He found a small bamboo tiki bar with stools on Facebook Marketplace for $175 and built everything around that. “The bar was the most expensive part,” he says.

From bamboo huts to tiki statues and wildly creative bar menus, these hot spots in San Jose, Oakland, Napa and more offer a tropical escape in the midst of winter.

L-R Chef Melissa Ortiz, bartender Brian Noonan and co-owner Jim Ritson at the Bamboo Club, tiki bar and restaurant in Long Beach on Thursday, May 30, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press ...

UPDATED: May 31, 2019 at 9:06 PM CDT Three Dots and a Dash, the craft Tiki cocktail bar in the Near North neighborhood, opens a rum nerd bar-within-a-bar called The Bamboo Room Thursday night.

The Bamboo Hut opens daily at 5 p.m. on weekdays and 7 p.m on Saturdays (closed Sundays, except for this one, during the North Beach Italian Heritage parade).

A popular Asian restaurant along Route 1 is about to channel some tropical paradise vibes. In mid-May, Kowloon will introduce a temporary tiki-themed bar and dining area behind the restaurant ...

For more information on The Bamboo Club visit their website or follow them on Instagram.This segment aired on LA Unscripted on July 15, 2022.

Construction on the lounge was completed in about a month, with guidance from a renowned tiki-bar builder known as Bamboo Ben. “A lot of people have been peeping in,” Belshe said.

A bar can have “tiki” in the name (or “island” or “jungle” or “bamboo”), or it can be stuffed with nautical decor and sweet, fruity rum drinks.