Love the alley entrance and skullwall as you descend down the stairs. Was warned that it gets crowded at night, so have always gone on the earlier side and haven't had a problem getting a table or seat at the bar. Consistently have had some of my favorite drinks, I think they lean toward sweeter palates.

Drink notes: 1) 3 dots and a Dash: mild, great crowd pleaser. Pineapple and orange (tangerine to get needed sweetness), rummy spice, amazing 2) Saturn + Negroni: gin/lemon/passionfruit, clean finish, light 3) Zombie: great cinnamon flavor, balanced, strength well concealed

Another visit (3/27/19): 1) Camp Anawana - overproof rum with toasted marshmallows yet somehow not too sweet, strong in every way, not for tiki novices 2) Mai Tai - Rum forward but balanced, homemade orgeat, overproof float, unique but also traditional enough to be good

My wife and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary here, In the famous Bamboo Room. The wait staff, cocktails, and food were all superb.

I visited several bars for the CATT (Chicago Area Tiki Tour) in 2015. This was one of them. I've been here on more than one occasion, though. I've flown in from Los Angeles and walked from my hotel, often taking the train downstate to visit family in Southern Illinois. The drinks here were good and I enjoyed talking to the bartenders. Also, great mugs and swizzles. However, the crowd is often just young 20-somethings that don't seem to really be there for the theme. It was nice to go there during the CATT event with fellow tikiphiles.

Pooch Visited on business trip

This was my 2nd visit. Everyone raves about this bar but I gotta say I've found it a disappointment.

The entrance is in an alley and then you have to go down a stairway to get to the bar. So far so good. Turn the corner into the bar and it's pretty dark. Still good. The decor is good but not great. Just a bunch of bamboo and a few tikis, with appropriate lighting. The music is just all wrong. Modern electro crap.
I sat at the bar. The bartenders are friendly and very competent. They just don't have a good menu to work with. Their drink menu isn't very long, and is mostly just strange takes on classic tiki drinks. For instance, I ordered a 2044 Mai Tai. Overproof Jamaican Rum, 55 degree Martinique Rhum Agricole Blanc, Brazilian Cachaca, Yellow Chartreuse, lime, and orgeat. Sounds like it might be an interesting take on the Mai Tai. Unfortunately it really is not at all reminiscent of a Mai Tai. Way too sweet, and the Cachaca just ruins it. I hate to be so critical, but both visits were big disappointments. It just isn't a very "Tiki" experience.

GREAT drinks, decent food - and cool merch.

2nd visit, had a rum barrel and a Mai Tai

1st visit, had a three dots and a dash, a __, and a pearl diver

Nick - Three dots and a dash, cheif lapu lapu Al-Intro to agricole

Crab rangoon, thai fried chicken, coconit shrimp