Pacific’s Edge Restaurant
at Hyatt Carmel Highlands
120 Highlands Drive, Carmel
622-5445, www.highlandsinn.hyatt.com
There are views, and then there are views. The floor-to-ceiling windows of this dining room can literally bring people right out of their seats, especially at sunset. And then there are the whales, often breaching close to the shore. It is not uncommon here for diners to be dreamily gazing outward as if transported by the Pacific’s natural beauty, or looking toward the rugged Point Lobos coast right next door. Add in great food, and you have romance with a capital R.