Thinking back, it turns out my interest in tiki and my affinity for Las Vegas began at around the same time... and in fact, the two are not unrelated! I visited one of Las Vegas' iconic tiki bars – Golden Tiki – on my first trip to Sin City, and it helped cement my love for both. If you're planning to visit Las Vegas and want some tiki time, your best bet is Golden Tiki; there are other tiki bars in Las Vegas, but Golden Tiki is the best – in my opinion anyway. Given that you're here to read this Golden Tiki review, I'll assume you're at least a…

When you first become interested in tiki, one depressing truth becomes evident right away: the best days of tiki (in its original incarnation) are long gone. Tiki has gone through several chapters since its birth in the mid-20th Century, and the kitsch-and-cheeseball era of the 1970s-1980s devastated public interest in Polynesian Pop such that many of the original and best bars are forever relegated to the history books...