"Hotel Lucine is primarily a hotel that takes food seriously. You won’t find a plastic-wrapped continental breakfast at The Den, but rather a fully fleshed-out menu offering not only spicy and crunchy bucatini and shrimp burgers with tangy remoulade, but also a breakfast sandwich with a thick silken egg custard patty, like the texture of a soft scramble made into a tamago. Plus, you can enjoy everything inside on the low-slung mid century furniture, on the roof deck or even out by the pool. For food with as much flavor as kinds of novelty shirts in a tourist-trap surf shop, hit up The Den at Hotel Lucine." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene