Post #781367 by tikiskip on Wed, Nov 8, 2017 6:54 AM

Why Destroy Tiki Palaces?

I think it is hard to find the kind of love and dedication for the place you work or even the kind of pride in your job that there was back in the heyday of tiki.

The kind of work and extra effort needed for a place like the Kahiki is just nowhere to be found these days.

One of the new tiki joints I went to had those cheep plastic outdoor chairs for seating INSIDE!
The old tiki joints would not even use those outside on a patio, or in the backroom or office.

One place had no mint for the Mai Tais.

The old places would go far and wide to find the décor or make it themselves.
Now I mostly hear how cheaply they got some tiki online, this did not surprise me as they looked cheep.

The kind of class that people had back in the day is gone, think of that Mai Kai host seater guy at Mai Kai.
He has style and class plus pride in his work, and the place he works.

Some of the new tiki joints I have been to just don't have this. many say we should support any tiki joint to keep tiki alive but I feel that these type of not so great places just crap on what I loved about the old places and could taint the image and style that the old tiki joints had.

So in short the new places if done badly are just another nail in the coffin of cool old classic tiki and for me are not what I'm lookin for and they help defame tiki.

Why Destroy Tiki Palaces? because what made them great is getting harder and harder to find
and the product they sell is no longer that great.

But then Pride, quality, and even class and style is hard to find in any product or business these days.