Open since at least 2010.

The Splash Bar is the poolside bar at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, across from the Westin Moana Surfrider Resort in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The bar is decorated with tikis and artwork by Nick Kuchar (who was hired to re-brand the bar in 2017).

Winner of the Hale Aina GOLD award presented by Honolulu Magazine for Best Bar Food for 3 years running (2023-2025), Splash Bar combines great food and live entertainment, all in a convenient poolside setting.

Prior to becoming the Luau in 1967, this location was home to Louie's Golden Dragon for many years.

Located on the southwest corner of 8th and Grove streets.

The Luau did not last long and the building was leveled in June 1972 to make room for a new downtown mall.

The Delamar Hotel next to the restaurant, with its Mansard roof, was built as a mansion home for banker C.W. Moore in 1879. Its imminent demise upset people much more than that of the Luau, but even the old mansion could not evade the wrecking ball. Today, there is nothing left of what's shown in the photo below...

Opened in October 20th, 1974. Located at the Terrace Shopping Center in space 22T.

Under the management of Charles Lee of Dallas, owner. Decorated with bamboo, thatch, tapa cloth, sea grass, and palm wood tables and mats.

Photo with young women below is from a local modeling agency using the interior of the restaurant as the backdrop for an ad (1977).

No longer open today, but difficult to find what year it closed.

This bar & restaurant used to be named Da Big Kahuna (@2006-2015) and had the same tikis out front as today and the same decor (both inside and out) but skewed a bit more to the dive bar and nightclub side.

Not to be confused with Big Kahuna's Pizza (since 1994 and still running).

Da Big Kahuna was known for its fish bowl cocktail and for its large handled Tiki Farm mug.

The owners decided to expand and opened two locations in Florida (Fort Lauderdale in 2010-2016 and Jacksonville in 2012-2014) but eventually all three businesses closed.

Then the Waikiki location was renamed as Lava Tube, and opened @2018 under new ownership with less emphasis on being a nightclub and with a revamped food menu.

Around May of 2025, the name changed to Tikis Meeting Spot, although the decor and drink menu appeared to be the same, so it appeared to be yet another light re-branding or ownership change but not a complete overhaul. That business closed in April of 2026.

Open from 2012-2014.

This was part of a small chain that began with the original in Waikiki (@2006-2015), then saw a second location in Fort Lauderdale (2010 - 2016), and concluded with this third location in Jacksonville, Florida before going out of business.

There is little evidence left of the two Florida locations today (2026) but the original Waikiki location thrived and looked much the same for a time although it changed names and owners (last called the Tikis Meeting Spot until that business closed in April 2026).

This chain was known for encouraging a club atmosphere in the evenings and providing inexpensive tropical drinks without trying too hard to replicate the classic Trader Vics/Don the Beachcomber experience.

Da Big Kahuna was open from @2006 - 2015.

Not to be confused with Big Kahuna's Pizza (since 1994 and still running).

Da Big Kahuna was known for its fish bowl cocktail and for its large handled Tiki Farm mug.

The owners decided to expand and opened two locations in Florida (Fort Lauderdale in 2010-2016 and Jacksonville in 2012-2014) but eventually all three businesses closed.

Then this Waikiki location was renamed as Lava Tube, and opened @2018 under new ownership with less emphasis on being a nightclub and with a revamped food menu.

Around May of 2025, the name changed to Tikis Meeting Spot, although the decor and drink menu appeared to be the same, so it appeared to be yet another light re-branding or ownership change but not a complete overhaul. That business closed in April of 2026.

Open from 2010-2016.

Located on the third floor of a building with an ocean view outdoor patio.

This was part of a small chain that began with the original in Waikiki (@2006-2015) and concluded with a location in Jacksonville, Florida (2012-2014) before going out of business.

There is little evidence left of the two Florida locations today (2026) but the original Waikiki location thrived and looked much the same for a time although it changed names and owners (last called the Tikis Meeting Spot until that business closed in April 2026).

This chain was known for encouraging a club atmosphere in the evenings and providing inexpensive tropical drinks without trying too hard to replicate the classic Trader Vics/Don the Beachcomber experience.

