, and "Lagoon" for its original 1963 lava rock fountain and pond. The mid-century modern bar has a built-in glass case used to display tiki mugs. There is a liquor cabinet which is able to rotate to display the content either outdoors behind the bar, or inside the interior of the house. The lava rock fountain is surrounded by 50-year-old Mediterranean palms. Atomic Lagoon is used for tiki parties, lounging during the warm Phoenix evenings, and gives them an oasis in the desert.
Mon-a' Roa Lanai
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mon-a' Roa Lanai is the home tiki bar of Pat "Patiki" Weikle and Dwayne "Capt_D" Kinney, created in June 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. There are views of the midtown skyline, Piedmont Park, and it overlooks Monroe Drive, which inspired the Lanai's name. The decor was inspired from the couple's travels around the world, with sections dedicated to nautical decor, Disney, headhunters & zombies, and native art & cultures. There are a multitude of color-changing lights and sounds, with an ominous lava flow and underwater lightscape.
The Straw Hut
Hercules, California, United States
The Straw Hut is the home tiki bar of Bill Straw in Hercules, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It was created in January 2012. The bar is on the first floor of Straw's house, but has more of a "basement bar" feel. The room has several distinct areas to congregate: the bar, couch seating, a restaurant booth, the "Wall of Fame," near the turntables, and on the patio.
The space is intended to feel like a 1960s time-capsule tiki bar, with authentic vintage artifacts collected from historic tiki bars around the world. Some of the incredible and rare artifacts include part of the original bar from the original Trader Vic's in Oakland, a glass fishing float from the Trader Vic's in Osaka, a 6-foot-tall Marquesan tiki from the Trader Vic's in Berlin, a Papua New Guinea gope board, glass fishing float and jade tile sconce light from the Trader Vic's in St. Louis, a gong and a photograph of Vic Bergeron from the Trader Vic's in Seattle, a glass fishing float and a table from The Lanai in San Mateo, a shark's jaw and pufferfish lights from Kahiki Supper Club in Columbus, a shell lamp from Chin Tiki in Detroit, wooden spears from the Luau Room in Louisville, a piece of square bamboo from The Islander in Stockton, and the Chow n' Grog sign from Tiki Bob's in San Francisco.
The room is voice controlled by Google Home; a simple "Hey Google, turn on the Tiki room" turns on 15 lights and an appropriate soundtrack.
The Fuzzy Smudge
Olalla, Washington, United States
The Fuzzy Smudge is the home tiki bar of Mark & Debbie Whitehead, created in April 2014 in their home in Olalla, Washington, just across Puget Sound from Seattle and Tacoma.
Regarding the bar's name: "When we bought the house, there was a grease and hair smudge on the floor in the Fortress of Solitude (the shop). There was a lot of discussion among us and our various friends about what it was. Some thought is was a rat, some a cat, some (including me) a squirrel, and one smart-ass said it was a wombat! I finally pointed out that it was my shop and my fuzzy smudge, therefore it was a squirrel. Sometime later, when we were trying to come up with a name for the bar, we both hit on the Fuzzy Smudge at the same time. So, the place is named after a dead squirrel."
The room's colorful look was inspired by bright aloha shirts. The decor is a mix of tiki, pirate, nautical and Navy elements. The room opens onto a patio, with a built-in music system providing music inside and out. Some of the lamps were made by Mark while recovering from heart surgery. There is a real shark (dead) hanging above the Shag-inspired doors.
The bar is a full-service bar, with over 180 drinks on the menu, including plenty of options for those who don't want a tiki drink.
The Cocohut
Los Angeles, California, United States
The Cocohut is the home tiki bar of Wendy Weiner and Matt Babb, created in January 2016 near Atwater Village in Los Angeles. It is in the backyard of their home, in a former gazebo that had been made by the home's previous owner. The name comes from Wendy's love of coconuts and wordplay. There is a large emperor palm tree in the neighbor's yard, helping to set the scene. The homemade bar is full of their tiki and island decor, and is used regularly for parties and gatherings.
