This is a selection of favorite writings and images from the now-defunct TBRP,

which was very active from 1995 to 2003, and sort of half-active from 2003 to 2007.
Now it is gone.

The Tiki Bar Review Pages site was replaced by the book Tiki Road Trip (in 2003).
The second edition of TRT (2007) is available NOW.

This is an archive - these pages are no longer updated!

Some information will be out of date.  Some of this writing goes back to 1995.
See Tiki Road Trip (2007 edition) for the most up-to-date information.

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Your Polynesian Pop Connection!

Links to sites by and about other Tikiphiles:

Tiki Central discussion boards. Mai Tai Magazine is the journal of the Montreal Tiki Appreciation Society. Sven Kirsten's Book of Tiki site. Critiki just might supplant these venerable pages, and Crikiti creator Humuhumu also has a Tiki news blog, Humu Kon Tiki. Taboo! at KonaiKai.com is a Tiki links page even more comprehensive than this one, and much nicer to look at! Tiki Magazine, featuring articles by yours truly, and much, much more. An article about the 2005 Hukilau. Public Broadcasting Atlanta did a TV piece about Tiki Torch Nights in Atlanta. Selector Lopaka is the Pacific Northwest's premeire Exotica / Surf / Hapa Haole DJ. The Tiki Gardener has devoted a new site to the Tiki Gardens, a classic and sadly missed Florida Tiki site. Here is another review site.  While we focus on Tiki Bars as a whole, Kevin has narrowed his obsession to just one drink... The Search for the Ultimate Mai-Tai The Tiki News is a great Tiki Culture Fanzine from the West Coast of the US of A. Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC Tikiphiles. These guys are making a documentary about Tiki fanatics! Beachbum Berry, author of the Grog Log and Intoxica. My pal Shannon drew the way cool Rocka-Hula Gal seen to the left just for this site!  She does a whole lot of other really fun 50's-style illustrations and pin ups.

Trader Woody posts a guide to European Tiki Octavio at WinkyTiki has a tiki-themed site for showing off his photography. Jim Rees Tiki site. The charmingly named Flounder does some fine neo-Tiki artwork. The Tiki Gallery  is a site displaying an extensive collection of Tiki artifacts. This guy Andy misses Tikis.  Don't we all... The Party planning wisdom of Trader Vic Randy has a site devoted to anything he thinks is cool, and there is some tiki stuff there. ...and so do the owners of the HuLa-La lounge... The Tiki Dome at 17 Machine Ralph Stewart has some mugs for sale, but he prefers to trade. Mike Remmel's Tikiroom.net My pal Jane has a site full of her writings.  Most of 'em are a riot, including her review of Kahiki. Exotica mailing list and links. Roadside Peek is a tee-riffic site about Googie archecture and other 50's roadside icons (like diners and drive ins).  They also have a section about Tiki culture.  Check this one out! Chris Jepsen has also put up a site devoted to Oceanic Arts. The artist SHAG has a Hula Hut on his site. Those nuts who do Burning Man put up a Tiki Hut for their desert party every summer. Dana Sixty's page is still under construction, but she is one of the coolest of my Tiki-net pals. Tiki King's on-line cocktail guide Here's a giant collection of swizzle sticks and Tiki Mugs.

These crazy nuts dress up like 1950's wrestlers and go bowling.  One day they incorporated a Tiki theme, and all hell broke loose. Hipster Travel Guide / Links Kirk and Holly Skodis' home tiki bar ROCKS! Greg's guide to the classic Wakikian's Tiki Gardens My fellow Chicagoan Nels is stilll running The Tiki Zone! Tiki.to is a mostly German site theat seems to have been created by a coalition of German Tikiphiles. Tikiland is a Tiki fan site in Germany. A guide to Tiki in Tulsa, OK. www.thetikihut.com is surf and instrumental internet radio. Wes Clark has pages and pages of his childhood memories on display for all to see - including his dad's 1960's Tiki patio obsesstion! Bad Tiki is someone's personal journal site. Retro Planet are an on-line 'zine about (you guessed it) all things Retro, including plenty o' Tiki. Miles Mahan and Hulaville Waitiki - great  Exotica/Hawaiian band from New England (that's petty close to the islands, isn' it?). HUGE collection of Oceanic images Here is a link for Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC Tikiphiles Rosemary Patterson wrote a novel set in Hawaii in the 1930's and 1940's: Aloha and Mai Tais

