help me name my tiki bar!

Aloha - lovely tiki loving people -

we're thinking very seriously about opening a tiki cocktail bar - a strong tiki menu - specialising in fresh creative extravagant cocktails - however the styling will be in the mix of 60's california bachelor lounge - with a big f off tiki bar in the middle of it - so mel ramos pop art style pics blending into tiki styling

it is a small cute intimate space - 50-60 people - a very personalised service - passionate staff

HELP ME CHOOSE A NAME! - winner gets a night out on the tiki cocktails if it comes good!

it should be easily recognisable - pronouncable to simple lay people - be cool quirky and sum up the values i have said

any help would have me in your debt forever...!

MAHALO

B x

How can you not use one of the classic names from the past and present? They were great names then and great names now. Searching all through Tiki Central and Critiki should give you more perfect choices than you can handle.

Names like: Aku Aku, Hukilau, Tonga Hut, Luna Kai, Exotical, Hula Hula, Kon Tiki, Lelani, The Outrigger, The Driftwood, The Lua, Bali Hai, Bar Tiki, The Lava Room, The Beachcomber, etc.

I would give it a name with history.

Britiki
Manchester Island
Trader Victoria

Another vote for Kon Tiki
Good luck w/your venture!

"Limey's"

Buzzy Out!

the MAKUA or Makua Cave
It has several meanings depending on context.
Parents, elders, respected ones, wisened, mature
or Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)which is one of the coolest fish, sometimes called Kunehi makua, or King of the Mackerel, also a catchy name and theme. It was considered quite bad form (auspiscious or bad luck) to catch one becuase it would interfere with your mackerel catch.

There is also a part of Oahu, known as a military training area to some and a place of many holy sites to native Hawaiians.
There is also a cave called Makua Cave (Oahu) where a shark man Nanaue (the half human half shark son of the shark god Kamohoali’i who took on human form and had a child with a Hawaiian woman) would lure people to it for dinner.
Makua is also a respected last name.

So there you go. Makua, Makua Cave, Kunehi Makua, Nanaue, and Kamohoali'i as suggestions for cool bar worthy names.
Makua works the best for short, easy to say and the letters lend themselves to strong graphics.

Good luck

How about "Waipiro Hemo"

Mahalo!
thanks lots everyone - like Makua or The Makua Cave - but not 100%

want something quite cheeky sounding - that sums up the kitsch elements of the 60's California and has some real Hawaiian meaning

also want it to be original

so far i have these - what do you think?

Wiki Wiki Keko super fast/quick monkey

Wai Keko monkey water

Hoponopono Aloha (loosely) welcome to Rehab

Kalohe Wai Rascal Water

... want something along these lines but must be punchy and quirky and sound cool and read well...

Buzzing off the designs so far - and the menus look sweet - will post up if anyone interested!

MAHALO x

My grandma who lived her whole life on Kauai won a contest to name a new motel on the island. Its the Coral Reef in Kapaa and its still there.

On 2008-10-12 02:24, BeautifulDrinker wrote:
Mahalo!
thanks lots everyone - like Makua or The Makua Cave - but not 100%

want something quite cheeky sounding - that sums up the kitsch elements of the 60's California and has some real Hawaiian meaning

also want it to be original

so far i have these - what do you think?

Wiki Wiki Keko super fast/quick monkey

Wai Keko monkey water

Hoponopono Aloha (loosely) welcome to Rehab

Kalohe Wai Rascal Water

... want something along these lines but must be punchy and quirky and sound cool and read well...

Buzzing off the designs so far - and the menus look sweet - will post up if anyone interested!

MAHALO x

are monkeys native to Hawaii ? :D

No! but i love em! - cheeky chaps! planning on having a surfing one on the bar top - and one of the cocktails is See No Evil, Hear no Evil, DRINK No Evil! - served in the monkey tikis!

so the two bar names that have monkey in them defy your criteria huh

BD, you're revealing your concept better now. Here's some with "tiki" in them... you ARE having tiki in your bar, aren't you?

Tiki Wiki Waki

Bar Tiki

Tiki Monkey (or Tiki Tiki Monkey)

Tiki Tiki Tavi

Wiki Wiki Waki

Tiki Ti

Keko Moku ... Monkey Island!?!?

like this one a lot - has a soft tone to it which reflects the style element we will be injecting

how do i post pics on here - i'd like to show some menu bits and get some feedback

thanks guys for all your help - you rock and if you're ever near the drinks are on me!

i'm off out now will post tonight

x

You Are having tiki in the bar, aren't you?

