Tiki Bob’s Cantina

I love Indiana, after living in NYC for a year I thought no one could be ruder than a New Yorker
but Tiki Bobs proved it wrong hard core 5 min till 3:00 A. M~ruined The Indiana Midwest hospitality 4 sure, NYC was nicer~I set an alarm for 2:55 A. M to pee before we left (a routine of mine).The bouncer told me I could not pee even though the bar wasn’t closed yet. I informed them of the law, since I have a bartender’s liquor license at a bar (btown) which was in the top 10 grossing in the country. When I explained this knowledge he literally stuck his hand out & pushed me down (I am 102 pounds) I was just going out for my bestie’s bday.(He didn’t even help me up, acted like I was some drunk girl making an ass out of myself while I wasn’t. I then went to his «manager» who wouldn’t tell me his name (no name tag);nor telling me his employee’s name. Apparently he didn’t know his own staffs’ name & told me to ask him myself in which he wouldn’t tell me & told me to leave. What manager doesn’t know his employees names ?!? Like how shitty is a bar. If it was pass 3:00 A. M I’d understand but it wasn’t, and he was being a LAZY worker. If this isn’t dealt with I WILL call EVERYDAY. I worked as a manager in NYC at Space Ibiza, and I have NEVER seen a club so shitty as TiKI BOBS. You have the WORST customer service staff, what CLUB DENIES a woman water 5 min to close & the bathroom???(the time stamp of the pic taken proves my story).I’m so close to taking action.(bruise already forming on leg). I have NEVER been so disrespected. Beyond ignorant, and you pay them manager salary to act like high schoolers?!? I conduct data entry for Angieslist & will make sure my friends review is at the top for validity when she processes it. The manager even said «I don’t give a fuck (maybe he said» I do not care”, sorry was holding my pee while dealing with hormones).what you do, you worked at Kilroys cool“
Fact –I did, I was bottle service server and respect the laws. Don’t tell me I can’t pee, then your staff malingers around with NO APOLOGY. When I worked at a bar& if someone fell, I would help them up. Hospitality & chivalry could have prevented all of this.
–update: will adjust rating. Got ahold of the owner and he kindly apologized and addressed the issue. I am content as long as customers will be treated better.

Had to wait in line and pay to deal with one of the most rude staffs I’ve ever dealt with. Rude bartenders, bouncers, etc. Customers were very often ignored and treated very poorly or sometimes even completely ignored.

Be careful. You might get beat up by the bouncers if you spend too much money. My brother, cousins and myself were spending and my cousin got knocked out and choked and dragged out of the bar from bumping shoulders on accident. Bouncers do stuff like this all the time. Legal action will be taken and it is a shame to say the cops just didn’t care. We were having a great time and I feel the bouncer was having a bad day and was looking for problems. This bar will be famous in the light of a bad reputation and I will make sure it goes out of business in that respect. The police need to tighten up and worry about protect and serve and not «making the business run.»

I was there last year for the Wednesday before GenCon, the prices seemed to of gone up, prior it would of been a 3 stars establishment do to drink specials. It is a loud 20 somethings establishment so maybe I’m just getting old and cranky but not some place I’m going in the future

Randomly made my way into tiki bobs during final four weekend and was thoroughly impressed. The DJ stage and screen is massive and really makes you notice what’s going on. The bar was quick and the restrooms were clean — which are high priority during a busy weekend.

Geez it has been a long time since I’ve been here. It has changed so much I nearly didn’t recognize it on the inside. I came here during a birthday party bar crawl and it was fun. Drinks prices were reasonable and now that it is non-​smoking (shows you how long its been since I’ve been here) it is actually pleasant to stand around in.
That being said, it doesn’t wow me and make me want to come back anytime soon, so I can’t bring myself to rate over 3 stars.

If you want to dance to Ja Rule, or other 90s R&B jams, I have good news. Tiki Bob’s is the spot.

