travel42 Hotel Review: Kimpton Shorebreak Hotel

Kimpton Shorebreak Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located a half-mile north of the sprawling Hyatt and Hilton resorts, directly across the Pacific Coast Highway from Huntington Beach's famed pier and seductive surf breaks, this lively beachcomber is a lithe little David in the face of Huntington Beach's corporate Goliaths.

It is an energetic entrant with an endless-summer aesthetic that will appeal to youthful travelers and baby boomers, surfers among them. A well-run Kimpton affiliate, it is the chief b...