Post #12129 by manic cat on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 3:21 PM

I spent another wild night at Waikiki Wally's--my head's still spinning.

"Waikiki Wally's is no Trader Vic. But it is an attempt to replicate the tropical-themed watering holes of yesteryear, even if it is not (shudder!) retro. "

WW is going for a purist style/Trader Vic rip-off, but its NYC charm is that its owned and connected to Lucky Cheng's--a drag queen themed restaurant. By my group's fourth volcano bowl, the owner was buying us one on the house. I was wearing a dancing girl outfit for the Halloween Parade, so Cheng brought out his feather boas and wigs plus hula skirts, snapping up Polaroids with funny bermuda hats and silk gloves. He showed me pics from the night before where he and two topless women were swimming in the tiki waterfall! The cuckatoo, wally was definately enjoying our raucous time. Soon, we were with our tiki drinks doing Kareoke at Lucky Cheng's with the drag queen dj. It was out-of-control. For me, I enjoy the hybrid experience of Drag Tiki and take it as purely NYC.