# The best classic tiki cocktails

The rum-heavy tropical drinks born in Don the Beachcomber's and Trader Vic's bars, as ranked by Paste Magazine and Difford's Guide's top-rated tiki cocktails: from the Mai Tai and the Zombie to the Jungle Bird.

- 1555 votes · 17 items
- Jul 6, 2023 · Madison Weaver
- https://even.best/en/l/1606/the-best-classic-tiki-cocktails

## Top 14

1. **Mai Tai** (164 · ▲174 ▼10) — Trader Vic's 1944 classic: aged rum, lime, orange curaçao and orgeat.
2. **Jungle Bird** (129 · ▲141 ▼12) — Born in 1970s Kuala Lumpur: dark rum, Campari, pineapple and lime.
3. **Zombie** (126 · ▲140 ▼14) — Don the Beachcomber's potent blend of three rums, falernum and spices.
4. **Painkiller** (99 · ▲110 ▼11) — The Soggy Dollar Bar's rum, pineapple, orange and coconut cream with nutmeg.
5. **Navy Grog** (78 · ▲87 ▼9) — Three rums with grapefruit, lime and honey, served over an ice cone.
6. **Scorpion Bowl** (76 · ▲89 ▼13) — A communal punch of rum, brandy and orgeat.
7. **Fog Cutter** (72 · ▲90 ▼18) — Rum, gin, brandy and orgeat with a sherry float.
8. **Hurricane** (70 · ▲85 ▼15) — New Orleans' passion-fruit and rum drink from Pat O'Brien's.
9. **Planter's Punch** (62 · ▲73 ▼11) — The old Jamaican rum punch: one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong.
10. **Three Dots and a Dash** (53 · ▲63 ▼10) — Don the Beachcomber's tribute to victory in Morse code.
11. **Saturn** (49 · ▲61 ▼12) — A rare gin-based tiki drink with passion fruit and falernum.
12. **Pearl Diver** (46 · ▲63 ▼17) — Rum with Don's gardenia mix of butter, honey and spices.
13. **Singapore Sling** (43 · ▲63 ▼20) — Gin, cherry liqueur and pineapple from Raffles Hotel, a tiki-bar staple.
14. **Piña Colada** (27 · ▲47 ▼20) — Rum, pineapple and coconut cream, Puerto Rico's national drink.
15. **Test Pilot** (21 · ▲25 ▼4) — Don the Beachcomber's 1940s blend of rums, falernum, Cointreau and lime.
16. **Suffering Bastard** (18 · ▲19 ▼1) — Created by Joe Scialom at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo in 1942, with gin, brandy, lime and ginger beer.
17. **Missionary's Downfall** (16 · ▲22 ▼6) — Don the Beachcomber's frozen rum cocktail with pineapple, mint, peach brandy and lime.

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