From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Best Tiki Bar

October 18 2006

Molokai Bar at the Mai-Kai Restaurant
3599 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954/563-3272, Maikai.com

What is it that makes the Molokai Bar as cool now as it has ever been? (And we're talking 50 years.) Is it the 51 specialty drinks, such as the Cuban-style Floridita daiquiri made with grapefruit juice or the aptly named barrel o'rum, which will barrel anyone with a low-tolerance for alcohol? Is it the beautiful and sexy ladies dressed in revealing Polynesian prints who serve the drinks? Or is it the soft light emanating from the hurricane lanterns that makes the intimate room just bright enough to see the drink menu, the list of appetizers and the straw in your glass? Actually, all three of these elements make the Molokai a place no one should miss. The bar provides an escape to a South Pacific universe that is best experienced during the 5-to-7 p.m. daily happy hour, when two-for-one rum barrels are known to loosen lips after a day at work or play.