Hawaii Vacation Tips - Tiki Travel

K Kailuageoff Member Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 1506	K Kailuageoff Posted posted on Tue, Jun 22, 2004 3:10 PM Marian (The Bamboo Blonde) and I are back from Hawaii a week or so, but still moving into our new house - so I only have time for a quick run-down on our trip. Hawaiiana Hotel -- perfect old style lodging in the heart of Waikiki. One of the best recommendations I have ever recieved from Tiki Central. Mahalo for that one Hoity-Toity folks. La Mariana -- We meet Gecko, Freddie and Mogambo there. A true tiki time capsule. Wonderful treasues everywhere you look. And, Gecko arrived with an armload of Aloha spirit. What a great guy. Thanks for the welcome home bruddah! Tiki Bar & Grille -- kinda like Taboo Cove in Vegas. New style and old style all mixed up. Nice place for drinks and dinner. Go there. Moana Banyan Tree Courtyard & Bar -- Beautiful ( and free) Hapa Haole music at 5:30 pm each day. Totally transported us to the days of Webley Edwards and Hawaii Calls. Great beachside bar. Mai Tai Bar @ Royal Hawaiian -- decent Mai Tai w/ killer views of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head. Also did the luau there. Great setting, but the food was not as good as at the PCC. Chucks Steak House in the Edgewater hotel -- First Mai-Tai we sampled and kept going back for more. Bartender there is Gecko's good buddy and he learned his craft from none other than Donn Beach. Great decor and across the street from the hotel. Can't ask for more than that. Buzz's Steak House in Kailua -- coldest Hinano beer on best beach on Oahu. Also, it's in my hometown. Polynesian Cultural Center -- fantatsic shows, great tourist luau, best place to buy tapa, carvings, etc. Duke's Canoe Club -- Great place fo' breakfast. Barefoot bar is good too. Overall, Waikiki is THE place for Hawaiian urban archeology, but you better see what's left while you can. They take down International Marketplace next summer and there's no guarantee places like Chuck's will survive much longer. One last ting. Don't get in an outrigger canoe with four little Japanese guys. That's really messed up. Aloha till later, KG Mainstream? I don't think so. [ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2004-06-22 15:14 ] [ Edited by: kailuageoff on 2004-06-23 09:44 ]

Marian (The Bamboo Blonde) and I are back from Hawaii a week or so, but still moving into our new house - so I only have time for a quick run-down on our trip.

Hawaiiana Hotel -- perfect old style lodging in the heart of Waikiki. One of the best recommendations I have ever recieved from Tiki Central. Mahalo for that one Hoity-Toity folks.

La Mariana -- We meet Gecko, Freddie and Mogambo there. A true tiki time capsule. Wonderful treasues everywhere you look. And, Gecko arrived with an armload of Aloha spirit. What a great guy. Thanks for the welcome home bruddah!

Tiki Bar & Grille -- kinda like Taboo Cove in Vegas. New style and old style all mixed up. Nice place for drinks and dinner. Go there.

Moana Banyan Tree Courtyard & Bar -- Beautiful ( and free) Hapa Haole music at 5:30 pm each day. Totally transported us to the days of Webley Edwards and Hawaii Calls. Great beachside bar.

Mai Tai Bar @ Royal Hawaiian -- decent Mai Tai w/ killer views of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head. Also did the luau there. Great setting, but the food was not as good as at the PCC.

Chucks Steak House in the Edgewater hotel -- First Mai-Tai we sampled and kept going back for more. Bartender there is Gecko's good buddy and he learned his craft from none other than Donn Beach. Great decor and across the street from the hotel. Can't ask for more than that.

Buzz's Steak House in Kailua -- coldest Hinano beer on best beach on Oahu. Also, it's in my hometown.

Polynesian Cultural Center -- fantatsic shows, great tourist luau, best place to buy tapa, carvings, etc.

Duke's Canoe Club -- Great place fo' breakfast. Barefoot bar is good too.

Overall, Waikiki is THE place for Hawaiian urban archeology, but you better see what's left while you can. They take down International Marketplace next summer and there's no guarantee places like Chuck's will survive much longer.

One last ting. Don't get in an outrigger canoe with four little Japanese guys. That's really messed up.

Aloha till later,
KG

Mainstream? I don't think so.

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2004-06-22 15:14 ]

[ Edited by: kailuageoff on 2004-06-23 09:44 ]

Post #97832 by Kailuageoff on Tue, Jun 22, 2004 3:10 PM