Post #232491 by pudftpcc on Wed, May 17, 2006 9:53 AM

Waikiki Wally's has earned a permanent place on the ordure list of this longtime NYC barhopper. I went there about a month ago with 2 friends -- we're all 40ish ordinary-Joe looking guys. The place was filled with the young and beautiful (although W.W.'s could in no way be called hip) and the gay sissy bartender ostentatiously ignored us so we left after 15 minutes without having been served. We were behaving properly the whole time and did not make any sort of scene. We just figured we weren't good looking or young enough for this place at this time, in the bartender's eyes. (Now, I would argue, it is never a bartender's role to decide whether or not to serve customers depending on his perception of their social desirability. It's a grave offense to the whole ethos of bartending.)

It's possible the bartender was just a bad apple, but that's no excuse. There are plenty of other great places to drink all around town especially in the immediate neighborhood, although there is no outstanding tiki temple in NYC since Trader Vic's in the Plaza closed some years ago.

I hope somebody puts a brick or six through the window of Waikiki Frickin Wally's. I'd do it myself if I were 20 years younger.