Post #22632 by manic cat on Tue, Feb 11, 2003 10:44 AM

Thank you Arty Aloha! My NYC tiki experiences wouldn't be complete without you either. Your comments say alot--that TIKI is more about relaxing with your friends than having to count how many tikis are on the wall.

This is NYC. It ain't perfection nor should it be. Nor do the residents expect it to be! Are our subways clean? NO. Are taxes low? NO. Job market good? NO. Are rents cheap? NO. Get real. New Yorkers hold an unique view on life that it ain't never gonna be perfect. So that's how we manage to stick around even if there's conga drums playing in the background and not steel guitar. Tell me what place in this city gets it right with the right music, the right food, the right people, and the right ambience and for the RIGHT price, and I still won't believe you. No such thing--New Yorkers are sadistic.

Don't sweat the small stuff when visting or become fixated on the details. Believe in the large picture. Like what Inky said, NYC was dry of TIKi for over a decade. Now we have 3 new places to meet people, enjoy live music, and to find that tiki drink we like best. It's new--help it grow.

The staff at WW is VERY responsive. Did you try offering your opinions or suggestions? Every server I've had there wanted to hear about the food. The bartender will talk shop about the drinks. (and won't recommend several of them.) And they want better music too!! Last night, my boyfriend and I were asked to burn some CDs of hawaiian tunes for the place. (so what would you like to hear? I'll gladly forward them a CD if you feel like burning one.)

WW is constintly making improvements and trying new things out--sometimes things don't work (having two cockatoos in the bird cage) and somtimes they do (Crazy Al's tiki is in a new respectful locale up behind the bar in prestigious display beside the revered alcohol and in full sight when one enters.)

I think it's rude and counter-tiki that if you think you know alot about Tiki, you chose to not share this knowledge with the staff and instead hope that a tiki place " will close and we can snag the tikis! " WW is not perfect, but they are very willing to hear your opinions. They have always listened to mine.

PS. Their new mugs show that noone is perfect in TIKI--they say "Tiki Fram" on the bottom. hee-hee.