The Bar/Lounge at Kimpton Shorebreak Huntington Beach Resort

""Find your inner surfer" at this "hip" Joie de Vivre affiliate with "fantastic", "attentive" staffers and rooms – some blessed with ocean views – done up in "chic", "beachy" decor with "amazing original artwork"; the restaurant/bar, "worth a trip in itself", serves as a "fun meeting place for locals", and the location (across PCH from Huntington Beach) is ideal for walking along the Strand to the pier or "zipping across the street" to catch some morning waves; P"

"The adjacent lounge is just as eclectic, fitted with 1950s-inspired bamboo sofas and a smattering of modern armchairs and carved African drum tables"

"The adjacent lounge is just as eclectic, fitted with 1950s-inspired bamboo sofas and a smattering of modern armchairs and carved African drum tables and Moroccan handicrafts"