Tiki Bars
House of Tiki - West 17th Street - Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa, California, United States (Closed)
House of Tiki was owned by Wes Johnson, and sold new merchandise, including aloha wear, tiki mugs, home decor, and of course tikis. This was the second location for House of Tiki, having moved from its original location (used from 2003-2008) to this location within a WWII quonset hut in December 2008. House of Tiki closed in September 2009.
Monkey Island Lounge and Grill
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Closed)
This cheesy take on tiki opened in 2005, and eventually morphed into a dance club. Cartoony tikis and monkeys everywhere...everything seemed to indicate that this place was truly awful. Closed in 2009, and the space became Red Square Vodka House.
Tiki Kai - Lawndale
Lawndale, California, United States (Closed)
Opened by William Chin and ran from 1961 to 1965.
Tiki Kai had a very large and dramatic A-frame entrance, flanked by Milan Guanko tikis.
The Tiki Kai was succeeded by a second tiki establishment, The Golden Lei, which was opened by local realtor Fred L. Fredericks and lasted a very short time.
By the late 60s there was an entirely different themed restaurant in its place.
The building was demolished to make way for a Pizza Hut in 1971 and from 2008 until most recently the location is being used as a medical office.
Haifischbar
Augsburg-Innenstadt, Augsburg, Germany
Haifischbar ("Shark Bar") opened in 2006, in Augsburg in Bavarian Suebia, in Germany.
American food and tropical cocktails are served, in a setting with plenty of bamboo and some large tikis, plus a swordfish mounted on the wall.
Rummy's Polynesian House
Douglassville, Pennsylvania, United States (Closed)
Rummy's Polynesian House was located in Berks County. The menu from this Polynesian restaurant features imagery lifted from other restaurants, including the Kon Tiki, and the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The restaurant had tikis, a large fish tank, and plenty of bamboo and pufferfish lamps. The restaurant probably opened some time in the '60s (open at least as early as 1968), and closed in the early 1980s when its owner (Warren "Rummy" Steinle) passed away. The building was unused for a few years, later re-opening as a bar; today (as of 2024) it is a strip club called "Utopia Cabaret Diva's Gentleman's Club." Menus and matchbooks from Rummy's list its location as simply being on Route 422 in Monocacy; today's modern address for this spot is 395 Ben Franklin Highway in Douglassville. A menu also lists what appears to be a second location, in nearby Douglassville (so nearby that the "Monocacy" location today is in the now-grown Douglassville), on a nowhere-to-be-found Route 2.
Outrigger Inn Motor Hotel & Mr. C's Restaurant
Long Beach, California, United States (Closed)
This hotel was opened on May 28th, 1962 by Long Beach City Councilman Robert Crow (Mr. C).
The Outrigger Inn Motor Hotel had A-frame structures with many tikis, surrounding a courtyard with a pool. There was some lush landscaping, including a waterfall.
The hotel housed Mr. C's restaurant (opened in September of 1962), which served "Polynesian, Cantonese and American cuisine." It had seating for 350 people.
The entryway of Mr C's featured an 11' tall statue of the Goddess Pele in tiki form, carved from monkeypod, weighing 1,800 pounds and holding a giant clam shell. Carved by Guy Wilson of Oceanic Arts.
Mr. C's appears to have been open for business as late as 1975.
The property has been extensively remodeled, and as of 2024 is home to the Hotel Current Long Beach.
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.
Tahitian Terrace - Hong Kong
New Territories, Hong Kong SAR China
The Tahitian Terrace is a restaurant in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland that opened in 2005. It is somewhat different from the original Tahitian Terrace, which was in Disneyland's Adventureland for many years. It does have tikis cast from the originals at the Enchanted Tiki Room in Disneyland.
Raglan's Bistro
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Opened in 1999.
Small neighborhood restaurant, with a sort of beach/surf theme (it's named for the famous surf spot in New Zealand).
Decorations include bamboo, tin roofs, images of tikis, and a carved Rastafarian head with a joint in his mouth. They pull from several islands for inspiration and have tropical drinks, but for those expecting a traditional tiki bar, they might want to look elsewhere.
Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza
Merrillville, Indiana, United States (Closed)
This hotel, located about 40 minutes southeast of Chicago, featured a tropical atrium with an indoor pool, a waterfall, fake palm trees and some large tikis. There was a bar in the atrium, called the Khaki Club, that had live entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Radisson was leveled to make room for new development in 2017.
Kahlua Apartments
San Gabriel, California, United States
Built in 1965.
These apartments, now apparently condos, are less than a mile north of the now-closed Bahooka.
In addition to architectural details, the grounds feature some standing tikis and a working waterfall feature.
There is also a kidney shaped pool on the grounds.