The Tiki, Lake George, NY (hotel) - Locating Tiki

J jadeblade Member Ottawa Rock City, Ontario Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 24	J jadeblade Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 12:22 PM I was just in Lake George this past weekend, and figured I would update this thread with some new photos, in case anyone was interested in making the trek there. I'm truly not sure how much I could recommend it. I've long believed that any tiki is good tiki, and I will take whatever I can get at all times, but when we first got there I was a bit bummed...i think mostly cuz I was praying for a gift shop there, and was disappointed to find that there wasn't one! ---but also just the feel of the whole town-- which was obviously once a beautiful resort town in the fifties (lots of googie style architecture still left...)but has now taken on more of a niagara falls feel to it, esp. in terms of the gross tourism aspect of things. I know there's no going back to this hey-day: (thank-you Mr. Kirsten's Book of Tiki for those photos...) But nonetheless a few of the external tikis remain (and I love the kitsch aspect of the fake palm trees!): Poolside!: The real gem though is the Waikiki supper club, so if you do make the trip in the summer time, hold out for that. No tiki mugs, expensive yet medicore food, and crappy slushy-style drinks served in daquiri glasses, but the family that does the Polynesian review is supper fun and worthwhile. Hula dancers, Blue Hawaii and Don Ho abounds in this production. I imagine if this family decided to pick up sticks and go the Tiki resort might be no more. Someone has already posted photos of the upstairs tiki bar, so I will spare you more of those. It was never open except for the evening comedy club that happens there (and I wasn't about to suffer through that...) but the downstairs decor where the supper club happens is even better: The actual hotel rooms themselves had zero tiki though. I did notice a kon-tiki "store" on the main drag, but when we went in it was just an unbelievably crappy head shop: which is basically all there was on that strip: sketchy headshops, gift stores, and tacky wax museums. I use the term tacky affectionately though :) So my advice for making this trip is that one night is all you'll need there (unless you've got kids and actually want to do all the six flags type stuff and mini-putt action that Lake George has to offer), and definitely stay for the supper club (the kids will ove that too)! ok sorry for the novel :)

I was just in Lake George this past weekend, and figured I would update this thread with some new photos, in case anyone was interested in making the trek there.

I'm truly not sure how much I could recommend it. I've long believed that any tiki is good tiki, and I will take whatever I can get at all times, but when we first got there I was a bit bummed...i think mostly cuz I was praying for a gift shop there, and was disappointed to find that there wasn't one!
---but also just the feel of the whole town-- which was obviously once a beautiful resort town in the fifties (lots of googie style architecture still left...)but has now taken on more of a niagara falls feel to it, esp. in terms of the gross tourism aspect of things. I know there's no going back to this hey-day:

(thank-you Mr. Kirsten's Book of Tiki for those photos...)

But nonetheless a few of the external tikis remain (and I love the kitsch aspect of the fake palm trees!):

Poolside!:

The real gem though is the Waikiki supper club, so if you do make the trip in the summer time, hold out for that. No tiki mugs, expensive yet medicore food, and crappy slushy-style drinks served in daquiri glasses, but the family that does the Polynesian review is supper fun and worthwhile. Hula dancers, Blue Hawaii and Don Ho abounds in this production. I imagine if this family decided to pick up sticks and go the Tiki resort might be no more.

Someone has already posted photos of the upstairs tiki bar, so I will spare you more of those. It was never open except for the evening comedy club that happens there (and I wasn't about to suffer through that...) but the downstairs decor where the supper club happens is even better:

The actual hotel rooms themselves had zero tiki though. I did notice a kon-tiki "store" on the main drag, but when we went in it was just an unbelievably crappy head shop:

which is basically all there was on that strip: sketchy headshops, gift stores, and tacky wax museums. I use the term tacky affectionately though :)

So my advice for making this trip is that one night is all you'll need there (unless you've got kids and actually want to do all the six flags type stuff and mini-putt action that Lake George has to offer), and definitely stay for the supper club (the kids will ove that too)!

ok sorry for the novel :)

Post #176220 by jadeblade on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 12:22 PM