Waikiki Wally's New York, NY, New York, NY (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

K Kenike Tiki Socialite McKinney, TX Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 1207	K Kenike Posted posted on Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:32 PM I was in NYC last weekend visiting family and dragged everyone out to Waikiki Wally's. My family wasn't too eager to go until I offered to pay...then they were excited. Waikiki Wally's is located near the intersection of 2nd St. and 1st. Ave. (I think, check your map before you go). You can spot it easily from the lighted palm tree and the two moais out front. We got there around 7:00 so the place wasn't really jumping yet. Music sounded mostly Carribean, but switched to Hawaiian when the hula dancers came out around 9:00. Most of the trditional drinks come in a tiki mug, volcano bowl or scorpion bowl. I had a mai tai, which was kind of fruity and not very strong, then had a couple of Zombie's which I thought were real good. You have the option of buying your mug for an extra $6.00. The waitress was kind enough to bring me all of their different mugs to see which I liked the best...I bought all of them. They're all Tiki Farm; 2 Mr. G's, a Shell Head, a Smiley, a bamboo mug and a handled coconut mug. Unfortunately, I did not take a close look at these until I returned to TX. The coconut mug and the bamboo mug both were very used and very chipped. The bamboo mug looks like it was tossed down a flight of stairs and is completely unusable. The other tiki mugs were all in new condition. All of us enjoyed our meal. I had the tuna which was skewered with sugar cane and was very tasty. I can't remember what everyone else had but there were no complaints. The decor was very tropical...lots of palm and of course the waterfall. The bar was cool...not over tikified but there was a real nice carving I took a picture of. I thought this place was a nice escape from fast paced NYC. This is only the 2nd "real" tiki establishment I've ever been to and would definitely go back. Some of my family members are only in NYC temporarily so there probably won't be a return trip anytime soon. My apologies for not alerting the TC members in NYC of my visiting (like I said I would). We only decided to definitely go a few hours before we went. I wouldn't want to tell anyone that I would be there at a certain day and time and then not show up. Anyway, thought this place was great. Enjoy the pics: Tiki behind the bar Here we are about to chow down. L to R: Juno, Juno's sister, Juno Sr.'s wife and Juno Sr. (looking very confused) The mugs I bought:

I was in NYC last weekend visiting family and dragged everyone out to Waikiki Wally's. My family wasn't too eager to go until I offered to pay...then they were excited.

Waikiki Wally's is located near the intersection of 2nd St. and 1st. Ave. (I think, check your map before you go). You can spot it easily from the lighted palm tree and the two moais out front. We got there around 7:00 so the place wasn't really jumping yet. Music sounded mostly Carribean, but switched to Hawaiian when the hula dancers came out around 9:00.

Most of the trditional drinks come in a tiki mug, volcano bowl or scorpion bowl. I had a mai tai, which was kind of fruity and not very strong, then had a couple of Zombie's which I thought were real good. You have the option of buying your mug for an extra $6.00. The waitress was kind enough to bring me all of their different mugs to see which I liked the best...I bought all of them. They're all Tiki Farm; 2 Mr. G's, a Shell Head, a Smiley, a bamboo mug and a handled coconut mug. Unfortunately, I did not take a close look at these until I returned to TX. The coconut mug and the bamboo mug both were very used and very chipped. The bamboo mug looks like it was tossed down a flight of stairs and is completely unusable. The other tiki mugs were all in new condition.

All of us enjoyed our meal. I had the tuna which was skewered with sugar cane and was very tasty. I can't remember what everyone else had but there were no complaints.

The decor was very tropical...lots of palm and of course the waterfall. The bar was cool...not over tikified but there was a real nice carving I took a picture of.

I thought this place was a nice escape from fast paced NYC. This is only the 2nd "real" tiki establishment I've ever been to and would definitely go back. Some of my family members are only in NYC temporarily so there probably won't be a return trip anytime soon.

My apologies for not alerting the TC members in NYC of my visiting (like I said I would). We only decided to definitely go a few hours before we went. I wouldn't want to tell anyone that I would be there at a certain day and time and then not show up.

Anyway, thought this place was great. Enjoy the pics:

Tiki behind the bar

Here we are about to chow down. L to R: Juno, Juno's sister, Juno Sr.'s wife and Juno Sr. (looking very confused)

The mugs I bought:

Post #118571 by Kenike on Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:32 PM