Post #19140 by SugarCaddyDaddy on Sun, Jan 12, 2003 12:20 PM

PolynesianPop wrote:
SCD,
Very funny story!...Did it look like he/she was wearing a wig?
BTW - Did you get a chance to eat in the Islands Room?

Wow! I think she WAS wearing a wig! What do you think? Here, I took a picture of her..

Gotcha!
It was pretty funny (and sad) that she didn't know what a tiki was. Well, I'm just glad a TikiCentral Member was there to help her through that bit of crisis. Now she does know!
As for the Islands Room, I was a little bummed since it was closed that evening. When I first called for our last-minute room reservation at The Hanalei, I inquired about the Islands Room. The front desk said "oh, that's closed this evening". Closed? On a Friday night? She sort of stumbled through an excuse explaining that they were "doing maintanence", but it just sounded a little funny to do that on a FRIDAY night! The next morning I went to the Peacock Cafe upstairs, had a nice breakfast, and could hear the manager & employees having a loud discussion about serving the patrons in the meeting rooms, and something about being too short staffed to take care of the restaurant and going back and forth to help the people in the meeting rooms with their meal orders. Then more loud discussion of not knowing what will happen during SuperBowl if they can't solve their problems when there are only a few people at the hotel now.

I would bet that The Hanalei is possibly going through some internal staffing/management problems. It could be the reason why the Islands Room was closed on Friday night.

I will try Humphrey's (by the Bali Hai). That place looked very tropical and inviting.

SugarCaddyDaddy