tiki shopping in maui & honalulu - General Tiki

TN the neilster Member Joined: Jul 09, 2002 Posts: 7	TN the neilster Posted posted on Sun, Jun 22, 2003 4:51 PM Maui Maui is a great island a kind of middle ground between the peaceful beauty of Kauai and the built up party atmosphere of Waikiki, Ohau. I stayed at the Royal Lahaina Resort which is a great hotel.There is a Don the Beachcomber bar there but it is closed and has been apparently for about 10 years or so. Shame because it looks great. It's a purpose built A frame building with lots of Tiki detail and is built just adjacent the the mail hotel .You can peer through the dusty window and see the interior which looks great but is now piled up with junk. This hotel also has a luau which is cheesy but kinda fun. The grounds to the luau have some good big carved tikis and you can have your drinks served in a Royal Lahaina Tiki mug for $10-00. Just up from the Royal Lahaina resort is the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel which has a Tiki bar which is over looked by a huge Ku type tiki plus there is a restaurant called the Tiki terrace which looked good with lots of Rattan and bamboo. Lahaina is the happening place in Maui and is pretty good. There are tiki carvers all along Front Street which is the main drag through the town.A lot of the shops there have tikis outside ,most of the tikis seem to come from Wayne Coombs at Mai Tiki in Florida. There is a good outdoor market (i think on a Saturday) where there are some good locally carved tikis to be had. If you go to the Hilo hattie store (worth a look for Tiki farm mugs etc) you will see across from there in the carpark a great display called the Hale Kahiko (Ancient House) there are several large 10' tikis and some excellent ancient Polynesian decor and it's all free and definitely worth a look. On the other side of the island is a cool little town called Paia which is worth a look .There are a few antique stores and some other interesting shops. Mamas fish house is definitely worth going to. Reckon it might be wise to book a table as it seems to get pretty busy. The food and tropical drinks are excellent and although not really a bonifide tiki bar it is a really cool place with great views and decor.Mamas isn't cheap though but you get what you pay for Wakiki Ok here's a quick run down on Wakiki. International market place worth a look if just to imagine what it once was and there is still some tikis to be found in there. Along the front , Kalakaua Ave there are a few Vintage Clothing stores which are worth a look . If you are super rich and money is no object then you have to go to Baileys Antiques and Hawaiian shirts. There are some of the best vintage Hawaiian shirts i've ever seen but expect to be paying at the very least $1000 per shirt and most of the best shirts are more in the region of $3,000 to $6,000 . He does have some good repro shirts there too plus some nice Tiki mugs and general Hawaiiana.Baileys is on (i think ) Kapahulu ave. There is a Tiki bar that has opened up on Kalakaua Ave ,imaginatively called 'Tikis' which is ok .It is decorated with Bosko and shag stuff and you can have your drinks served in a coconut shell printed with a 'Tikis' logo.The bishop Museum is definately worth a visit. Although i didn't get a chance to see him (i will next time) Do Ho Play's at the Waikiki Beachcomber hotel and he also has his bar/grill at the Aloha Market place.There is a great Antique mall that i found .It's on three storeys and there were lot's of vintage Tiki mugs and collectables. Prices weren't really cheap but there was some pretty good mugs.I think it is on Kanekapolei Place , it's on the same road as one of the Avanti Hawaiian shirt shops.The one place that i highly recommend is the La Mariana Sailing Club. It's a little way from Wakiki downtown and it''ll cost you about $25-00 in a Taxi.It's a great Tiki bar with fantastic decor salvaged from other local defunct Polynesian bars.The food is good and cheep and so are the drinks.Definitely worth the trip. Okay guess that'll do me ,you are bound to find some other places on your travels. And there are loads of secret Tiki's to be discovered every where. Have a great trip. Regards Neil

Maui

Maui is a great island a kind of middle ground between the peaceful beauty of Kauai and the built up party atmosphere of Waikiki, Ohau.
I stayed at the Royal Lahaina Resort which is a great hotel.There is a Don the Beachcomber bar there but it is closed and has been apparently for about 10 years or so. Shame because it looks great. It's a purpose built A frame building with lots of Tiki detail and is built just adjacent the the mail hotel .You can peer through the dusty window and see the interior which looks great but is now piled up with junk. This hotel also has a luau which is cheesy but kinda fun. The grounds to the luau have some good big carved tikis and you can have your drinks served in a Royal Lahaina Tiki mug for $10-00.
Just up from the Royal Lahaina resort is the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel which has a Tiki bar which is over looked by a huge Ku type tiki plus there is a restaurant called the Tiki terrace which looked good with lots of Rattan and bamboo.
Lahaina is the happening place in Maui and is pretty good. There are tiki carvers all along Front Street which is the main drag through the town.A lot of the shops there have tikis outside ,most of the tikis seem to come from Wayne Coombs at Mai Tiki in Florida. There is a good outdoor market (i think on a Saturday) where there are some good locally carved tikis to be had.
If you go to the Hilo hattie store (worth a look for Tiki farm mugs etc) you will see across from there in the carpark a great display called the Hale Kahiko (Ancient House) there are several large 10' tikis and some excellent ancient Polynesian decor and it's all free and definitely worth a look.
On the other side of the island is a cool little town called Paia which is worth a look .There are a few antique stores and some other interesting shops.
Mamas fish house is definitely worth going to. Reckon it might be wise to book a table as it seems to get pretty busy. The food and tropical drinks are excellent and although not really a bonifide tiki bar it is a really cool place with great views and decor.Mamas isn't cheap though but you get what you pay for
Wakiki
Ok here's a quick run down on Wakiki. International market place worth a look if just to imagine what it once was and there is still some tikis to be found in there. Along the front , Kalakaua Ave there are a few Vintage Clothing stores which are worth a look . If you are super rich and money is no object then you have to go to Baileys Antiques and Hawaiian shirts. There are some of the best vintage Hawaiian shirts i've ever seen but expect to be paying at the very least $1000 per shirt and most of the best shirts are more in the region of $3,000 to $6,000 . He does have some good repro shirts there too plus some nice Tiki mugs and general Hawaiiana.Baileys is on (i think ) Kapahulu ave. There is a Tiki bar that has opened up on Kalakaua Ave ,imaginatively called 'Tikis' which is ok .It is decorated with Bosko and shag stuff and you can have your drinks served in a coconut shell printed with a 'Tikis' logo.The bishop Museum is definately worth a visit. Although i didn't get a chance to see him (i will next time) Do Ho Play's at the Waikiki Beachcomber hotel and he also has his bar/grill at the Aloha Market place.There is a great Antique mall that i found .It's on three storeys and there were lot's of vintage Tiki mugs and collectables. Prices weren't really cheap but there was some pretty good mugs.I think it is on Kanekapolei Place , it's on the same road as one of the Avanti Hawaiian shirt shops.The one place that i highly recommend is the La Mariana Sailing Club. It's a little way from Wakiki downtown and it''ll cost you about $25-00 in a Taxi.It's a great Tiki bar with fantastic decor salvaged from other local defunct Polynesian bars.The food is good and cheep and so are the drinks.Definitely worth the trip.
Okay guess that'll do me ,you are bound to find some other places on your travels. And there are loads of secret Tiki's to be discovered every where.
Have a great trip.
Regards
Neil

Post #40342 by the neilster on Sun, Jun 22, 2003 4:51 PM