The Cannibal Cove, Wolverhampton, UK - Home Tiki Bars

A AdOrAdam Member Wolverhampton, UK Joined: Jun 16, 2013 Posts: 630	A AdOrAdam Posted posted on Sun, Mar 27, 2016 8:14 AM Our inspirations: I came 'into tiki' through the drinks, I love the breadth of flavours & ingredients in the drinks - 'normal' cocktails in the UK aren't like this. However, I love the immersive atmosphere of tiki bars & characterful carvings - to go into a place & have that wow factor is something I'd like to recreate at home. The Mai Tai room at the Tiki Pop exhibition in Paris in 2014. For me this is numero uno - it's a relatively normally shaped room that has been fully knitted out with almost 'one of everything' that you might think of as tiki style. Its a room in 3 parts - the bar, the main part & a seating booth area. The photo here is of the 'main part' with the bar in the background. Given that it was part of an art exhibition, it is robust & uncluttered but still retains that rich level of flotsam & jettson. Considering the exhibition was called 'Tiki Pop' none of it is what I call 'tiki pop' or 'tiki light' - no colourfully painted tikis or plastic mugs. Trader Vic's in London. A photo can't do justice to how wonderful I thought my first visit to Trader Vics was - it was my first 'wow' experience of going to a tiki bar. It was perhaps the first time I've been to a bar & not been interested in what I should have to drink! I had (unsurprisingly) had a Mai Tai first. By the second round, I must have been round the bar four times. The above photo is from my second visit when I remembered I could take pictures. Another great source of inspiration has been... the home bar thread of TC itself. There's a great range but here are a few of my favourites: The Straw Hut. This bar features some great carvings but they are nicely peripheral to your enjoyment of the room, not too 'look at this carving!' The Desert Oasis Room. This post has the best mug display, the 'uplit shelf' featured in the photos when Poly Pop had the flu is something I would like to emulate. Whereas the photos in the Desert Oasis room are of the mugs up close, this post on The Tiki Chick has a great use of uplighting on a mug shelf when viewed a bit further away. NB: I have shamelessly lifted these photos from their original sources, I apologise for any infringements.

Our inspirations:

I came 'into tiki' through the drinks, I love the breadth of flavours & ingredients in the drinks - 'normal' cocktails in the UK aren't like this. However, I love the immersive atmosphere of tiki bars & characterful carvings - to go into a place & have that wow factor is something I'd like to recreate at home.

The Mai Tai room at the Tiki Pop exhibition in Paris in 2014.

For me this is numero uno - it's a relatively normally shaped room that has been fully knitted out with almost 'one of everything' that you might think of as tiki style. Its a room in 3 parts - the bar, the main part & a seating booth area. The photo here is of the 'main part' with the bar in the background.

Given that it was part of an art exhibition, it is robust & uncluttered but still retains that rich level of flotsam & jettson. Considering the exhibition was called 'Tiki Pop' none of it is what I call 'tiki pop' or 'tiki light' - no colourfully painted tikis or plastic mugs.

Trader Vic's in London.

A photo can't do justice to how wonderful I thought my first visit to Trader Vics was - it was my first 'wow' experience of going to a tiki bar.

It was perhaps the first time I've been to a bar & not been interested in what I should have to drink! I had (unsurprisingly) had a Mai Tai first. By the second round, I must have been round the bar four times.

The above photo is from my second visit when I remembered I could take pictures.

Another great source of inspiration has been... the home bar thread of TC itself.

There's a great range but here are a few of my favourites:

The Straw Hut.

This bar features some great carvings but they are nicely peripheral to your enjoyment of the room, not too 'look at this carving!'

The Desert Oasis Room.

This post has the best mug display, the 'uplit shelf' featured in the photos when Poly Pop had the flu is something I would like to emulate.

Whereas the photos in the Desert Oasis room are of the mugs up close, this post on The Tiki Chick has a great use of uplighting on a mug shelf when viewed a bit further away.

NB: I have shamelessly lifted these photos from their original sources, I apologise for any infringements.

Post #761517 by AdOrAdam on Sun, Mar 27, 2016 8:14 AM