Pago Pago was named for and inspired by the capital city of Pago Pago on the South Pacific Ocean island of American Samoa.

It should have been pronounced "pango pango" but locals called it "paygo paygo".

The restaurant featured decor from Oceanic Arts and from Eli Hedley.

Pago Pago opened on May 5th, 1949. The name was later changed to Aku Aku in the early 60s and stayed that way until 1964-65 when a fire broke out and caused much damage. When they reopened after repairs, the name was changed to Ports O' Call and then it became a restaurant called Bali Hai Indonesian & Cantonese Cuisine sometime prior to 1980.

Exterior scenes for the 1956 film "A Kiss Before Dying" were filmed at the Pago Pago (and interior bar scenes were most likely on a studio set elsewhere). However, the lower budget "Crime Against Joe" (1956) was shot entirely on location interior and exterior at the Pago Pago (see below).

The site now houses Starbuck Design, a promotional products company.

The Kon-Tiki Theatre opened in August 1968, the first movie that showed there was "The Odd Couple" starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The structure was a mix of Asian and Polynesian influences; there were illuminated tiki masks on the outside of the building, lava rock and abalone on the exterior, and giant clamshell sinks in the restrooms. It was owned by the Levin Theater Company chain. It had one screen when it opened, and two more screens were added over the years, at which point it was re-named Kon-Tiki Cinemas 1-2-3.

In 1987, the theater was leased to another company, who renamed it the Salem Avenue Cinemas.

Last operated by Loews, it was closed on January 31, 1999 and sat vacant until January 4, 2005.

Over time, there was extensive damage to the building, due to vandals breaking in, and some busted water pipes that left a nasty mold problem. In the end, the Levins (who still owned the property) donated the Kon-Tiki to the city of Trotwood. The city demolished the building on January 5, 2005, to allow the space to be redeveloped.

When the Mai Kai Theater opened April 10th, 1962 and it was a grand place -- it cost the Nicolas George Theaters chain $1.5 million to build, with seating for nearly 1,400 people to watch on one great, big screen. The theater was decorated in a Polynesian style, with an animated "erupting" volcano sign out front, and another volcano behind the concession stand. It had an orchestra pit, though the Mai Kai Orchestra only played there on opening night -- "Son of Flubber" was the first movie, and stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello were there.

AMC Theatres bought out Nicolas George Theaters in 1986, and the Mai Kai was closed a year later, in May 1987. In 1988, after half a million dollars was spent remodeling the Mai Kai into a live performance venue, it reopened as the Omni Star. It only lasted a couple of months, before it was shut down thanks to the "illegal activities" of the new owner. Again the building sputtered to life briefly as the "George Burns Theater" (the namesake George Burns himself was there at the opening) in 1992, but it only lasted a couple of years. The theater stood for another ten years, being used as overflow by the neighboring Ford dealership, before being demolished in 2003. The site is now home to a Walgreens.

The Tahitian Terrace was a restaurant in Disneyland's Adventureland. It began as part of Main Street's Plaza Pavilion, as the Pavilion Lanai, before becoming the Tahitian Terrace in the summer of 1962. The Tahitian Terrace had a daily dinner revue, complete with dancers. Clips from a performance at the Tahitian Terrace can be seen on the Walt Disney Treasures Disneyland DVD, in the special Disneyland After Dark. The Tahitian Terrace was adjacent to the Enchanted Tiki Room, which opened soon afterward.

A memorable part of the Tahitian Terrace was the 35' tall "Dineyodendron" Tree with its fiery-colored blossoms which shaded the stage and much of the audience and was the second largest in the park next to that at the Swiss Family Treehouse.

The terrace was originally sponsored by Stouffers, and later by Kikkoman's (1980-closing).

In 1993, the Tahitian Terrace closed, and in its place was erected an architecturally-incongruous Aladdin-themed building (initially for a dinner show, later used for storytelling or character meeting and called "Aladdin's Oasis"). In December 2018, Aladdin's Oasis was replaced by a new Polynesian themed food counter, named Tropical Hideaway.

Hong Kong Disneyland has a Tahitian Terrace. While it does have tikis, it is not as elaborate as the original.

