Post #734225 by AdOrAdam on Sat, Jan 3, 2015 7:14 AM

I went to Mai Kai twice over their anniversary weekend & so I thought I would review it on Critiki's Mai Kai page & add comments on here:

Decor: 9 (it is rich)

Drink Quality: 5 followed by 7
Drink Selection: N/A

The drinks were bad on the first night, better on the second - when I tasted a few on the first night, the wide menu didn't seem to matter, they were all too sweet for me. I sent a Jet Pilot back for being overly sweet.

They suffered from inconsistent quality of drinks (ie I had a Rum Barrel the first night which wasn't good & tried another the second night which was much better)

On the second night they were much more balanced (but I couldnt go back & redrink the drinks from the first night).

Food Quality: 5
Food Selection: 7 followed by 1

Pretty much standard chinese food but pricey.

I'm a vegetarian - veggie options were ok in the dining room but there was only one veggie option in the bar (the goats cheese salad), ordering from the dining room but being in the bar was not permitted (I had a Subway on the way home)

Mood: 7 followed by 5
Music: 7 followed by 5

The dining room the first night was nice (music & mood), the Molokai Bar the second night had the Aloha Boyz which were good but played some songs after them that made our party make jokes about them wanting to clear us out!

Service: 6 followed by 1.

The meal was a bit disjointed the first night as food was delivered at different times, the drinks were quick. The second night everything went haywire - a diet coke took longer than a Rum Barrel!

Tikiness: 7.

Tiki posts everywhere but no big tikis inside.

NB: The Molokai Bar doesnt have a single tiki in it but it is meant to be a ship so I exclude that from the 'Tikiness' score.

Tilt: 6
Vibe: 6

It just didnt pull together for me - my overall Critiki score was surprising low (6.5).

But I think they showed signs of greatness but also signs of naffness - if I could have had the mood the first night & the drinks from the second night my score would have been a bit higher.

I hope to attend again in the future to see if I can catch it on a good night but wont go as far out of my way as I did this time.

One thing to note is: if you make any of the drinks on the Atomic Grog website you'll be replicating the Mai Kai drinks at their best from my trip.