The Future is Here:  Classic Tiki Bars with Web Sites

Omni Hut, Smyrna, TN Bali Hai, Lynnfiled, MA   Sam's Seafood Clifton's Cafeteria The Tonga Room in San Francisco, CA Here's a little tribute page to Tiki Ti. ...and here is Tiki Ti's new Official Site.  Mai-Kai in Ft. Lauderdale might be the greatest Tiki Bar in history. We also found a write-up on Kowloon in Boston, yet another stop on our next East Coast Tiki Tour... and the Kowloon's very own web site. Here is my winner for the most obscure Tiki  Bar on the planet: The Mai Tai restaurant in Dresden, Germany.  This appears to be a Thai restaurant, but the name and plam tree logos suggest a Tiki influence too.  The pics suggest a hybrid Thai/Poly style.  If you speak German, scope out their web site! The mythical Kahiki in Columbus, Ohio WAS worth the drive from anywhere you are! This link is currently down... Hula Hula in Lloret del Mar, Spain Trader Vic's Food and beverage Products Trader Vic's Munich Trader Vics Marbella, Spain Guide to Worldwide Trader Vics locations The Imperial Palace in Las Vegas has a Luau, and a page telling about it. The Tiki Bar in PA has a new web site that includes directions on how to get there. Martel's Tiki Bar, on the Jersey shore.

The Temple Bar is more straight Hawaiian than Tiki, but worth a look. The Holiday Isle resort has a small Tiki Bar, where they claim the Rum Runner was invented. The Tiki Motel in Tuscon Hu Ke Lau, Chicopee, Massachusetts Hula Hula, Lloret del Mar, Sapin Caliente Tropics resort, Palm Springs, CA (since 1964) Tiki's, Belgium Lee's Hawaiian in New Jersey Article about Detroit's Chin Tiki A site devoted to the late lamented Tiki Gardens Another site devoted to the late lamented Tiki Gardens! Bali Hai, Shelter Island, CA News from the Kahiki in Columbus, OH Bahooka, Rosemead, CA Tiki Lanes, Lancaster, Ohio Big Bamboo Lounge, Kissimmee, FL Wildwood, NJ is like stepping back to the fifties for summer vacation! They work hard to preserve this fact. They have tons of Tiki worthy hotels: http://www.alamoanahotel.com (The Ala Moana) http://www.hawaiikaimotel.com (The Hawaii Kai) http://www.malikai.com  (The Mali Kai) http://www.waikikiinn.com (The Waikiki Inn) Most of the Tiki is gone from the Tan-Tar-A in Missouri.  See for yourself. Places to eat authentic Hawaiian food (Plate Lunches) in California Kahiki Palms Motel (this web site is a hoax to promote a Rob Zombie movie!) Review of the new Trader Vic's in San Francisco (2004) Moving the old Vancouver Trader Vic's Tafira, Sapin, is home to a place called the 100% Fun Hotel.  Tikis exist.

Neo-Tiki Explosion!

