If there was ever a reason to pack your bags and leave San Francisco for a day or two, this is it. A former hunting and fishing lodge, Manka's looks like something out of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, right down to the tree-limb bed stands. It's all terribly romantic in a Jack London-ish sort of way, and tastefully done. The lodge consists of a superb restaurant on the first floor, four rooms upstairs (room nos. 1 and 2 have large private decks), and four rooms in the Redwood Annex. Two spacious one-bedroom cabins, behind the lodge and on the water, have living rooms and bathrooms with vintage 6-foot double-ended tubs and private outdoor showers opening up to the sky. For the ultimate romantic splurge, inquire about the three secluded guesthouses: Boat House, Perch, and Cabin 125. The lodge's reputation was built on its rustic and romantic restaurant, which dominates the bottom floor and continues to make visitors swoon with house specialties of game and fish. The menu is price-fixed, ranging from $58 to $88 (on Sat), and features limited selections that might include pheasant with Madeira jus, mashed potatoes, and wild-huckleberry jam; black-buck antelope chops with sweet-corn salsa; or, everybody's favorite, pan-seared elk tenderloin. The restaurant is open for dinner Thursday through Sunday for a single seating (7-7:30pm Thurs-Sat; 4-4:30pm Sun) except for the first 6 weeks of the year, when it's closed. Note: A recent fire did considerable damage to the restaurant and main lodge, but we hope it will be repaired by the time you read this.