The club was opened in 2006 at 1 Dover Street (the site of an earlier nightclub) by Piers Adam and Nick House.
Its co-founder Nick House has said: "The vision with Mahiki is that whether you're fat, thin, bald, ugly or old, you can get in.
[7][8] In the course of that year, Mahiki Clubs have opened in Marbella, Spain,[9] in the Forte Village Resort in Sardinia,[10] in Manchester (in collaboration with Gary Neville's company GG Hospitality Management Ltd. ,[11][8] closed in 2018,[12] reopened in 2019[13]) and at a second London location (Mahiki Kensington,[14][15] closed in 2019[16]).
[19][20][21] MBG has launched the Mahiki drinks range[22][23] in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Spain in 2019.
[22] Since May 2019, Andreas Herb, the managing director of MBG,[34] is the sole director of Tiki Brands Holding Ltd.[35] A confirmation statement published in 2020 lists Adam and MBG as the main shareholders of Tiki Brands Holding Ltd., with a 34.44 per cent stake each.