Amazing tiki bar right off of Lake Eola in DTO! This authentic tiki bar transports you back in time to the 1960s Golden Age of tiki and to its namesake inside the Vegas icon The Stardust! Awesome secret tiki bar atmosphere, amazing staff (shout-out to the incomparable Pieter), and a wide assortment of amazing tiki cocktails! This is must-do while bar-hopping around Lake Eola, but it is definitely a worthy destination all by itself! A great place to waste away (?!) an evening (and an almost-equal experience and a LOT easier to get to than the more-famous Trader Sam's inside Disney's Polynesian Resort). Add Aku Aku to your tiki bucket list!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Rob Stevenson
Stopped in and ended up having 2 different tiki drinks. Both were great. Duncan was a great bartender. I would go back for sure.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
john smith
Amazing atmosphere. Very fun sippy stuff. Literally took us out of Orlando and put us on Hawaii. Kudos on all levels.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chili Sauce
Aku Aku is my escape from the everyday grind. The decor nails that classic tiki vibe—bamboo, Moai statues, vintage style lighting—and the staff are always friendly and on point. Their drinks? The Tiger Fucker is legendary, and the Zombie ain’t far behind. If you want tropical, creative cocktails served with personality, this is your spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Brittany Lippard
Great drinks, chill vibes. Perfect hangout spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
C Bracker (CB)
Don't forget to visit DUST cocktail lounge, in the basement.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Dorothy Kelley
Watch the outside bartenders here. They're adding their tip in your total and they don't bother to tell you this up front.
James Pennock
Cocktails are amazing. Ambiance is spot on. Bar tender was attentive and the patronage was friendly. Love this place and plan on returning soon.
—— update 8/17 ——-
Just wanted to update my review to say how awesome this place is. I’m addicted to their drinks. I’ve been coming every Sunday and the bartender, the patrons, and the drinks are beyond exceptional.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Nathan Latimer
Huge fan of this place! The bartenders are insta-homies. And that dude Decker… i heard he has two Dads. Kat Williams and Tyrese?! Is this true.
Francisco Javier Perez Herrera
Amazing little Tiki bar in downtown Orlando. The prices are great, specially since they use good liquor bottles, which I personally checked. They got all basics covered, plus their special drink is unique. The bartenders are great and friendly, Dereck is super chill in particular. I definitely recommend, one of the best bars in the area for sure.
This is such a cool Tiki bar!!! The drinks are on point, music is on point, bartender is on point and decor is on point. Well worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Heather H
Super fun time! We stopped in at about 11p after a comedy show a few blocks away. My husband is a tiki fan without being one of those over-researched fanboys, so I’m not going to try to argue with anyone whether or not this fits the bill there. I will say that the drinks were delicious, the bartender was nice and helpful, and we didn’t have to wait 45min post-order for our drinks like we did at Latitude 29 in New Orleans. We don’t venture to downtown Orlando much, but when we do, we will return here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ashley Brown
Loved this place! Vibes were immaculate!
Tom Delgrosso
I was excited to try this place for the first time. I love tiki bars. Pluses are the decor, sizes of drinks are very good and prices are fair. I sat at a table but had to go up to the bar and wait just a little bit for the bartender to show up to order my drinks and go back up and pay for them. Not sure if the table serve or that's normal. I would not describe the drinks as well made, handcrafted and certainly not well balanced. I always try the mai tai first to judge the quality of how they approach tiki drinks. Instead of using almond syrup known as orgeat, seemed like they were using simple syrup so my Mai Tai tasted very heavily of simple syrup and the rum came out tasting like tequila. We also tried the tiger fucker. Pretty unbalanced with what seemed like a lot of grenadine, the jalapeno flavor and just gasoline with alcohol. I'm willing to try another visit or two and sample some more drinks. The tables were not cleaned off and we're sticky and the menus look over used, worn and again we're sticky. The place did not feel very clean. If I'm in the area again I'll give it another try but I really wasn't impressed at my first visit on a Sunday late afternoon early evening with just a few patrons in the bar. I want to like this place but it didn't measure up on this visit. Didn't notice that they offer food here so zero stars for that, service was friendly so 4 stars and the drinks 3 stars for being harsh and unbalanced.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 4
Chad Levitt
Charming little tiki bar right off Lake Eola. The tiki drinks were terrific.
