Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in Wine Country

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Updated December 05, 2024

Looking for the best overall restaurants in Wine Country? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Auro

5.0

5 (194)

$50 and over

American

Calistoga

About the restaurant

Join us in celebrating Calistoga’s only Michelin-rated fine dining destination, Auro. Our intimate dining space showcases a seasonally inspired, five-course tasting menu by acclaimed Chef Rogelio Garcia and his team. Set against the stunning backdrop of sprawling the Palisades Mountains, this is wine country dining at its finest.

Top review

Bob

Dined on Dec 7, 2024

Great dining experience overall. Several of the courses were outstanding, including the black cod with buttery flesh and perfectly crispy skin. Most dishes had an excellent balance of salt, acid and spice with the occasional misstep such as the item billed as porcini and truffles but was no more than a bean and corn mess. The gnocchi supplement with white truffle needed salt and should have been 4x larger for the price. Shockingly small. Indeed most portions were too small and while I fully understand the desire to make it a tasting experience and serve up lots and lots of tasty small portions, these portions bordered on the obscenely small. But everything was beautifully presented and the service was very good - though not excellent (for example, for these prices, when my glass of water or wine is empty, it’s reasonable to expect that someone will be on it, and here they were at best slow to react). Worth it to try once, but in no hurry to return as no course (other than maybe the black cod) was too memorable.

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Experience

Michelin-Star New Year’s Eve Dinner at Auro

Experience

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Sonoma Wine Shop & La Bodega

5.0

5 (87)

$31 to $50

Mediterranean

Sebastopol

About the restaurant

Gourmet Vegetarian and Gourmet Vegan dining - 5 nights a week.
We make our own pastas, soups, salads, desserts from scratch.
Headquarters for 3,000 member dine and wine club.
Over 1,500 local members live here in Sonoma County .
Cozy West County vibe. Indoor / patio / garden seating.
5 Stars on Yelp. 7 years Nextdoor Fave.
Reservations and pre-ordering preferred.
Talk with us about any dietary concerns.
A true 'find' here in Sonoma County.

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don

Dined 7 days ago

Another amazing plant based dinner, the service is extraordinary and the owners are amazing You feel like you're at their home for dinner rather than at a restaurant I'm not a wine drinker, but I want to, just to try all the awesome wines from all over It's our favorite place to eat

Baci Cafe & Wine Bar - Healdsburg

4.9

4.9 (3704)

$31 to $50

Italian

Healdsburg

About the restaurant

Baci Cafe & Wine Bar invites you to enjoy its fine regional Italian and Mediterranean food, paired with wines from Sonoma, Napa and Italy, in a casual dining atmosphere.
Baci's wine list is thoughtful and well-priced, and features many small artisan wineries. Baci's menu is creative and offers a large selection of dishes. It's focus and commitment to local fresh seasonal ingredients has made it one of our Sonoma County favorites.

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ericVIP

Dined 7 days ago

Baci has been one of the top restaurants in Healdsburg since it opened about 15 years ago. The husband and wife team of Shari (Chef) and Lisbeth (front of house) have created a haven for locals and tourists alike. The food is great and they have an excellent (and well priced) wine list. It is always fun to go to Baci!

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Popular dish

Spaghetti alla Bolognese

Popular dish

Gnocchi alla Bolognese

Popular dish

Carpaccio

Cafe La Haye

4.9

4.9 (3056)

$31 to $50

American

Sonoma

About the restaurant

Located just off Sonoma Plaza, Cafe La Haye offers an appealingly unfussy sophistication. The split-level dining room holds just a dozen or so tables, but its open kitchen, raftered ceiling and walls adorned with modern art create a vibrant energy that’s contagious.
Convivial owner Saul Gropman and chef Jeffrey Lloyd make a formidable team. Lloyd, former executive chef of restaurant Michael Mina, offers a seasonal menu that’s discreet in its complexity, featuring the sort of dishes that seem to get better with each bite.
Gropman’s wine list comprises a modest 100 bottles, but it’s a smart, well-focused selection -

Wine Spectator

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Jack

Dined 2 days ago

Excellent as usual. Great food. Top notch service. Great value pricing. Wonderful wine list. A must visit in Sonoma.

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Popular dish

Fried Eggplant

Golden Bear Station

5.0

5 (365)

$50 and over

American

Kenwood

About the restaurant

Golden Bear Station is an Italian American restaurant that offers a unique perspective through the lens from the owners of Animo and Mu Ramen.

