Post #748765 by Sunny&Rummy on Fri, Aug 7, 2015 10:07 AM

On a trip with my wife and daughter visiting prospective colleges we quite accidentally fornd this place in Tallahassee on Wednesday. There was a sign on the door informing that it was 21 and up after 5pm, so like any good parents we ditched the kids at the hotel so we could go back and check the place out.

The thatch on the storefront is gone and some tall mass-produced Tikis have been added. The sign out front was encouraging and they got bonus points right off the bat for having the artificial rain coming down the front windows.

The interior of the place would be considered very respectable home Tiki bar decor. Some nice MCM light fixtures,some fish trap lights, pufferfish lamps, and a respectable number of pretty well done palm Tikis.

The Tiki cocktails, all served in fun Dynasty mugs (availavle for purchase, naturally), were respectable. Better than I had braced myself for at any rate. I had a Kung Fu Punch in a bucket mug that had fresh lime and other juices and good rum flavors though it was a little thin with maybe too much soda and ginger beer. My wife had a better than average Zombie that was pretty tasty despite the mystery rums that went into it. For our second round of drinks, I had a Mystery Drink served in a skull mug that was very heavy creme de cocoa and creme de banana. Decent enough but not quite what I was in the mood for. My wife had a Mai Tai that we knew up front was going to be a low rent Amaretto and orange/pineapple juice dive bar rendition, but she didn't take too long to finish it. The rest of the Tiki-type drinks on the menu looked a lot less promising, but they did have a pretty ambitions menu of classic cocktails including a Manhattan, Negroni, Sazarac and a Boodles Martini, among others.

I'm going to give them decent marks, all in all. And they've been at it for @15 years now so they seem to be getting something right. If my daughter ends up a Seminole I'm sure we'll be back.