Origin of tiki monkey - General Tiki

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Sat, May 4, 2019 2:50 PM Just to satisfy my own interest, I looked at Critiki's last list of Top 10 rated Tiki bars. 6 of the 10 opened after 2002. It also listed an additional 7 with ratings above 9.0, of which only 1 predates 2002. The names of these bars that opened since 2002? Smuggler's Cove, Frankie's, Trader Sam's (Anaheim and Orlando), Pagan Idol, Latitude 29, Lei Low, UnderTow, Forbidden Island, Foundation, Hale Pele, False Idol, and TikiCat. I'm pretty sure a bunch more really good bars have opened up in the past 17 years as well, not to mention a bunch of Tiki conventions and mug manufacturers (of course, both Tiki Oasis and Tiki Farm started in 2000, but I'd assume that the decline of Tiki would have begun before that one 2002 post about monkeys and fezzes). Oh yeah, now while I couldn't analyze Yelp's reviews since they don't have it broken down easily, I did look at TripAdvisor's listing for the Mai Kai. Of 1,463 reviews, only 127 were 1-star. 135 were 2-star. 548 were 5-star and 363 were 4-star. Mai Kai's rating on Critiki? 9.7. It came in #2 on Critiki's list of Top 10 Tiki bars. Again, I had no idea this was such an era of decline for Tiki. Literally, I didn't, because it looks like exactly the opposite of that. Such is my naivete, I guess. [ Edited by: EnchantedTikiGoth 2019-05-04 14:58 ]

Just to satisfy my own interest, I looked at Critiki's last list of Top 10 rated Tiki bars. 6 of the 10 opened after 2002. It also listed an additional 7 with ratings above 9.0, of which only 1 predates 2002.

The names of these bars that opened since 2002? Smuggler's Cove, Frankie's, Trader Sam's (Anaheim and Orlando), Pagan Idol, Latitude 29, Lei Low, UnderTow, Forbidden Island, Foundation, Hale Pele, False Idol, and TikiCat. I'm pretty sure a bunch more really good bars have opened up in the past 17 years as well, not to mention a bunch of Tiki conventions and mug manufacturers (of course, both Tiki Oasis and Tiki Farm started in 2000, but I'd assume that the decline of Tiki would have begun before that one 2002 post about monkeys and fezzes).

Oh yeah, now while I couldn't analyze Yelp's reviews since they don't have it broken down easily, I did look at TripAdvisor's listing for the Mai Kai. Of 1,463 reviews, only 127 were 1-star. 135 were 2-star. 548 were 5-star and 363 were 4-star. Mai Kai's rating on Critiki? 9.7. It came in #2 on Critiki's list of Top 10 Tiki bars.

Again, I had no idea this was such an era of decline for Tiki. Literally, I didn't, because it looks like exactly the opposite of that. Such is my naivete, I guess.

[ Edited by: EnchantedTikiGoth 2019-05-04 14:58 ]

Post #794922 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Sat, May 4, 2019 2:50 PM