Tiki’s Halfway To Halloween Party

Nickey our server was amazing. She was knowledgable of the menu, had fantastic alternatives to other dishes. The food was cooked to perfection. Everything we ordered from steak, salmon, Cesar salad even each potato side was deliciously seasoned. Will be back.

What’s better than halloween? No holiday ever. What’s the next best thing? Celebrating Halloween at the halfway point!
I really enjoyed everyone’s halloween costumes, especially the professional body paint costumes– over the top!
Super friendly staff! Really impressed by the Tikis crew. Very professional yet fun, chatty and service oriented. And they wore amazing costumes for the occasion.
We weren’t hungry when we arrived so we didn’t get to try any of the food. Heartbreaking, yeah? By the time we wanted to eat the buffet was goners. Tikis always brings their ‘A-​game’ to Unilocal events so I’m sure it was good.
The 1 free drink I had during happy hour was some kind of tropical punch with sweet fizzy wine and fresh oranges, blueberries and mangos. It was good, but in the next round I opted for a draft beer instead.
Overall, it was a fun time. The bands were the same kind of live mellow rock/​pop you’d expect to hear at Tikis. Would have been nice if there was a DJ spinning some deep house or trance music for a change.

It’s been years since I’ve been here but free tickets to their Halfway to Halloween party got me to come back. Talking with the staff and other customers alike, I feel I’ll definitely be coming back here! The party itself was very well executed and fun, but I was more impressed in a general sense with the restaurant’s local outreach and special events. They’re trying to have more parties with live music, alcohol promotions, and special foods to booster interests from locals as well as bringing in more tourists.
The professionalism and enthusiasm of the staff was impressive– everyone was so friendly and happy to be there. The restaurant is festive and has the quiet island feel, while still being located on bustling Kalakaua in a busy hotel. By the evening, every table was filled, so the place is popular. Restrooms are shared with the hotel pool, which was a minor inconvenience. The bar is large and there were plenty of bartenders so waiting was never an issue.
The live band for the event (who also plays every Tuesday) was excellent. Cammie, the manager, was also genuinely happy to share the establishment with the customers. Prices of drinks were standard tourist premium prices. The food at the party was very good– coconut shrimp, spring rolls, and assorted pupus. I enjoyed the very sweet and fruity sangria concoction.
Very fun place with great food and ambiance!

This is a really late post… my bad. I really enjoyed this relaxing and chill party in the middle of my workaholic life. It’s really long… too long since I actually been to a party like this. It felt like college life again. I miss college life.
Anyways, half the restaurant was blocked off for this special party. The workers were all dressed up. People’s costumes were amazingly cool! I hope I blended in? There were some appetizer (fried gyoza, ribs, coconut shrimp, jello, cupcakes.), they all had Halloween-​ish name. The food were all good.
This was an awesome event! Thanks Unilocal for the planning. Much appreciated!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I always plan my costume months in advance, throw elaborate Halloween parties with tons of spooky decorations, and watch Hocus Pocus five times.
This halfway to Halloween party was a great idea but it snuck up on me and gave me a fright! What was I gonna wear? Luckily I allowed myself to break my rule of no costume repeats and just used this last Halloween’s Minnie Mouse costume. My bestie and I rolled in ten minutes before the Unilocal hour closed (because I thought it started at seven… and we were unable to print out our passes)…but they still let us in and we were able to grab a couple plates and a drink before the free stuff disappeared.
I loved the Halloween themed food… it made me feel so ghoulish inside. Jelly brains, pumpkin cupcakes, and mummy dogs! My faves were the coconut shrimp, gyoza and egg rolls. I also loved the spooky smoking punch. It seemed pretty weak but it was very tasty.
My «Where’s Wenda» date and I sampled Oculto beer, admired the amazing makeup/​body paint artists, and listened to the great bands jamming out. Overall it was a fun night… and I really can’t wait till Halloween!

This event was a really fun experience! Especially because it was right after my second math exam (20% of my grade) so I really enjoyed then distraction of celebrating Halloween in April. It was a unique idea, I’ve never heard of any other «halfway to: insert holiday: celebrations».
The employees at Tiki’s Bar and Grill were very helpful. I called ahead to ask about the event, Nadia and Cammi (I hope I got your names right) answered all my questions. When I got there, I saw that the staff members were also dressed for the occasion. There were a variety of very detailed costumes. As we ate, waiters would come by to check if we were doing okay and clear things we didn’t need. We were also introduced to a new beer, Oculto. I’m not a beer connoisseur, but it tasted pretty good. They also gave us cute masquerade mask with the beer samples.
The food served at the event was perfect (tasted yummy and cooked just right) and the names were so cute! There was coconut shrimp, ribs, gyoza, spring rolls, hot dog, dessert jello brains, and a meat & cheese platter with little puff pastry hands. The food totally matched the Halloween theme and it was perfect «finger food» for the setting. The drinks were delicious too! I’ve never had that orange drink with the dry ice and gloved hands in the punch bowl before (totally forgot the name of it…) it was kind of interesting. The red bull and vodka drinks were also super yummy! Bartender Shun was very knowledgeable and helpful with the drinks. There were so many options, I had a hard time deciding!
The music was nice and upbeat. It kept up with the mood of the party. All in all it was a fantastic event and I’m happy I got to attend. Everything was thought out really well and coordinated seamlessly! Much mahalo to everyone at Unilocal & Tiki’s Bar and Grill that made this possible.

Who says that Halloween should only be held once a year. With Tiki’s Halfway to Halloween Party, our group got all our costume dressing urges out of the way to hold us all the way into October. It was a great night filled with great food, drinks, and lots of great entertainment. Overall, great night.

I had so much fun at the Halfway to Halloween party! Many of the other Unilocalers I met there were really nice people! The costumes were amazing and the body paint was incredible! The models were very sweet and eager to take photos with guests. GreAt music and awesome free pupus! The Waikiki view was marvelous. The customer service was top-​notch! I want to do this again so bad, and so does my date! We are now looking into going to more events like this! Mahalo Unilocal

How did Tikis know I couldn’t suppress the urge to dress up? Halloween twice a year, brilliant! I parked in the zoo lot because I heard the free vallet was for 3 hrs and I might have wanted to stay longer, which I did. Arrived at 6pm and everyone was slowly trickling in. Started with the cauldron punch and that thing looked spooky was soooo delicious! We snacked on pupu’s of cupcakes, pigs in blankets, mummy hands, coconut shrimp, ribs, assorted meats and cheeses, spring rolls. There was something for everyone. The build your own vodka and Red Bull station was a big hit. The bartender had new flavors of red bull I have never seen before, pineapple and blue berry yum. I got some cool goodies from Oculto beer table which just became my new fav. Beer brewed in old tequila barrels Ohhhh yeah! The staff was very attentive and friendly. I had so much fun talking with everyone. The night went by to fast! The costumes were creative and loved the girls getting the body painting. The detail and time that went in to doing their costumes was amazing. I had so much fun, thank you for allowing us to attend this event. I brought several of my friends after the vip time ended to join everyone and they all had the time of their lives. The live bands were wonderful and the dj nailed it. Danced my little heart out and hope to be lucky enough to attend next time. Thank you for such a wonderful night.