After House of Ming closed, this was the oldest surviving tiki bar in Madrid, for a short time...

The house cocktail, the mythical WAWALAG TESTAMENT, combined rum, cognac and gin and was served in a huge bowl with side pockets for dry ice. The bowl (of the same name as the cocktail) was designed by C. Martinu and later produced by Porcelanas Pavon as well.

Closed in 2007, shortly after the closure of House of Ming.

Opened in 2019 by Nando Córdova in San Isidro, Lima, Peru.

San Isidro, towards the west center, is one of 43 districts in Lima, Peru.

Nando is a renowned Peruvian bartender, educator and promoter involved in the beverage, education and entertainment industry for over 20 years, specializing in branding, rum and tropical cocktails. In 2016 he was recognized for his track record as “Best Rum Bartender” by the International Rum Conference in Madrid, considered one of the benchmarks for rum and Tiki cocktails in Latin America.

His passion for rum led him, since 2017, to organize and direct Kontiki Lima Tiki Fest, a festival that brings together bartenders from the region and influential characters dedicated to the education and promotion of Tiki culture, as well as the Lima Rum Festival, a space within KLTF that brings together industry experts and the best rum brands in the local market, in order to promote the consumption and value of sugar cane distillates.

From The Parrot Shadow's Facebook:

"Somos un bar de culto al ron, influenciada por la coctelería Tiki, Tropical y Tradicional caribeña. Rescatamos y mantenemos el legado de sus protagonistas y la historia."

"We are a rum cult bar, influenced by Tiki, Tropical and Traditional Caribbean cocktails. We rescue and maintain the legacy of its protagonists and history."

Opened at least as early as 2020.

This restaurant offers a fusion menu of Mediterranean food and other cuisine. They do have some tiki decor and use generic tiki mugs to serve cocktails, but the overall vibe is of a mid-luxury resort restaurant that with very little effort could change themes if necessary. What this location has going for it is the spectacular ocean view -- it is built out on stilts over the Al Bandar Marina -- so great for sunsets.

This location appears to have thrived in the 70s and into the 1980s (at least as late as 1981).

Located at the 11th floor of the St. Louis, Missouri Executive International Inn.

Later, the Executive International Inn became a Howard Johnson's, and Polynesian World became India Palace.

India Palace retained the lava rock and much of the lamps and decor from Polynesian World until its closing, after which the entire place was gutted and remodeled.

McGuire’s Restaurant and Lounge was located at 1201 W. County Road E in Arden Hills, three miles north of Highway 36 on US 10 between Lexington and Snelling.

McGuire’s seems to have opened in or before 1961.

They had several themed rooms, starting with the Tiki Room, but also including a Ranch Room/Piano Bar, Shamrock Room/Dance Hall, and the Gasthoff Room/German Buffet.

The themes and acts appear to have changed with the times and the location seems to have continued until some time into the 1980s.

Opened August 16th, 1963 when the owner, Benny Chan, moved to Salt Lake City with his family. Ads show it was open at least as late as May 7th, 1966.

Postcards from this location advertise they had live entertainment and a realistic rain and thunderstorm effect. Also, this was the home to the "China-Food Kitchen" which did take out and delivery.

Benny owned both the Polynesian and Ming restaurants. He retired in 1974 and later, passed away in 1998.

Opened circa 1957 and closed some time around 1975.

The Hukilau was located on the second deck of The Captain's Inn, on the South Shore of the Long Beach Marina.

Description of the location from the May 14th, 1961 edition of Southland Magazine:

"A WATERFALL shimmering under colorful lights . . . A broad, red-carpeted stairway, gently curved . . . Luxurious tropical furnishings. . . .

These are some of the sights which greet visitors to the new Hukilau Polynesian lounge at the Captain's Inn, 215 Marina Drive, on the south shore of the beautiful Long Beach Marina.

