Post #185168 by martiki on Wed, Sep 7, 2005 7:38 PM

***EDITED 11/15: The original opening paragraph of this post, upon further review, is poorly worded and inappropriate. I apologize for my sanctimonius tone. I should have in NO WAY implied that tiki enthusiasts are more "decent" than anyone else, because that simply isn't true. Yes, Sneaky Tiki is not what the tiki enthusiants of this website would call tradtional and probably wouldn't be their cup of tea. But that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of people out there who will love the Sneaky Tiki and should. I wish the Sneaky Tiki all the success in the world. I hope they do well. I still feel that I was sneered at for wearing a hawaiian shirt in a room full of black-clad urban hipsters. I still don't think it's unreasonable to wear a little aloha to a tiki bar. I will suggest to my fellow SF Tiki Crawl planners that we reconsider the Sneaky as a destination, but as it's still quite far removed thematically from the atmosphere of, say, the Tonga Room or Bamboo Hut, and I doubt that it will happen for that reason alone.

**Unedited original post follows:

I doubt this place will make the SF crawl. I just don't want a bus load of decent tiki folk to be subjected to the disdainful sneers of a bunch of lousy SF hipsters. Not worth the visit.

My feelings are the same as Bruce's- it's very sleek, with some nice decorative touches, but it's very, very stylized and modern. The food is great, so that's a big plus. And they do use fresh lime juice, which is also excellent.

Drink Menu as follows:

Hula Colada (pina colada) $13 for 22 oz (!)

Lychee Cosmo $9
Fuji Apple-tini $8 (this should give you an idea of what we're dealing with)
Ginger Lycheeni $8 (my favorite- lychee syrup, vodka, FRESH ginger and FRESH lime juice- very nice)

Tiki Tai $16- you keep the glass two-face disney-style mug- but, fair warning, it's a terrible drink.

Sneeky Peeko Punch $8 (Hibiscus flavored- not bad)

Island Ice Tea $14 (22 oz) Long Island Ice Tea with a mango float

Blue Lagoon $8 (orange vodka, blue curacao, sour mix, 7 up, fresh lime)

Passion Margarita $8 (tequila, passion fruit sorbet, fresh lime)

The Fish Bowl $15 (for two, so-so. I asked for more lime juice and it helped)

Here's some pictures:

The acrylic masks over some of the booths

Plants behind one of the two bars

Sleek!

In-depth research.

[ Edited by: martiki 2005-09-07 19:38 ]

[ Edited by: martiki 2005-11-15 11:26 ]