Post #121985 by DawnTiki on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 10:08 AM

Last night I was emailing a fellow TC member and asked him this question and thought it might make an interesting topic.

Picture if you will... a new tiki bar has it's grand opening but the owner totally misses the mark.

My question is ..is it better to have a half assed version of a Tiki Bar or just no Tiki Bar at all?
I mean, isn't my or your version of the perfect polynesian restaurant/bar experience going to be different than most everyone else's.
Can one of these factors be off and you still enjoy your experience there? The vibe, lighting, music, service, drinks, food, the type of clientele, the tiki factor?
Or do you have to have all these elements carefully blended together before you can really enjoy yourself?
Because I know for some, if just one of these elements is off, then their whole experience is bad.
Don't we all have different ideas of what perfection is anyway.
How can one place be the end all be all for everyone?
What might ruin my experience (like bad music) might only enhance someone else's. I guess that's where the home lounge comes into play.
A place where we have 100 percent control over our own ideas of what perfection could/should be.
We have control over who we invite, what we serve, the atmosphere, lighting, music, maybe not the quality of drinks :P (I can't mix a good drink if my life depended on it) But then again, my home bar is constantly evolving and morphing into a better/different version of what I began with. Doesn't your home reflect your current tastes, likes and dislikes? As they change don't your surroundings change too? I'd like to think thats how "missed the mark" Tiki bars are too. The potential for improvement is always there. Personally, I say...To Tiki half assed is better than to not have Tiki'd at all. I'm really interested in where my TC brethren stand. Thank you for your time :D

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2004-10-27 11:22 ]