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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Napa from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Napa, United States
Our guide holds 121 wineries in Napa. Cabernet estates in our guide include Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle and BOND Winery, all in Oakville, and Hundred Acre in St. Helena. The one Michelin-starred restaurant is The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, where Chef Robert Curry's contemporary French menu is prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, and the wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. Downtown Napa is the largest neighborhood cluster in our guide, with 35 venues. Citywide, Wine Spectator recognition comes to one Grand Award and six Best of Award of Excellence awards. The Grand Award belongs to La Toque. The Best of Award of Excellence lists include The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, Compline in Downtown Napa, Torc in downtown Napa, A16 Napa in downtown Napa, Cole's Chop House in historic downtown Napa and Brix Napa Valley in Napa Valley.

Tasting menus beside one starred restaurant

Tasting menus in our guide run from the one Michelin-starred restaurant in Rutherford to kaiseki, omakase and farm menus in other neighborhoods.

  • The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil

    The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford sits on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford and holds a Michelin star. Chef Robert Curry's contemporary French menu is prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, with seasonal local ingredients and a Provençal sensibility. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026.

  • Kenzo

    Kenzo in Downtown Napa serves Japanese kaiseki from Chef Eiji Onoyama at a chef's counter. Ingredients are flown daily from Japan's Toyosu Market and paired with local Napa produce. It runs a tasting menu and prix fixe. The wine program has an extensive wine list and a sake program. The latest Michelin award is a Plate for 2026, and it holds a Star Wine List for 2026.

  • Torc

    Torc in downtown Napa cooks contemporary American farm-to-table food under Chef Sean O'Toole. Formats are a tasting menu, a la carte and small plates, with hyper-seasonal, locally foraged ingredients and global influences. The wine program is exceptional and extensive. It holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026 and a Star Wine List for 2026. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #522 in North America for 2024.

  • FARM

    FARM in Carneros is Italian farm-to-table dining in a resort setting, using ingredients from an on-site garden. Executive Chef Aaron Meneghelli serves five-course tasting menus, and the formats also include a la carte, family style and prix fixe. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list and craft cocktails. Forbes awarded the restaurant four stars for 2025.

  • Morimotos

    Morimotos in Downtown Napa Riverfront is Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's modern Japanese fusion restaurant, with omakase plus a la carte and tasting menu formats. The room is minimalist, with riverfront views. The wine program has an extensive wine list, a sake program, craft cocktails and a beer program. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #514 in North America for 2025 and #451 for 2024.

Wine Spectator restaurant lists

Our guide counts one Wine Spectator Grand Award and six Best of Award of Excellence awards in Napa. La Toque holds the Grand Award, and four Best of Award of Excellence restaurants are picked here.

  • La Toque

    La Toque holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026. Chef-owner Ken Frank serves seasonal tasting menus, a la carte and prix fixe. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with 2,500 selections and 23,000 bottles across California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, the Rhône, Spain and Port. The latest Michelin award is a Plate for 2025. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #158 in North America for 2025.

  • Compline

    Compline in Downtown Napa works as a restaurant and a wine shop, with small plates and a la carte seasonal California cooking. Veteran sommeliers lead an exceptional list that skews toward Burgundy, Champagne and European classics. For 2026 it holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and a Star Wine List. World's Best Wine Lists gave it 3 stars for 2025 and a category win that year.

  • Cole's Chop House

    Cole's Chop House in historic downtown Napa is a classic American steakhouse in a renovated 1886 stone building. The kitchen serves 21-day dry-aged USDA prime steaks, a la carte, with craft cocktails. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive Napa-focused wine list, and Wine Spectator awarded a Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. Opinionated About Dining recommended it on the Casual North America list for 2026.

  • A16 Napa

    A16 Napa in downtown Napa serves southern Italian wood-fired dishes with Northern California ingredients, a la carte and in small plates. The cooking focuses on Campania, wood-fired technique, regional pasta traditions and southern Italian grape varieties. The wine program has an extensive list. Wine Spectator awarded a Best of Award of Excellence for 2026.

  • Brix Napa Valley

    Brix Napa Valley in Napa Valley serves California farm-to-table cooking with a Southern flair, a la carte, from an on-site garden. The wine program is extensive. It holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026 and a Star Wine List White Star for 2026. World's Best Wine Lists gave the list a 2-star award in 2022.

Downtown Napa wine rooms

Downtown Napa holds 35 venues in our guide. These picks are restaurants in that neighborhood with exceptional wine programs: barbecue, Japanese, steak and global comfort food.

