Although having a tiki bar at Excalibur seems wildly off-theme, the space itself is very large and fairly well-decorated.
Aside from the pinstriped suit of wooden armor...which is just a bit of an odd mash-up.
The bar has proper lighting from hanging swag lamps, and is decked out in bamboo, and thatching, with carved tiki poles and zebra print covered barstools.
The entire back of the space is taken up by a large stage flanked by large screen televisions. With nothing playing, this is a bit of a black hole, but with a good Hawaiian style band, the entire vibe could change...
The area tables and chairs are sort of generic and there are areas of this large space that feel a bit neglected with just a piece of nautical rope dangling in the void as though they didn't quite have enough cash in reserve to lavish attention on every corner, but they can always fill-in gaps later if the bar proves successful.
That success may prove difficult with a less than memorable and generic name like "The Tiki Bar" paired with a cocktail menu that seems to have been engineered to promote certain liquor distributor favorites (Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum and Tito's Vodka and Fireball "Whiskey"). Rather than honoring classic tiki cocktails and the craft cocktail revolution they seem to be pushing relatively simple "boat drinks" with inexpensive base alcohol. Despite this, they have still slapped premium prices on all their drinks at $17 and $18 a piece.
Still, the potential is there, and it will be interesting to see how this new venture forges ahead.