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The Best Tiki Bars in the World

Tiki was invented in California in the 1930s, exiled to embarrassment in the 1980s, and revived in the 2010s by a generation of bartenders who took the craft seriously. The result is a global wave of tiki bars that take the rum selection seriously, build the cocktails the original way, and decorate without irony.

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    Editor selections worldwide

    Munich
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    Trader Vic s

    London · $$$

    The original 1971 Trader Vics in the Bayerischer Hof basement. Cocktails are the original American tiki classics, made well, in a room that has not changed visually in decades.

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    Trailer Happiness

    San Diego · $$$

    Notting Hill basement tiki room from the 2000s. The rum list runs to 200 bottles. The cocktails are technical and the room is dim and intentional.

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    False Idol

    $$$

    Modern tiki room run by a Beachbum Berry alumnus. The cocktails are precise and the back bar is among the deepest in the United States.

A great tiki bar in 2026 has at least 100 rums behind the bar, a Mai Tai built with a Smith and Cross blend, and bartenders who can explain the difference between Wray and Nephew and Hampden Estate. The bar below is sorted by city — pick one to find the local picks.

The original 1971 Trader Vics in the Bayerischer Hof basement. Cocktails are the original American tiki classics, made well, in a room that has not changed visually in decades.

Notting Hill basement tiki room from the 2000s. The rum list runs to 200 bottles. The cocktails are technical and the room is dim and intentional.

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