Tiki Bars
Charleston Antique Mall
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
The Charleston Antique Mall has over 15,000 square feet of antiques and collectibles. One booth at the mall, run by Tiki Lee, was dedicated entirely to tiki, and offered a mix of modern and vintage tiki collectibles, especially mugs, but moved in October 2013 to a new antique mall, Main Street America, at 1400 S. Main St. and is currently still there as of 2022 (although the name of the mall has changed to Main Street Peddler's Antique Mall). Tiki Lee's Tiki Shop also has an online presence at https://tikileestikishop.bigcartel.com/
The Charleston Antique Mall was known as the Red Rooster Antique Mall until it was renamed in 2007. (A separate store that retains the name "Red Rooster" is right next door.) Getting to the antique mall can be a little challenging, as it sits right between the freeway and the railroad tracks, but once you have driving directions it's pretty easy to find.
Aku Aku - Cadillac, Michigan
Cadillac, Michigan, United States (Closed)
The Aku Aku bar and restaurant offered "Poolside Dining" at the Cadillac Sands Resort (built in 1961). Tiki designs on the menu appear to have been lifted from a menu from the Tahitian Lanai in Waikiki -- it's unlikely there's any connection beyond an inspiration.
Aku Aku is gone, but the Cadillac Sands remains, now known as the Lake Cadillac Resort. The space retained at least some of its theming in its later incarnation as the Clipper Room and Porthole Lounge but the resort recently underwent a major renovation, and their new dining concept (announced circa 2021) is "The Sultan's Table".
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.
Mahiki - Dover Street - London
London, United Kingdom (Closed)
Mahiki opened in November 2006 in London's Mayfair District. Mahiki was designed and decorated by London-based tiki outfitters Cheekytiki, with menus designed by Tiki Racer. More of a nightclub than a simple lounge, Mahiki quickly became a celebrity destination once word got out that Prince William and Prince Henry were semi-regulars. Rihanna celebrated her birthday here in 2009.
In late 2011, a second Mahiki location opened in Dubai, located at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and closed in 2018, due to “unforeseen circumstances during the renovation” of the hotel, as stated by the owners at the time.
In 2017, Mahiki's owners further expanded and franchised the brand. In the course of that year, Mahiki Clubs opened in Marbella, Spain (Mahiki Beach/open), in the Forte Village Resort in Sardinia (now closed), in Manchester in collaboration with Gary Neville's company GG Hospitality Management Ltd. (closed in 2018, but re-opened in 2019, and closed again in 2020) and at a second London location (Mahiki Kensington, closed in 2019). There was also a Mahiki club in Gothenburg, Sweden (closed).
This flagship location in London's Mayfair District closed in July 2021, due to COVID shutdowns.
Voodoo Room
West Hollywood, California, United States (Closed)
This restaurant and bar opened in early 2006, with drinks served in tiki mugs, and tiki decor provided by Bosko. Signature sign by Tiki Al. The Voodoo Room didn't last long, closing in September 2006 after a dispute between the restaurant's owners and management.
The Rendez'vous
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
The Rendez'vous opened in Summer 2005. Tropical drinks are served in tiki mugs and volcano bowls, and are mixed using fresh ingredients -- including mint. Decor includes pieces from Oceanic Arts and local carver Lake Tiki. Pretzels are available, and light food may be added in the future.
Canoe Club
Orland Park, Illinois, United States (Closed)
Modern, upscale and vague in its tropicality, the short-lived Canoe Club lacked the dense, exotic feel most tikiphiles crave. What it lacked in throwback tiki spirit it tried to make up for with a few features: the central bar was wrapped around a large shark tank, and the dining room featured large fake palm trees and a two-story waterfall. Canoe Club opened in early 2005, and closed in Fall 2007.
As of 2021, this location is home to Cajun Boil & Bar.
The Beachcomber - Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Closed)
Opened in the late 1960s.
The Beachcomber was a Canadian chain of elaborate Polynesian restaurants in the same vein as other popular chains like Kon-Tiki, Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic's. Other restaurants in the chain were located in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
This location was demolished to make way for the Broughton Tower in the 1980s, the ground floor of which housed a Fogg & Suds location.
Harvey's Top of the Wheel
Stateline, Nevada, United States (Closed)
This was the restaurant on the top floor of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Hotel and Casino, also known as Harvey's Lake Tahoe. The Top of the Wheel featured a Polynesian lounge with decor by Eli Hedley, and had a logo "Sneaky Tiki." Mugs from Harvey's are still quite easy to come by.
The lower floors of the casino were heavily damaged by a bombing in 1980, part of a failed extortion attempt. The Top of the Wheel closed sometime in the early-to-mid 1980s. Harvey's Lake Tahoe has since rebuilt, but there is no tiki bar there today.
Outrigger Inn
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States (Closed)
This seaside resort opened in the 1960s (circa 1961), and advertised that they had "Four Exotic Cocktail Lounges - Polynesian and American Foods in Tiki, South Seas or Kona Rooms or in Beefeater Restaurant."
At some point it became the Sheraton Bel-Air Resort Hotel & Marina (which housed a Trader Vic's in 1971 and closed in 1973 -- possibly as late as 1975).
The property became a Days Inn in 1987, and in 1998 became the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort. As of 2012, it was the Magnusson Hotel Marina Cove Resort and by 2020-2021 this location had fallen into disrepair.
In 2022, investor Ben Willner and his team purchased the 18-acre property for over $17 million and began renovations.
The resort, now named SkyBeach Hotel and Marina, contains 113 renovated guest rooms, a private beachfront, a rebuilt marina, a sports complex with pickleball courts, a two-story beachfront bar, a cafe, a food truck, and more.
*NOTE: Their new bar & restaurant, South Seas Tapas, is slated for Fall 2025 and intends to have tropical drinks and honor the Pop Polynesian history of this location.
Lei Low
Houston, Texas, United States
Lei Low opened in Houston's Heights neighborhood in late February 2014. The force behind Lei Low is husband-and-wife tikiphile team Russell and Elizabeth Thoede.
Lei Low serves drinks inspired by the historic tropical standards, but in their own modern style. Although Lei Low doesn't typically serve food, they do have occasional luau events.
A brightly colored mural of a tropical scene adorns the front entrance. Inside, the centerpiece of the space is a dramatic thatched A-frame structure behind the bar, which holds a collection of tiki mugs. There are a couple of vintage Witco pieces, and a few colored floats hang from the ceiling. There is seating in green booths, or on stools along the large bar. Tiki posts are found between booths and behind the bar. A grand peacock chair is near the entrance. Along most of the walls, the decoration comes in the form of framed art hung on framed pieces of lauhala matting.
Paradise Island Apartments
Pico Rivera, California, United States
Built in 1962. This apartment building, formerly called the Samoa Apartments, is in a row of three Polynesian-themed apartment buildings, the others being the Kapu Tiki Apartments and the Aloha Arms.
Facing them, this would be the middle location in the row with the Kapu Tiki on the left and the Aloha Arms on the right.