I have visited the Tiki 3 or 4 times since January 2007. It appears to be under new ownership. The broken down old seats have been replaced with wide and comfortable new ones, and there is considerably more legroom between the rows. Management is making an effort to move the sleepers out by limiting a person’s stay to 4 hours. There seems to be very little paranoia and the patrons display and play freely. From what I saw, the crowd was pretty much older and blue collar with mixed ethnicity… not surprising given the neighborhood. The first few times I visited since the new ownership the movies were very bland and ordinary… not kinky or rough enough for my taste. But the last time I was there all three films had a gang-bang theme, the actors were not as pretty, and overall the whole scene was hotter. I doubt that many couples will find their way to the Tiki, but since the closing of the Front Door in Long Beach it is left at the only place a person can go in Los Angeles to enjoy straight porn in a public setting. Admission has been raised to $12. My visits are generally around noon on weekdays, and there were 8 to 20 men in the audience. I suspect that evenings, especially weekend evenings, the crowd is larger (and the possible police risk greater).
I have visited the Tiki 3 or 4 times since January 2007. It appears to be under new ownership. The broken down old seats have been replaced with wide and comfortable new ones, and there is considerably more legroom between the rows. Management is making an effort to move the sleepers out by limiting a person’s stay to 4 hours. There seems to be very little paranoia and the patrons display and play freely. From what I saw, the crowd was pretty much older and blue collar with mixed ethnicity… not surprising given the neighborhood. The first few times I visited since the new ownership the movies were very bland and ordinary… not kinky or rough enough for my taste. But the last time I was there all three films had a gang-bang theme, the actors were not as pretty, and overall the whole scene was hotter. I doubt that many couples will find their way to the Tiki, but since the closing of the Front Door in Long Beach it is left at the only place a person can go in Los Angeles to enjoy straight porn in a public setting. Admission has been raised to $12. My visits are generally around noon on weekdays, and there were 8 to 20 men in the audience. I suspect that evenings, especially weekend evenings, the crowd is larger (and the possible police risk greater).