Tiki Bars
Don the Beachcomber - at the Royal Lahaina Resort
Lahaina, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
A very short-lived, modern reincarnation of the Don the Beachcomber chain, located on the grounds of the Royal Lahaina Resort. The space is mostly gutted, and is now used as an entry area for the resort's evening luau.
Opened in the mid 2000's (at least as early as 2006) and closed in 2007.
Tiki's Grill & Bar - Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Tiki's Grill & Bar opened in 2002 in the heart of Waikiki, in the Twin Fin Hotel (prior to 2022 it was known as the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel). It offers a modern take on Polynesian Pop, with lots of art by modern pop artists and carvings. There is both outdoor and indoor seating.
Lava Lounge Waikiki, a small craft cocktail bar that offers a special menu and hands-on cocktail classes, opened in August 2024 inside Tiki's Grill & Bar. Reservations are exclusively available on RESY.
Kon-Tiki - Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
Opened June 22nd, 1971, two weeks after the grand opening of the Sheraton-Waikiki hotel of which it was a part.
Guests could take a twisting orchid staircase or glass elevator ride beside the flowing waterfall up to the Hanohano Room (second floor dining room).
This restaurant was part of the Kon-Tiki chain owned by Steve Crane.
After the Kon-Tiki closed in 1993, its tikis were purchased by the nearby La Mariana.
Christian's Hut - Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
This was a spinoff location from the original Christian's Hut in Newport Beach. It was open from July 15th, 1957- @ 1958.
Green Garden
Hanapepe, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
The Green Garden Restaurant was established in 1948 on the south side of Kauai, and had a number of tikis inside. It closed in 2005 and appears to have been abandoned.
Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
The Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in tribute to his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was the last descendant of the Kamehamehas. The museum was built on the site of the Kamehameha School for Boys, which had been established by Princess Bernice. After her death, Charles Reed Bishop started the museum to showcase the Kamehameha family heirlooms and other Polynesian artifacts. The school eventually moved, allowing the Bishop Museum to expand, and it has grown over time so that it now houses a rather massive collection. One of the important pieces is a historic Heiau Ku carving - there are only two others, in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, and in the British Museum in London. In 2010, all three Ku tikis were put on display at the Bishop museum. The other two were shipped back to their respective museums three years later. The museum also features a section dedicated to what they call "Ku Kitsch," known to us as Polynesian Pop, with many fine examples of modern uses of the image of Ku, including a mug from Tiki Farm.
South Shore Tiki Lounge
Kihei, Hawaii, United States
Opened @ 2006.
A tiki bar & restaurant, tucked into a shopping center in Kihei. The decor is a mix of Polynesian Pop and surfing, with plenty of bamboo and some tikis. The inside portion is nice and dark, and there is a spacious outdoor patio. They have other things on their menu but are primarily known for their pizza. Beach Bumz is in the same shopping center.
Beach Bumz
Kihei, Hawaii, United States
Beach Bumz is a small store within a shopping center in Kihei, selling tourist items, including plenty of tiki mugs and other items of interest to the modern tikiphile. In the same shopping center as South Shore Tiki Lounge.
Mai Tai Lounge - Lahaina
Lahaina, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
This bar and restaurant overlooking the ocean opened in downtown Lahaina in 2008. The decor was light on tiki, but they did offer a custom tiki mug for sale in the traditional three-face bucket style.
Mai Tai Lounge closed in 2013, and the location became Koa's Seaside Grill, which then became Koa 156º, and then closed as well. As of 2022 this site appears to be hosting a Del Sol sunglasses and clothing store.
Tiki Iniki - Princeville
Princeville, Hawaii, United States
Tiki Iniki opened in Princeville, on the north side of the island of Kauai, in 2013. It was brought to life by Michele Rundgren, wife of famed all-over-the-musical-map Todd Rundgren. The two fell in love with Kauai through their visits to the Coco Palms resort. They moved to Kauai just after Hurricane Iniki destroyed the resort. All these years later, they have now opened a place of their own.
The interior of Tiki Iniki was created by Bamboo Ben.
A sister Tiki Iniki location came and went in Atlanta, operated by a licensee without the Rundgrens' involvement.
The Myna Bird
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
The Myna Bird was a tiki bar in the International Market Place in Honolulu, opened on May 19, 2017. The small bar was part of The Street, a food-court-like collection of restaurants and bars by Michael Mina. The tiki bar paid tribute to the Don the Beachcomber restaurant in Waikiki, which was the anchor of the original International Market Place.
Closed on 11/08/2020.
UPDATE: This space was re-named the Tipsy Tiki with little to no change in decor and re-opened some time prior to December 2021.
Tiki Tops
Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States (Closed)
This location opened in 1959 as a tiki themed coffee shop belonging to the Spencecliff Corporation which owned many classic tiki themed unique architectural sites. Today it is Flamingo. There were at least two other Tops locations, one in Waikiki and one in Waipahu.