Post #190488 by Kono on Mon, Oct 3, 2005 3:52 PM

How about a polynesian revolving bar? And I worked there once upon a time!

On 2005-02-03 15:45, puamana wrote:

Just a bit away from the Polynesian Putter, is a Holiday Inn, at 5250 Gulf Blvd. It used to be called the Hilton Inn, and it also had a Polynesian theme. Here is a postcard I found while there, from its former days as the Hilton Inn:

The back of the postcard calls the Hilton Inn "A Polynesian Paradise", and used to have the Aekai Restaurant on the beach, Luau Room Restaurant on the 10th floor ( Polynesian and American menus), and the revolving Bali Hi lounge on the roof top. I didn't take any photos of the building, but here's a link to the Holiday Inn website to see what the building looks like now: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hpt/PIESS/1/pt?ptLink=hd

Unfortunately, when I worked there circa 89 or 90, the place had already been de-tikified. Not that I would've noticed as I was still pre-tikified myself.

Just a hop (Blind Pass), skip (Treasure Island) and a jump (John's Pass) from Tiki Gardens, I wish I could've seem it in it's heyday. The bar still revolved (slowly) when I was there but I think it was only used for special parties. Could be wrong though.

The above quote came from this thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=13050&forum=1&hilite=hilton%20st%20pete%20beach