Post #803218 by Hamo on Tue, Apr 26, 2022 11:12 PM

Made it to Swaylo's on Sunday afternoon. I had tried to temper my expectations for this place, so I was very pleasantly surprised by the experience. To start, upon entering, we were plunged into darkness.

The bar is inside a ship's hull, and most tables and booths surround the perimeter. It creates a nice separation between spaces. There's also quite a bit of art on the walls, although the tikis I saw were mostly the painted mask type--not exactly clown tiki, and I'd prefer some more traditional versions; still, they're not totally offensive to me.

The drinks and food were very good. I really enjoyed the Mai Tai (and the waitress won points for "warning" me that it was traditional and not fruity).

And next to the exit, on top of a cabinet with glassware for sale, were copies of Swanky's Mai-Kai book and bigbrotiki's Tiki Pop reprint, which I was very excited to see.

Overall, I'm very impressed with this place and am happy that there's a well-done tiki restaurant and bar in Northern Colorado, closer for me to visit regularly than places in Denver.

[ Edited by Hamo on 2022-04-27 19:19:51 ]