Aloha Bar

Gold Coast


A gritty laneway opens into this pumping tiki bar, decked out with a palm-tree ceiling and pineapple wallpaper, where hip young things knock back rum-based cocktails while DJs do their thing. Hawaiian-shirted waitstaff will deliver drinks to your table, along with poke bowls, Cuban sandwiches and Kalua pork wontons.


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