Post #779984 by Prikli Pear on Sat, Sep 23, 2017 8:24 PM

Ha! Well, we didn't get much tiki in Seattle--a Very Tacki Tiki Bar is a sports bar with various tiki trappings, and their "Mai Tai" is nothing more than pineapple juice with rum. The No Bones Beach Club (locations in Seattle and Portland) has very, very good food. It's a vegan place, but wow, it was outstanding. The drinks were mediocre, and it's more a beach themed place than a tiki place.

Portland was great. Hale Pele lives up to its reputation. Fantastic. Smaller than I expected, but everything you expect in a tiki bar. The Alibi, well, it just oozed history. The drinks were decent. Not great. Trouble is, despite all the history and decorations in the place, it's more of a biker bar during the day and a karaoke place at night. The atmosphere is all wrong. The 70s rock blaring (Foghat, Tin Lizzie, etc.) was sooooo problematic, as was the lottery/gambling machines that took up a good section of the place. It's worth visiting just to see the sights, but it makes you wish the folks running Hale Pele could take it over because it could be so much more.