tiki bar

noun

: a restaurant or bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme that usually serves exotic cocktails

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Like The Shack, this riverfront restaurant is also known for its adjoining tiki bar. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025 Through the end of 2025, this Mass Ave cocktail bar and tapas spot will host its annual Sippin' Santa pop-up tiki bar. Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025 Thankfully, there are places like South Seas Tiki & Golf Lounge, the city’s only tiki bar, restaurant, and mini-golf destination designed to be a tropical getaway, boasting vibes of a warmer land far away. Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Dec. 2025 Sippin’ Santa, its tropical companion featuring a tiki bar vibe, followed a year later. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tiki bar

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tiki bar was in 1959

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“Tiki bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiki%20bar. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.

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