Open from about 1964-1977.

Owned by Jimmy Vallas, who was known for being a hard-working family man of Greek descent. The Tiki Supper Club was an upscale dining experience with Greek specialties and fresh seafood. Nick Coumalis, a family friend and regular during this era, described it as a place where “men wore suits and women wore nice dresses.” There were cocktails and dancing, all in a classic tiki environment. Pat Yemm remembers “there were banana leaves all around. And bamboo. The drinks were served in tiki mugs, and it was a great place for a date.” The walls were covered in fake leopard skins and spears hung over the booths.

Open from 1973-1982.

This location, as of 2022, is now La Estrella Latin Market and Taqueria.

The Zombie Hut was a Hawaiian/Polynesian-themed restaurant, nightclub and Tiki bar located on Freeport Blvd. between Florin Road and Sutterville Road in Sacramento, California that originally opened in 1945 after the end of WWII and continuing for 45 years until its closing in 1990.

It was known for its dance entertainment, including the Samoan Fire Knife Dance and Slap Dance.

This location is now a strip mall.

Opened July 13th, 1961.

This was the flagship restaurant in a chain of Kona Kai restaurants, with locations in Chicago and Kansas City. It was in the City Line Marriott, at the start of the "Golden Mile" of hotels in Bala Cynwyd.

Created in a ‘not to be outdone’ competition between the titan hotel empires, Marriott commissioned this as the jewel in an elaborate chain of its own Polynesian themed restaurants. As a shot across the bow to Hilton’s Trader Vic’s and Sheraton’s Kon Tiki, The Kona Kai was arguably the most obscenely extravagant of the challengers on the field. No expense was spared and rather than utilize stock or simply procured décor for its outfitting, practically every decorative element of the Philly location was custom designed and created. Wall treatments, tropical carpeting and signature figural Tiki carvings were all fashioned from tailor-made blueprints furnished by the prolific architects.

The Kona Kai Frigate Bird from the front roofline was carved by Southern California tiki artist Jim Casey. Jim’s work is quite recognizable and can be seen in other venues such as Aloha Jhoe’s and Pacific Ocean Park. Aloha Jhoe's had a very similar frigate bird in front of their restaurant.

The hotel closed in 1985 and was demolished. However, many of the carvings were saved and ended up in the collection of Jordan Reichek. Jordan later put up these pieces for auction at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, CA in 2017 where they were purchased by Mark Sellers, the owner of Max's South Seas Hideaway in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and incorporated into that bar and restaurant where they can still be viewed in all their tiki glory.

This 2-story, 118 room motel was built in 1961. Designed by Armet and Davis.

Originally it had a bar/lounge called the "Tropics Room", now gone.

Formerly run as a Days Inn and as a Knights Inn, it was recently called the Clarion Pointe Fresno (as of 2021-2024). As of 2025, its future remains uncertain.

You can still see some rock tiki faces built into the rock wall in front and the signature wood tikis out by the pool area (as part of a bench). The interior appears to have been completely gutted and redesigned, however.

Mauna Loa was Mexico City's contribution to the mid-century world of glorious, immersive Polynesian restaurants. Through a classic A-frame entry, visitors were greeted by a central pool populated with live pink flamingoes, and were entertained by a full Polynesian floor show production.

Collectors are very familiar with the amazing graphics on the Mauna Loa menu and the variety of custom mugs and swizzles for this location as well.

This location now appears to be an office building.

*NOTE -- There was another more modern Mauna Loa elsewhere in Mexico City (at St. Jerome 240), that opened after the first (Hamburg 172) caught fire in 1966, and this newer one stayed open till 2002.

Opened in the 1970s. This appears to be a regular Chinese restaurant without any tiki decor whatsoever. Tiki in the name only.

Open at least as early as 1969.

Open at least as early as 1963.

The Aku Tiki Restaurant Club was located on the Costera Miguel Alemán, in the Club Deportivo subdivision, almost at the beginning of Icacos beach. It was designed by Dick Meyers.

This restaurant closed in the 1970s to give rise to the construction of the Torre Playasol complex, today Torre de Acapulco.

Tiki Bowling Lanes opened in 1962 on what was then known as Krouse Road (and was later renamed "Tiki Lane" in honor of the business). A Lancaster Eagle-Gazette article on November 29, 1962 described the 32-lane alley as one of the most beautiful, well-equipped bowling lanes in Ohio.

Tiki Bowling Lanes was once much more Tiki, with a cocktail lounge furnished with thatched huts, but today the interior has been stripped down to a more generic bowling alley. The site underwent a major renovation that included the addition of 10 lanes in 1972. The exterior, however, has two gorgeous, large tile mosaics of tikis and torches.

Open perhaps as early as 1958.

The Outrigger was in the Surf & Sand Hotel. It was one of several restaurants owned by Glenn Billingsley, first husband of Barbara Billingsley of "Leave It to Beaver" fame.

Known for their celebrity bartender, Popo, who worked at several other locations and won some prestigious cocktail contests.