Mu Ramen and Animo owners Joshua Smookler and Heidy He have received exceptional recognition, including a prestigious 2-star review from the New York Times in 2015. The New York Times also dubbed them as the best ramen in NYC, while Eater named them the best ramen in America in 2016. Animo, on the other hand, has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle and recognized as one of Esquire's Best New Restaurant in America in 2022. Both restaurants have earned a place and acknowledgement in the Michelin guide.

Golden Bear Station strives to encompass the essence of a local establishment and a haven for aficionados of wine and gastronomy. It serves as a gathering place where individuals flock to savor pizzas, pastas and seasonal delicacies.

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JenniferVIP

Dined 6 days ago

Exceptional food and hospitality. The hen of the woods mushroom dish is not to be missed.

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Popular dish

Pizza Margherita

Cook St. Helena

4.9

4.9 (1442)

$30 and under

Italian

St. Helena

About the restaurant

Specializing in elegant but straight-forward Northern Italian cuisine, created from local and seasonal ingredients.

A family-owned business, Cook St. Helena, is a neighborhood establishment through and through that continues to bring people together around fresh, handmade, delicious food in a warm, casual atmosphere. We opened Cook in 2004 to show the locals and tourists alike that food does not need to be complicated to taste great!

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Brianna

Dined 3 days ago

Incredible food and service!!! The pasta was amazing!!

Mayo Reserve Room - Mayo Family Winery

4.9

4.9 (924)

$50 and over

Winery

Kenwood

About the restaurant

Indulge in a Casual & Intimate Wine & Food Pairing Experience unlike any other in Wine Country! At the Mayo Family Winery Reserve Room, receive Personal Service and taste Exceptional Reserve Wines thoughtfully paired with 7 Seasonal Courses (each of about 3-4 bites each) that will challenge your expectations of what Wine Tasting should be...

Located in the heart of Kenwood in the beautiful Sonoma Valley, the Mayo Family Winery Reserve Room is situated in an unassuming building that overlooks Local Vineyards and Mountains. Relax and soak in the views while seated either Indoors or on our Front Lawn and taste through some of our Best Wines & Food Pairings, curated by Executive Chef John Locher and his team. We are personally committed to your Wine & Food Experience!

Book your reservation today at the Mayo Family Winery Reserve Room, or call 707-833-5504! Price is $80 per person for groups up to 6 guests, plus tax. 20% Auto Gratuity will be added to groups of 5 or more.

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jaylovenola

Dined on Dec 9, 2024

A most excellent wine and food pairing, well worth the visit - 5 star food, wine and hospitality.

Terrapin Creek Cafe & Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (2852)

$50 and over

Californian

Bodega Bay

About the restaurant

Terrapin Creek Cafe & Restaurant is a California cuisine restaurant located in Bodega Bay, California.

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elvino

Dined 4 days ago

Halibut handled in a beautiful way Steak was fabulous Service was great Food was delicious, well done good job

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Liberty Farms Duck Breast

Hana Japanese Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (1337)

$50 and over

Japanese

Rohnert Park

About the restaurant

For over 30 years we have had the honor of spreading some of the most traditional Japanese dishes from "izakaya" style bites to a full on sushi bar, the experience at Hana is a bit out of the ordinary but we assure you that the flavor of the food hits home for anyone who has been exposed to real Japanese food culture.

KANPAI!

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rashael

Dined 1 day ago

My honey and i dont get out much just him and i we have three kids. We wanted an upscale place that cares about the quality of there food. This place was most definitely that. From the outside it doesn’t seam like much. Until you walk up to this really cool wooden door. Then you go inside and your greeted with great service and ambiance. We had a couple good rolls and crab cakes. Yummm!

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4.8

4.8 (96)

$31 to $50

Pizzeria

Napa

About the restaurant

Chef Hakan is a second-generation baker who learned his craft in his uncle's bakery in Istanbul. His love for baking started out with making pastries and sourdough bread at first.

Hit by a pizza obsession later on, similar to Anatolian flatbread, Chef Hakan studied, experimented, and observed various pizza-making methods. He participated in pizza expos, visited pizza restaurants, and tasted different styles of pizza around the world until buying a nice wood-fired pizza oven and creating his own recipe.

Then time came for Hakan to open up his restaurant. Previously known as Napa Baking Company is now serving in Napa as Croccante. Chef Hakan offers long-fermented Pan-style Detroit and Chicago thin tavern style pizza.

Croccante currently holds an award from 50 top pizza, as one of the 50 top pizzerias in USA in the "excellent" category as well as a nomination by SF Chronicle as One of the Top Pizzerias in the Bay Area.

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John

Dined on Dec 3, 2024

Wow. First experience with Detroit style pizza. And it will not be our last. Best pizza ever. Jason, our server, was awesome!

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