Post #448293 by Jason Wickedly on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 9:11 AM

For what it's worth, we were getting our drinks from the bar in the Hidden Village..between my fiance and I we had 4 Mai Tais and 2 Navy Grogs. What everyone should remember is that these are the DON THE BEACHCOMBER versions of the Mai Tai and Navy Grog, not the Trader Vic's versions you might be used to. If anyone has made Don's Mai Tai from Sippin' Safari, it should be damn close. Since we go to Don's pretty often in between events, I know they were pretty spot on to the ones that Ryan serves up in the main bar. I just thought it was great to see the place wall-to-wall packed! We didn't get there until almost 8, so every seat in the place was taken. We sat on one of the benches along the wall for the first set, and noticed that people who ordered food were turning folding chairs around and eating off of them, like tables. I kind of felt that those people that were eating there could have been moved off to the main dining room, it made it a little hard to walk around for fear of dumping someone's plate onto the floor. Other than that, great drinks, great music, great art from all the artists that squeezed into the Hidden Village, great times! In fact..after "sleeping it off", we gathered up the fam for Sunday brunch..anyone that hasn't gone recently for brunch needs to check it out. They do the show in the Hidden Village now (instead of the Kona Room), with the Polynesian dancers, the band, and the whole bit. Our waitress was super friendly and attentive as well. And as mentioned...Bamboo Ben's new entrance is awesome. I'm going to have to join the "consider-yourself-lucky-we-have-so-much-Tiki-so-close" camp on this one. Plus, I have to do my part to keep Don's open for another year...there's a wedding coming up there next year! :lol:

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[ Edited by: Jason Wickedly 2009-04-20 09:12 ]