The Lowbrow Lanai is the home tiki bar of Marci Holcomb and Austin Jordan, owners of Sputnik Housewares. It started in 2007 with a suite of thrifted Paul Frankl rattan furniture, and has developed into an outdoor gallery of Witco, velvet paintings, and midcentury hotel art. Vintage lawn games are played on lush grass by day, and by night the lighting and music transforms the space into a classic moody lounge.

The 65th Street Revival is the home tiki bar of Ron and Chris Amittone. The name is a nod to the nearby vortex of early tiki in Oakland at 65th & San Pablo: Hinky Dinks, which became the original Trader Vic's, and Zombie Village. The home has been in his family for generations, and his family spent many evenings in both of those establishments.

Ron's former career as a garbage collector has given him access to incredible treasures. Every bit of the bar is covered with the most amazing rare bits and bobs of vintage Tikiana, Hawaiiana, and fun old booze stuff. Ron constructed the bar and shelves himself, he has incredible taste and great skills in bringing it all together on a scale that works just right in this space.

Trader Scott's Tiki Bar and Lounge was created in 2004, but underwent an expansion in 2010 to its current size of over 600 square feet. The bar's motto is "Drift On In and Relax" and is billed as "A Bar for Drifters." The liquor selection is large, with over 100 rums and 100 whiskeys on hand.

Balhi Ha'i is the home tiki bar of Critiki and Ooga-Mooga creator Humuhumu. Her original home tiki bar, The Humuhumu Room, closed when she moved away from Seattle in 2003. Balhi Ha'i made its debut in 2011.

Balhi Ha'i occupies half of the lower level of Humu's home, roughly six times the size of the Humuhumu Room. Visitors pass through a dark jungle area, with nighttime wildlife sounds, before entering the main area, which plays an Exotica soundtrack. The room includes a built-in wet bar (vintage circa 1968) upholstered in avocado green vinyl in tribute to the green upholstery found in golden era Trader Vic's locations. There is a good amount of vintage rattan seating, and the room has its own bathroom. A rain lamp birdcage, decorated in tribute to Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room, hosts a bird named Mimi. A large, firelit shelving unit showcases highlights from the mug collection. A dramatic, towering rattan chair with a scooped "wave" top has a hanging lit pufferfish named Jack. A floor-to-ceiling dimly-lit panel is covered with tapa cloth. Most of the carved pieces in the room are in a traditional style. Highlights include several large authentic Papua New Guinea pieces, a Maori-style plaque carved by Basement Kahuna, and a couple of Witco tikis. One wall has an arrangement of smaller pieces of art, including carved Maori plaques, some Coco Joe's "lava" pieces, and a few pieces of modern Tiki art. Balhi Ha'i has its own logo, imprinted on custom zombie glassware. Stemmed drinks are served in vintage Noritake Bamboo pattern coupes. A rotating selection of tropical drinks is presented on a carved Marquesan-style tiki drink menu. There is a growing selection of sipping rums available. She hosts a party on the second Saturday of every month.

When not in use for bar entertaining, a projector screen comes down and the space becomes a home theater with surround sound.

Mai Tiki Bar is the home tiki bar of Indianapolis tikiphile Bob Cripe. Bob found most of the bar's decor from Goodwill. The room has vintage rattan furniture, and the bar itself is fronted by bamboo and lauhala matting, with a pufferfish lamp hanging above.

Built in 2010.

Hubert's Huli Huli Haus (a.k.a. The 4-H Club) is the home tiki bar of Suzanne Couture and Bruce Woodbury. Hubert is their monkey (a Macaca soccus, I believe). Hubert used to be a ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and Suzanne sometimes moonlights as a chicken. But make no mistake: with all this barnyard tomfoolery, this space is all tiki.

The Haus is a barn-like structure behind the main house, but the inside is a tapa and lauhala dream. An a-frame sits above the bar, and the room is ringed with vintage rattan seating. Both Bruce and Suzanne have been big tikiphiles for a long time, and have saved up an impressive collection of unique items. Suzanne is an interior designer, and naturally the space is beautifully executed.

