Fodor's Expert Review Reel Inn

Escape the glitz and glamour at this decades-old, down-home Malibu institution. Long wooden tables and booths are often filled with fish-loving families chowing down on mahimahi sandwiches and freshly caught swordfish. Get in line and choose your fish and sides, then nab a table. Outside, an expansive, dog-friendly lower patio lets patrons enjoy the sounds and smells of the ocean across the street while they wash down their conquests with ice-cold brews and lemonade. Drivers zip by this wooden fish shack on the Pacific Coast Highway every day, completely oblivious to the fresh bounty waiting inside.