Located on the second floor of the greatly-enlarged Inn, the Hukilau lounge provides its guests with fascinating views of the yacht fleet, smooth blue waters and tall palms. Furnished with polished monkey pod wood tables, bamboo, nettings and other authentic tropical touches, the lounge offers delicious island appetizers, such as rumaki, pua pua, Hong Kong won ton, Hawaiian barbecued ribs and fried sui gow. The beverages, prepared by Popo, an award-winning Polynesian mixologist, include such exotic creations as Tahitian Tiki Punch, Scorpion Bowl, Montego, Flaming Virgin, Yacht Club Special, Tiger Shark and Mai Tai. They are served in bowls, cups, glasses or even statuary designed to accentuate the charms of each.

HOST GEORGE Heinrich and his large staff also supervise the activities of five other dining rooms and lounges, which brings the total seating capacity of the Inn to 325. Most of these have picture windows overlooking the yacht anchorage. The rooms include the Commodore's Lounge, where Adrian is featured at the piano bar, the Corinthian Room, Marine Room, Captain's Bar and Captain's Grill.

The Hukilau lounge, open from 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, is reserved Mondays and Tuesdays for special parties (to 80 persons.)"

After 1975, the building was a Charthouse restaurant for many years prior to it becoming the Crab Pot Restaurant (current business as of 2022).

The Tipsy Tiki opened some time prior to December 2021, with little to no change in decor from its previous incarnation as The Myna Bird (which ran from 2017 to 2020).

Located in the International Market Place in Honolulu, in the Kuhio Avenue Food Hall, this bar was rebranded as being part of the La Pina Cantina next door.

Opened November, 2018 in the space formerly occupied by Bonefish Grill.

This restaurant was the first sit-down-and-be-served restaurant opened by TV Star Andrew Zimmern.

Zimmern is perhaps best known to most people from his tv show, Bizarre Foods, which premiered on the Travel Channel with a pilot episode on November 1, 2006. The series has aired over 140 episodes, with Zimmern visiting dozens of countries and states.

Zimmern opened the Lucky Cricket with the stated intention to expand it out into a franchise across the midwest. His Pan-Asian Fusion menu seemed poised to offer a direct alternative to PF Chang's. The tiki bar and cocktail menu was intentionally an homage to Trader Vic's. Tiki mugs were supplied by Tiki Farm.

The main bar had a thatched-roof lined with tufted yellow swivel chairs, tiki pole supports, and two enormous tiki heads that housed frozen slushie machines. The main area had glass fish floats and fish traps hanging from the ceiling. There were also a couple of Thai tuk-tuks that you could sit in and eat your meals.

However, what started off so promising went south after Zimmern gave an interview with Fast Company where he discussed the restaurant... and drew controversy. He was accused of dismissing the contributions made by Asian American restaurants and eateries throughout the Midwest and of cultural appropriation. After opening, the restaurant received mixed reviews and struggled for a time, even shutting down at one point for a re-model (which included changing "Tiki Lounge" on the red entranceway outside to just "Lounge") a new menu change, new management, and new operating partner. How much of this poor reception stemmed from the previous bad press is hard to gauge, but as with many other restaurants, they were forced to close during the COVID epidemic in Summer 2020 and never re-opened.

Opened Tuesday, March 8th, 2022.

Famous chef and restaurateur Guy Fieri’s “Downtown Flavortown” restaurant is located on The Mountain Mile in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

The 43,000 square-foot entertainment destination centers around a 300-plus seat restaurant, showcasing Fieri fusion cuisine like his bacon mac ’n’ cheeseburger and Trash Can Nachos.

It has a 14-lane duckpin bowling alley, 10,000 square-foot arcade, full-service tropical Tiki bar, and a photo opportunity with a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro similar to the one featured on Fieri’s hit show “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.”

The bar itself is set up as a thatched rectangular island with bar stool seating on all 4 sides. There are also 5 thatched roof booths opposite and plenty of other open seating throughout.

