Post #404326 by TikiGardener on Tue, Aug 26, 2008 8:45 PM

And I do have to say that if you go to any tiki-joint and order a drink that is to your dis-satisfaction,
that maybe it might work to ask the bartender personally if he would mix a mai tai or any other drink, to your desires.
And if they do, tip them! They may not stop serving the company mix, but they may just ask the next guy how he likes his
drink. I seem to remember the days where it was kind of portrayed that good bartenders were expected to be like that.

Did this make sense?

It just seems that maybe we have more responsibility to our fellow tikiphiles (and ourselves). Any drink joint, tiki or otherwise,
is really only as good as its bartender when it boils down to it.

When that first drink isn't quite or wholly what you want... ask!!!

You might get a drink that you like, and the bar might get a more favorable review (more customers, maybe), and we won't keep reading about tiki-joints closing down.

Food. I have no idea how to change bad food. But dang if the place has kick-ass drinks, or a good bartneder, I'm frikkin' there, showing my support from the bottom of a Volcano Bowl!!!
At the very least you'll be helping out that bartender with a tip. And maybe getting your mai tai the way you want it in't so bad either.

And sure there may be Bartenders that are tools, but hey no tip for them!

Dunno, I ramble again...

Your mileage may vary...

(Edited to change "they" to "there" in the third to last sentence)

[ Edited by: TikiGardener 2008-08-26 20:47 ]