The Restaurant at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort

"The boutique resort features rock-waterfall pools, a beach fire pit, a tony beachfront restaurant, and a casual tiki bar that serves food"

"Add in the amenities, and this unstuffy 189-room luxury hotel north of town is the best of all worlds: It has a white sand beach, a Balinese-inspired spa, four gorgeous swimming pools, a nearby 18-hole Robert Cupp–designed golf course with its swing-enhancing David Leadbetter Golf Academy, and one of the area's best seafood restaurants"

"The restaurant is phenomenal"

"Work up an appetite for dinner? Make reservations at Baleen restaurant, where you can dine in either in the elegant dining room or right on the sand and try dishes such Florida Keys yellowtail snapper with creamed boniato, roasted bok choy, mango and aji amarillo"