At an establishment as beloved and historic as San Francisco’s 79-year-old Tonga Room, even the smallest of alterations can feel like a stab to the heart for longtime patrons. Recently, the tiki bar ...

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, grand ...

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Welcome to a Cocktail Week-themed edition of Eater Elements, a series that explores the ideas and ingredients of noteworthy cocktails. Although the Mai Tai had long been a best-seller at the Tonga ...

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.

As one of the original tiki bars in the United States, the Tonga Room guards its 71 years of tradition with great pride. And if you’ve ever visited this tropical getaway underneath the Fairmont Hotel, ...

We love our Anthony Bourdain over here at Oyster.com — not only does he entertain us with his hilarious quotables, but he’s also able to check out some of our fave hotels, too, on his new program, The ...

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. The beloved ...

The great thing about returning home to the San Francisco Bay area after a summer vacation, is not just that you’re returning to a great place, but it’s possible to stretch out the spirit of the trip ...