Drag shows are the thing at Fusion Waikiki, 2260 Kuhio Ave., near Seaside Ave., second floor (tel. Overlooking Kapiolani Park, Queen's Surf Beach, and the Honolulu Zoo, it's packed from the 10am opening until last call at 2am the next day. 808/923-0669 still going strong after 35 years. The reigning queen of gay bars and clubs in Waikiki is Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, Waikiki Grand, 134 Kapahulu Ave., second floor (tel. At the makai end of Nuʻunau, toward the pier, Murphy’s Bar and Grillis a popular downtown ale house and media haunt. Upstairs at the Dragon Upstairs, there’s more live music Tuesday through Sunday nights ( 808/526-1411).
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On some nights, the music spills out into the streets and it’s so packed you have to press your nose against the window to see what you’re missing. 808/526-1410), is a tiny, kitschy, friendly pub with live music nightly, open-mic nights, and special events that attract great talent and a supportive crowd.
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Hanks Cafe, around the corner on Nuʻunau Avenue between Hotel and King streets ( tel. 808/599-4877 diners swing to jazz, blues, and island riffs with a changing slate of entertainers from sunset through the evening Wednesday through Saturday. In the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant (tel. Which means that since its construction, the Aloha Tower Marketplace has gained popularity as an entertainment and nightlife spot. But the landmark Aloha Tower, once Oahu's tallest building, does occupy a prime downtown location - on the water, at a naturally sheltered bay, near the business and civic center of Honolulu. Unlike in Waikiki, palm trees don't sway at the Aloha Tower Marketplace, on the waterfront between piers 8 and 11, 1 Aloha Tower Dr., Honolulu Harbor (tel. 808/923-0751 Downstairs is a cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner upstairs is a happening bar, with happy hour from 4-7pm daily. Inland, the 20-something crowd, visitors, and military personnel head to Moose McGillycuddy's, 310 Lewers St., in Waikiki (tel. Hawaii sunset music is usually from 4 to 6pm daily, and there's live entertainment nightly from 9:30pm to midnight. The outside Barefoot Bar is perfect for sipping a tropical drink, watching the waves and sunset, and listening to music. 808/922-2268 in the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach. Halekulani has the after-dinner hours covered, too, with light jazz by local artists in the Lewers Lounge from 7:30pm to 1am nightly.Īnother great bar for watching the sun sink into the Pacific is Duke's Waikiki (tel. It doesn't hurt, either, that the Halekulani happens to make the best mai tais in the world. With the sunset and ocean glowing behind her and Diamond Head visible in the distance, the scene is straight out of Somerset Maugham-romantic, evocative, nostalgic. 808/923-2311), at the Halekulani, where the breathtaking former Miss Hawaii, Kanoelehua Miller, dances hula to the riffs of Hawaiian steel pedal guitar under a century-old kiawe tree. 808/921-4600) under the banyan treet at the Moana Surfrider, to the unfailingly enchanting House Without a Key (tel. 808/923-7311), a few feet from the sand, to the Beach Bar (tel.
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Waikiki's beachfront bars offer many possibilities, from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Mai Tai Bar (tel.