Opened in late 2024.

Shipwrecked Paradise Island was launched by the same team that operates the Shipwrecked Tiki Bar in Davis, California -- Nate and Melissa Yungvanitsait.

This downtown Sacramento bar is deeply immersive but tilts away from the usual Polynesian beachcomber aesthetic of most classic tiki bars and instead embraces a tropical Balinese jungle island atmosphere that looks like it could easily accommodate the next film installment of Tomb Raider. After entering past huge Balinese temple guardian statues, visitors will find themselves confronted with a tiger, a giant man-eating plant, and with a huge anaconda hanging from the ceiling. If they can make their way past these obstacles to the bar, they will find a long menu of tropical and tiki cocktails waiting.

The Steak Island building, located at 600 E. Riverside Dr., originally housed the Lahala House restaurant, which had a thatched roof, and was built in the early 1960s.

Lahala House was a partnership between Corpus Christi restaurateur Harry Porter and G. Jim Hasslocher of Jim’s Restaurants fame. Porter eventually sold his interest to Hasslocher, who renamed the restaurant Steak Island around 1965/1966.

The round hut-like structure had its thatching removed around 1965.

The establishment billed itself as “Austin’s Most Exotic Restaurant,” and was built on the shores of Town Lake (now Lady Bird Lake) at a time when there weren’t many businesses on the water. Though the Steak Island menu was more steak and seafood than pupu platter, the decor and sarong-wrapped waitresses were definitively tiki. It was considered fine dining by Austin standards of the time and was a favorite haunt of President Johnson when he visited Austin.

In 1973, Steak Island became a Magic Time Machine, later it was a Landry's, then a Joe's Crab Shack, and is now a Cidercade.

No Polynesian-themed details remain, but the structure still stands.

Opened in mid November of 2020.

The Hello Hi is a bartender-owned cocktail lounge, located in the old Half-Baked space at 120 S. Phillips Ave., across the street from the Phillips Avenue Diner.

Owners Patrick Nelson and Sara Benson describe the Hello Hi as a "classic-style bar". The two University of South Dakota grads bring years of experience in the Sioux Falls bar and restaurant scene to their venture.

So what is a "classic style bar", you might ask? The answer seems to be one that is steeped in nostalgia for mid-century and 70s decor. With a tilt toward the tropical (lots of plants and rattan furniture). And a menu that is mostly tiki or tropical-based cocktails.

It's not a tiki bar but overlaps with tiki bars on the Venn Diagram of tiki adjacent or tiki-friendly places to explore. It is an immersive space that transports you back a few decades while you sip your tropical beverage of choice.

Among other innovative recipes from this bar is the "SkoalDaiq". Not referencing the Skoal chewing tobacco but the Skoal Scandinavian toast (basically a Cheers). This drink uses some traditional Swedish/Scandinavian flavors with a daiquiri style recipe: 1 oz Aalborg Aquavit, 1 oz Kronan Swedish Punsch, 3/4 oz Lime juice, and 3/4 oz Demerara Syrup. (by bartender Cole Schlumbohm)

This circular 9-story Quality Inn Hawaiki was Destin's first high-rise building when it debuted in 1972.

The most impressive feature the tower once boasted was the revolving floor in the restaurant, Hawaiki. While the restaurant itself didn’t rotate, a large ring of tables on a track gave diners a 360 degree view of an area that had more beach than condos. It took about an hour to come full circle, and the concept, which was hailed as “ahead of its time” took some time getting used to.

The restaurant closed in 1987 due to high operating costs.

The tower was demolitioned in 2013.

This resort started out with much more of a Polynesian flair originally in 1950. However, the main A-frame bungalow had its thatching and decor removed and the Castaways Restaurant became the Mad Hatter Restaurant in the 1980s.

Castaways Cottages on Sanibel Island was severely damaged and closed beyond repair by Hurricane Ian in September 2022, with plans from the resort company to eventually create a new beach resort experience.

The restaurant is now completely gone as of 2025 and the A-frame bungalow is boarded up and damaged, but still standing.