Have been here twice before and on each visit the place is emptier than the last and for good reason. Whoever's running this place clearly has no idea what they?re doing. It?s a shame, though, cause I love tikki bars and it?d be great to have one here in NYC, so if the owners are reading this, here are some tips to fix it and maybe actually get some customer traffic in your joint. 1) The facade of the bar is barely lit. We actually thought it was closed as we approached it. Spruce it up with some new lights and maybe a nice paintjob. 2) The inside is dark, but in a bad, spooky way (like you?re hiding the fact the floors haven?t been cleaned in ages) rather than a cozy, romantic way. Brighten it up a little (and then redo them dirty floors once we?re able to see them). 3) As far as decorations go, spruce up that waterfall, fill up or get rid of that empty aquarium and get some more items that highlight the tropical theme. 4) Your drinks are over-priced and under-liquored. We paid $15 for a scorpion bowl-sized mai tai that tasted like it had about $2 worth of booze it in. A good profit-margin yes, but not if you?re only selling 5 of them a night. I can?t stress this enough. If you serve good drinks at prices honest, hard working people can afford, then people will come. Start running some happy hour drink specials and stiffin the booze content up and but more fruit in your drinks (ours barely had two) and you?ll do ten times the business of what you have now.
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