r/Tiki • u/slowriot • 4d ago

Lucky Tiki Highland Park Soft Opening

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Y'all are gonna love it. The crew did an incredible job with the new space.

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u/tomandshell 4d ago

Is that the Highland Park in CA, IL, TX, NJ, or MI?

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u/TibaltLowe 4d ago

Original is in West Hollywood, this is in Highland Park, CA.

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u/EuphoricMoose8232 4d ago

Highland Park in Los Angeles

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u/hearechoes 4d ago

I’ll throw Highland Park St. Paul MN into the mix

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u/SavageGardner 4d ago

Could be Highland Park, PA

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u/dlama 4d ago

Or a Northern Scotland Isle

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u/Retrotreegal 4d ago

Thank you! I was about to get even more excited.

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u/freelanceisart 4d ago

Googled it, says North Hollywood CA

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u/el-beau 4d ago

The original was in North Hollywood and they just opened a new one in Highland Park - a neighborhood in Los Angeles CA

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u/EuphoricMoose8232 4d ago

The original is in West Hollywood, not North!

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u/slowriot 4d ago

The original was in North Hollywood a couple decades ago but closed down after a short run due to landlord issues. 1933 Group opened a new Lucky Tiki in West Hollywood last year, and opened this one in Highland Park this weekend.

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u/EuphoricMoose8232 4d ago

Ah yes, the original original

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u/tomandshell 4d ago

Thanks, I did a search in maps on my iPhone and couldn’t find it.

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u/LAKingSteve 3d ago

Reservations for 9/6. Cristian from Trader Sam’s and Lucky Tiki 1 is managing the new bar.

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u/BigBassBone 3d ago

Oh I love him!

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u/LAKingSteve 3d ago

Yeah, we go way back to the early days of Trader Sam’s. Great guy.

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u/MsMargo 4d ago

The original Lucky Tiki (Chatsworth)

  • Address: 15420 Chatsworth St., Mission Hills, CA, 91345
  • Opened: December 2004
  • Closed: September (?) 2006

The new Lucky Tiki (WeHo)

  • Address: 8512 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
  • Opened: March 2024
  • Closed: Still in operation

The Lucky Tiki 2 (Highland Park)

  • Address: 5621 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
  • Opened: August 2025
  • Closed: Still in operation

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u/wicked93 3d ago

Thanks tiki reddit! Closer to me in Pasadena than broken compass which is my normal spot. Grabbed a table for Thursday to check it out.

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u/whatitdobbyboo 3d ago

Where were you able to book? I’m only seeing reservations for their Weho location.

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u/wicked93 3d ago

I went to the Resy app and searched for lucky tiki and it showed up.

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u/michiness 2d ago

Okay but Broken Compass has amazing food. I dream about their sticky nomnoms.

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u/slowriot 2d ago

Lucky Tiki HLP has a food menu as well. Broken Compass food is pretty decent though. Love the Happy hour. 

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u/michiness 2d ago

Thank you! We just made a reservation for Friday :) Is it better than their WeHo menu? I love Tale of the Pup, but their pupu stuff is only okay and kinda overpriced.

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u/wicked93 2d ago

I do love bc’s food. Poke nachos are fire.

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u/DeepSea1979 4d ago

Adding that to my SoCal tiki itinerary!

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u/RipDelores 3d ago

FYI Reservations are open for the end of this week on Resy. Psyched to try it and just up the street from me too. dangerous stuff.

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u/truckthunders 4d ago

Address?? They didn’t put it on maps yet.

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u/RandomDesign 4d ago

It's in Highland Park Bowl (also owned by 1933 Group) at 5621 N Figueroa St.

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u/truckthunders 4d ago

Thanks!!!

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u/cruisewhisp 3d ago

i was excited until i saw it was owned by these guys! they do a great job restoring but the greatness ends there in my humble opinion.

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u/pinche_cool_arrow 4d ago

Is it reservations only?

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u/the_Skeleton_king93 4d ago

Yes

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u/LAKingSteve 3d ago

Only for the soft opening. No formal reservations yet.

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u/the_Skeleton_king93 4d ago

I was there! Managed to squeeze in at 10:30pm. I absolutely loved it! The drink selection is so good I definitely have to go back!

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u/kention 4d ago

Are they open to the public today?

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u/rye_parian 4d ago

When is it open to the public?

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u/PumpkinBest8446 3d ago

Looks like they’re taking reservations on Resy

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u/rye_parian 3d ago

That’s the intel I need. Thanks.

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u/slowriot 4d ago

Not sure. I'm positive they'll announce it on their socials.

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u/rye_parian 4d ago

Thanks. I’m following on instagram.

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u/PumpkinBest8446 3d ago edited 3d ago

Is it a speakeasy like the WeHo location? Or did the bowling alley close down?

EDIT: Never mind I found the answer on their Resy page.

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u/InDAKweSmack 12h ago

Damn the "y'all" made me hopeful Dallas got one back after Swizzles closure

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u/RandomDesign 4d ago

How were the drinks though? The original location was great but can't say I was all that impressed with the drinks.

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u/slowriot 4d ago

I dug the drinks I had. The drink menu was much more rum forward than the West Hollywood location (unless the menu has changed in WH).

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u/eatblueshell 3d ago

Like many tiki bars, best drinks come with familiarity. If you chat with the bartenders and hang out often, the drinks get better. I e had some great drinks at lucky tiki in WeHo. But it seems at a lot of bars, if they think you are a tourist they don’t make the effort. 🙁

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u/RandomDesign 3d ago

Well that's where I'll disagree. The best drinks should just be what's on the menu no matter who you are. If you serve new people crap drinks it hardly seems like you'll end up having regulars.

Another problem I had with Lucky Tiki specifically was the menu. When they first opened the menu hardly had any recognizable tiki drinks on it. They had more tequila and mezcal drinks than rum just because that's what was "hot" in bars at the time. And what drinks we did have just weren't that good.

I'll be fair and say we haven't been back in a while and I've heard that the menu has changed quite a bit since then. I know one of the bartenders there now too so we're due for a revisit.

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u/eatblueshell 3d ago

I am not saying it’s the right way, just saying that seems to be fairly normal.

I agree that the bartenders should just make it the same no matter what. And hopefully be good.

With the tequila and mezcal, that’s at least a choice and if you don’t like it, that’s preference, it’s when they make a drink like a painkiller better for a regular than a tourist that it gets underhanded.

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u/RandomDesign 3d ago

To me, hospitality is a huge part of what can make or break a bar.

From my experience I'll disagree about it being normal in tiki bars though. We've been to a lot of them and the ones that were like that seem fewer and further between. I see it more in non-tiki bars to be honest.

As to the tequila/mezcal thing it was more to point out that I was asking about the drinks in the new location because the original menu when they opened was the least "tiki" menu I'd ever seen in a tiki bar so it was kind of a double strike against them to me. Even with the bar's history it felt like another bar trying to cash in on the popularity of tiki without having a drink program to match.

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u/eatblueshell 3d ago

I don’t think we’re in disagreement. Just different experiences.

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u/black296tuuk 4d ago

gentrifiers

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u/slowriot 4d ago

Incredible comment.