The Hut
Yucaipa, California, United States
The Hut is the home tiki bar of Erich Troudt. The construction for the Hut was started in 2012, and the inside was completed in 2016. The Hut is in a freestanding 16' x 20' building in the backyard of Troudt's home. It is filled with lauhala matting, tapa, bamboo, and custom wood trim around the walls and doors, carved by Troudt himself. The hut houses a collection of over 300 mostly vintage mugs, 200+ Coco Joe's, Witco pieces, matchbooks, tourist tiki pieces and historical nautical pieces.
It has a Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room corner, bamboo furniture, barrels, fishnets, glass floats and many tikis, including a 7-foot-tall Maori piece from Jungle and Sea Imports, and an 8-foot-tall Papua New Guinea statue. Many of the tikis, shelf supports and other pieces were carved by Troudt's father. All the modern amenities such as wifi, television, audio/visual equipment, and a refrigerator are present but hidden.
The outside is currently under construction. Next to the hut is a lean-to with a "trading post" feel, featuring a cannon, lava rock, a large moai, ship lamps, nautical pieces and barrels. There will soon be a dock, a crashed boat, and more lava rock.
Aloha Lounge
Fox River Grove, Illinois, United States
Aloha Lounge is the home tiki bar of Tiki Carl and his wife Debbie, in Fox River Grove, northwest of Chicago. The lounge was created in 2005 in their basement. They were inspired by several local places: Hala Kahiki, The Bamboo Room, and the Paradise Club, where the couple had their first date. They were also inspired by their trips to the Hawaiian islands. The lounge houses their collection of tiki artifacts from their travels, and is used for entertaining friends and for their own tiki evenings.
The Enchanted Tiki Lounge
Conroe, Texas, United States
The Enchanted Tiki Lounge was an outdoor home tiki bar in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Jenni and Brian Martin created the lounge in August 2014, inspired by trips to Disneyland and other travels. The Enchanted Tiki Lounge was constructed around the Martins' swimming pool, and included a large, thatched hut, hand carved tikis from local Texas carvers, a boardwalk, palm trees and tropical flowers, and of course, a bar. On warm summer evenings, there were poolside movie nights on a 12' screen.
In February 2017, an intimate indoor extension was added, The Stowaway.
In February of 2023, Brian announced he would be closing the bar and selling off its contents to better focus on family and other pursuits.
*NOTE: In addition to being a home bar, this was also a mug producer, having produced the Manakia Mug and the Peewee Tiki Mug.
The AltaTiki Lounge
Daly City, California, United States
The AltaTiki Lounge is the home tiki bar of Buz Deadwax. It is perched atop a hill in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. Buz created the bar in early 2016.
The Sandy Bottom
Portland, Oregon, United States
The Sandy Bottom Lounge is the home tiki bar of Justin DuPre and Greg Clapp who have produced the Tiki Kon in Oregon since 2013.
This basement bar is in northeast Portland, near both Munktiki and another home bar, The Lowbrow Lanai. It was created in 2007, when the couple moved into a house that already had a bar featuring wood salvaged from a Coast Guard ship called the Vance that had been decommissioned in the early 1970s. The room is a blend of nautical and tiki, with much of the decor coming from thrift shops. There is a "hut" area with Chromecraft seating, a kegerator that looks like it might have come from a ship's galley, and a mix of whiskey barrel and bamboo furniture.
The Sandy Bottom’s centerpiece is a fantastical chandelier (reminiscent of the Enchanted Tiki Room) crafted from an upended papasan chair, a grass skirt, and a pendant swag lamp nested with fake tropical birds and flowers—all glowing with a colored LED light system Justin DuPre “Frankensteined” together himself.
The South Pacific Room
Vista, California, United States
The South Pacific Room is the home tiki bar of Derek and Roxanne in Vista, California (north of San Diego). Derek is masterful with a router, and has built many of the room's features, including the bar and a large table. The room is filled with detailed trim pieces carved by Derek, and they have made most of the lamps themselves, too.
Even better than having the know-how is sharing the know-how: The South Pacific Room hosts regular instruction sessions to teach folks how to make their own lamps and routed pieces of art.
Kanaloa Lounge
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kanaloa Lounge is the home tiki bar of Aubrey "Slacks Ferret" Hallis. Hallis created the Kanaloa Lounge in 2009. It features a small waterfall, an aquarium, a tikified television, a lava rock bar shelf, and a glowing moon mural.