The signs on the thatched roof of the main bar just say "Tiki Bar" and have a couple of small tiki masks and a third larger tiki that is recognizable to most tikiphiles as the mascot tiki from Forbidden Island in Alameda, CA (originally designed by Tiki Diablo).

A "Caliente Margarita", "Tattooed Mojito" and "Guy’s Famous BBQ Bloody Mary" are on the craft cocktail menu but you can also get traditional tiki cocktails like the 1944 Mai Tai, Jet Pilot, and Rum Barrel.

Tiki Farm manufactured 4 unique mugs for the bar to start out with, modeled after carved tiki poles in the restaurant. These are for sale on premises for $45 each.

Opened in mid December 2021.

This was the newly opened space for the former Honi Honi in Hong Kong.

Maka Hiki translated to "new beginning" in Hawaiian and took inspiration from a wide range of island and beach sanctuaries scattered from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, Polynesia to Southeast Asia. Maka Hiki took over the space formerly inhabited by Bond, reimagining the interior in a material palette of timber, bamboo and eye-catching tropical wallpapers. The outside terrace also contributed to the feeling of escape.

Helming the kitchen was chef Russell Doctrove, previously of Maximal Concepts, who ideated breakfast, lunch and dinner menus to sustain the tiki vibes from morning to night. Signatures included the Hawaiian-style tuna poke, grilled mahi-mahi, and a 48-hour slow-cooked beef rib with tamarind jaew BBQ sauce.

Cocktails also formed a large part of the experience, with drinks by the name of Tik Tok Tiki, Dum Dum Give Me Rum Rum, and Maka Hiki Punch continuing the Honi Honi tradition of spiriting patrons away to a faraway paradisiacal beach.

Closed in May of 2024.

This resort hotel was dedicated in November 1965. The four-day hotel opening celebrations began with a flag-raising at the Governor's Office on Flag Day, followed by a royal ‘ava ceremony conducted at the Fagatogo malae by Taumafaalofi and Aumaga of Nu'uuli. The parade that followed was the longest in the island's history. Several members of the U.S. Congress attended and the Air Force Band played music. Senator Alan Bible was the featured Flag Day speaker and the Department of the Interior sent its top officials. Governor John A. Burns came from Hawai'I with General Harris of the Air Force and Admiral Fabik of the Coast Guard. Prime Minister Mata'afa headed the Western Samoan delegation.

The hotel originally had 101 completely air-conditioned guestrooms and "thatched" cottages on the Pago Pago Bay, facing the Rainmaker Mountain.

Its interior was designed by architect Neal Prince, who designed many hotels internationally, including Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel which, like this one, was a subsidiary of Pan Am Airlines.

The many hanging shell strand curtains and light fixtures were designed by Neal Prince and manufactured by Oceanic Arts.

Oceanic Arts also supplied coconut mugs with the hotel logo (from Desert Ceramics) and table lamps based on the coconut design (ceramic portion made by Desert Ceramics but assembled by OA).

Interior included a Laumei Lounge and the Rainmaker Restaurant, named for the facing nearby mountain.

The hotel flourished in the late 1960s and 1970s.

In 1980, an air disaster occurred when a US Navy plane hit the cables of the Mt. Alava aerial tramway and crashed into the hotel, killing the six servicemen aboard and two tourists who were staying at the hotel.

Some time later, it was taken over by the government, expanded to 250 rooms, and re-named the Rainmaker Hotel.

The hotel hosted most of the Miss Island Queen Pageant competitions between 1987 and 2001.

In the 1990s, due to hurricane damage, poor management, and accumulated debts, the hotel fell onto hard times. Many of the 250 rooms were slowly “cut down” and in 2004, only 10 rooms were being operated.

In 2014 it was announced that the derelict hotel would be demolished, and this happened the following year, in 2015, after sitting deserted for over a decade.