Post #440288 by TorchGuy on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 7:14 AM

Also true, however decor or cool drinks matter more to me than good Chinese food. And most Yelp reviewers don't care the way tiki/modern-philes care. If the decor is clean, it's great. Sometimes if it's clean but old/unusual, it gets thought of as "dated" and is considered dirty or shabby (and to me, only the Dragon Pearl is truly dirty and shabby - it STUNK). If they've got beer, wine, basic liquor and can make a martini or a manhattan, most people will review the bar as 'good'. It's really only us tiki-philes who'll say that a bar is worth going to for our kind of drinks (and with Chinese joints, I don't just mean polynesian, but also unusual 'specialty of the house' mixtures that are vintage and could be lumped in).

So while, yes, I'll do some Yahooing and Yelping for ideas - I'm not throwing that out - I thought it'd be nice to ask here about such places. And the response has seemed to be rather negative. But as I clarified that getting rides is difficult, I want to find some suggestions before I go driving, since I'm not in a central location; I'm in Renton, so normally just wandering Seattle is difficult. The trip that found the dragon Pearl was unusdual, in that my friend and I had time to trawl downtown Burien hunting for old lounges and restaurants. I hope, soon, to do the same in: West Seattle (California Ave.); International District/Chinatown; anyone know if it's worth even looking in Tacoma? I know of no vintage funk out there save Fife's Poodle Dog.