What is a Tiki Bar?

A tiki bar is an exotic-themed drinking establishment that serves elaborate cocktails, mainly rum-based cocktails such as the Mai Tai and Zombie. With unique drinking vessels, and a whole raft of other Tiki bar essentials, not only should the taste take you off to some warm sunny paradise but the setting is likely to be aesthetically defined by tiki culture décor which is based upon a romanticized conception of tropical cultures, mainly Polynesian.