"Dining poolside is something we don’t get to do very often in Atlanta, especially in the winter. But Elektra, inside the Forth Hotel in O4W, changes that—sort of. The Mediterranean restaurant has a patio that overlooks the hotel pool. And when temperatures dip under 60 and it’s too cold to rock a bathing suit, heaters overhead make it easy to pretend the sunrays are beaming. All thoughts of winter blues vanish while you nibble on small plates like buttery mussels and the hard-to-put-down fried arnabeet. And then shareable entrees like a flaky whole branzino with tahini may fully plop you into a waterfront retreat daydream." - juli horsford, jacinta howard, nina reeder