u/DarthDad77

Was visiting a new town for a conference and headed to the local tiki bar. I've been to a few bars in the past but don't have any real frame of reference on the quality of the place aside from maybe a more typical "restaurant" view of the service or food quality. I'm just an enthuasist, no experience with bartending or mixology... couldn't tell you if it's real orgeat or not or because they have this bottle of rum then it means "X"... and if that even matters. Only thinking that maybe something simple like a standard drink to compare across bars could shed some light on the overall quality and experience, if there's any correlation or inference.

1. What's your actual criteria for judging a tiki bar?
2. What separates a great one from a merely fine one for you?
3. If you could order only ONE drink at a new place to learn everything you needed to know — what is it, and why that one?
4. And what's the thing people judge tiki bars on that doesn't actually matter?