Opened May 18th, 2023 for soft opening.

Permanent Vacation is a speakeasy tiki bar inside the already established Copper Rocket Pub.

When you enter Copper Rocket, you'll look for a door on the far right stating "Employees Only". Push that open and you'll check in before stepping inside Permanent Vacation.

The bar is decorated with fish floats in netting on the ceiling, a large standing fiberglass Ku tiki behind the backbar, walls of skulls, even more skulls on spears, tons of bamboo, and vintage Witco bar stools.

Dark tiki mood lighting is also accentuated by sound and fog effects periodically during your visit.

They have a full cocktail menu (shown below) and serve food as well.

The Royal Hawaiian opened in 1947. It was owned by the Cabang family. The Cabangs were originally from the Phillipines and were friends with both of the Fillipino Tiki carvers in L.A. at the time, Milan Guanko and Andres Bumatay. These talented artists both supplied Tikis for the restaurant. The prominent Andres Bumatay tikis outside the restaurant became weathered and destroyed and were later replaced by modern carvings.

The Royal Hawaiian also had a sister location located in Anaheim in the 1950s.

The Royal Hawaiian has been through several iterations. It originally had several small dining rooms with glass-walled dioramas filled with tikis and plants, great lamps, bamboo, thatch and sea grass matting, and a bar with a fireplace and pufferfish. There were lovely oil paintings throughout, including a large piece hung directly above the hostess stand.

In spring 2006, the restaurant was sold to a new owner, who gutted it. The newer, tiki-stripped version closed for good in 2012. In 2016, the space reopened, again with the name Royal Hawaiian, this time by people who wanted to bring back its rich tiki history. The new owners, Mo Honarkar and daughters Hasty and Nikisa, worked to bring back a fully-decorated Royal Hawaiian with the help of Bamboo Ben.

However in January-February 2019, the restaurant was closed for yet another remodel and then re-opened under the auspices of chef Mariano “Maro” Molteni. Honarkar’s company remained as landlords, while Molteni owned and operated the restaurant which he rebranded as the "Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill". Molteni's remodel (which came as a surprise to the landlords) removed much of Bamboo Ben's decor, especially natural materials like lauhala matting and thatching in favor of dark blue painted walls and a "cleaner" and "less cluttered" look. There were still tikis and accent pieces, but the interior was much reduced from its former full tiki glory.

On July 15th, 2022, Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill announced its closure for the end of that same month, on July 31st, 2022 .

This current version of the Royal Hawaiian opened May 27th, 2023.

Following the 2022 closure of the last iteration of the Royal Hawaiian, the space was turned over to Boulevard Hospitality for a complete transformation. The new build-out was completed by Ignacio “Notch” Gonzales, famous for building spaces like Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco and Inside Passage in Seattle.

The exterior tikis were replaced with brand new reproductions of the Andres Bumatay tikis that originally graced the restaurant.

A huge clam shell was added for people to sit in for photo ops (similar to the one used at the Golden Tiki in Las Vegas).

The display case was filled with a number of headhunter skulls which were fabricated by Reesenik.

The bathroom was wallpapered with large overlapping versions of the botanical drink recipe prints that Eric October has been making for several years.

To round out the new experience, the Royal Hawaiian’s owners have brought on famed barman Dushan Zaric of Employees Only to build a bespoke cocktail menu that riffs, weaves, and rethinks the rum-forward staples of tiki lore.

*NOTE: For the 1947-2006 version or for the 2006-2022 version see separate listings.

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.

This is a speakeasy bar that has front access through an old video store.

It opened in October 22nd, 2016 as a Quentin Tarantino inspired bar. It was originally named Video Archive, taking its name from the video store where grindhouse auteur Tarantino famously got his education in all things film.

However, as of July 10th, 2020, with encouragement from their patrons, they decided to change their name and re-brand themselves as a tiki bar.

The change was not a "from scratch" new build-out. The space still looks much the same but with the addition of some added tropical/tiki decorations.

However, their menu is now full tiki.

In addition to the working video store out front and the tiki bar beyond that, there is an outside patio area in back where they sometimes set up a screen and view their favorite films.

Opened January 2023.

When vacationing in Tampa, Florida you can stay in this 1 bedroom tiki-themed vacation condo (The Kondo Tiki) right on the bay! This 1 bedroom condo comes with a full kitchen and has access to the resort's swimming pool and private beach area. The resort is centrally located, and has causeway access to beaches in Clearwater and St. Petersburg.

Decked out by Rarabird (former Disney Park Decorator, Prop and Scenic artist who helped rehab and create props and florals for the Enchanted Tikiroom for the Disneyland 50th Anniversary, 2005) and the owner and mastermind, Chris Iller “The Chief” and ”Mr. Sitcom”, former fellow Disney cast member, MGM Tour Guide and TV production artist.

Not much is known about this location. It was open at least as early as 1956 and lasted reportedly into the 1960s.

Opened @ February 2023.

This small place is run by a Chamorro family that also runs the adjacent JJ's Island Grind restaurant. You can bring in food from there (which is mostly Hawaiian, Chamorro and Filipino style foods). The bar is a mix of what one might call modern Island style, and a lot of the decor is standard, mass-produced stuff (masks, fish floats, signs, etc.). There are several TV screens, but they seem to mostly play Chamorro music videos.

Tiki style since 2002.

Tiki style coffee shop and bar. Ice cream from Neumanns next door.

This is one of two Hawaiian-themed waterparks (Follonica and Cecina).

Aqua Village was founded in 2004 and in principle united the two parks Aqua Il Park in Cecina (from 1993) and Aqua Park in Follonica (from 1999).

Opened in 2002.

This brightly colored bar features tropical birds and serves drinks in tiki mugs.

This bar has no cocktail menu, but you order the "cocktail of the day" and they serve you from a pre-mix.

Opened @2009.

This Tiki Resort is located in the south of France near Saint-Tropez, in Ramatuelle.

They have 305 mobile homes on site that have been cleverly disguised as tropical huts.

Open seasonally from April 5th to October 29th. Must make reservations starting in early December for the upcoming season.

Home of the Tiki Pop Fever Festival in 2015.

This is one of two Hawaiian-themed waterparks (Follonica and Cecina).

Aqua Village was founded in 2004 and in principle united the two parks Aqua Il Park in Cecina (from 1993) and Aqua Park in Follonica (from 1999).