Post #83467 by Quince_at_Dannys on Mon, Mar 29, 2004 4:17 PM

I hate to squawk, because any new Tiki place is welcome in the Twin Cities--especially one that has the look like Suzi's does--but the drinks need some work. Granted, there's some interesting, complex things going on with the taste, but most of them are WAY too sweet. And I think they've gotten sweeter in the last couple of months. If they would just cut the sugar and add some lime juice, there's a few recpies on that drink menu that would stand up to anything anyone else has to offer. I will say, the Fu Manchu they serve is pretty darn good--but some other ones, like the Suffering Bastard, are just plain awful. I wondered what was up with the sweet formulations, then I saw the owner sitting at the bar drinking a Red Bull; it explained a lot. (I think Red Bull might be going in some of those drinks--eugh)

My other complaint--lose the jukebox (at least lose the heavy metal CDs). There's only 5 decent records in the thing and no one ever plays them. It's an unfortunate fact of life that most wannabe hipsters trying to get into tiki will invariably fall back on the shitty thrash metal or 80's pop they are used to when it's made available. It's also usually pretty packed and smoky in there, and the wait staff can be pretty inattentive at times, but those are minor issues.

Despite those complaints, I have to say I still like the place a lot and find myself going there once a week or so--the food's excellent, you can buy the mugs, people are friendly, and the crowd is fun and diverse. But the owner could stand to spend a couple bucks on exotica CD's and a copy of the Grog Log.