Tiki Bars
Tiki Tiki Shinjuku
Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Japan (Closed)
This location was opened March 21, 1981.
Tiki Tiki Shinjuku was an elaborate Polynesian-themed restaurant right in the bustling center of Shinjuku in Tokyo. There were multiple dining rooms, a large counter, and floor shows. Drinks were served in tiki mugs and available in exclusive Tiki Tiki mugs.
Some decor was provided by Oceanic Arts.
Appears to have closed September 6th, 2021, according to their Instagram account.
There is a sister location, Tiki Tiki Yokohama.
The Tahitian - Studio City
Studio City, California, United States (Closed)
The Tahitian in Studio City opened February 20th, 1959, and was one of at least 2 locations -- the other was in Pasadena. The Royal Tahitian in nearby Ontario, CA had identical lettering, and may have been related. Menu cover tiki (same as tiki outside of front door) was designed by Andre Bumatay. The decor was supplied by both Oceanic Arts and Sea & Jungle, with coconut mugs and ceramic table lamps from Spurlin Ceramics. Closed around May of 1968 (Pasadena location closed about the same time.) . The location is now a parking lot.
Tiki Bar Sargans
Sargans, Switzerland (Closed)
Tiki Bar Sargans was located in a small mountain town in the Swiss Alps, east of Zurich, and very near to Austria and Lichtenstein. It was opened on July 13, 2006 by Urs Schumacher. The most prominent feature was a boat that had been turned into a large table for casual bar seating. The furniture was mostly rattan seating, and there were a few small and large tikis on the premises.
Closed @April 16th, 2021.
Tiki Tiki - Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Closed)
Opened in 1981.
There were also Tiki Tiki locations in Edmonton and Calgary.
The Castaway - San Mateo
San Mateo, California, United States (Closed)
The Castaway was a nautically themed restaurant overlooking the San Francisco Bay from Coyote Point Recreation Area. While not strictly tiki, it had many tropical and flotsam-and-jetsam elements, like float lamps, netting and monkeypod tabletops.
The Castaway closed in 1997 for major repairs, but the repairs never happened. After standing in increasing disrepair for over a decade, the building was bulldozed in February 2008.
This location had a sister restaurant at 66 Jack London Square in Oakland, California.
Shipwreck Tavern
Bayville, New York, United States
Shipwreck Tavern is a nautically-themed restaurant that opened in the fall of 2006. In summer 2007, they added a "Tiki Bar and Cafe" that includes an outdoor seating area with tiki poles and masks. Shipwreck Tavern is owned and operated by the same outfit that owns the pirate-themed Bayville Adventure Park next door, and also the Jekyll & Hyde Club in New York City.
Smoke Tiki
San Jose, California, United States (Closed)
This cartoony tiki bar in San Jose opened in 2005, and closed in early 2010. Smoke Tiki was a smokehouse, and served dishes featuring their own smoked meats. The restaurant had lots of tikis, some carved of wood, others (like the outside tiki head) made of metal, and a large metal palm tree at the indoor bar. Had a large back patio with its own bar. Its loud music and lighting were more suitable to a disco than a tiki bar.
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
Stanford, California, United States
The Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden was created by the Cantor Arts Center in 1994, when they brought several artists from Papua New Guinea to carve tikis on-site. Several dozen tikis, carved poles and figures are carved from wood and stone, and sit in a wooded area on the Stanford University campus.
South Pacific - Newton
Newton, Massachusetts, United States (Closed)
Opened in 1964.
South Pacific had been serving Chinese food in a Polynesian environment for many decades, and the decor was still present when it closed in September 2012 upon the owners' retirement. There were several tiki poles, and carved details in the trim. The walls had painted tropical scenes, and a back room was decorated like a tropical hut. Shell lamps and other tiki-style lighting were used throughout. Drinks were served in tiki mugs.
The last sign of what once was, its lovely neon sign, was removed in May 2016.
Kona Kai Apartments - San Gabriel
San Gabriel, California, United States
The Kona Kai apartments were built in 1962. The decor was outfitted by Oceanic Arts. There is an identical apartment building in Granada Hills, the Kona Pali. The building has a dramatic A-frame entrance, with a tile mosaic of the Hawaiian islands. There are carved tikis throughout the grounds.
The Bamboo Room - Schaumburg
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States (Closed)
Opened in 2003.
This trendy nightclub and restaurant had a small side tiki bar.
In 2007, the Bamboo Room closed, and in 2009 the space hosted a nightclub called Heat.
Since 2017 or so, this site has hosted a Crunch Fitness.
Sunset Park
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
This public Las Vegas park is the site of one of the moai statues carved for Aku Aku at the Stardust by Eli Hedley. The statue sits on an island in the middle of a pond.