  • Bounty Hunter

    Bounty Hunter in Downtown Napa is a Western-themed wine bar and barbecue restaurant in an 1880 building. The menu is a la carte, with smoked meats and beer can chicken, plus a beer program. The wine program is exceptional, with a 400+ selection. World's Best Wine Lists awarded the list 3 stars in 2022.

  • Morimoto Napa

    Morimoto Napa in Downtown Napa is Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's contemporary Japanese fusion restaurant, blending Japanese classics with Western ingredients in a riverfront setting. Formats include a la carte, a tasting menu and omakase. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list, a sake program and craft cocktails.

  • BOA Steakhouse

    BOA Steakhouse in Downtown Napa is a modern American steakhouse set in Casa Mani Resort, focused on dry-aged, prime aged beef. Service is a la carte, with craft cocktails, in a candlelit, garden-linked room. The wine program is exceptional and extensive.

  • Celadon

    Celadon in Downtown Napa serves global comfort food, drawing seasonal flavors from the Mediterranean, Asia and the Americas. Dishes come a la carte and as small plates, with a riverside courtyard. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.

Oakville Cabernet estates

In Oakville, Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle and BOND Winery produce Cabernet Sauvignon, and Dalla Valle Vineyards makes the Maya blend from the Maya block. Each holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

  • Harlan Estate

    Harlan Estate in Oakville is a hillside Cabernet Sauvignon estate producing only 2,000 cases a year, with panoramic Napa Valley views. Winemaker Cory Empting leads the property. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026. Access is managed through a private mailing list.

  • Screaming Eagle

    Screaming Eagle in Oakville produces Cabernet Sauvignon in tiny quantities. Its first vintage was in 1992, and allocations are tightly restricted. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

  • BOND Winery

    BOND Winery in Oakville produces five single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon wines from hillside sites. The first release was the 1997 vintage, guided by winemaker Cory Empting. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

  • Dalla Valle Vineyards

    Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville produces the Maya blend from the Maya block. The estate's first vintage was in 1986. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

St. Helena estate producers

St. Helena accounts for 13 venues in our guide. The wineries below are estate producers in St. Helena: Cabernet houses plus the white wines of Stony Hill Vineyard.

  • Joseph Phelps Vineyards

    Joseph Phelps Vineyards in St. Helena produces Insignia, a proprietary Bordeaux-style blend from estate vineyards across Napa Valley, with the blend dating to 1974. Winemaker Ashley Hepworth leads the estate on Taplin Road. It holds a Falstaff winery listing and World's 50 Best Vineyards #37 for 2025.

  • Heitz Cellar Estate

    Heitz Cellar Estate in St. Helena pioneered Napa Valley's first single-vineyard designated Cabernet Sauvignon, from Martha's Vineyard in 1966. The estate has made wine on the St. Helena Highway since 1961. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

  • Hundred Acre

    Hundred Acre in St. Helena produces small-lot Cabernet Sauvignon from three estate vineyards, with berry-by-berry sorting. The sites are meticulously farmed individual vineyards, and the farming is low-intervention. It is known for 34 perfect 100-point scores.

  • Stony Hill Vineyard

    Stony Hill Vineyard in St. Helena produces balanced, non-oaky white wines from a Spring Mountain hillside, with Napa Valley views from a mid-century home. Wine has been made on the site since 1952. It holds a Falstaff winery listing for 2026.

Planning FAQ

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Napa?

Our guide counts one Michelin-starred restaurant in Napa, and one Michelin star in total. That restaurant is The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, which sits on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford. It holds one Michelin star. Chef Robert Curry's contemporary French menu there is prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, with seasonal local ingredients and a Provençal sensibility.

Which neighborhood has the most venues?

Downtown Napa has the most venues in our guide, with 35. Restaurants in that neighborhood include Compline, a restaurant and wine shop, Kenzo, Bounty Hunter, Morimoto Napa, Celadon and BOA Steakhouse.

Which restaurants hold Wine Spectator awards?

Our guide counts one Wine Spectator Grand Award, six Best of Award of Excellence awards and two Award of Excellence awards in Napa. La Toque holds the Grand Award for 2026. The Best of Award of Excellence for 2026 is held by The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil, Compline, Torc, Brix Napa Valley, Cole's Chop House and A16 Napa.

Where are the tasting menus?