Graceland is the mansion of Elvis Presley, and today it serves as a museum, with daily tours. Graceland is notable as a tiki destination for one reason: the legendary Jungle Room. This was Elvis' den, and it was decorated entirely with chunky Witco furniture, made of singed Cypress. Included is a small bar with stools, decorated with tikis. The room is also notable for its lime-green shag carpet, not only on the floor, but also on the ceiling.

Legend has it that Elvis found the furniture in a showroom in Memphis, and bought the entire set; coincidentally, that same day, his father Vernon had seen the set in the same store, and mentioned to Elvis how ugly it had been, without knowing that Elvis had bought the whole shebang.

The Jungle Room was the site of Elvis' final two studio recording sessions in 1976, when he set up a makeshift studio in the room. Tracks from the sessions have appeared on several posthumous releases.

Tiki's Bar & Grill opened in summer 2006 in Rotterdam, in the South Holland province of the Netherlands. Tiki's is located just off of Witte de Withstraat, in the heart of Rotterdam. The space is lined with bamboo, tapa designs, rockwork, and tropical scenes, and thatch covers the bar area. There is a hula girl mosaic in the ladies' room. The music is an eclectic mix of oldies, Rockabilly, and '70s punk. The food is created by a cook from Malaysia, and tropical drinks are served.

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 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.

Hale Pele is a tiki bar in Northeast Portland, opened by Blair Reynolds, who ran Hale Pele until 2016 when the failure of his second bar enterprise (Americano) forced him to sell his share in Hale Pele to Martin Cate and step away. However, Blair Reynolds has another claim to fame in the world of tiki mixology: his line of flavored syrups sold under the name B.G. Reynolds which is still thriving.

Hale Pele opened in late August 2012, in a space that had previously held a tiki bar named Thatch. At the entrance, you cross a bridge past a small water feature, and are greeted by a large, sunken bar -- this allows seated bar patrons to be at eye level with their bartender. Behind the bar are a trio of large cannibal tiki carvings, these originated at Portland's Kon-Tiki and also lived for many years at the Jasmine Tree. At the very back of Hale Pele is the elevated Chieftain's Hut, a semi-private large booth, which can be reserved in advance.

The drink menu focuses on both classic tiki drinks and new creations. The bar has a small kitchen, so food is available in addition to the drink menu.

Tiburon Tommie's initially started out life as a bar called the "Oar House" and then became "Tommy's Pier 41" in 1955 when purchased by Tommy Cox.

In these incarnations it was a bar only, with no food, except the occasional hamburger.

But Tommy wanted to expand to the property next door, vacated by a long-time pharmacy, and make a larger establishment.

It became "Tiburon Tommie's Pier 41" in December of 1958 (no mention of why Tommy's spelling of his name changed) when it was re-opened and expanded into a Polynesian style restaurant (a partnership between Tommy Cox and Johnnie Won who was a former chef at Skipper Kent’s).

In 1963 it was renamed "Tiburon Tommie's Mai Tai."

The building was large, and situated on the water on historic Main St. in Tiburon, across the bay from San Francisco. Its upper level was the "Maori Sky Room," used in later years only for storage.

Tommy Cox retired in 1976. The Won family bought out his half.

Tiburon Tommie's lasted longer than many of the grand tiki places, closing in 1995 when Alice Won (wife of the then sole owner, Johnny Won) suffered a stroke. When it went out of business, many of its items were reportedly found in a dumpster, and then sold at auction. Many members of the then-burgeoning San Francisco tiki scene were able to purchase items from the decor. In the early '00s, the building was torn down, and now condos are on the spot.

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.

Tiki Point is a Moai statue looking out over Courtyard Hollow, a small part of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees in the northeast corner of Oklahoma. Information on the tiki is sparse, but it may have been created in 1967 by Earl Suttle, who once owned the land the tiki sits on; it has since been split up into smaller residential parcels. The moai is easily seen from the water, but it is unclear if it is accessible from the road. It is not actually on Number 6 Lake Road, but probably nearer to one of the side lanes that turn south off the road -- most likely S 604 Lane -- but it may be on private property.