I guess you can put this in the “When in Waikiki” section.
We have had several trips to Waikiki and on a heap of occasions have had breakfast at the Wailana Coffee House. It’s an institution. But did you know it has a Cocktail Lounge?
Like most people you are in and out of the Wailana Coffee House well before midday and on your way . Well, on this last visit it was recommended to me to check the Cocktail Lounge just inside the the door after midday. So l did.
lt is more of a locals bar but l wouldn’t call it a dive bar by any means. At some stage it must have been a Tiki Bar of sorts and though small, close to every square inch is bamboo. The Barman told me that when the no smoking laws were introduced a few years back they employed someone to come in and clean all the bamboo lining by hand. Pretty amazing if you consider it probably would have been easier to pull it all out and give the joint a coat of paint.
…and there is more good news about the Wailana Cocktail Lounge and that’s $3.75 Mai Tai all day. Yes it’s a tourist Mai Tai but as far as that goes it is decent. Most of the ingredients had Trader Vic’s logo’s on the bottles…so if you can handle a juicy sweet Mai Tai, l think you will find this is great value. l’d put it in the same category as one from La Mariana.
Below is a quick walk through infushed with some happy snaps l took inside the Wailana Cocktail Lounge.
The Wailana Cocktail Lounge is inside the Wailana Coffee House (1860 Ala Moana Blvd., at Ena Rd., Honolulu)
Cheers CN