Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar at the Fairmont Hotel

The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar opened in 1945 inside the Fairmont Hotel and became one of San Francisco’s best-known tiki bars. The room is notable for its indoor rainstorm effects and a central water feature used for musical performances, features that have been maintained as part of the venue’s historic character. The Tonga Room has been referenced in histories of mid-20th-century American cocktail and themed-bar culture.