This is a Chinese restaurant with a selection of classic tropical cocktails on the menu.

No real tiki decor to speak of, however, it has a rich history and is tiki adjacent with mugs issued by both Tiki Farm and Tiki Diablo.

From the Formosa:

"The Formosa first opened its doors in 1939: making its new debut in its 80th year. Located across from the then-Samuel Goldwyn studio, stars like Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, and Elvis Presley would pop into the legendary Formosa Cafe regularly for dining and drinks. On any given day, patrons might have seen Ava Gardner dancing past the old, red leather booths, or John Wayne nursing a late-night scotch (he was caught making scrambled eggs in our kitchen one morning, after reportedly passing out in a booth the night before).

Among the interior design restorations is the full reveal of the iconic and original red trolley car, dating back to 1904 and is confirmed to be the oldest surviving red train car in existence. Boxes of autographed celebrity photos and storage units of original memorabilia have made their way back into the Cafe.

We worked with local L.A. archivists and hospitality notables who are helping to inform the new food and cocktail menu: a retrospective of Formosa’s culinary evolution since the 1920’s. The new Formosa not only transports guests back in time to the glory days of Hollywood, but with its new menu, patrons are given another way to connect to a part of L.A.’s gastronomic history, too.

Because one of the most prominent decor themes in the Formosa is the old black and white headshots, we wanted to give the newer areas of the Formosa a part to play, too: to tell a storied history of Chinese Americans in Old Hollywood. To do this, the Formosa Cafe team collaborated with historians as well as the original family to procure all the original photos and artifacts and bring them back to their original home where they belong. With the new addition of the historic Yee Mee Loo bar area of the Formosa, we decided to tell a story about the influence of Chinese Americans in early Hollywood: from a collection of ephemera and photos, movie posters and headshots, it showcases major Chinese actors from a chronological standpoint from Hollywood’s golden age."

This Coco's was built on the site of the famous Kau Kau Korner which stood here from 1935 to 1960.

The well-known Hawaii restaurant chain, Spencecliff, took over the site in 1960 and remodeled the existing structure into a more modern building for Coco’s. This Coco's was one of three Hawaiian-style coffee shops designed by the famous architect Pete Wimberly. The other two were Tops and Popo's.

Within this Coco's coffee shop was the Calabash Bar. This location lasted until August 31, 1986.

The Hard Rock Café replaced Coco’s in 1987.

Today, as of 2022, this location is home to the Honolulu Coffee Experience Center.

David Tallichet's Ports O' Call Restaurant, housed in a Polynesian longhouse and surrounded by a forest of tropical foliage in pure Adventureland tradition, opened February 8th, 1961 and proved an immediate success. A lagoon at the entrance, ringed jungle-thick with tropical plants, had a Chinese sampan boat partially sunken in it. Rooms inside were themed to Hawaii (Waikiki), Tahiti, the Hong Kong Yacht Club and a Japanese "Tea Room" - a concept lifted wholesale from Steve Crane's Kon-Tiki Ports chain in Hiltons across the country.

The restaurant sat in the larger Ports O' Call Village -- a seaside plaza that featured souvenir and gift shops, along with restaurants, sweetshops, fish markets and quick-bite eateries. This New England-style seaside village encompassed 15 acres of shops, restaurants and attractions. A meandering promenade of cobblestone streets connects the specialty shops.

More than 40 surrounding merchants were in place when the entire complex held its grand opening on July 13, 1963. When the Whaler’s Wharf section, south of the restaurant, opened in 1967, there were 85 businesses operating in Ports O’ Call Village.

The village drew a good number of people who passed through San Pedro to visit Marineland, a high-profile aquarium/theme park attraction next door, in Rancho Palos Verdes, that closed in February 1987.

By the late 1970s and early 1980s, village merchants began to complain about their leases and the upkeep.

By 1984 Tallichet was forced to make some changes and address concerns. The Ports O' Call Restaurant was given a new look and they added a second level with banquet facilities, although the Polynesian theme was done away with almost entirely. Described as "Nautical Victorian", photos of the place which survive online resemble more an 80s retirement home recreation room with bits of tropical decor here and there.

