This first Hula's Modern Tiki opened on Central Avenue in Phoenix in late 2009 and was re-located to uptown Phoenix in 2018. It came from the same minds behind the hit Hula's restaurants in Monterey and Santa Cruz. The concept with the Central location (and later iterations of the "Modern Tiki" concept) was a bit different -- while the Monterey and Santa Cruz locations have more of a surf-meets-tiki feel, the aesthetic here was a mix of midcentury modern and tiki.

The dominant feature of the space was a massive, hexagonal window that looked straight out of a '70s sci-fi film set (the building actually dated to 1965). The interiors were all sleek, but executed with a variety of organic materials to bring a sort of barely-primitive feel. The indoor area featured a large bar, and there was outdoor dining.

There was at least one large Tiki tOny tiki. Tiki mugs, especially from Munktiki, filled cases around the restaurant. Volcano bowl drinks were available, and drinks were served in glassware with the Hula's tiki logo. Like the other Hula's locations, it won rave reviews for its food.

The Central Avenue location is now currently home to a new restaurant called Persepshen as of October 2019.

In addition to the uptown Phoenix location since 2018, two other Hula's Modern locations have opened in Arizona: a Scottsdale location opened in early 2014 and a third location opened in High Street in 2020.

Bruce T. Marston was a Californian serving in Tahiti as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. There, he met Louise, who was from Tubuai, just south of Tahiti. They fell in love, and moved to the town of Hanalei on the north side of the island of Kauai in Hawaii. There, in 1963, they opened Tahiti Nui.

Tahiti Nui became the go-to gathering place for Kauai's north shore, with musicians, hula dancing, and occasional singing from "Auntie Louise" Marston herself. Louise passed away in 2003, and Tahiti Nui is now run by Bruce and Louise's son, Christian.

Tahiti Nui makes an appearance in the 2011 film The Descendants.

The restaurant serves a mix of Hawaiian seafood standards and Italian food. The drink menu is limited, but they do have their own Mai Tai recipe, which they've been serving since they first opened. They still have live music and hula dancing.

The walls are lined with lauhala matting and bamboo, with Oceanic art pieces hanging here and there. The small round tabletops are painted with Polynesian designs, and the barstools are carved tikis. There is a small curio shop attached to the restaurant.

Monte Proser was one of the first to lift Donn Beach's Don the Beachcomber concept, and he lifted the famous Zombie drink right along with it. Proser was largely responsible for introducing the Zombie to the east coast. He started with "Monte Proser's Zombie," a bar created for the New York World's Fair in 1939. Based on that success, he opened Monte Proser's Beachcomber at the end of that same year, December 26th, 1939, in a space above the Winter Garden Theatre in the Theater District north of Times Square. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson.

Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants grew to include locations in Miami Beach, Florida, Boston, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Maryland and Providence, Rhode Island.

Don sued Monte over the Beachcomber name and eventually won. The Manhattan Beachcomber closed shortly after May of 1942 when it was announced that Don finally won his lawsuit and was awarded substantial (for the time) damages and exclusive use of the name Beachcomber.

By 1943, the Manhattan location had become a new nightclub, Zanzibar (which moved the following year to the old Hurricane space).

Chen's Singapore then stepped into the space and ran from as early as 1946 through as late as 1957, serving a menu of tiki/tropical cocktails. This same space was later occupied by the Lanai (1961 - 1962) and the Hawaii Kai (1962 - 1989).

This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. It was located in the Crown Hotel. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Boston and Baltimore.

Sometime around the late '40s, the Beachcomber changed ownership, and became Ruby Foo's Beachcomber. Ruby Foo's was a chain out of Boston.

The Crown Hotel remained in use as hotel into the 1950s, but suffered gradual deterioration and was bought by Johnson and Wales Business College for a dormitory. Apparently, it suffered a fire and burned to the ground, thankfully when school was out of session.

This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. It was located directly across from Boston Common. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson.

It is now part of Emerson College, at 130 Boylston Street, located in the Theater District along the south side of the Boston Common. The door is marked as a nondescript facilities office.

The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Baltimore and Providence.

Opened March 22nd, 1941.

This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Boston and Providence.

This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. This location was under construction in December 1940, and opened then or shortly after the following year. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Boston, Baltimore and Providence.

The place was taken over by Ned Schyler in 1945. Since its inception, the Beachcomber highlighted some of the biggest entertainers of the day. Harold Minsky and his Minsky Follies took the place over in 1950. At that time, just like so many other South Seas night clubs of the day, burlesque shows took over the main stage of entertainment. This really set the stage in 1951 when Jack Lynch and his partner Irving Kokler started running the place. This included featuring one of the biggest names in Burlesque at the time, Lili St. Cyr.

This location might have been the longest lasting of the Beachcomber chain started by Proser, and changed hands several times and continued at least into the early 1950s.

Lanai was a very short-lived Polynesian restaurant -- it opened in 1961, and by 1962 had morphed into the legendary Hawaii Kai. It was above the Winter Garden Theatre in the Theater District north of Times Square. Lanai was a partnership between Joe Kipness (who went on to own the Hawaii Kai with other partners) and Monte Proser, who two decades earlier had opened his Monte Proser's Beachcomber in this same spot. The Lanai logo of sarong-clad woman holding a theatrical-meets-tiki mask to her face was used for some mugs at Hawaii Kai.

The Tiki Bar & Kitsch Inn is a tiki bar and restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, it opened in November 2010. It is divided into two levels: the downstairs is the Tiki Bar, and the upstairs is the midcentury modern Kitsch Inn, serving Thai food. The drink menu is a mix of classic Tiki cocktails and modern originals, served in unique tiki mugs made by Garnet McCulloch of Fireworks Studio.

There was a sister location, also in Glasgow, called The Pacific (closed in 2017).

Open at least as early as 1968.

Outrigger Club in Ardmore, Oklahoma was within the Clayton House Motel, which was later the Rio Motor Hotel.

The hotel is now an Economy Inn, and the A-frame entrance to the restaurant is still there.

There was a sister Outrigger Club in Oklahoma City.

Tiki Bar opened in January 2008 in Ponferrada, in the province of Len. The bar served tropical cocktails and hosted live music, mainly rock & roll. The bar was a celebration of midcentury American pop culture.

It appears they closed some time in 2010 to 2011.

The location is now home to La Posada Club.

There is another Tiki Bar location on the other side of Spain at Calle La Rioja, 39, Gandía. It opened in 2010.

Opened @ 2000.

The Bungalow Tropical Lounge was a three-story tropical-themed bar and restaurant, specializing in exotic cocktails and Thai food.

The decor was more vaguely tropical than Polynesian, but some traditional tiki drinks could be found there.

They had one area with several swinging rattan chairs that you could literally hang out in.

The rooftop had a "beach" area with real sand and plastic flamingos.

Closed at end of December 2020.