Post #668447 by kenbo-jitsu on Fri, Feb 22, 2013 9:13 PM

It’s time to pick another thread from the very back of the Locating Tiki forum and see what’s up with the place now.

First, the correct address:

Jade Tiki Restaurant
3250 South Blvd
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

As the original poster said, the Jade Tiki is not very tiki. Since it's listed here though, we might as well flesh it out a little.

The Jade Tiki first opened its doors August 9, 1977. It’s a strip mall Chinese restaurant with “Tiki” in the name and some tikis by the door.

Here is the inside. There is a small koi pond on the left.

The Jade Tiki had a full bar and they served some old-school tropical drinks including Mai-Tai, Singapore Sling, etc. They even had tiki mugs.


I don’t know much about tiki mugs but I’m guessing those are generic mugs that any restaurant can buy.

After 34 years, the Jade Tiki closed October 16, 2011.

Tiki Central user ukutiki later purchased the front door pulls from the now closed Jade Tiki and shared these close-up photos of them.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1099&forum=5&vpost=610662

You can clearly see the pulls attached to the front doors in some of the earlier photos.

Even though this, the original location, is now closed, the Jade Tiki's owners still have several other restaurants running in the Detroit area including these:

Jade Tiki Restaurant
45749 Mound Road
Utica, MI 48317

Jade Tiki Express
48899 Hayes Road
Shelby Township, MI 48315

Jade Tiki Too
43526 Van Dyke Ave
Sterling Height, MI 48314

[ Edited by: kenbo-jitsu 2013-02-23 11:14 ]