Post #515083 by djmoody on Thu, Mar 4, 2010 1:49 PM

Hi all,

First can I say how much I've enjoyed discovering all these forums have to offer over the last few months. I'm a relatively new convert to the ways of tiki having inadvertently stumbled across it after moving close to a tiki bar in London. It's safe to say my enthusiasm for all things tiki is growing at pace, not least through the wealth of information and sense of community presented here.

This is my first post so apologies if it isn't perhaps where it should be, but hopefully it is! So to cut to the chase - in parallel with a growing interest in tiki, myself and a friend have for some time been toying with opening a bar. With tiki far too under represented in the UK, we're exploring the idea of making it tiki themed. We have some premises which we are looking to take a lease on which are currently empty, a blank canvas.

We have had plenty of ideas already as to how we might "tikify" them, but we would love to hear the ideas of some tiki pros and seasoned enthusiasts as to what they would do with the place if they could be let loose on it. There are some photos below (hopefully!) of how it looks now. Please ignore the fact there seem to be ten million different rooms - it's a very complicated layout!

As I said, it's pretty much a blank canvas, with the fairly big caveat that we couldn't do anything TOO severe with it because it's a Listed building (basically protected due to its age and significance, for the non-Brits!).

Anyway I look forward to hearing what some real experts would do, and maybe one day it'll actually come to fruition and you can come and have a Mai Tai on us!

Room 1: (note the bar will be removed as we would be knocking this room through to a kitchen behind of similar size)

Room 2: (best to assume the fireplace and paneling would be staying here, albeit maybe painted)

Room 3: (just a small one)

Room 4:

Thank you in advance, Graham