This Revival House is the second Omaha location, opened in January 2026 at 16939 Wright Street in the former Parliament Pub space at the Shoppes at Legacy.

Revival House is a chain. Its locations include one in Des Moines, Iowa and two in Omaha (Blackstone District & Shops of Legacy).

There is a nice selection of hanging lamps and the interior is nicely trimmed out in bamboo, natural materials, and palm leaf wallpaper. One end has the requisite pink neon sign that has sprung up in the age of Instagram to take the obligatory photos with. However, they also have a dedicated photo booth as well.

Lounge/sofa areas predominate with at least two set into cubby areas and then an island of fake foliage encircled with padded sofa benches and partnered with small tables and chairs opposite.

Opened June 26th, 2025.

Revival House is a chain. Its locations include one in Des Moines, Iowa and two in Omaha (Blackstone District & Shops of Legacy).

There is a nice selection of hanging lamps and the interior is nicely trimmed out in bamboo, natural materials, and palm leaf wallpaper. One end has a lava rock wall with the requisite pink neon sign that has sprung up in the age of Instagram to take the obligatory photos with.

Interior tikis include the bar's support poles, a Toscano brand tiki stool and a framed tiki mask. However, the bar swings more tropical that traditional tiki with its vibe and instead of a curated collection of artwork and exotic carvings, it tries more for an open floor plan with lounge furniture and a resort style atmosphere.

Opened in April of 2026.

This bar, based in Newhall, California (the southernmost and oldest community in the city of Santa Clarita), has a very nautical/pirate tilt.

Meant to evoke an undersea shipwreck, walls are contoured to look like an underwater stone grotto or the side of a sunken ship with oak planking and brass portholes with underwater videos.

There are lots of glass floats hanging from the ceiling, along with fish-netting, there is a large fiberglass octopus by the bar, and several creepy-looking angler fish decorate the walls.

Fog machines, light effects, and sound effects help create an immersive experience.

Polynesian carvings and tiki artwork are lacking and this bar embraces the nautical heavy build-out that has grown popular, especially in the 2020s.

Then again, they don't use the term "Tiki Bar" in their advertising and social media. However, they don't call themselves a "Pirate Bar" either.

Seems they would rather avoid labels and just concentrate on providing a good experience for customers.

Even if it may not be a tiki bar in the strictest sense, The Fallen Trident is definitely tiki-adjacent and tiki-friendly. Their cocktail menu features an assortment of traditional tiki cocktails as well as a page of signature originals.

Chen's Singapore ran from as early as 1946 through as late as 1957.

The Singapore was located in New York City, above the Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway at 50th), in the same spot earlier occupied by Monte Proser's Beachcomber (1939 - 1942) and later occupied by the Lanai (1961 - 1962) and the Hawaii Kai (1962 - 1989).

Although it is not a tiki bar in the strict sense, the Singapore deserves an honorable mention here. The Singapore is the missing link which kept the earlier clientele established by Monte Proser supplied with a VERY SIMILAR menu of tropical cocktails for over a decade and helped pave the way to make later establishments at this very same location, like the Lanai and Hawaii Kai, possible.

When I say a very similar menu to Monte Proser's, I don't mean just the list of tropical favorites. They also kept the Monte Proser beachcomber under a palm tree graphic at the bottom of the menu and added the "Three Virgins" mentioned in the self-same drink description next to it and on the cover. Those "virgins" included a stylized Hawaiian Hula girl, a Chinese girl, and presumably a Singapore girl in wrap and turban. Their salacious cocktail description states that the "Three Virgins" was "served with three broken cherries on a stick."

As though the menu wasn't bad enough, they actually hired white women to pose as Asians, to greet customers, and to tell them the specials of the week in a made up sing-song pidgin dialect. The act and the "yellow face" makeup seemed to go over well until the Sunday Mirror's Lee Mortimer wrote in an April 1946 op ed that the woman introduced to him originally as Singapore Sal was actually a model named Jane Bishop, and the proprietor, Carl Erbe, was forced to find a new "slant-eyed doll" to replace her.

Despite the racism and misogyny by the owners, the Singapore is probably one of the best examples of the "Hermit Crab" effect whereby a bar/restaurant slid into the shell of another similar business and kept it going, then off-loaded the shell later for other similar businesses to use.

