Waikiki Wally's New York, NY, New York, NY (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Fri, Jun 22, 2007 1:58 PM THIS JUST IN: Waikiki Wally's has now CHANGED IT'S NAME to "WALLY'S PACIFIC CATCH". Why they did this I'm not sure. I rode my bike past there today and saw the new awning. A blue thing with a cartoon fish on it. Kinda lame if you ask me, entirely the wrong message. Who's bright idea was that? Sounds like they're trying to compete with Red Lobster. It was in the middle of the afternoon when I went by so I looked inside to see if they changed anything and it all seems to be the same, a little confusing. The big Easter Island Tikis are still outside too. Anyway this is not my favorite place to begin with. I had dinner there once about 3 or 4 years ago, and I just remember it being over priced, okay food. Drinks were the same. An example of a revivalist Tiki joint that kinda makes up their own rules when mixing classic cocktails. Usually the results of that is making the drink the wrong way. I have no idea why the name change. The only thing I can think of is that either the mangement changed hands or the original owner had to change his tax ID/corporate name or something like that. Anyway, speaking of Red Lobster: we have one of those here in Times Square believe it or not, yet we don't have a Trader Vic's. Makes absolutely no sense. Why anybody would want to come to NY to eat at REd Lobster is beyond me. Just stay in the 'burbs. What NYC needs is for Trader Vic to come back. With all of the (lame) new development in this town in terms of eating and drinking establishments, you'd think they could find a place for a class act like TV. They should just do here what they did in L.A., open as a lounge only. They say you can get anything in New York? I beg to differ.

THIS JUST IN: Waikiki Wally's has now CHANGED IT'S NAME to "WALLY'S PACIFIC CATCH".

Why they did this I'm not sure. I rode my bike past there today and saw the new awning. A blue thing with a cartoon fish on it. Kinda lame if you ask me, entirely the wrong message. Who's bright idea was that? Sounds like they're trying to compete with Red Lobster. It was in the middle of the afternoon when I went by so I looked inside to see if they changed anything and it all seems to be the same, a little confusing. The big Easter Island Tikis are still outside too. Anyway this is not my favorite place to begin with. I had dinner there once about 3 or 4 years ago, and I just remember it being over priced, okay food. Drinks were the same. An example of a revivalist Tiki joint that kinda makes up their own rules when mixing classic cocktails. Usually the results of that is making the drink the wrong way. I have no idea why the name change. The only thing I can think of is that either the mangement changed hands or the original owner had to change his tax ID/corporate name or something like that. Anyway, speaking of Red Lobster: we have one of those here in Times Square believe it or not, yet we don't have a Trader Vic's. Makes absolutely no sense. Why anybody would want to come to NY to eat at REd Lobster is beyond me. Just stay in the 'burbs. What NYC needs is for Trader Vic to come back. With all of the (lame) new development in this town in terms of eating and drinking establishments, you'd think they could find a place for a class act like TV. They should just do here what they did in L.A., open as a lounge only.

They say you can get anything in New York? I beg to differ.

Post #314341 by donhonyc on Fri, Jun 22, 2007 1:58 PM