The refurbishments weren't enough and the village continued a slow decline over the years...

The Ports O' Call Restaurant hung on until 2018, when it was forced to close.

Currently, as of 2022, this area is scheduled to be re-developed and has been re-branded as West Harbor (with restaurants, shops, and fresh markets). The $155 million project is scheduled to complete in three phases, with the first phase introducing new restaurants, shops and bars with a finish date of 2024.

This location was built in 1925 and is an iconic structure in Santa Barbara, California.

The original hotel was only open a week before a 6.8 magnitude earthquake forced it to close for repairs. It was subsequently rebuilt and was successful for years before falling into disrepair decades later.

It started as the Hotel Californian but became known as the Californian Hotel some time in the 1940s (or just The Californian). Now it has reverted back to its original name as the Hotel Californian.

Its start is uncertain, but the Lei Lani Room was running at least through 1980 at this location and is fondly remembered by area residents.

Recently, in 2017, after years of redevelopment, the hotel was reopened -- bigger and grander than ever before in what was much much more than a simple makeover. No sign of the Lei Lani, however, and if anything, the designers chose to lean more toward a Moroccan theme.

This location of Hula Hula opened in April 2017. The new location has a heavier investment in tiki, an improved cocktail program, and a continuation of its popular nightly karaoke.

Hula Hula's previous location, at the base of Queen Anne Hill, closed in March 2017; that property is slated for redevelopment.

The Liars Lounge opened in July 2014 inside Cane & Grain, and was the sister location of The Liars Club, also in Manchester (but now closed as of 2023).

This "tiki dive bar" is decorated with thatch, matting, floats, and found objects.

Like its former sister bar, the focus is on craft cocktails and rums.

The bar is only open on weekend evenings.

Tiki Heart opened in Berlin's Kreuzberg area in early 2006. It has two parts: upstairs, a cafe serving coffee, cocktails and food; downstairs, a shop selling clothes and accessories. Tiki Heart is adjacent to the Wild at Heart music venue, and caters to the rockabilly crowd.

Young's Cafeteria, a longtime family restaurant, first opened in 1968 in Wheeling before moving locations twice, ending up at its final location along Wheeling Avenue in Glen Dale in 1976.

It had a back room that was tikified, with tikis, lauhala matting, lamps and bamboo.

It was in Glen Dale on the main road through town, adjacent to the town of Moundsville. Since it was a restaurant only, there were no tiki drinks to be had here -- at least, not any alcoholic ones.

Young's closed at the end of 2016.

Ports of Call was a restaurant with many differently-themed rooms, including one Polynesian area, Bali Hai. Ports of Call operated from 1963 until 1975; in 1977 the restaurant became "The Ports" and operated under that name until 1983. Bali Hai likely didn't survive the change from Ports of Call to The Ports. In 1983, the building was demolished to make way for office buildings.

Helen Yue and her husband (Cheeda) opened Yue's Cantonese Restaurant in Gardena in 1957.

This Chinese restaurant had a large tiki outside the entrance and a large vertical sign with bamboo details.

The Yues were entrepreneurs and later opened a Redondo Beach restaurant called Lahani Haloha (circa 1979-80) that sat on the International Boardwalk in an octagonal building with a Barney West tiki out front which was later moved to The Polynesian.

Helen and her husband sold Yue's Cantonese Restaurant and retired in 1983. Her husband passed in 2003.

The Yue's Cantonese Restaurant site, since at least 2019, is now home to the Grand Premier Banquet Hall - a banquet rental facility.

The Kon-Tiki was opened in 1967 by former WWII veteran Bob Sonntag along with a group of investors.

Prior to opening the Kon-Tiki Mr. Sonntag was a director of marketing for a pharmaceutical company.

The 20' tall tiki was created to compete with other nearby state-run campgrounds.

In 1979 the investors chose to sell the property in large part due to rising value of oceanfront property.

At the time of the closing Mr. Sonntag says his campground hosted over one million guests.

A short-lived tiki bar added to Jack's Cannery Bar, found in The Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf.

It appears a few orange-painted Tiki Bobs endured after the rest was removed...