*Ruby Foo's in Montreal shared the same menu cover design as the Singapore but did not offer the exotic "Three Virgins" cocktail inside. They did feature a "White Lady" (a classic cocktail made with gin, Cointreau or triple sec, fresh lemon juice and an optional egg white).

The Del Mar Drive-In on Via de la Valle, across the street from the Del Mar Fairgrounds, opened in 1953 with space for 700 cars. Operated independently for its first two years, it was eventually run by William Oldknow and Sero Amusements, a company that hired him as president but which he'd come to own. "The Del Mar had a giant tiki sign on the entranceway that went right across the driveway," recalls Teri Oldknow, "with a giant catamaran painted with sort of tiki hatching. It was really cool."

From the start, the Del Mar decided to remain open seven nights a week, since many film studios at the time refused to provide new first-run films to theaters open weekends only. During most of the '50s, admission was $1 per carload on weekdays and 50 cents per person on weekends (children were free) -- the real profits, as at most ozones, were in the concession stand.

As patron perks, they offered free baby-bottle warmers, and for a time, a "live monkey house" was advertised as being on the playground.

Sero was operating so many drive-ins that the speakers at the Del Mar and elsewhere were actually manufactured specifically for Sero and carried the company's imprint on the front of their metal casings. "We made them in Pomona with a company called Bevelite from the mid-'50s through about the late '60s," recalls Teri Oldknow. "They made the speakers for the Pacific Theatres, too."

After being closed for a while, the Del Mar underwent remodeling in early 1979, reopening on Memorial Day weekend with a free open house featuring High Ballin’ and Stingray. However, despite spending over $15,000 on improvements, business failed to pick up.

In late 1979, the Oldknows announced they were selling the Del Mar Drive-In lot for commercial use. "Developers came in and built a huge sea of condominiums... it was too much money to turn down at the time," says Teri Oldknow.

Today, as of 2026, the former entrance is now the Pamplemousse Grille.

The theatre itself is now Turfwood condos.

This second Huli Huli opened on May 20th, 2026 in downtown Columbus at 22 E. Mound Street.

The original is located 30 minutes to the north in Powell, Ohio.

This is the first traditional Tiki Lounge in downtown Columbus since The Grass Skirt closed in 2019.

The Moai fireplace is the centerpiece and breathes smoke every so often during the night.

The menu has 5 or so recipes that are shared from their Powell location, but they also added some unique recipes specifically for this location.

Opened April 16th, 2026.

Paradise Unknown is the latest concept from the masterminds behind downtown San Antonio nightlife staple Be Kind & Rewind. It is a highly immersive, spooky cocktail bar situated just steps from the River Walk. It features tiki-ish decor (with fish floats, netting, and appropriately lighted swag lamps...although there is a noted lack of actual carved tikis) and pirate-themed decor (skulls, rough oak and nautical elements). Skulls predominate with two giant-size skull wall features. They also have creative tropical cocktails with branded glassware and wholesale style mugs. They offer late-night Mexican/Chinese bites (small plates by Chef Jaime Gonzalez of Wok Wey), and weekend DJs.

This motel has 40 rooms, all on 1 floor. It did have a cocktail lounge adjacent to it at one point as well.

The motel was built in 1951 and features a sign out front, originally painted as a striped sail. The base of the sign was originally flanked by two tikis.

Just outside the hotel, for many years, two large Witco tiki fountains commanded attention, but at some point the motel owners began painting them over and over again in alternating colors each season.

These paint jobs appalled Witco fans in the area and many offered to buy the tikis but were turned away.

The paint jobs did little to keep away the elements and eventually the tikis became so decrepit that in 2021 the owners took the advice of the public and turned them back over to Ken & Heather Pleasant (Witco Decor). They judged that one was beyond repair but they would do what they could for both and give them a final home.

At this point there is little for a tikiphile to stop and appreciate at the West Winds Motel, but it was on the radar for Witco lovers for quite some time.

However, still open and thriving as of 2026.

