It's fantasy time - your ultimate tiki bar - General Tiki

T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Mon, May 13, 2002 8:35 PM Well I suppose since I started this thread, it's about time I added my ultimate tiki bar... First of all, 2 large imposing tikis would guard the door. You would not be able to see inside - just a large, dark wood double door would meet you. Once inside, it would be dark... VERY dark. Illuminated mostly by firepower - candles, torches, etc. Electric light would be taboo, ecxept behind the scenes in the kitchen and bar fridges, etc. All tables would be very private- booth style, and have roofs of thatch. inbetween each booth, or at least, running through the middle of the restaurant, would be a river, so that to get from area to area you would have to walk over small bridges. I would go less for the beach look, and more towards the Trader Vic's look - dark wood carvings, Tretchikoff pictures, and dark wood colored walls. In this atmosphere, your date would look unbeleivable sexy, no matter how homely they were, and the exotic romance would permeate the air... I would like to have a very blurred line between the inside and the outside towards the back... is it a dark patio with a roof, or a restaurant with very open windows? Of course, in Canada this may be a problem, but this is fantasy time here.... There would also be a wall of tiki mugs behind the bar, behind plexiglass, mysteriously lit... picture a giant wall with every tiki mug ever made, all ina row, stacked up high... woohoo! Patrons would drink out of Shecky mugs, or any of the other fabulous Munktiki mugs... The food would be Tapas / Dim Sum / Izakaya style - like Tiki Tiki in Japan - just little bits here and there, no full dishes. everything presented with a flower on it, or otherwise flaming. This prevents the high Trader Vics style price tag - if you don't want a full meal, just come in for a snack and a Doctor Funk of Tahiti! The music would be selected by me, of course, and would involve 100% no Celine Dion or New Rock Alternative. Only Denny, Baxter, Yma Sumac and the like, or Tahitian war chants. Oh yes, I almost forgot! There must be some sort of occasional eruption or waterfall a la Kahiki or Tonga room - either something erupts, or it rains, or something! Some mysterious faux weather event must occur. For me the most fun part of starting this thread has been seeing what people focus on for their ultimate tiki bar - it says a lot obout where our tiki interests lie. For some, its all about the music, for others, the decor. for many, it's about the quality of drinks. And for a few, about how little the servers are wearing!!!!

Well I suppose since I started this thread, it's about time I added my ultimate tiki bar...

First of all, 2 large imposing tikis would guard the door. You would not be able to see inside - just a large, dark wood double door would meet you. Once inside, it would be dark... VERY dark. Illuminated mostly by firepower - candles, torches, etc. Electric light would be taboo, ecxept behind the scenes in the kitchen and bar fridges, etc. All tables would be very private- booth style, and have roofs of thatch. inbetween each booth, or at least, running through the middle of the restaurant, would be a river, so that to get from area to area you would have to walk over small bridges. I would go less for the beach look, and more towards the Trader Vic's look - dark wood carvings, Tretchikoff pictures, and dark wood colored walls. In this atmosphere, your date would look unbeleivable sexy, no matter how homely they were, and the exotic romance would permeate the air...
I would like to have a very blurred line between the inside and the outside towards the back... is it a dark patio with a roof, or a restaurant with very open windows? Of course, in Canada this may be a problem, but this is fantasy time here.... There would also be a wall of tiki mugs behind the bar, behind plexiglass, mysteriously lit... picture a giant wall with every tiki mug ever made, all ina row, stacked up high... woohoo! Patrons would drink out of Shecky mugs, or any of the other fabulous Munktiki mugs... The food would be Tapas / Dim Sum / Izakaya style - like Tiki Tiki in Japan - just little bits here and there, no full dishes. everything presented with a flower on it, or otherwise flaming. This prevents the high Trader Vics style price tag - if you don't want a full meal, just come in for a snack and a Doctor Funk of Tahiti! The music would be selected by me, of course, and would involve 100% no Celine Dion or New Rock Alternative. Only Denny, Baxter, Yma Sumac and the like, or Tahitian war chants.

Oh yes, I almost forgot! There must be some sort of occasional eruption or waterfall a la Kahiki or Tonga room - either something erupts, or it rains, or something! Some mysterious faux weather event must occur.

For me the most fun part of starting this thread has been seeing what people focus on for their ultimate tiki bar - it says a lot obout where our tiki interests lie. For some, its all about the music, for others, the decor. for many, it's about the quality of drinks. And for a few, about how little the servers are wearing!!!!

Post #1436 by tikifish on Mon, May 13, 2002 8:35 PM