Splashes   

At a restaurant where every dish is served with a side of salt water, Splashes is beachfront hotel Surf & Sand's prized restaurant -- a coastline classic that serves food all day to customers that extend far beyond mere hotel guests. At Splashes, you don't have to go fishing too far to find something fresh or appropriate for the breezy setting. Using only organic fruits and vegetables, the menus are updated almost daily, and there's usually a bevy of oceanic classics for lunch, such as the steamed Prince Edward Island Mussels, curried seafood cakes and Idaho trout. For dinner, the Iced Pacific Shellfish platter and a sauteed Wild Alaskan Troll King Salmon make for good catches, and in the realm of beef, there's pork, lamb and even a filet mignon for you to chew on. Though prices can get a bit high at Splashes (dinner entrees average out around $30), it's a small price to pay when your hostess is Mother Nature. With plenty of windows that swing open to help guests bond with the ocean air, the interior is a pleasantly lit stone-floored experience that comes off as romantic in the evenings and "island casual" in the mornings. As hotel guests wander through the restaurant in robes (oddly enough, it's the prime passageway to the pool), you can swallow down coastal cuisine by the fireplace or on the two-tiered outdoor section, which occupies every nook possible in order maximize ocean viewing. Special tip: Be on the lookout for special seasonal menus such as their "cheese tasting menu," which can be truly Gouda times.