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The 20 best tiki bars in the world for 2026 — from Smuggler's Cove SF to Tiki-Ti LA, where the rum runs deep and the décor goes hard. Updated 2026.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
A great tiki bar is built around the rum list, not the décor. Two hundred bottles minimum. A staff who can talk through Demerara, Jamaican overproof, and Martinique rhum agricole without becoming smug. A list that includes the original Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic recipes — not the Carnival-cruise versions. The 20 below all qualify. From Smuggler's Cove (600+ rums) to Tiki-Ti (a Los Feliz family operation since 1961), these are the rooms where tiki actually gets respected, not just kitsched.
Beyond the 10