Thomas Keller's family-style restaurant. One menu, four courses, every night different. Sundays bring fried chicken; if you only have one Keller meal in you, this is the gentlest entry.

Ad Hoc

Classic French bistro from Chef Philippe Jeanty, open for over 20 years. Red awnings, flower boxes, blooming red geraniums — the kind of place you walk past and immediately want to sit at. Lunch is the move.

Bistro Jeanty

Bar seating

Italian, by way of Calabria, in the V Marketplace courtyard. Chef Michael Chiarello's restaurant carries on his vision since his passing in 2023 — handmade pasta, wood-fired everything, a fireplace on the patio.

Bottega

Thomas Keller's French bistro, opened 1998. The red zinc bar, the steak frites, the mussels. Late-night dining (until midnight on weekends) makes it the rare Yountville option after most kitchens close.

Bouchon Bistro

California-Italian inside a renovated 1916 grocery building. Wood-fired pizzas, pastas, and a backyard garden in summer. Reservations help on weekends.

Ciccio

Mediterranean in the historic brick depot. Chef Rebecca Weitzman cooks from peak-season ingredients with restraint. The Aperol cocktails are the namesake; the burrata is the order.

Clementine

Happy hour

The restaurant inside Bardessono Hotel. Garden-driven menu — much of it grown on property. Quiet patio under olive trees; the kind of dinner that doesn't need to be loud to be memorable.

Lucy Restaurant & Bar

Thomas Keller and Chef Jeffery Hayashi's Asian-inspired room. Started as the Regiis Ova caviar lounge; evolved into a full restaurant focused on Japanese technique and California ingredients. Hokkaido uni toast, Miyazaki wagyu, the best caviar selection in the valley.

RO Restaurant & Lounge

Wed-Sun 4-6pm. Walk-ins welcome at the lounge.

Portion of dining room held for walk-ins.

Lounge seating

Croissants, macarons, the chocolate bouchons that started it all. Lines form before opening; the rhythm of the town starts here. Coffee and pastries to go, or sit at the small bar inside.

Bouchon Bakery

Walk in, point at what you want. The way it should be.

Food