The owners of San Francisco's Fairmont hotel say a city report's recommendations for saving the popular Tonga Room as part of a major renovation clash with their proposal for a boutique hotel ...

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 ...

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 ...

A tiki bar staple, the Mai Tai is known for its fruity flavors and boozy kick. At the legendary Tonga Room in San Francisco, it's also become something of a signature. Bar manager JP Cote explains ...

Without historic preservation, we would have no Palace of Fine Arts, no Alamo Square, no Tonga Room, no Alcatraz and no Paramount Theater. The list goes on and on. There are many places in the Bay ...

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 ...