Punahele Grill in San Francisco Hale Tiki, Augusta, Georgia Tiki Terrace in suburban Chicago The Tiki Room in Stockholm, Sweden Hula's Island Grill Here's the 19 Broadway club, featuring their brand new Tiki Bar South London Pacific in the UK Aloha Bar, Munich, Germany Bamboo Hut, next to Hi-Ball Lounge in San Francisco, CA The Water's Edge restaurant in Wisconsin has a small Tiki Bar out back. Here's a Tiki Boat you can charter... Tiki Lanes bowling alley in Lancaster, Ohio Kahiki Lounge, (aka Marion's Continental Restaurant) Kaleo Cafe in San Francisco is a coffee house with a Hawaiian/Tiki theme. There is a Tiki Village Theatre with an elaborate show on Moorea (nearTahiti). Hawaii Sea Restaurant Mr. Tiki Mai Tai Lounge in San Diego Here's some Tiki info on About.com Tiki Room in Stockholm Sweden Drift Lounge opened in October, 2002 Thompson Productions has a Hula Show available for hire.

Conga Lounge, Oakland, CA

Tahiti Restaurant and Tiki Lounge in LA

Tiki Tom's - Walnut Creek, CA

Bamboo Island Restaurant

Tiki Bob's, Philadelphia, PA

The Islander, Seattle, WA

I'm not sure if this L and L Drive-In place quite qualifies as Tiki, but there sure are a lot of 'em!

Detroit Metro Times article

Burt's Tiki Lounge

Psycho Suzi's Motor Lodge

Tiki Port restaurants in Cape Cod

Restaurant Waikiki in Germany

Waikiki Spa also in Germany

More German Tiki! - Kon Tiki Restaurant
 

Sources for Tiki stuff:

Get custom Tiki Bars, Palapas and Palapa Thatch from the Bikini Tiki Bar Factory. Our pal Bosko hand carves Tiki poles and masks, and makes his own ceramic mugs too! Oceanic Arts - the REAL one The other Oceanic Arts    The other, other Oceanic Arts Wayne at Mai Tiki does some incredible carvings as well! Here's a source for glass floats for your home Tiki bar. Mo' Better Moai for your home and garden. Tiki Bar Review Pages correspondant Red carves Tiki poles too.  Check out his site! Terry Way has some cool T-shirts for sale, including a 'Tiki Beer' label design, a "Praise the Lord" (Jack Lord, that is) tee, and a Cocktails A Go Go image. Maunake Galleries is a new source for Vintage Hawaiiana.  Classy original stuff - but pricey. Herb Kane is a Hawaii based artist who offers prints and a book of his work, and will autograph them for you. Here is a new site offering high quality (but pricey) carvings of authentic Hawaiian Tiki gods. Safari Thatch and Bamboo and Topical Expressions are two of the companies who supply the big theme parks and restaurants with their Polynesian decor! Mo' custom Bamboo Work from Bamboo Builder Kona Tikis is another company that carves Tiki Poles. RightOn Futon's owners are Tikiphiles, and did an awesome Tiki window display in spring of 2000.  See it here! Here's a place to buy Tiki Huts for your yard. And here are some more from Islander Products.

Even More Tiki Objects and black velvet art!!! Bachelor's Pad - swanky stuff, but a bit pricey... Munktiki do amazing new Tiki Mugs. Hula Beach in California. Tikiboy is a newer site with some exclusive stuff. Still mo' hipster clothing and retro-style accoutrements, this time from Germany's Rock-a-Tiki. The store run by the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii will send you a free catalog. Toscano will sell you some Tiki lawn ornaments. Source for rare and collectible Hawaiian and Exotica music Here's a source for vintage and repro bark cloth designs. Decalifornia is a  place to buy some cool Tiki Stickers Sailor Jerry has some fun Hula Girl stickers. magnets, and t-shirts, plus their own brand of rum. Aloha Vintage is a source for Vintage Hawaiian clothing at affordable prices. Pisco Capel is a key ingridient in the Pisco Sour - the house drink in every Tiki Bar on Easter Island and in Chile. CeCe makes purses out of coconuts. TikiFarm has some unique Tiki items. Gilligans Tiki Huts builds "Florida-style" bars, based on "Native American Designs"(!?!). Here's a new book featurung the original recipes of Don the Beachcomber. Myrahs Polynesian Bazaar Alohawaii has a great selection of Hawaiiana. Here is a source for Falernum, a key ingredient in some old-school Tropical Drinks. Pariarts, tropic art outpost Retro@Home, an Emeryville, CA retail store, also has a web store Atomic Tiki is another great on-line retailer! Kika Tiki  - Tiki t-shirts Kava makes it to the mainland... proceed with caution. Prints of vintage Hawaii images by Savage, Gill, and others. Repro vintage-inspired lampshades by Meteor Lights. Ti-Toki liqueur from New Zealand. Pacific Tile Art Real Pacific Islands art Moai lawn orniments. Tikifreaks.com Florida Tiki Huts Vintage-style Hawaiian travel posters

