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Da Big Kahuna, Waikiki, HI (restaurant) |
christiki295
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
|  Posted: 2007-11-22 4:24 pm Permalink
Name:Da Big Kahuna
Type:restaurant
Street:2299 Kuhio Avenue
City:Waikiki
State:HI
Zip:96815
country:USA
Phone:(808) 923-0033
Status:operational
Description:
Neo-Tiki Restaurant and Bar, located just behind the International Market Place.
It features Tiki, Moai, its own Tiki mug (currently out-of-stock) and Island-themed decor. It does not rival Tiki's Bar & Grill, or Holokai Grill in the amount of the investment or resulting luxury, yet it is a legitimate tiki bar. Purists may object to the sports on the TVs over the bar or the faux tiki torches.
The cuisine is reasonably priced, too.
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lanikai
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 490
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2007-12-05 4:10 pm Permalink
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On 2007-11-22 16:24, christiki295 wrote:
Name:Da Big Kahuna
Purists may object to the sports on the TVs over the bar or the faux tiki torches.
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or the faux tikis.
They are all spraypainted styrofoam.
but talk with most any tourn. they say,
aaah. THIS is what i come to Waikiki for! a REAL tiki bar.
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malama ki'i kahiko
[ This Message was edited by: lanikai 2007-12-05 16:12 ]
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2007-12-07 07:30 am Permalink
True, the capital investment was not there, yet a tiki experience was nonetheless created.
I do like the overall trend, however, at least represented by Tikis and Holikai - albeit same owner as well as the Thor Store, of bringing tiki back to Waikiki.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1486
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2007-12-07 11:46 am Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: filslash 2008-09-20 20:24 ]
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christiki295
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2007-12-12 7:46 pm Permalink
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On 2007-12-05 16:10, lanikai wrote:
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On 2007-11-22 16:24, christiki295 wrote:
Name:Da Big Kahuna
Purists may object to the sports on the TVs over the bar or the faux tiki torches.
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or the faux tikis.
They are all spraypainted styrofoam.
but talk with most any tourn. they say,
aaah. THIS is what i come to Waikiki for! a REAL tiki bar.
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True, it is neo-tiki in decor. However, there is a large Ku also present.
Even though it might be too kitsch even for me, and that is saying something, I do think it is a legitimate tiki bar - and a bar - and one that some could find more "comfortable" or less intimidating than the others.
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irishf
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 19, 2007
Posts: 97
From: Athens, Georgia
| Posted: 2007-12-15 9:32 pm Permalink
Is that the place with the large picture windows that are above head level as you are walking on the sidewalk? I'm remembering an impression of a place with dark blue walls.
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