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Tahitian Lanai/Papeete Bar, Honolulu, HI (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2009-10-31 10:28 pm Permalink
Name:Tahitian Lanai/Papeete Bar
Type:restaurant
Street:Waikikian Hotel
City:Honolulu
State:HI
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
There have been lots of different posts on the Tahitian Lanai and the Papeete Bar at the Waikikian Hotel, but nothing consolidated here on Locating Tiki so I thought I would start one.
Lets start with the signs - they tell you where to go - to the Tahitian Lanai!
Once you are there, this is what you find, the restaurant and bar on the pool by the Blue Lagoon.
Some images from a brochure I have.
A pic of the Papeete bar from the Gregg's great website
http://gregg-n.tripod.com/waikikian_tiki_gardens.htm
I had seen this postcard on ebay and it said it was from the Tahitian Lanai, but I am not sure.
Menus and Matchbooks
(some form Mimi and Greggs websites)
Here is a rendering from the brochure that gives you an idea of the layout and location.
What a cool place this must have been
DC
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Tiki-Kate
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Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-01 06:49 am Permalink
The Tahitian Lanai had a few great, strange mugs.
The Bamboo Mug.
 
The Palm Tree Mug.
They also had this nice double old fashioned. (From the collection of Tattoo.)
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-01 09:26 am Permalink
Kate,
Cool mugs, I was hoping someone would post those. Here is another version from Gregg's website:
There was even a song for this place!
ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ILIKAI
by Paul Page © 1973
Across the alley from the Ilikai
There's a tavern
And I can't deny
It's like home away from home to me
There beside a blue lagoon we knew
Be it morning, noon, or nitetime too
You will find me
Underneath a coconut tree
Follow the sound of a happy song
Follow the pathway
You can't go wrong
'Round the piano bar, how time goes by
Ia o ra na my friend
And aloha 'til we meet again
'Til we meet again
At the Tahitian Lanai
DC
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-20 08:27 am Permalink
Here is another shot of the Tahitian Lanai by the pool.
It came from this oversized postcard with a variety of pictures from the Waikikian.
DC
(extra 4 sale on ebay)
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tikiyaki
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| Posted: 2009-11-20 10:16 am Permalink
The Waikikian and Tahitian Lanai are the first place on the Time Machine travel destination list. This place was just amazing.
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naugatiki
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Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2009-11-20 10:46 am Permalink
Here's one from the Tahitian Lanai, I believe the pole inside extended to the roof and is depicted in the yellow menu. I like the way it was opened up like dining outside, probably why it was called a "Lanai".
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naugatiki
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From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2009-12-08 5:44 pm Permalink
Forget Tiki evolution how about tiki mutation. I guess Daga was trying to save a few ducktes with the same mug but a different logo. Anyone been to The Bum Steer?
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-09 5:24 pm Permalink
Naugatiki,
Here are a couple more old photos I have from a 1958 version of House Beautiful. You can see the pole through the roof. The expanse of opening widows was an awesome feature.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-14 3:49 pm Permalink
Found some more old photos of the Tahitian Lanai on the internet.
Here is a picture from the main dining area.
This photo is of a Princess N? Room. I think this confirms that the Prince Hinoi Room postcard I listed previously was located at the Tahitian Lanai and not the Waioli Tea Room. They must have been a his and hers matching dining hut kind of think.
Sabu found an old Polaroid shot of the Prince Hinoi room mixed in with some Waioli Tea Room items in a scrap book.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-15 12:08 pm Permalink
Here is another old photo from the net. They really spared no expense on those chairs used for the patio dining!
Here is an excerpt from a Hawaiian trivia book that details how the Tahitian Lanai got its name from the owner Spencer Weaver.
DC
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-23 3:08 pm Permalink
An unusual drink mug from the Tahitian Lanai
and a different matchbook from ebay.
DC
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WaikikianMoeKele
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From: West Leroy, Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2009-12-26 9:13 pm Permalink
Here's a complete pic of that last matchbook.
~kele
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naugatiki
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From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2010-03-06 10:49 am Permalink
Here’s a peak into one of the rooms circa 1971, not exactly the 4 Seasons but you wouldn’t expect that in a faux hut anyway. It gets bonus points for the red mid century Ericofon by the Moai Lamp.
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WaikikianMoeKele
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Posts: 383
From: West Leroy, Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2010-03-06 11:52 am Permalink
Wow! This is something that I am so excited to see - candid shots of the Waikikian! (I've seen a couple from the Tahitian Lanai, but more of those would be wonderful, too!) I thought that someone somewhere must have taken some but this is the first that I've seen.
Thanks for identifying the Ericofon. When I first saw it, I must say that it looked like something else a bit more... umm... personal had been left as an offering beside the Moai lamp. lol
Thank you so much for sharing this picture, you truly made my day!
~Kele
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-06 1:04 pm Permalink
Naugatiki,
Great photo!
I have to admit I did not know what this Ericofon reference was all about. Thank god for the internet.
It's a phone and not a......
DC
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