The Tides

The Tides Review

The look of this seaside eatery suggests a yacht: decks on either side, steering wheels, oars hung as artwork, and petrified-driftwood mobiles, as well as antique Asian doors and lovely local ceramics for color. Although the kitchen isn't quite shipshape, it isn't shipwrecked, making visits to several gastronomic ports of call from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Rim. Start with chicken en croute in ginger-white wine sauce laced with leeks, or the almost-by-the-book bouillabaisse, then segue to pork glazed with lime-tamarind chilli sauce or blackened salmon in a grilled zucchini-and-eggplant "napoleon" floating on tomato-pineapple-cilantro salsa. More affordable, lunch emphasizes sushi, grilled items and foccacia; opt for the poolside seating. Management also runs several affordable beachfront cottages next door.