Opened in 1999.

This was the flagship and longest lasting in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This one billed itself as "Indy's Official Monster Energy Bar."

Police documents show between 2019 and 2021, IMPD responded to more than 1,000 calls at Tiki Bob's. That includes fights, rape, overdoses, and more.

However, Tiki Bob's stayed open amid public uproar.

As of October 2nd, 2022, though, they were on thin ice, but Tiki Bob’s Cantina was granted a one-year extension of its liquor license.

The condemnation became too severe, however, and at last, they closed on February 6th, 2023.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This location is now home to Crooked Hammock Brewery.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This location was in the space formerly occupied by Bar Dallas and typified elements from the other locations -- a concrete dance floor, red strobe lights, a DJ, lots of lighted beer signs, awnings composed of bamboo poles and corrugated steel, and large gray plastic commercial garbage cans positioned just off the row of booths in the dining area. Individual television screens in wooden cases were positioned at each table.

Opened in 1999.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This location clung on longer than most of the others, closing in February 2015.

They were known for jello wrestling, inviting porn star headliners, bikini contests, and drink specials involving Jagermeister and jello shots.

This location is now home to Ponies and Pints since 2017.

Opened in 2002 and closed in 2012.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This bar/nightclub was located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square.

Opened in 2000 in an older 2-story commercial brick building originally built in 1919, with 16,552 square feet.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This location closed some time after 2011.

As of 2021, this space is home to Vogue Nightclub.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This location was part of the Power Plant Live! complex.

This location opened in 2002 and closed in about 2007.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

Opened in 1964.

The red-and-tan interior boasted some Witco décor, Tiki masks, faux-tapa designs on paper, lots of bamboo, and hanging floats and lanterns. A 1964 Denver Post review praised the food and the “suffering things” (you can guess which cocktail the reviewer was hesitant to name). Ernie Menehune provided entertainment—when he wasn’t busy is Las Vegas. Ernie still played gigs in Arizona well into his 80’s.

Two waitresses (Elizabeth Madrid and Judith Finchum, both 23) were arrested on January 19, 1966, for waiting tables in lingerie, a gimmick that had been used in the Tiki Kai in Albuquerque for some time. Madrid was fined $100; owner Harry Jew said that business had doubled in the single week that the two girls had been working there. A former waitress named Pat tells us: “(in 1966) Harry was the owner, Gordon the manager, Lou the maître D, Linda the hostess, Mike the bartender, Speedy the backup bartender, Tommy Jung the chef. I left Tiki Kai when I married Tommy.”

In December 1969, the Tiki Kai became the China Town Restaurant. In 1971, the Denver-based Vegas show-band the Glass Menagerie purchased the building and renamed it the Islander. The Islander lasted until 1975, and then it became Herb Wong's New China restaurant (which still served Polynesian drinks in their Kahuna Cocktail Lounge) until being demolished in 1992.

Today this location is the SafeSplash Swim School.

There was another Tiki Kai Supper Club in Albuquerque.

*NOTE: The Islander at this location is not to be confused with the Tommy Wong's Island (circa. 1977 -1983) which was about 11 minutes South of this location. That Tommy Wong's location now appears (as of 2025) to be a parking lot adjacent a kosher deli.

Opened in 1965.

The Tiki Kai's main claim to fame (or infamy, depending on your perspective) was its lunchtime lingerie shows, where the voluptuous waitresses would wear only see-through negligees while serving customers.

The Tiki Kai eventually burned down.

There was another Tiki Kai Supper Club in Denver.

BEFORE:

When it originally opened (@2005-2006), this bar had a great cartoonish logo tiki (and matching mug) that were designed by Squid. However, the overall feel of the place had more of a dive college beer bar vibe -- accentuated by the televisions turned to sports shows, the Corona beer pennant banners strung around the white ceiling, and the neon bar signs for Pacifico beer. Vodka (much more than rum) took up a substantial portion of the back bar and while they did have a menu of tiki drinks, they skewed towards the sweet concoctions typical before the craft cocktail revolution. There was some bamboo on the pillar room supports and bar itself, but this was still more of a beach bar and grill with its yellow and light blue painted walls. In fact, their sign logo used to read "Hukilounge" but was changed to "Bar and Grill" which made more sense.

SIDE NOTE:

The original owner, Tom Davies (Tiki Tom), sold his share in 2006. That original owner then opened another Tiki Tom's in nearby Oakland in 2008 which subsequently burned down. The two restaurants were otherwise unconnected.

CURRENTLY:

The new logo is now an outrigger canoe as seen on the front entrance.

Tiki Tom's had a huge tiki makeover, courtesy of Bamboo Ben, and re-opened on August 24th, 2021. The interior decor is much improved and now several walls have been covered in nautical style planks (caulked with black pitch), the ceiling is festooned with amazing tiki lamps, nets, flotsam & jetsam, and select tiki artwork that can be seen in every nook and cranny. The interior is much darker and mysterious with multi-colored mood lighting as well.

The cocktail menu is also more in line with what discerning tikiphiles have come to appreciate from craft cocktail tiki bars.

Tiki Bob's opened in 1955, when Bob Bryant left the San Francisco Trader Vic's where he'd worked as a bar manager to open his own restaurant. The very stylized tiki logo for Tiki Bob's was created by Alec Yuill-Thornton, and its appeal endures today.

Closed in 1983.

While Tiki Bob's space has been through many, many reincarnations, the Tiki Bob's logo tiki still stands guard at the corner of Post & Taylor, giving a friendly smile to all who pass. The space is currently occupied by Honey Honey Cafe & Crepery.

Strangely, the Tiki Bob logo tiki is not the most famous totemic icon on this corner -- that honor belongs to the image of an owl which is the icon for the Bohemian Club across the street as well as the Owl Tree bar on the other side of the street. The Bohemian Club spends their summers at the Bohemian Grove where there is a 40' owl made of stone (or concrete). Nothing that huge here, but there is an owl plaque outside the club and the Owl Tree bar has several owls on its exterior as well.

A second location, Tiki Bob's Mainland Rendezvous, was on Bush near Kearny, where Pagan Idol stands today. Bob Bryant also managed the Tahitian Lanai and Papeete Bar in the Waikikian hotel in Waikiki when it opened in late 1956.