Hunã, a 78-seat cocktail bar in Ann Arbor, opened on February 12th, 2026. The bar is located below the James Beard nominated Echelon Kitchen & Bar and focuses on classic tiki style drinks.⁠ ⁠ This bar gives metro Detroiters an in-state escape from the frigid temperatures. That was the goal of chef Joseph VanWagner and bar manager Max Schikora.⁠ ⁠ “The whole idea was to bring a space to Ann Arbor, where people can kind of escape to their own island paradise,” says VanWagner. “Whether it’s for a drink or for a whole evening, it’s another avenue for us to infuse our version of hospitality into the community.”⁠ ⁠ The interior, which features warm lighting, bamboo, and greenery accents, was designed by Ann Arbor-based firm MOMUS Inc. The name Hunã means both “house” and “hidden” in Hawaiian.

The space does feature tiki decorations and carvings, but also some vague fill-in pieces that don't quite fit the theme, like their large red Mexican Diablo mask with a snake on its head (seen below).

Overall, the vibe is quite polished, however, and there have been good reports back on the quality of their cocktails.

The Jungle Bird was originally a welcome drink for guests at the Aviary Bar at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton in Malaysia on its opening day in 1973. It remained a staple on their menu for decades.

It was the first five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, so employees of the hotel were highly regarded. The original staff remembered if there were police roadblocks, they only had to show their work IDs and they would be immediately waved off- that's the level of respect the community had for the hotel.

One of the main attractions of this incredible hotel was the Aviary Bar. Travel guides marveled, "Others may prefer something more Malaysian; in the Aviary Bar you may have your drink amidst lush tropical foliage and an aviary of exotic jungle birds. Live entertainment is furnished by a jazz quartet, a trio, or a solo singer."

The original Hilton Kuala Lumpur, at Jalan Sultan Ismail, was a landmark building designed by BEP Akitek. It was renowned for its unique multi-level lobby and Minangkabau roof designs. This iconic property was demolished after Hilton ended its management agreement in 2001, moving to the new KL Sentral location in 2004.

Like other cocktails created according to the theme of their host bar, the Jungle Bird referred to the birds that you could see from inside The Aviary Bar. The Jungle Bird was also famous for its unique glassware, as the cocktail was served in a bird shaped ceramic glass with a pineapple garnish. Sadly, none survived the later destruction of the hotel in 2013 and it was assumed most were stolen before the demolition took place. The new KL. Hilton, however, kept the cocktail that the original hotel made famous... Just not the ceramic glasses!

Recipe: 1 1/2 ounces dark Jamaican rum, 3/4 ounce Campari, 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice, 1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice , 1/2 ounce simple syrup, Pineapple wedge and leaves for garnish with Maraschino cherry.

Variant recipes abound, but a quick sub for those who do not like the cocktail as bitter as the original specs is to use 4 oz of pineapple juice instead of 1 1/2 oz. Those who like the original specs will, of course, consider this an abomination.

Hamilton Pot Still Black seems to have become the default Jamaican Rum for this recipe in recent years, but many Jamaican rums have been used.

According to Jeff Berry, when the recipe called for 'dark Jamaican rum', the most likely candidate would have been the classic molasses and caramel-heavy Myers's Original Dark, which would have been the easy choice in the 1970s.

The Jungle Bird, since its rediscovery, has been embraced by the craft cocktail community and today stands as both a modern classic and as well as the national cocktail of Malaysia.

The Aviary Bar was a tiki adjacent bar in its original incarnation with foliage and birds lending a tropical aspect, and though not full-tiki, deserves an honorable mention for this cocktail and influence on later generations.

There are many bars today named "The Jungle Bird" (a tiki bar in Sacramento, a tiki bar in San Juan, and a craft cocktail bar in New York for example), owed in no small part to this one cocktail.

The modern Aviary Bar in the new Kuala Lumpur Hilton on Sentral still serves this signature drink today. There are no birds and (as far as I can tell) no foliage in this newer, sleek, and generic dark hotel bar. However, the cocktail legacy continues.

Tiki Box Bar opened in 2017 in the Koh Samui District of Surat Thani, Thailand. It was created from a converted shipping container.

One whole exterior screen wall is made of bamboo and the back bar is painted black with a repeated stencil pattern of sea turtles, tikis, and volcanos.

While the decor is not the immersive collection of artwork and lighting and curated materials one might wish for from old-school authentic tiki bars like Trader Vics, considering this started as a shipping container, they are doing pretty well...

They appear to have a robust drinks program with made-in-house syrups. They're also known for being a dance venue at night.

Opened in 1975. Lasted through the mid 1980s.

This restaurant offered Polynesian style food and drinks.