Keko Moku sounds nice... soft like you say, but when I get an image of a surfing monkey, that doesn't match up with "soft". Not Hawaiian either. Just thoughts.

Exactly .
We don't have any here , so where do people get the idea that monkeys represent Polynesia ,

Bligh's Bilge
Escapism
Make Wai Monkey ( the thirsty monkey )
Mauka Kai ( inland sea )
Poho Moku ( lost island.. kind of rolls of the tounge)
Molowa Monkey ( lazy monkey )
Mutiny ( The Mutiny at Manchester )
Britotica
Black Coral

THE FOGGY HEAD
FOGGY TIKI
LONDON GROG
HULA Hut

I am sure I'll come up with many more......did you see the Trader Vic's doors I posted the link to?

On 2008-10-12 05:43, Toataiaha wrote:
Exactly .
We don't have any here , so where do people get the idea that monkeys represent Polynesia ,

I don't know if that many people think monkeys represent Polynesia. Its just that monkeys are often associated with Polynesian Pop (like the whole monkey wearing fez genre).

Manchiki (Manchester/Tiki)
Pelekane (Hawaiian for "English")
Cheshire Cove
Rum Monkey
Captain Cook's Revenge

Cheeky Monkey

The Fogcutter
Royal Tiki
Bob's Your Monkey's Uncle...?!?

On 2008-10-14 16:13, LOL Tiki wrote:
Cheeky Monkey

THIS!

Cottonopolis
Pomegranate
Celtiki

:P

Liana.

On 2008-10-15 00:09, Hakalugi wrote:

On 2008-10-14 16:13, LOL Tiki wrote:
Cheeky Monkey

THIS!

YES!

this one would be hilarious!

"BOSS KAHUNA"S"

How about "Tiki Isle", since it's a tiki bar in the middle of the place and should be surrounded by a lot of regular folks, and all the tiki folks will be sitting right smack in the center of the tiki isle lounge drinking all those great cocktails you're about to create.. :D :D

Waiting on a peek at those menus your going to post pictures of.. :lol:

[ Edited by: tikipaka 2008-10-18 16:21 ]

Do you have a location yet?

Is it going to be street level, a cellar bar or Penthouse?

You could work this into the name.

Manchester? Great, I'm in the city regularly, and would use a Tiki Bar as my main starting point/meeting place.

" Enchanted Tiki Room"

you'll get a ton of free press with that name!

or,

" The Happiest Place on Earth"

The Keko Hale - the Monkey House
The Piko Keko - the Monkey's Belly Button

On 2008-10-19 08:14, TikiMango wrote:
The Keko Hale - the Monkey House
The Piko Keko - the Monkey's Belly Button

Uncle Keko's...

I really like the name
Molowa Monkey - lazy monkey
that someone proposed here before! It sounds like fun! :)

So anybody ever hear from this poster again?

Can someone check my Hawaiian here, I'm using the possessive case here but that may be wrong for the term uncle.

I'm trying to say "Monkey's Uncle" as in "Well I'll be a monkey's uncle"

ko,ka keko makuakane

and if you just said "keko makuakane" does that say simply "Monkey Uncle" or would you read it as "Unkle Monkey (the oldest brother on my father's side)"

Thanks for looking.

The Wankin Tiki

I'd say Kapu Keko- forbidden monkey.

Can't wait to see this open, about time there was a decent tiki bar in Manchester!
I think my bf saw this a few days ago, it's going to be where Rodeo bar was in the Northern Quarter!

Reading "Beautifuldrinkers's" post...

I'd say the only monkeys are the one's trying to name a
English/Tiki/monkey/California/surf/kitsch/Hawaiian bar...

Pretty "Cheeky" mate...

(Who ever wrote those posts, sounds like Ruzic on too much zipfizz.)
(If this is legit, I apologize, but I don't think so)

On 2008-11-11 20:25, coruscate wrote:
So anybody ever hear from this poster again?

Just to round this thread off, the bar is genuine and ended up being called Keko Moku (Monkey Island). I visited a couple of nights back and will post some pics in "Locating Tiki".

Trader Woody