Owner Amy Tichenor felt that Queens' best beach neighborhood was missing a proper tiki bar and filled that gap in April 2021 with the Rockaway Tiki Bar.

Rockaway Tiki Bar joins the other offerings of Arverne of the Sea, including Locals Cafe, Super Burrito, Cuisine by Claudettes, Vino by the Sea, Bar Marseille, Breakwater Surf Shop, Boardwalk Pizza, and Batesy’s BBQ.

The bar is located one block from the Atlantic Ocean and one of the best surf breaks in the Rockaways.

The food menu features poke bowls and dumplings. The cocktail menu is limited to a top 12, including a couple of chiller slushie drinks served from their machine.

Though small, there is some great tiki and vintage decor, including some carvings by Tiki tOny and a 70s velvet painting of a topless girl behind the bar (exposed nipple tastefully covered by a dried-out starfish).

There is also outdoor seating.

Opened in 2023, Bernard’s Tiki Room is located in the upstairs room of the historic Arvada Tavern in downtown Arvada, Colorado. You can enter Bernard's through the phone booth downstairs in the Tavern, hipster prohibition style.

Bernard's is generally open evenings after 6pm Thur-Sat competently serving classic tiki drinks, and is known to host various tiki themed events and live bands.

Bernard's features a somewhat less visually impactful tiki bar setting than many, all in one large, square room - but it is cozy nonetheless.

Opened in 2018.

Pacific fusion restaurant and tiki bar on the Oregon Coast featuring daily cocktail specials.

Originally a food truck called A Taste of Hawaii (2014), four years later owners Christian and Natasha Jakobsen opened The Hukilau brick and mortar alongside Highway 101 in Florence, OR.

They have indoor and outdoor seating.

This tiki bar and restaurant is located in the city center of Lecce. Created by Cristian Pellegrino.

The venue mixes tropical, exotic and pirate atmospheres.

You can sit either in or outside.

The two rooms have a total of 80 seats and an outdoor garden with another 180 which makes this place welcoming, hospitable and very large.

Many of its features, such as the wooden counter, smoke created with dry ice, large tiki masks, rum barrels, pirates and even the treasure maps and materials such as wicker, recall an English-colonial style.

This bar opened in Clearwater Beach, Florida as of October 31, 2021.

It's located on the 3rd floor of the Marina Cantina by the docks.

In addition to their drinks menu, they also have a limited food menu with quesadillas, tacos, empanadas, spring rolls, etc...

Founded by Dirk Becker in 2011, the Rum Depot Berlin is THE place for rum. At the front you can find the store has 800-1200 rums in stock.

In the back is the Berlin Rum Club Bar (opened in 2008). They do the live-tastings here. The Rum Club also has their own tiki mugs.

Dirk Becker is the author of the book “The Big Book of Rum” and the host of the German Rum Festival, the largest rum event on the planet. The festival was started in 2011 and currently has thousands of visitors each year during August/September. At last count, the festival hosted over 70 booths, more than 150 brands and therefore also over 500 different bottlings!

*Note: From a tiki decor perspective, this location is lacking. It is simply a VERY well-stocked rum liquor store with a dedicated area for tiki mugs (and some of their own signature mugs). However, their mascot is a tiki head and they are very tiki friendly/tiki adjacent since rum is the spirit of choice for most tiki cocktails.

Opened April 4th, 2012.

Located in Potsdam, Germany. Americans, especially Californians, might find it similar to the Islands Hamburger Restaurant chain.

In addition to burgers and other fast food offerings with a Hawaiian twist, they offer Hawaiian beers and cocktails at their bar.

On September 16th, 2017 they had their 5th anniversary party with a Hula dance show and live Hawaiian music.

The owner changed in 2023. The tropical atrium was closed by the new owner and all wall paintings were removed.

Turtle Bay opened its doors in May 1972 as Del Webb’s Kuilima Resort Hotel and Country Club. The hotel boasted 443 ocean view rooms and a golf course. Webb was inspired by the name of the area the hotel sits on called Kuilima. In the Hawaiian language kui lima means "joining hands".

The former owner of the New York Yankees opened the resort with none other than Bob Hope as the headliner.

Webb had the vision of making Kuilima the first casino in Hawaii, however a bill that would make gambling legal that he anticipated passing died.

The resort took the Turtle Bay name officially in 1983. However, locals called the area Turtle Bay before then because turtles commonly feed in the bay.

