Opened in Summer 2006.

A converted cottage houses this beachside eatery serving California favorites, a popular breakfast, and cocktails.

Beside it is a small stand-alone Bootlegger Bar that is loosely connected and offers a slightly smaller menu of drinks.

There is both inside and outside seating.

To get here, however, you have to park on the other side of Pacific Coast Highway and take a shuttle from the lot.

This venue is unique in that it is built in an original beach cottage that friends and family of the Irvine family once leased. From the 30s to 50s, many such cottages were built up and down this stretch of land, and were a popular holiday location.

This area retains the scale and ambiance of a 1930's beach resort. It is also on Crystal Cove State Park land, a carefully conserved property interested in preserving this stretch of land.

This is not a tiki bar, but very tiki adjacent. They have issued several tiki mugs through Tiki Farm and offer tropical drinks. Additionally, there once was a Beachcomber Cafe sister location in Malibu (now closed) that had a dedicated tiki room and payed homage to the Tonga Lei that once existed nearby.

In the years after the close of this more tikified Malibu location, it seems their trend toward tiki has faded, but Crystal Cove is still a lovely venue to visit.

Make reservations if you can. It gets crowded.

This Chinese and Polynesian eatery appears to have opened in the 60s or 70s.

At some point, the very Polynesian interior (seen from an early postcard) was refurbished and all the bamboo and rattan and lauhala matting was stripped out, leaving only the amazing swag lamps to mark that this had been anything other than just a normal Chinese restaurant.

It was open at least through 2016 when these later photos were taken below.

Bali-Hai was one of the original classic Spanish "Hawaiian" bars. Opened @ 1960s.

According to reports, it was huge -- the biggest in Spain ever!

Photos below show dilapidated exterior sign years after close and a rare interior shot with a Spanish rendition of Mr. Bali Hai (with bone through nose) hanging from the ceiling.

Overlooking Halema‘uma‘u Crater at the summit of Kilauea, this casual hotel in a restored 1846 building is 2 miles from Thurston Lava Tube and 3 miles from the Jaggar Museum.

Cozy, basic rooms come with free Wi-Fi and desks; many rooms offer volcano views. Simple cabins with BBQ grills and shared bathrooms are available in Namakanipaio campground.

Amenities include a relaxed restaurant overlooking the crater and a cocktail lounge (Uncle George's Lounge) with a TV and regular live music. The property also offers loaner bikes and daily guided walking tours of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

They have a large gift shop as well.

HISTORY:

In 1846, the original Volcano House was built – a simple one room shelter made of grass and native Ohia wood.

In 1866, a four bedroom wooden structure replaced the original hotel. Notable guests included Mark Twain who recounted his stay in Roughing it: “Neat, roomy, well furnished well kept hotel. The surprise of finding a good hotel at such an outlandish spot startled me, considerable more than the volcano did.”

In 1904, George “Uncle George” Lycurgus purchased an interest in the Volcano House Company and managed the Volcano House until 1921 when he sold his interest. He subsequently regained the hotel in 1932 and remained the manager until his death in 1960. He was known as the dean of Hawaiian hospitality and died at the age of 101 after 45 years of direct involvement with the Volcano House.

Like many restaurants, they were temporarily closed due to the Covid pandemic, but have since re-opened.

Tommy Wong worked at the Chicago Don the Beachcomber and at the Aku Aku in Las Vegas before becoming a successful restaurateur in his own right.

In 1977 he purchased the Islands restaurant in Phoenix and re-branded it as Tommy Wong's Island Restaurant.

Wong expanded on this purchase and created a mini chain with this Island Restaurant in Denver (currently, as of 2025, a parking lot next to a kosher deli) and an Island Restaurant (or "Islands Restaurant" depending on the advertisement) in Colorado Springs (circa October 1975).

All of his Island restaurants in the chain went under in the 80s along with the first one in Phoenix. The Denver location closed in 1983.

*NOTE: This location is not to be confused with The Islander (formerly the Tiki Kai), which opened in 1971 about 11 minutes north of the Tommy Wong Island location and closed in 1975.

The Tropic Bowl began in 1955 at another location, across from Bilotti's Italian Village, at 309 3rd Street SW (where the Third Street Ramp is now).

The bowling alley was moved to 430 Fifth Ave. S.E., in 1963, and its lounge was dubbed "The Outrigger."