Tasting menus in our guide are at The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, Kenzo in Downtown Napa, La Toque, Torc in downtown Napa, Morimotos in Downtown Napa Riverfront, FARM in Carneros, Morimoto Napa in Downtown Napa and Osha Thai Restaurant Napa in Downtown Napa. The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil uses prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu. Kenzo's kaiseki is a tasting menu and prix fixe. Morimotos and Morimoto Napa list omakase. FARM serves tasting menus.

What wine list styles stand out?

La Toque holds the Grand Award cellar: 2,500 selections and 23,000 bottles across California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, the Rhône, Spain and Port. Compline in Downtown Napa skews toward Burgundy, Champagne and European classics. Cole's Chop House in historic downtown Napa keeps an extensive Napa-focused wine list. Bounty Hunter in Downtown Napa has a 400+ selection.

Where are the wine bars?

Wine bars in our guide include Cadet Wine & Beer Bar in downtown Napa, Compline in Downtown Napa and Bounty Hunter in Downtown Napa. Cadet holds a Star Wine List for 2026, with wine and craft beer. Compline works as a restaurant and wine shop, with a list skewed toward Burgundy, Champagne and European classics. Bounty Hunter is a wine bar and barbecue restaurant with a 400+ selection.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Where to eat in Napa

Selected entries from the current guide for Napa.

A16 Napa restaurant in Napa

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A16 Napa

A16 Napa brings the cooking of southern Italy, specifically Campania and the regions around the ancient Roman road for which the original San Francisco location is named, into wine country's Italian-leaning dining scene. The kitchen's focus on wood-fired technique, regional pasta traditions, and southern Italian grape varieties positions it distinctly among Napa's Italian options, which range from the casual end represented by Ciccio to higher price tiers.

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Angele restaurant in Napa

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Angele

Angele occupies a converted boathouse on the Napa River at 540 Main St, offering French-Californian bistro cooking in one of downtown Napa's most characterful settings. The dining room sits at the intersection of wine-country casualness and classical French technique, drawing both locals and visitors who want something quieter than the valley's tasting-room circuit. It belongs to the mid-tier of Napa's dining scene, where the cooking is serious but the atmosphere is unhurried.

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Cole's Chop House restaurant in Napa

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Cole's Chop House

Cole's Chop House occupies a downtown Napa address that positions it squarely within the Valley's steakhouse tradition, where prime cuts and an extensive wine program do the talking. In a wine region that often defaults to Californian tasting menus, this is a room that leans into the classic American chophouse format with conviction. For visitors who want Napa provenance in the glass without a lengthy degustation on the plate, it fills a specific and deliberate gap.

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Fatted Calf restaurant in Napa

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Fatted Calf

Fatted Calf has anchored Napa's Oxbow Public Market since the early days of California's craft charcuterie revival, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats recognitions in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The butcher counter runs seven days a week and draws a clientele split between locals restocking their kitchens and visitors discovering that Napa's food culture extends well beyond the white-tablecloth dining room. It sits at a different register from the valley's Michelin circuit, deliberately, and to considerable effect.

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Where to stay in Napa

Selected entries from the current guide for Napa.

Carneros Resort and Spa hotel in Napa

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Carneros Resort and Spa

Set on 28 acres of rolling hillside in the Los Carneros AVA, Carneros Resort and Spa offers 94 cottages and private residences designed around Napa's agricultural heritage. A Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star spa, three on-site restaurants, and a layout modeled on a working farm village place it among the more architecturally deliberate properties in the region. Recognized on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 list with 90.5 points, it draws guests seeking space and landscape over corridor-and-lobby scale.

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Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection hotel in Napa

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Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection

Set on 712 acres in Carneros, Stanly Ranch earned a Michelin Key in 2024 and operates in a tier of Napa properties where scale, programming depth, and culinary identity carry equal weight. With 135 rooms, a plant-forward restaurant anchored by local sourcing, and a spa complex open to non-guests, it positions itself as a working ranch that happens to accommodate guests rather than a hotel that borrowed a rural aesthetic. Rates begin at $950 per night.

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Andaz Napa, by Hyatt hotel in Napa

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Andaz Napa, by Hyatt

Andaz Napa occupies a converted 1902 bank building on First Street, placing a design-forward Hyatt property at the centre of downtown Napa's walkable core. The property sits in a different competitive tier from the valley's resort-scale retreats, trading vineyard acreage for urban proximity to the city's restaurants, tasting rooms, and arts programming. It suits travellers who want Napa access without committing to a car-dependent compound.

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Which wineries to visit in Napa

Selected entries from the current guide for Napa.