The Cliff Dive

I enjoyed coming here on a Friday night. We arrived around 9:30PM when it wasn’t very busy, and left around 11:15PM and the dance floor was pretty full. I liked the DJ’s 90’s hip hop selections, regardless of how well they went with the tiki theme. There was no cover at the time we came.
The atmosphere was fun and I would come back again.

You had me at late night Papua New Guinean tiki bar.
Other things you had me at:
— Punchy cocktails starting at just $ 10, like a Bacardi/​gin/​apple number that sat me on ma aish.
— $ 6 Southern Pacific beers
— Sunken central dance floor
— Clean, wonderfully tacky Jimmy-Buffet’s-Margaritaville style décor
— The giant moai in a grass hula skirt that you have to walk around to get into the club
— The bargain $ 5 cover. In your face other $ 20 covers around town!
— The bomb tunes, fun and weird and unexpected and fun. No weird alienating hardcore here!

New bar on Oxford Street brought to you from the same duo behind Tio’s. It’s definitely a different venture. It’s huge (compared to small bar Tio’s) and has a dance floor stuck in the middle. It’s made to look like you’ve stepped underwater with blue wavy lights on the floor and paper lantern fish above your head.
It has more of a club atmosphere, but not in a creepy «let’s go clubbing way» that you might associate with some places (especially if you’re not a club person). When we were there Friday, they had an Elvis impersonator signing live and played mostly 60s classics through the night. It’s a great addition to the area.
Drink menu is simple but has a lot of character. Cocktails starting at $ 10 up to $ 16 – 17 range depending on what you’re after. They also have this crazy monkey head tiki drink for $ 25 that is meant to be shared by two people (or one really thirsty person).