New visitor to Napa

[annie23]

First time visitor to Napa. Have reservations at Hurleys and Ristorante Allegra. Did we select well?

[mick]

NO to Allegra! Near there in Napa, Zuzu is good for mediterranean tapas, Azurra for casual Pizza,Pasta and Angele for casual french-cal food.
Hurleys in Yountville is ok for the bar and you can eat at the bar, but better choices are Bottega and Bouchon. Towards and in St Helena try Mustards or Cook.

[fakebunny]

No, I wouldn't suggest going to either of those restaurants. I would suggest........
1 Angele
2 Redd
3 Ubuntu
4 Pizzeria Azzurro
5 Hog Island at Oxbow
6 Adhoc
7 BarbersQ

[SFDude]

Celadon is excellent.

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Celadon
500 Main St., Napa, CA 94559

[wolfe]

Here are some additional threads with comments on your choices and alternatives.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/588380
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/320192

[sfbing]

Second Ubuntu.
Also Ad Hoc.
In Sonoma, there is also Cyrus.

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Ad Hoc
6476 Washington St., Yountville, CA 94599

Cyrus Restaurant
29 North St, Healdsburg, CA 95448

[wolfe]

Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu Restaurant & Yoga Studio
1140 Main Street, Napa, CA 94558

[loomco]

No.

[annie23]

Could you make some recommendations for moderately priced restaurants?

[sfbing]

What is moderately priced?

[annie23]

Entrees $50 and below.

[JasmineG]

I don't think there's anywhere in Napa that has entrees over $50 (with the exception of French Laundry, though their pricing doesn't work like that). Can you give us some more ideas of what you like and what you're looking for?

[maria lorraine]

Sorry, no. Loomco is right. Those two restos would be far, far down my list.

My favorites are:
St. Helena: Terra***, Meadowood, Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen, Martini House**
Rutherford: Rutherford Grill
Yountville: French Laundry, Redd**, Ad Hoc, Bouchon at the bar only, Bistro Jeanty (but be sure to follow the posts on these last two to know what to order)
Napa: Don Giovanni***, Ubuntu***, Pizzeria Azzurro

Please do a search on each of the towns listed. Also do a search with each of the resto names and read many different Chowhound opinions.

Good luck.

[rworange]

Another way to search is on the Places database which has restaurant ifno, the website, if any, and attached Chowhound reports. Here's a search on Yountville.
http://www.chow.com/search?search%5Bq...

If searching on the town of Napa add the word 'city' to your search or you will get everything in Napa county.

I'd asterisk Bouchon. Yes, I didn't sit at the bar only nearby the bar, but why eat at a chain when in Napa? Also, I wouldn't go fo something like French food that can be had anywhere.

I'd add Brix to that list and maybe take advantage of their Happy Hour deals Mon-Fri 4-6. Bottega is new and has been getting some good reports.