Post #901 by meshcount on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 5:45 PM

Hello everyone, I found this site through a Google search for the Tonga Room in San Francisco. I came across James Teitelbaum's review on it and found my way here eventually. Aloha!

I'me a Bay Area local, but have only been to the Tonga Room once when I went to someone else prom back in high school. Her friend suggested it and I think he actually thought of it as a really classy joint (it is classy in it's own respect, but you know what i mean). I recall being in awe of the place, it was whacked out.

So I'm about to turn 30 this summer and I wanted to get 50-80 of my closest friends together to have drinks and hang out there. Has anyone here ever done that? I'm curious if it's only bar and table seating. I'd like to have a mingling/roaming environment.... more like a lounge... do they accomodate that at the Tonga Room? I don't want to rent out the entire place either, just take over a big corner of it.

I'm going to head over there eventually to check it out once again in person, but since this seems like an active forum, i thought I'd check here first for opinions on having parties there.

Thanks,

-j