Post #18036 by Tiki Chris on Fri, Jan 3, 2003 7:18 PM

here are some pics from the mauna loa in madrid - which has been around since the early 70s. we were there fairly early in the evening & the place was already buzzing. as we left more & more people (mostly college-aged) were showing up. we walked by the bar a few hours later & there was a line stretching around the block to get it, which is incredible b/c the mauna loa is a caverous 3 story (or more?) bar!

no actually tikis anywhere except for the mugs & on the drinks menu, but this place was a real inspiration:

cool murals:

live birds (see there perches on the left-hand side of the picture below:

one of the waiters went around giving all the ladies lei & roses w/ cocktail umbrellas sticking out of them. here's tiki emi sporting the lei & showing off her drink (the bottom of the mug had "arte4" carved into it). if you look in the bottom right-hand corner, you can see one of the roses w/ a cocktail umbrella sticking out of the top:

more pics:

coaster:

napkin:

bar: