"Building a Tiki Experience - What's important, and how to do it?" - General Tiki

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Wed, Mar 15, 2017 9:15 AM On 2017-03-14 18:44, tikiskip wrote: The average check at my place 13 years ago was $6.00 bucks, we had no booze. People were in and out in less than 20 minutes most of the time. With a bar you want them to stay, but then only if they are spending money, or are hot and have other people spending money on them. Skip, excellent intro to a discussion of in-house entertainment which could help keep people in the bar longer. It's a weird topic though because the "right" entertainment is hard to find or create. And you definitely want to NEVER head towards karaoke, video displays showing sports, and all the other things we don't want in a tiki bar. Any tiki bar which shows sports or karaoke may already be circling the drain. Entertainment can be costly though. You may need it to get started. Once you achieve a certain business volume, cut back.

On 2017-03-14 18:44, tikiskip wrote:
The average check at my place 13 years ago was $6.00 bucks, we had no booze.
People were in and out in less than 20 minutes most of the time.
With a bar you want them to stay, but then only if they are spending money, or are hot and have other people spending money on them.

Skip, excellent intro to a discussion of in-house entertainment which could help keep people in the bar longer. It's a weird topic though because the "right" entertainment is hard to find or create. And you definitely want to NEVER head towards karaoke, video displays showing sports, and all the other things we don't want in a tiki bar. Any tiki bar which shows sports or karaoke may already be circling the drain.

Entertainment can be costly though. You may need it to get started. Once you achieve a certain business volume, cut back.

Post #774049 by AceExplorer on Wed, Mar 15, 2017 9:15 AM