Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel Captain Cook restaurant
Title
Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel Captain Cook restaurant
Description
In the Captain Cook Restaurant (named after the legendary English explorer who visited Tahiti), bright striped fabrics were hung from floor to ceiling in the double-height bar and lounge. The restaurant also featured chandeliers shaped like nautical lanterns and a vintage siren from a ship's prow. When Prince was designing the Tahara’a, he was catering to an American fantasy of the South Pacific, formed by movies like Blue Hawaii and the tiki bars of the 1960s. The Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel closed in 1974.
Architecture by Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
Interiors designed by Neal Prince.
Décor manufactured by Oceanic Arts Tropical Décor
Photograph by Arie deZanger
Architecture by Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
Interiors designed by Neal Prince.
Décor manufactured by Oceanic Arts Tropical Décor
Photograph by Arie deZanger
Creator
Prince, Neal A
Contributor
Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
deZanger, Arie
Date
1968
Subject
Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts
Hotel restaurants
Hotels--French Polynesia : Island--Tahiti
Interior decoration
Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
Hotels--French Polynesia--Papeete
Hotels--Decoration
Rights
Neal A. Prince Special Collection & Archives, New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY, United States
Coverage
Pape’éte, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Files
Collection
Citation
Prince, Neal A, “Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel Captain Cook restaurant,” Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Inter-Continental Brand, accessed April 29, 2025, https://nealprince.omeka.net/items/show/81.