Hawaiian shirts, palms and leis provide an appropriate backdrop to colourful cocktails in this hedonistic and amiable basement bar. Upstairs, Kitsch plays the relative straight man, though MAD magazine covers mean it's not all poker faces. It also does a good line in Thai food. Order top-shelf spirits to watch the bar staff negotiate the ladder.
Tiki Bar & Kitsch Inn
Glasgow
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