Kapu Hut

This is a tiki themed restaurant (like Trader Vic’s), not a dark and mysterious tiki bar. For what it is, they did a great job. Certainly tiki’s abound, but not over the top. The food, as expected, was very good. I was passing them town (and driving), so I can not comment on the tiki drinks. But McMenamins (owner of Kapu Hut, North Shore in Bothell Wa, and numerous others in Oregon and Washington) brews their own beers, and I know they make a good beer. Overall great place for a meal.

This is a tiki themed restaurant (like Trader Vic’s), not a dark and mysterious tiki bar. For what it is, they did a great job. Certainly tiki’s abound, but not over the top. The food, as expected, was very good. I was passing them town (and driving), so I can not comment on the tiki drinks. But McMenamins (owner of Kapu Hut, North Shore in Bothell Wa, and numerous others in Oregon and Washington) brews their own beers, and I know they make a good beer. Overall great place for a meal.

So first of all the Kapu Hut is inside of this McMenimins North Bank. McMenimins are known as brew pubs throughout Oregon though they have expanded into making their own spirts and wine too. The Kapu Hut resides in the bar area not the main restaurant, still there is plenty of seating though only a small area around the bar itself. The area has some tiki aspects as far as lights and carvings, but you get the strong impression that its still lacking a true tiki vibe. Music could have made a big difference here, but there were only a couple songs that I could hear at all and seemed to be mixed in with some non tiki stuff, which didn’t help the vibe.

I did have my doubts about the drinks after looking around. I appreciated that they offered a Tiki Flight which included a Jungle Bird, Mai Tai & Singapore Sling. The Jungle Bird was good as was the Mai Tai I would have enjoyed full drinks of both I think, the Sling was way to sweet for my liking. For my meal I had the Kalua Pork Plate with Hawaiian-style pulled pork, pineapple sambal, rice & mac salad, the pork was great as was the sambal.

As far as Tiki Bars go, Kapu Hut has a way to go. I hope they will keep adding to it, and give it some tiki love so that it can be come a full fledged Tiki Bar and not a Tiki Bar with an identity crisis as it is now.