A charming tiki restaurant, where employees and customers alike are treated like family. The Omni Hut's creator, Jim Walls, started the Omni Hut after taking up cooking as a hobby and second job while stationed in Honolulu as a pilot before World War II. The military took him all over the world, and he picked up culinary tricks wherever he went, and it when it came time to retire, he decided to open a restaurant. He chose this location in Smyrna, near Ft. Stuart, and opened a restaurant called "Chinese Cuisine," which soon became the Omni Hut. Walls also owned the nearby Mahi Mahi

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Mahi Mahi

Nashville, TN

Bar & Restaurant

for a short time. The Omni Hut suffered a fire in 2000, but luckily the restaurant has been able to reopen with the decor largely intact.

The Omni Hut does not have a liquor license, but customers are encouraged to spike their own drinks�the Omni Hut has a "Hawaiian Tea" drink that is perfect with a little rum added. They serve a Fiery Pu-Pu Platter, and a Volcano ice cream dessert which arrives on fire.

To celebrate 50 years in business, the Omni Hut had two special souvenir mugs created by Tiki Farm, and they can be purchased at the restaurant (their special teriyaki sauce, too!).

Comments

Uapu'uwai

November 25, 2018, 8:35 PM

Sadly, the Omni Hut (in its then current incarnation) closed mid October of 2018.

bperry1127

July 27, 2018, 8:03 PM

The hours posted here are wrong. We are in Nashville on vacation and just tried to go today but called before we left and we're sad to find out they are only open tues-thurs 11am-2pm