Kahiki Restaurant, Columbus Ohio 1999 

I used to go to Kahiki back in the day whenever I was in Columbus on Business. It was truly a one of a kind special place. Thanks for posting.

This hurts my heart to watch this - we had so many great years of fun at this place. Still hard to believe they tore it down for a drugstore....

Miss it! It was such an adventure going here as a kid! Awesome!

Core memory unlocked!!! Been 25 years since I’ve stepped inside that amazing place. The only thing close to that place is The “Squidward’s Tiki Land” episode on SpongeBob. Lol! Loved this place so much! The dry ice drink was so flippin awesome. Just showed my daughter this video and turned into a little kid again while watching.

Thanks! I have so many happy memories of that place. It's nice to be able to give my friends from outside of Columbus a sense of what it was really like.

Wow! Thank you for sharing. We used to live in Columbus over 40 years ago and I loved going here.I still have the necklace in a drawer.

Wow we used to go here with my family when I was young and a young teen. I now live overseas and haven't seen or heard of Kahiki in probably 20 yrs but the memories come right back watching this! What a special place! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing! I lived in Columbus for a year or so when I was a teenager and my Dad loved this place! It was the go to place for birthdays, holidays, celebrations and a place to take visitors who came to see us in Columbus. I just loved watching your video, it brought back a lot of good memories!

Thank you so much! Tears and fond memories here...

This was such a great place atmosphere was wonderful. Food was wonderful. Good times.

I moved to Columbus, Ohio from Georgia back in 1998. I moved back to Georgia for work in 2002. This place was a huge staple of my amazing experience living there. It had the most unique building, atmosphere, and food. I am absolutely heartbroken Kahiki is gone. Just so sad it didn't survive. It was a true landmark. Thank you so much for posting this. It was nice to remind myself of the amazing experience again and very thankful and lucky I got to walk through those big heads in my life to enjoy a meal. Driving by it everyday was a highlight of my commute. I don't think there was a work day that I didn't look over at it at the stop light.

This brings back a lot of memories. I still talk about this place today how unique it was. I have heard that when they tore it down they numbered all the pieces and put it in storage and someday they were going to rebuild it at another location.

A Truly Great Video of One of my Favorite Restaurants of all time .. Thank You for posting this !!!!

Really cool to get a glimpse of the past tiki temple

I always remember as a kid (I'm going to be 50 this year) wanting to sled down their roof.

Thanks! Brings back a lot of Kahiki memories

Thank you for uploading this clip. My grandmother took me there as a kid, and it is one of my favorite memories as a child!

Thank you very much for the memories.I so miss this place.

Thanks for sharing! Miss that place a lot.

Thank you so much for this video. It let me shate wonderful memories with my husband that I couldn't describe near well enough as pictures!!

The Kahiki closed on this date 17 years ago. My now ex wife and I ate there the day we got married, 2 weeks earlier. Glad I got to experience it. Sadly, a Walgreens has occupied the space since 2001.

Born and raised in Bexley and this video is the first time I've ever seen the inside of the Kahiki. Watched them build it during our regular visits to The Ranch across the street, but we never ate at the Kahiki.

Thank you for this

Awesome. Thank you so much for posting this.

awesome video! what became of the winsome couple? I read below of the dinner club. I subscribbed to see if anymore timecapsule videos. very nice of you to post!

It's been 16 years and I still miss this place. That Sunday brunch with unlimited strawberry daiquiris and pina colodas along with the live band truly was a spectacle to behold. That half-assed frozen food just isn't the same.

Wow this is awesome! Thanks for posting it!

omg I miss that place. I just can't believe no one in cbus rallied to save it

Thank you SO much!

Same year I had the privilege of experiencing this marvelous place. I cannot believe such a treasure was destroyed for a big pharma convenience store. Ah, America.

Absolutely criminal that it was torn down. An absolute shame for all involved.

took my prom date there for prom in 88 wow still beautful,cant believe it closed 😢

I can still smell the interior!

Magical !!

- I have a stolen fork with Kahiki's logo on the handle.

so freaking jealous

They don't make 'em like they used to