The Islands

Uncle Charlie, Hawaiian Storyteller Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Don Ho Official Web Site Hawaiian culture in the greater Boston area HUNA: The Secret Science Behind Miracles Akulele - hand made ukuleles! These people are fighting for the soverignity of Hawai'i. Hawai'i National Parks Slightly Bent Hawaiian Phrases The Real Lei Man MIDI files of Hawaiian music Basic Hawaiian dictionary. Polynesian literature list More Hawaiian vocabulary Find your Hawaiian name! Continual islands music on Live365 Streaming audio: the classic Hawaii Calls radio broadcasts by Webley Edwards & Al Kealoha Perry Rethinking Rapa Nui  - article Kupa'a - Pacific Island resources and entertainment in Chicago The Tiki Island seems like a nice bed-and-breakfast type place to stay whle on the big island, While on Oahu, take the Exotica History Tour

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Thor Heyerdahl

A basic bio of Thor Heyerdahl. Thor's home page, apparently from a college at which he has lectured. The Kon-Tiki Museum For some reason, the museum devoted to Timex watches hhas a 40-foot Moai replica in front, and a whole exhibit devoted to Thor Heyerdahl inside. Visit the Easter Island Home Page!  There is a LOT of great information here, including links to dozens more Rapa Nui sites, and several essays on RongoRongo. Easter Island is only one of the Mysterious Places explored on this site.  Tricky Dicky has posted his own guide to visiting Rapa Nui. Lonely Planet offers further information for the intrepid Rapa Nui visitor. A Grman firm has been hired to restore the Moai. Suzanne Bastien's collection of artifacts from Vanuatu, New Hebrides and Solomon Islands. New Zealand, 1972 Tricia Allen is an expert on traditional Polynesian tattoo art. Samaoan Tattooing New Zealand (Aotearoa) Tattooing (Moko) Tiki Huts (places to stay while Tiki Trekking): The Kon Tiki Inn, Pismo Beach, CA Days Inn Oceanfront Resort , Singer Island, FL Banyan Resort, Key West, FL Polynesian Cultural Center is a large park/resort on Oahu an hour from Honolulu. Coconut Motel in Trois Riviere Quebec

This place looks incredible, but unfortuntely, you have to be gay to stay there!  Reverse discrimination? The Howard Johnson's Tiki Resort in Lake George, NY Waikiki Oceanfront Inn, Wildwood Crest, NJ Tahiti Inn, Ocean City, NJ Finally... German Hula festival, July 2003 There is actually a town in Texas called Tiki Island! A complete guide to Hawaiian Culture in in Boston. Click here for a collection of vintage menus from various Hawaiian Islands dining establishments. Hawaiian Rumble Mini Golf Course Guide to Tiki by someone we never heard of. Windy City Islanders band Hawaiian Dancers for hire Kiki the Fashion Tiki Pictures from a trip my pal Jen and I took to Rapa Nui Here's a site to buy rare old films on video; you can download some clips showing vintage Don The Beachcomber footage. Exotica recording artist Bob Thompson Someone decided that a flash-animated Tiki Guy's adventures on a Bikini web site would be a good idea.  You be the judge.... Friends of Disney's Tiki Room Enchanted Tiki Room Adventureland - The Enchanted Tiki Room Widen Your World - The Polynesian Village Resort Hotel Enchanted Tiki Room script and photos

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