Post #351127 by donhonyc on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 5:48 PM

I was at the Mai Kai last night and went into the gift shop before I left and noticed that they had no tiki mugs for sale. Let me rephrase that. With the exception of two Pink Panther tiki mugs, and a few tiki salt and pepper shakers, their were NO mugs for sale. I asked the shop dude what was going on, and I was told their was a 'problem' with Tiki Farm, and they were waiting for some new mugs to come from another company. Hmmmm...curious, I thought. Couldn't get much more info than that. Anybody got the inside angle?

Tell you what though, I hope the design by the 'new' distributor is better than what they've been carrying for the last couple of years. Ever since they stopped carrying the mugs with the embossed Mai Kai logo on the backs of them (don't know the name of the distributor) the quality of the mugs and souvenirs has kinda been bland. I wasn't real thrilled with the Tiki Farm (?) mugs they have been carrying with the Mai Kai name just printed on the base. I see those same exact mugs in Montauk with 'Moutauk, Long Island' printed on the same spot as the Mai Kai ones. BOring. They used to have some real cool stuff at the MK gift shop, but now it is more of a Florida-style gift shop. That's totally fine, I know they have to cast a pretty wide net, but let's see some goods that the legion of odd-ball Tikiphiles can appreciate and buy. Pastel colored fish statues are not what I expect to buy after having a real unique experience at the mighty Mai Kai.

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2007-12-24 20:01 ]