Restaurant
Unclaimed profileTiki Bar & Grill Solomons Island MD
Solomons, MD · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Tiki Bar & Grill Island MD leans hard into a tropical cocktail identity, branding itself the Home Of The Famous Mai Tai and backing that up with a broad specialty list, a full crush section, and frozen drinks. The beer program is unusually deep for the format, with 14 drafts spanning light lagers through IPAs and cider. Wine is limited to a single Frozé, while the non-alcoholic list covers mocktails and NA beers with more care than most tiki-themed bars bother with.
- What should I order?
- Start with the Mai Tai, the drink the house is built around, made with Bacardi Gold, Triple Sec, Creme de Almond, and fresh grapefruit, pineapple, and lemon juice. If you want something with more coconut and dark rum, the Kokomo is the move, and the Kokomai mixes the two.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Anyone who wants a rum-forward tropical drink list with frozen options and a serious draft beer selection in the same visit. The mocktail and NA beer list makes it workable for non-drinkers too.
- When should I go?
- A frozen drink or a crush fits a warm-weather stop, and the breadth of the beer list makes it a reasonable choice for a casual group with mixed preferences.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The combination of a branded signature Mai Tai, a six-flavor crush section, and a 14-tap draft list is not a standard tiki package. The Kokomai, which mixes the house Mai Tai with the Kokomo, is a specific house creation rather than a generic menu filler.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
A genuinely broad tropical cocktail program built around a branded Mai Tai, with a full crush section and a deep frozen lineup. The specialty list runs from rum-heavy classics to a vodka-based Maryland Mule, giving real range within a consistent tiki frame.
Menu strengths
- — Signature Mai Tai is the venue's stated identity rather than a menu afterthought.
- — Crush section covers six flavors plus a Crush on the Beach variation.
- — Frozen drinks include Piña Colada, Strawberry Daiquiri, Blue Tiki, Frozé, Margarita, and Frozen Tiki Lemonade.
Standout selections
- — Mai Tai — Bacardi Gold rum, Triple Sec, Creme de Almond, fresh grapefruit, pineapple, and lemon juice.
- — Kokomo — Malibu Coconut rum, Myers's Dark rum, Raw Vanilla liquor, Creme de Almond, fresh grapefruit, pineapple, and orange juice.
- — Kokomai — the house Mai Tai and Kokomo mixed together.
- — Painkiller — Pusser's Rum, Cream of Coconut, and fresh orange and pineapple juice.
Wine
Wine is represented by a single Frozé made with Pinot Grigio. It is a frozen-drink interpretation rather than a conventional wine list, and it fits the venue's broader frozen format.
Menu strengths
- — Frozé is made with Pinot Grigio rather than a generic base.
Standout selections
- — Frozé — frozen drink made with Pinot Grigio.
Beer
Fourteen drafts give this program real depth for a tiki-themed restaurant, moving from light lagers through Blue Moon, Yuengling, and a Vienna lager into several IPAs and a blackberry cider. Cans, garage beers, and refreshers round out the formats.
Menu strengths
- — 14 draft lines span light lagers, wheat, Vienna lager, IPAs, and cider.
- — Draft, canned, and garage beer formats are all represented.
- — Refreshers add Sun Cruiser, High Noon, and Spiked-Ade.
Standout selections
- — Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA — draft IPA.
- — Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA — draft IPA.
- — Downeast Blackberry Cider — draft cider.; Fiddlehead IPA — draft IPA.
Nonalcoholic
The non-alcoholic side is more developed than the category usually gets at a tiki bar, with four mocktails and four NA beers. The mocktail list includes a zero-proof Paloma built on Ritual Agave and a Mango Lime Spritzer with coconut syrup.
Menu strengths
- — Four mocktails including Paloma, Mango Lime Spritzer, Virgin Piña Colada, and Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri.
- — Four non-alcoholic beers including Michelob Ultra Zero, Budweiser 0.0, Athletic Run Wild IPA, and Heineken 0.0.
Standout selections
- — Paloma — mocktail with Ritual Agave Zero Proof, agave syrup, and fresh lime juice.
- — Mango Lime Spritzer — mocktail with mango puree, fresh lime juice, coconut syrup, and club soda.
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