The owners of San Francisco's Fairmont hotel say a city report's recommendations for saving the popular Tonga Room as part of a major renovation clash with their proposal for a boutique hotel, grand ...

Welcome to a Cocktail Week-themed edition of Eater Elements, a series that explores the ideas and ingredients of noteworthy cocktails. Although the Mai Tai had long been a best-seller at the Tonga ...

Get those swizzle sticks ready. There’s a new cocktail menu at San Francisco’s iconic Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar, the faux-Polynesian bar that Anthony Bourdain once called “the greatest place in the ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Fire up the fog cutters and zombies – it’s time to Tonga again! We’re talking about the legendary Tonga Room in San Francisco. On this week’s Dine and Dish, we’re going ...

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As one of the original tiki bars in the United States, the Tonga Room guards its 71 years of tradition with great pride. And if you’ve ever visited this tropical getaway underneath the Fairmont Hotel, ...

While the Tonga Room has long been known as the place to get a dose of glorious tiki kitsch, their food and cocktail offerings haven’t been updated in some time, and were definitely showing their age.

At the end of an average night at the Tonga Room, the staff might need to fish some cocktail umbrellas out of the pool. Sometimes, it could be a tiki mug or two. If it’s a particularly rowdy night, a ...

TONGA ROOM & HURRICANE BAR’S “FREAKY TIKI” HALLOWEEN PARTY: BEATS SF with DJ FRENCHY LE FREAK & HOST LIAM MAYCLEM invite guests to enjoy a night full of festive frights & freaky fun at the historic ...

Cue up the Mai Tais, the Fog Cutters and Zombies! San Francisco’s Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar, The Fairmont’s iconic tiki bar and restaurant atop Nob Hill, will reopen on July 9, complete with tropical ...