Tropics Tap House

Kona Coast


This is a pretty basic sports bar, an extension of a Honolulu-based franchise. It hits all the usual targets of the genre: there's a good beer line-up, passable pub grub and games playing on the TV watched by mainlanders looking for a brew and a taste of home.


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