Islands Restaurant @ Hanalei - San Diego - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Mar 15, 2004 4:01 PM The whole A-frame entrance, with it's lava rock /Tridacna shell waterfall and Tiki faced spear fence is gone and replaced by a bland stucco box porte cochere. The great themed sign is gone (BOT p.204) The Bar by the entrance is altered, rare Luau Tikis have dissappeared. The great booths in the restaurant, with their backlit Maori Tikis and weapons, have dissappeared to have a fake wall put into the place in order to make a seperate, bland, bare bones budget banquet room. Many Beachcomber lamps have dissappeared, though the fishnet floats in the bamboo/rattan skylight were still there last. Amazingly so, the waterways crossed by Tiki post bridges have been left intact in what remains of the initially larger restaurant. This makes The Islands one of the last Tiki Temples that retains this once very common feature of Polynesian Palaces across America.

The whole A-frame entrance, with it's lava rock /Tridacna shell waterfall and Tiki faced spear fence is gone and replaced by a bland stucco box porte cochere. The great themed sign is gone (BOT p.204)

The Bar by the entrance is altered, rare Luau Tikis have dissappeared.

The great booths in the restaurant, with their backlit Maori Tikis and weapons, have dissappeared to have a fake wall put into the place in order to make a seperate, bland, bare bones budget banquet room.

Many Beachcomber lamps have dissappeared, though the fishnet floats in the bamboo/rattan skylight were still there last.

Amazingly so, the waterways crossed by Tiki post bridges have been left intact in what remains of the initially larger restaurant.
This makes The Islands one of the last Tiki Temples that retains this once very common feature of Polynesian Palaces across America.

Post #81004 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 15, 2004 4:01 PM