Tiki Bar

[Gizmo56]

I have a craving to drink a zombie cocktail out of a skull mug in an establishment that has dried puffer fish suspended from the ceiling.

Does anyone know of a real tiki bar in the Puget Sound area?

[elicia]

ahh, the perfect place is Chantanee Thai Restaurant over in Bellevue. the drinks are authentic and they DO serve in a skull mug! unfortunately, there is no pufferfish..
but: in Tacoma, there IS a bar with pufferfish, and they serve (i've heard) good drinks! The Tacoma Cabana
i can't recommend Hula Hula ~ love the decor, not fond of the drinks. god, even the virgin drinks were bad.

[Gizmo56]

Elicia, you are my hero.

[Booklegger451]

Gizmo... be sure to report back! I, too, feel the lack of a good tiki place in Seattle.

[elicia]

i have a tiki bar in my house.. after Trader Vic's Bellevue closed, it's where we drink :)

[equinoise]

Alas, no, not that I know of. If you can abide the lack of exotica decor, the Naga Cocktail bar at Chantanee in Bellevue has as decent slate of well-excuted tiki drinks.

http://chantanee.com/resources/cockta...

[Gizmo56]

Thanks for the tip. A zombie without pufferfish suspended from the ceiling is better than no zombie at all. But I do long for the kitschy atmosphere of genuine tiki bar culture.