Mai Kai, Fort Lauderdale, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Thu, Sep 25, 2014 5:27 AM On 2014-09-24 23:33, mikehooker wrote: I guess the point of my earlier post was to see if anyone has sensed any sort of downward trend happening. No. There are the seasonal ups and downs, full house most every night of the week in the winter, closed on Mondays during the summer. It is pretty creepy to be in the Molokai at 9 o'clock on a Tuesday and be the only person at the bar, but that only happens in the heat of the summer. And doesn't take into account the fact the bar was standing room only during happy hour and then everyone was seated for the dinner show. I've seen posts lately about DJ nights, and bingo, and singles meet-ups... perhaps they need those things to drum up new business these days, or maybe those antics have always been in place and I've managed to block it out since the drinks were always so damn good. Yes. To both. The antics have always been around and they are pretty easy to block out with a jet pilot or two. South Florida is tourist driven and the Mai Kai runs at a minimum during the summer. There is usually only one dinner show during the week and they are closed on Monday's. This means there is lots of room for the antics you mention. Hukilau is during the summer and for that weekend they pretty much take over the place. Tiki Bingo takes over one of the back dining rooms that otherwise wouldn't have anyone in it. The various Meet-Up groups do their things throughout the summer because there is room for them to do whatever it is they are doing. At doing it at the Mai Kai is so much more awesome than doing it anywhere else. The nice lady singing in the Molokai... I'll just say she is a very nice lady and leave it at that. All I know is we were very sad to not have the relaxing and delicious experience we are accustomed to and I truly hope it was just a couple off nights and not a sign of things to come. It sucks that you didn't get the great experience you were expecting. Even more so because the chance to make it up with a really great night might be a year or more away for you. That is a long time to have the bad memory sit around waiting to be replaced with a good one. Trust the locals when we say you just had the misfortune of an off-night and what you experienced is not a sign of things to come. ... so disregard above if I sounded like an asshole. I'm glad they let you organize that. No offense was taken so no worries. And we're glad they let us organize it as well. Like I said above, it is a seasonal thing with the Mai Kai, this October will be the last Bingo until next spring. Well, we might do one more in November, but the place is getting busy as the tourist season spins up and our goal was to have some fun, not be in the way of the paying guests celebrating special evenings or enjoying a nice dinner with a date.

On 2014-09-24 23:33, mikehooker wrote:
I guess the point of my earlier post was to see if anyone has sensed any sort of downward trend happening.

No.

There are the seasonal ups and downs, full house most every night of the week in the winter, closed on Mondays during the summer. It is pretty creepy to be in the Molokai at 9 o'clock on a Tuesday and be the only person at the bar, but that only happens in the heat of the summer. And doesn't take into account the fact the bar was standing room only during happy hour and then everyone was seated for the dinner show.

I've seen posts lately about DJ nights, and bingo, and singles meet-ups... perhaps they need those things to drum up new business these days, or maybe those antics have always been in place and I've managed to block it out since the drinks were always so damn good.

Yes. To both. The antics have always been around and they are pretty easy to block out with a jet pilot or two.

South Florida is tourist driven and the Mai Kai runs at a minimum during the summer. There is usually only one dinner show during the week and they are closed on Monday's. This means there is lots of room for the antics you mention. Hukilau is during the summer and for that weekend they pretty much take over the place. Tiki Bingo takes over one of the back dining rooms that otherwise wouldn't have anyone in it. The various Meet-Up groups do their things throughout the summer because there is room for them to do whatever it is they are doing. At doing it at the Mai Kai is so much more awesome than doing it anywhere else.

The nice lady singing in the Molokai... I'll just say she is a very nice lady and leave it at that.

All I know is we were very sad to not have the relaxing and delicious experience we are accustomed to and I truly hope it was just a couple off nights and not a sign of things to come.

It sucks that you didn't get the great experience you were expecting. Even more so because the chance to make it up with a really great night might be a year or more away for you. That is a long time to have the bad memory sit around waiting to be replaced with a good one.

Trust the locals when we say you just had the misfortune of an off-night and what you experienced is not a sign of things to come.

... so disregard above if I sounded like an asshole. I'm glad they let you organize that.

No offense was taken so no worries. And we're glad they let us organize it as well. Like I said above, it is a seasonal thing with the Mai Kai, this October will be the last Bingo until next spring. Well, we might do one more in November, but the place is getting busy as the tourist season spins up and our goal was to have some fun, not be in the way of the paying guests celebrating special evenings or enjoying a nice dinner with a date.

Post #728340 by Chip and Andy on Thu, Sep 25, 2014 5:27 AM