Kon-Tiki bar and coffeeshop was less than ten minutes from our hotel, on the eastern half of old town in Zürich in an area known as Niederdorf. The place started in the 1950s, with an opening under current management in 2017. While there are some tikis and other traditional elements, this venue has dive leanings and a rougher reputation due to raucous live music and DJ sets on some nights. We were welcomed on our visit for a couple cocktails in the late afternoon and explored the first floor, avoiding the second floor where there’s smoking/purchase of various things which we don’t cover on the blog. It’s that kind of coffeeshop.
The Mai Tai here is fairly good, a bit tart for our taste, yet still with a nice rum fini…
Kon-Tiki bar and coffeeshop was less than ten minutes from our hotel, on the eastern half of old town in Zürich in an area known as Niederdorf. The place started in the 1950s, with an opening under current management in 2017. While there are some tikis and other traditional elements, this venue has dive leanings and a rougher reputation due to raucous live music and DJ sets on some nights. We were welcomed on our visit for a couple cocktails in the late afternoon and explored the first floor, avoiding the second floor where there’s smoking/purchase of various things which we don’t cover on the blog. It’s that kind of coffeeshop.
The Mai Tai here is fairly good, a bit tart for our taste, yet still with a nice rum finish. Mrs Mai Tai tried an original cocktail called Tiki Tea that featured Skipper Rum, falernum, orgeat, and CBD iced tea. It tasted pretty nice to me though she didn’t really care for it.
Tiki Tea and Mai Tai
The nods to the famous Kon-Tiki voyage are available throughout the venue and we liked all the various event posters plastering the walls. Tiki bars come in all kinds of styles and Kon-Tiki presents as an unpretentious and grungy type.