Tikehau Lounge

Kihei, Hawaii

Regional honoree for Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2026 Spirited Awards.

Tikehau Lounge takes its name from a Tuamotu word for peaceful landing and describes itself as not the usual tiki bar, a room downstairs in Wailea Village on Maui that squeezes its juices in house and builds around Hawaiian rums like Kō Hana and Kuleana, Kula strawberries and Maui falernum. The 1944 Mai Tai is made with Kuleana HuiHui, Appleton 8 and Worthy Park 109 over macadamia orgeat, and the Spirited Awards named it a 2026 U.S. West honoree in two categories, Best U.S. Cocktail Bar and Best U.S. Bar Team.