JOHN-O's Las Vegas (& Honolulu pg 8) Thread - General Tiki

L Luckydesigns Tiki Socialite Costa Mesa Joined: Sep 15, 2002 Posts: 2374	L Luckydesigns Posted posted on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 11:09 AM "Occasionally one of the strolling "working girls" outside (shockingly good looking) would come in to discretely cruise the bar." -Just a little FYI, John-O... Most of those working girls are dudes... Like 90% of the ones in Waikiki are... They're called 'mahus'... Yikes! I went to the Tikis Bar and Grill back when it first opened. At night, the decor really comes alive. The Bosko, Crazy Al, and Shag art really makes the place pretty cool. But it DOES still have the Kalakaua restaurant feel to it. Like kind of a big corporate place... The live Jawaiian music was a bummer for me too. My favorite will always be La Marina for the classic tiki bar decor. There are so many headhunter tiki poles at that place. I love those! I'm interested to go try the Thirtyninehotel maitais. It's good to hear that someone is getting the classic drink mixed correctly. The other great maitais in waikiki are at the Royal Hawaiian outdoor bar and the Halekulani (which still has traditional Hawaiian steel guitar music live). That place is amazing. I might be interjecting before you can get to those, John-O! Sorry! Keep the posts coming! Very entertaining and very educational.

"Occasionally one of the strolling "working girls" outside (shockingly good looking) would come in to discretely cruise the bar."

-Just a little FYI, John-O... Most of those working girls are dudes... Like 90% of the ones in Waikiki are... They're called 'mahus'... Yikes!

I went to the Tikis Bar and Grill back when it first opened. At night, the decor really comes alive. The Bosko, Crazy Al, and Shag art really makes the place pretty cool. But it DOES still have the Kalakaua restaurant feel to it. Like kind of a big corporate place... The live Jawaiian music was a bummer for me too.

My favorite will always be La Marina for the classic tiki bar decor. There are so many headhunter tiki poles at that place. I love those!

I'm interested to go try the Thirtyninehotel maitais. It's good to hear that someone is getting the classic drink mixed correctly. The other great maitais in waikiki are at the Royal Hawaiian outdoor bar and the Halekulani (which still has traditional Hawaiian steel guitar music live). That place is amazing. I might be interjecting before you can get to those, John-O! Sorry!

Keep the posts coming! Very entertaining and very educational.

Post #566358 by Luckydesigns on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 11:09 AM