Amazing tiki bar right off of Lake Eola in DTO! This authentic tiki bar transports you back in time to the 1960s Golden Age of tiki and to its namesake inside the Vegas icon The Stardust! Awesome secret tiki bar atmosphere, amazing staff (shout-out to the incomparable Pieter), and a wide assortment of amazing tiki cocktails! This is must-do while bar-hopping around Lake Eola, but it is definitely a worthy destination all by itself! A great place to waste away (?!) an evening (and an almost-equal experience and a LOT easier to get to than the more-famous Trader Sam's inside Disney's Polynesian Resort). Add Aku Aku to your tiki bucket list!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Stopped in and ended up having 2 different tiki drinks. Both were great. Duncan was a great bartender. I would go back for sure.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Amazing atmosphere. Very fun sippy stuff. Literally took us out of Orlando and put us on Hawaii. Kudos on all levels.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aku Aku is my escape from the everyday grind. The decor nails that classic tiki vibe—bamboo, Moai statues, vintage style lighting—and the staff are always friendly and on point. Their drinks? The Tiger Fucker is legendary, and the Zombie ain’t far behind. If you want tropical, creative cocktails served with personality, this is your spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great drinks, chill vibes. Perfect hangout spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Don't forget to visit DUST cocktail lounge, in the basement.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Watch the outside bartenders here. They're adding their tip in your total and they don't bother to tell you this up front.
Cocktails are amazing. Ambiance is spot on. Bar tender was attentive and the patronage was friendly. Love this place and plan on returning soon.
—— update 8/17 ——-
Just wanted to update my review to say how awesome this place is. I’m addicted to their drinks. I’ve been coming every Sunday and the bartender, the patrons, and the drinks are beyond exceptional.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Huge fan of this place! The bartenders are insta-homies. And that dude Decker… i heard he has two Dads. Kat Williams and Tyrese?! Is this true.
Amazing little Tiki bar in downtown Orlando. The prices are great, specially since they use good liquor bottles, which I personally checked. They got all basics covered, plus their special drink is unique. The bartenders are great and friendly, Dereck is super chill in particular. I definitely recommend, one of the best bars in the area for sure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
This is such a cool Tiki bar!!! The drinks are on point, music is on point, bartender is on point and decor is on point. Well worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Super fun time! We stopped in at about 11p after a comedy show a few blocks away. My husband is a tiki fan without being one of those over-researched fanboys, so I’m not going to try to argue with anyone whether or not this fits the bill there. I will say that the drinks were delicious, the bartender was nice and helpful, and we didn’t have to wait 45min post-order for our drinks like we did at Latitude 29 in New Orleans. We don’t venture to downtown Orlando much, but when we do, we will return here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved this place! Vibes were immaculate!
I was excited to try this place for the first time. I love tiki bars. Pluses are the decor, sizes of drinks are very good and prices are fair. I sat at a table but had to go up to the bar and wait just a little bit for the bartender to show up to order my drinks and go back up and pay for them. Not sure if the table serve or that's normal. I would not describe the drinks as well made, handcrafted and certainly not well balanced. I always try the mai tai first to judge the quality of how they approach tiki drinks. Instead of using almond syrup known as orgeat, seemed like they were using simple syrup so my Mai Tai tasted very heavily of simple syrup and the rum came out tasting like tequila. We also tried the tiger fucker. Pretty unbalanced with what seemed like a lot of grenadine, the jalapeno flavor and just gasoline with alcohol. I'm willing to try another visit or two and sample some more drinks. The tables were not cleaned off and we're sticky and the menus look over used, worn and again we're sticky. The place did not feel very clean. If I'm in the area again I'll give it another try but I really wasn't impressed at my first visit on a Sunday late afternoon early evening with just a few patrons in the bar. I want to like this place but it didn't measure up on this visit. Didn't notice that they offer food here so zero stars for that, service was friendly so 4 stars and the drinks 3 stars for being harsh and unbalanced.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 4
Charming little tiki bar right off Lake Eola. The tiki drinks were terrific.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
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