Over the years what hasn’t changed is Turtle Bay’s untouched coastline, expansive grounds and legendary surfing. The resort rests on 1,300 acres of paradise. It is home to the stunning Kawela Bay, Kuilima Farm and the most northern tip on the island of Oahu, Kahuku Point.

The splendor of Turtle Bay has drawn Hollywood to its shores over the past 5 decades. More than 150 movies, TV shows and series have been filmed at Turtle Bay including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hawaii Five-0 and Jumanji - Welcome to the Jungle.

In April 2020, the hotel closed to the public in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic. Owners used the down time to completely transform Turtle Bay from the inside out with world renowned designer Dianna Wong and the architects of WCIT Architecture leading the charge.

*NOTE: It does not appear that the three tikis that stood outside in the 70s are still in place, although with all the remodeling it is possible that there may be new Polynesian art and decor somewhere on the grounds.

Opened April 17th, 2023 in what used to be the Genting Palace Lounge.

The idea, apparently, was that the Genting Palace Restaurant was too formal and intimidating for their lounge to see casual traffic from people not interested in dining, so they separated it from the restaurant and made it a more inviting and slightly more casual space.

There was a very light re-model of the old lounge which already had a bit of an exotic Asian vibe. Tiki masks were added, along with some standing surfboards and an impressively lit wall of mugs that appear to have all been sourced from BarConic or some other inexpensive tiki mug wholesaler.

Beverage Director Will Cahow insists that The Golden Monkey, which takes its name from the golden monkey statue that has sat on the bar since the venue opened in 2021, shares no association with the similarly named Golden Tiki. “We want to be a little different,” he says.

The Golden Monkey lists 50 types of rum behind the bar and 20 cocktails on their menu, which you can check out below.

Opened November 19th, 2015 by Glen Hoyer and Lisa Diblasio.

Located in the Tequesta Fashion Mall.

This store stocks a wide assortment of tiki and tropical fashion and decor, including carvings, mugs, shirts, jewelry, paintings, books, and much more...

Opened in November 2019 by Neal Warner and his brother Paul Warner in partnership with Love Handle’s Chris and Ally Benedyk and Flatland Kitchen designers Eric and Rebekah Nolan.

This is yet another newer bar that eschews the title of "Tiki Bar" but reaches deeply into the genre/category, borrowing much of its atmosphere and, of course, its drinks. The owners prefer to call Strange Bird a "Rum Bar" or "Landlocked Exotica" and acknowledge the tiki-leanings but state that they have purposefully kept things a bit more spare with what they consider "cleaner" and more "minimalist lines".

While there may be no tiki carvings on display, there is a ton of lauhala matting behind the backbar which is overseen by a taxidermied wild boar who looks like he would be right at home at a Hawaiian luau. Some contrasting walls are wall-papered in a large banana leaf print. Nearby booths are bordered with variated bamboo. The roof is blanketed with loose thatch panels that give a nice hut-like feel. Fish trap lamps, and round capiz shell lamps give plenty of mood lighting. This is contrasted with white painted boards on the front of the bar and white modern barstools, but this use of white calls to mind not so much a spare modern aesthetic as it does the sides of a white-painted boat's hull, and plays off all the nautical rope looped about.

On 11/18/22, Esotico Miami opened a speakeasy adjacent space, the Kaona Room, which was accessible through either Esotico's interior secret door (until they closed in 2024) or through an exterior secret door beneath next door's Caribbean Water Supply (now the remaining entrance). The Kaona Room is traditional tiki with its decor, and was always more than just overflow seating for Esotico. It is an entirely separate bar. For more on Esotico Miami, please see separate listing.

From Kaona Room:

"Hiding behind a discrete, unassuming entryway on a side street in Miamis Arts & Entertainment District awaits an unrivaled cocktail experience. Miamis newest secret and secluded tiki getaway, The Kaona Room bar and lounge.

Designed as a modern-day speakeasy with a twist a speaky-tiki - The Kaona Room employs traditional Polynesian elements interlaced with seductive details and jazz club vibes, transporting guests on a two-hour vacation to paradise. The space is comfortable, fun, and most importantly, private, only allowing up to 45 guests at a time.

Conceptualized by Graspa Group partner Daniele Dalla Pola, The Kaona Room will proudly feature remarkably classic and contemporary exotic cocktails, lite bites, as well as live entertainment, every single night. The lounge offers intimate dining for large parties, corporate events, and select group menus available upon request.

Guests can expect to feel like they are on an authentic and rum-soaked Polynesian excursion when visiting.... that is, if they know where to find the fun."