The S.O.S. in Decatur, GA

The S.O.S. opened on November 5, 2015, in a space that had previously held Paper Plane. Like its predecessor, it is a sister to the neighboring Victory restaurant. The look of the small space is upscale tropical, with dim lights providing the bulk of the mood, and an assist from a few small hula girl lamps and strategically placed orchids. The emphasis here is on the drinks: a full menu of classics and originals, crafted under the stewardship of bar lead Shanna Mayo. Many drinks on the menu are offered in scaled-up versions for sharing. There is a small menu of tiki-appropriate food available, like spare ribs and coconut shrimp.

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chansuck

chansuck has visited The S.O.S..

February 18, 2019, 5:58 PM

VERY small indoor space. You will be waiting for an hour to get a seat if its the weekend. Not much tiki aesthetics going on inside apart from the wall of mugs behind the bar. Drinks were fine and appropriately strong. But i have to say their promotional goodies almost make up for everything else lacking. They have amazing matchbooks, postcards and swizzle sticks that i have rarely seen other modern tiki bars bother to provide. Amazing! Love little details like that.

Trader Anne

Trader Anne has visited The S.O.S..

February 1, 2019, 3:39 PM

This place is great! I was glad we arrived when it opened, as it filled up quickly. The vibe here is very welcoming and friendly. The music was perfect. The food selection was wacky, but I liked it. Drinks were strong! I wish they had their own mug for sale, but all our drinks were served in tiki-appropriate mugs. Staff was friendly and properly bedecked in Hawaiian shirts. If I lived in the area, I would come often and bring friends.

Bonus: kids are allowed before 9pm, and the staff made my tiki-babes feel welcome.

Miss Catwings

Miss Catwings has visited The S.O.S..

July 4, 2018, 2:23 PM

This bar is more of a neo-Tiki Bar. The decor shouts, �Hey! Don�t you know? I�m a Tiki Bar damnit! Can�t you tell by my neon lights and Hawaiian print?� The menu definitely let�s you know you�re here for drinks and not food. My friend and I were heavily confused by the food fare selections and decided to go straight for the drinks which were pretty straight up with us. They are typically heavy-on-the-alcohol Tiki bar drinks and had a few original twists of their own. We had the Kilauea. Mai-Tai. Koi-Koi. And Chaka-Cha. The Koi-Koi was the only one we weren�t quite sure if we liked or not. I think this tiny bar has great potential for a little pop-up speakeasy type of vibe but they are lacking on service. If you don�t grab seats at 6pm right when they open or aren�t directly at the bar, you�re gonna wait a while. So make sure to get your drinks and food order in at the same time. I know it�s a small bar, but they were packed and busy and could�ve used another server or at least a busser or hostess to help the overworked servers who seemed to keep forgetting we were sitting there. Overall I think this is a cute little bar. I did enjoy the little touches like the logo�d match books and coasters and postcards that you can take. And they did have glassware you could purchase. But because of its location and neo-Tiki Bar feel it did seem like a bar targeted to grad students that need a dimly lit escape rather than for experienced Tiki-philes that need more than drinks and a few neon signs to impress them.

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