The Playboy Mansion (the original one in Chicago, not the one in Beverly Hills) had an indoor swimming pool room that was decked out in tiki, including Witco masks and a large, modernist moai.

Hefner purchased the mansion in 1959 for $400,000 with plans to build a pool in the basement. The city would only allow it after Hefner convinced officials it was for personal, not commercial, use.

A spread in the March 5, 1961, Chicago Tribune magazine described how Hefner turned a car-service area into a lounge, which was positioned slightly lower than the bottom of the pool: " ... in the manner of an aquarium, permitting a view of the swimmers and pool activities."

Discussed on page 43 of Sven Kirsten's The Book of Tiki.

The A&E Secrets of Playboy Series, Season 1, Episode 4 (The Price of Loyalty) shows the mansion's bamboo bar at the 14:51 minute mark. There are palm trees on either side of the 12-15 foot bar and its front is covered in bamboo with a black padded naugahyde rail edge at top. Hard to see what bottles are against the mirrored back bar, but it is well-stocked and there is an assembly of smaller framed photos on the side wall. See last photo (still frame) below.

Hefner left Chicago permanently for Los Angeles in 1974 following the conviction and ensuing suicide of Bobbie Arnstein, the culmination of an "investigation of drug use in Hefner's mansion". Subsequently, in the 80s, his company eventually let the mansion for a nominal rent to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then donated it to the school outright in 1989. The school later sold the mansion in 1993, which was then redeveloped for luxury condominiums.

The Monkey Hut is the home tiki bar of Craig "Colonel Tiki" Hermann and Heather "Tikimama" Gregg. This Portland hideaway is the second generation of their home tiki bar; the original Monkey Hut closed when the couple moved in early 2008. The Monkey Hut takes up a good chunk of the basement, with seagrass-lined walls and classic Polynesian Pop artwork illuminated by a collection of beachcomber lamps. Hermann and Gregg are passionate about historic and historically-inspired tiki cocktails, and put their home bar to proper use.

Opened in 2005.

Balis' Hai'deaway is the home tiki bar if Mr. Bali Hai and his wife. It features carved tiki poles, masks and thatch from Oceanic Arts, bamboo stools, pufferfish lamps, and a vintage 1973 Bally pinball game, Bali Hai.

The Hapa Haole Hideaway is the home bar of Tim "Swanky" Glazner and his wife Stephanie Romer, in Knoxville, TN.

Swanky is a tiki historian, having published Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant. He is also (as of the end of 2023) working on a forthcoming volume about Don the Beachcomber.

The Hapa Haole Hideaway has undergone at least two iterations, one from 2012-2019, and the latest version begun in 2019 and appearing to be completed in 2023.

The bar is full of authentic Papua New Guinea artifacts, and has a webcam to allow viewers from around the world to enjoy an evening with him and his guests.

This bar was featured in the October 2015 issue of Tiki Magazine.

James first decided to devote an entire room to his expanding Tiki collection around the same time that he launched the Tiki Bar Review Pages in 1995. The unnamed room moved into its current location in 1998. After a major redecoration in late 2003, the room was finally named: Aku Hall. Said fast enough, the name is a silly pun, but it also reflects James' particular fascination with Easter Island.

The house drink, Pisco Sour, is a heavily customized versionof the drink most commonly served to tourists in Chile and on Rapa Nui.

The Humuhumu Room was a teeny, tiny little enclave -- only 7' by 9', with lowish ceilings. It was the home bar of Humuhumu (Michelle), creator of Critiki and Ooga-Mooga.

There was a whole lot of stuff in the space: a bar with a sink & small refrigerator, a fountain, seating for five or six, and three almost-life-size palm trees. The most people Humu ever had in the Humuhumu Room was ten full-sized adults, not counting her behind the bar.

The Hawai'ian word for sewing is "humuhumu"; the Humuhumu Room also doubled as Humu's sewing room. Her vintage fold-up sewing machine table served as the central cocktail table. The room's name became Humu's own nickname, and it has stuck ever since.

The Humuhumu Room closed in February 2003, when Humu moved out of the house it was built in. She currently resides in San Francisco and has a newer home tiki bar, Balhi Ha'i, which made its debut in 2011.