In 1978, Rochester had a huge flood, which filled the entire site with 4 feet of water. They opened 4 days later when the waters receded.

The Outrigger was eventually changed to a Country-themed bar (In Cahoots) in 1985.

Eventually, the city began a massive flood control project and this necessitated buying out the Tropic Bowl. In the end, the city paid $2 million for the Tropic Bowl, the In Cahoots lounge and the property around the businesses, plus some accrued interest. At the time, it was the largest single purchase the city made in connection with its flood control project.

The Tropic Bowl and the In Cahoots lounge closed its doors May 13, 1993. By the end of the month, the items from the alley and lounge were auctioned off, and the final ball was rolled down the lane.

Opened @2021.

This space was formerly RamaPong (ramen and ping pong) but switched it up during the pandemic and while they still served ramen, their theme became tropical/goth with a full menu of tiki cocktails (both traditional and originals) served in tiki mugs.

The decor was a bit minimalistic without the layers of Polynesian carvings and artwork you might see at older classical tiki bars, but it was dark and well-lit with mood lighting and they had lots of skeletons and fake foliage as well as some netting on the ceiling and some bamboo/reed fencing wrapped around the main bar.

Closed October 3rd, 2023.

The Palm Springs Hotel was one of the city's earliest hotels, although there is little information left about it today. It was located at 265 N. Palm Canyon Drive and appears to have been around since at least the 40s. Probably before.

Through the 1950s, it was known for its Coral Tree Restaurant, which featured French-inspired food, and whose interior featured coral-colored booths with lots of tropical plants and a leaf-patterned carpet.

The Luau Restaurant looks to have been a 1940s pre-tiki establishment that was replaced by the Coral Tree. Difficult to say. Only the occasional menu turns up but judging by The Luau prices, it was probably before the Coral Tree and perhaps there are some traces of the old Luau when looking at interior shots of the Coral Tree below.

Today, this space has been entirely rebuilt and nothing of the old venue remains. It is now home to the Hyatt Palm Springs (the half which also has public self-parking).

However, you can still walk across the street from the Hyatt to where the current Tonga Hut Palm Springs offers Pop Polynesian escape to today's customers.

Opened in 1999.

Paddy's Beach Club is located right on the beach and is relatively quiet during the winter but explodes into action during Spring and Summer, becoming a Spring Break/Beach Festival destination for thousands of scantily clad young people who visit every Sunday while the season lasts.

The Tikki Bar is located directly opposite the DJ entertainment stage on the other side of the dance floor. This dance floor is flanked on the sides by cabana private areas that you can rent for your friends. There is also a large drinking and dining area behind the main building and beach access onto the main beach as well.

Often regarded as New England's premiere dayclub.

They do have at least a couple of large carved wooden tikis outside. But the Tiki theme is applied pretty lightly overall.

Their cocktails are not the refined Trader Vic's and Don the Beachcomber cocktails that send the taste buds of most Tiki Fans quivering. If you want a ton of blue drink in a fish bowl to get buzzed on, though, they have you covered!

A tiki bar on the Polish coast, only 2 1/2 hours away from Berlin-Germany. Appears to have been open since at least 2021.

Opened March 30th, 2017.

Navy Strength is a proto-tiki, tropical, and travel-influenced cocktail bar with a full kitchen.

Just to elaborate on ""proto-tiki" -- their decor is minimalistic without the layers of tiki carvings and art you might find at more traditional tiki establishments. They do not claim to be a tiki bar, but certainly tiki influenced. They do use tiki mugs and there are some small carvings and pieces throughout.

The ceiling and adjacent walls do have lots of variated wood planking that puts one in mind of a ship's hull, however, and looking about, you'll spot lengths and coils of ship's rope that makes it seem like you are embarking on some sort of naval voyage. A definite nautical bent as the bar's name would imply.

Their food and drink menu does rotate to some extent, to highlight different countries around the world, so depending on when you visit, you may have very different options. There does appear to be a standard cocktail menu (see below) of tiki favorites, however.

Drinks and food from 4 PM until 12 AM. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Opened September 28, 2019.

This Tiki bar and club was located behind Sabai (a Thai restaurant) - Tiki Vibe until 9pm then Techno DJ.

April 5th, 2024, the club rebranded as LOSO, an EDM club and apparently stripped out all the plants and other decor that made the place "jungle-like".