As an adult, it’s hard for me to find places outside of Disneyland that inspire a certain sense of childlike wonder and ...

Instead, I'm sitting in the Fairmont Hotel's Tonga Room, wondering whether its lava walls, thatched roofs and pool-turned-lagoon add up to a future San Francisco Landmark. Don't laugh: An ...

The future grew a bit dimmer for the Fairmont Hotel's landmark Tonga Room Wednesday as members of San Francisco's Historic Preservation Commission couldn't agree on whether the aging tiki bar was ...

It’s the Tonga Room inside the Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, and it’s been wowing patrons since 1945—and the hype is earned! Every element seems designed to charm ...

While the Tonga Room has long been known as the place to get a dose of glorious tiki kitsch, their food and cocktail offerings haven't been updated in some time, and were definitely showing their age.

Cue up the Mai Tais, the Fog Cutters and Zombies! San Francisco’s Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar, The Fairmont’s iconic tiki bar and restaurant atop Nob Hill, will reopen on July 9, complete with ...

While we work on a full-length article on the burgeoning efforts to save the Tonga Room, we wanted you to know about resources that may be valuable if this is an issue close to your heart.

San Francisco’s Tonga Room is an exception at keeping such whimsy alive, and it’s even older than the “Happiest Place on Earth.” The historic Fairmont Hotel tiki bar turns 80 this year ...