text: I would walked by this place ages ago and this weekend finally got a chance to go with Miss Catriona C who having spent quite a bit of time in San Francisco shared my love for a good Tiki bar nnIt actually was not until The Man asked me what a Tiki bar was I realised that it is more of a USCASF standard than a UK onenn Canoes makes a strong try at being a Tiki bar It is colourful with leis hanging from the ceiling and a list of fruity rumbased cocktails that should be served with umbrellas nIts not quite as kitchy as the SF Tiki bars I am used to but equally the floor was not sticky and the toilets were not freaky dodgy so there were certainly highs and lows nnIt has a pretty good looking menu and we opted to share some spicy bean nachos that just kept going and were pretty tasty nnWe could not come to a Tiki bar and not drink ridiculous cocktails we both started with a blended fresh pineapple and rum based drink Catrionas was too minty to her taste and I actually thought it was a bit too heavy on the pineapple making the drink very thick and a bit sickly at the endnnOur second drink was so good we did not deviate from it for the third round Chili vodka with chocolate liqueur chocolate syrup something vanilla and topped with nutmeg Dizzam that was a good drink and seriously spicynnThe staff while nice were unfortunately very inattentive for the first half of our visit We waited for ages for someone to take our first drink order and ages again for anyone to notice that our glasses were empty The bar was pretty empty at this time so staff were mostly just chatting amongst themselves as we were waiting nnSo I would definitely go again for more ridiculous tasty cocktail drinking to try more of the good food but maybe Saturday late afternoon is just too quiet for the staff to be very attentive