Post #123806 by martiki on Fri, Nov 5, 2004 3:51 PM

Thanks for the great little video Unga.

The entrance is quite dramatic as it opens to the large main room with the outrigger, and tons of booze & floats and acres of tapa. The raised room adjacent with the nautical bits is very similar to parts of Emeryville and BH. There's an excellent small private room just to the left of the main entrance which has acres of memorabilia and great old pix of Vic. There is a still unfinished Cuban room that is promising, which includes an etched glass map of Cuba that apparently hung in the old Havana Vic's!

However, the other two private rooms are hideous. The first has a fireplace but no real character at all, and the other (see above pic) is a total disaster- a pink(!) velvet wallpapered victorian nightmare that would look right at home at The Madonna Inn. Nothing even REMOTELY Polynesian/Nautical about it. Mauve and pink ceiling as well. Sad. I think I know why it's there, but that's a long story and maybe one day we'll see it torn out and updated.

Overall, a big step up from Palo Alto and a (mostly) beautiful restaurant. And of course, a must see for everyone.