Is the Islands Restaurant/Hanalei Hotel being gutted? - General Tiki

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Tue, Nov 7, 2006 11:23 AM On 2006-11-07 09:34, bigbrotiki wrote: The entire waterway from lobby and into the restaurant is going away... I was afraid of that. Too high maintenance, of course. This was the only place I know of besides the Chicago Marriott Kona Kai that still had fully working waterways, fed by waterfalls and crossed by Tiki-railed bridges, once a defining feature of classic Tiki supper clubs. Everybody at the last Oasis can be glad they got to see it. Lotus Garden, Indianapolis, In. still has a small waterfall & stream crossed by a bridge with a Moai supported railing:

On 2006-11-07 09:34, bigbrotiki wrote:

The entire waterway from lobby and into the restaurant is going away...

I was afraid of that. Too high maintenance, of course. This was the only place I know of besides the Chicago Marriott Kona Kai that still had fully working waterways, fed by waterfalls and crossed by Tiki-railed bridges, once a defining feature of classic Tiki supper clubs. Everybody at the last Oasis can be glad they got to see it.

Lotus Garden, Indianapolis, In. still has a small waterfall & stream crossed by a bridge with a Moai supported railing:

Post #265050 by freddiefreelance on Tue, Nov 7, 2006 11:23 AM