I miss those summer days of $.50 watered down drinks… Jello shots with random strangers and whip cream chasers. Actually, I miss $.25 drinks and no cover at the door. I can’t complain, this place still has decent specials, crunk music, and cute boys.
I like the two seperate areas and lots of standing space so they did great with the remodel. They could use more sitting space though, it is a dance club so whatev. Love the open windows at the entrace! The drinks are so so. I think for the price they could use something a little larger than plastic picnic cups. I do like the super large mixed drinks for $ 10 that come with brightly colored neon straws and hangovers. I would say the fairest price are their shooters or bombs — lemon drops, cherry bombs, jäger they are reasonably around $ 4.
The music is HOTT house, hiphop, rave, edm, r&b, and pop. If you like being suprised by the selection this is your place. There will be something for everyone at some point during the night. The dance floor can be somewhat of a meat market, however all you party people are encouraged to mingle in the openness. Not like some places downtown where guys and dolls tend to stick to one wall or the other. You can pretty much find twerking in every inch of the building (if you’re into that type of thing ha!) and maybe even some break dancing if you’re lucky!
The ladies bathroom needs a serious upgrade! More lights, full length mirrors, fine selection of body splash from Victoria Secret, advil dispenser when your feet are half dead… maybe I’m asking for too much, but seriously a nice mirror to check the backside wouldn’t hurt.
Overall, Tiki’s isn’t what they used to be, but on a good night it’s classic happiness and awesome-​town.

Good drink specials on Thursdays, fun atmosphere.

Great place to party.

Quite possibly the worst DJ on God’s green earth. Besides the fact that multiple songs were repeated during the night within a two hour span. This joker ruined classic after classic by playing the songs lyrics and playing some weird clubby beat in the background that just did go well with the song. He started giving random shout outs to various different groups of people such as the «out-​of-​towners», the «in-​towners» and «the drinkers». Of course everyone in that bar is probably drinking except the people working and maybe a dd or two. He also randomly gave a shout out to Selena Gomez… the only good part about these shout outs was that we didn’t get to hear his shitty music for a few seconds. In addition, he called the weekend of the indy 500 «the best sports weekend in the history of the world», cool your jets bro it was a great time but let’s be realistic here. He ruined my motivation to dance and sucked the life out of my group of friends. Worst of all this man had the audacity to start a Michael Jackson song and put some shitty Justin Timberlake lyrics over it. Remember when MJ passed, and everyone on the earth played his songs for like two weeks straight? It’s because they are good songs and should not be edited to sound like pieces of steaming cow dung. In conclusion the reason why we left this bar was because the DJ was that bad. This guy thought he was the man, he was not the man. We spent Uncle Tony’s money elsewhere the rest of the night.

Not really what I was in the mood for that night but would have been great if we were looking for hip hop

I heard the *same* exact song play 3 times while here one Fri night! Either we were here for waaaay too long or they need to seriously vary it up.
The crowd was not too ghetto, but got a little shady at times.
The bartender would trash your drink if you were near the bar and looked away from your drink for even a second — annoying!
Pours were ok. didn’t think they were too watered down or too strong.
Bar staff DRINKS on the job and then dances on the bars. could be hot IF your staf is hot. and, no, they weren’t.
dancing floor is kind of awkward and split by these huge columns that are inconveniently placed.
It got HOT in there and they didn’t even turn on these ghetto fans they had (the ones that look like they’re from a swamp boat/​airboat).
Best memory of the night: finally leaving!

Tiki bob’s is under new ownership since these other reviews were posted in 2008. They have 2 DJs in different rooms on the weekends, quality pizza, and affordable drinks. The girls are fine and the guys are cool. I’d definitely recommend Tiki Bob’s for a good night out dancing.
The pizza is awesome. I can usually only eat like 1 piece they are so big.

I’m going to have to go with Mia M. on this one. If you are looking for a classy place, Tiki Bob’s isn’t it.
Like Have A Nice Day Café, it is a fun place to go if you’re a newly-​legal 21 year old. But once you’ve been here and been hit on by creeptastic too-​close dancers a couple times, you won’t want to go back.
I’m begging you — go somewhere else downtown! Tiki Bob’s is NOT a place you want to be seen!

One of the two best spots downtown. It’s a bit of a meat market, but that’s not always a bad thing. Cheap drinks, loud music and hot girls. What more can you want? Other than there a few odd ball older people that definitely don’t belong. A nasty old lady kept grabbing my a$$ when I was trying to get away from her. Not quite an upscale club, but great for a college crowd.

You like cheap drinks? You like loud music? You like cage dancers and drunk birthday girls dancing on the bars? You’ll probably love Tiki Bob’s.
What? You don’t like creepy, lecherous men, not being able to move through a crowd and standing outside waiting to get inside when it’s freezing cold? Oh. Maybe Tiki Bob’s is not for you.