Best Restaurants with a Wood Oven in Sonoma

It’s kind of a boring story because it’s the same every time! Perfect! No drama, nothing cooked wrong, or cold. If you need something to get worked up over, it will only be in a positive way for how amazing, fun, and relaxed it is. Mustard‘s Grill defines what dining in the wine country should be. The head chef and owner is well known in the Napa area, heading up four different restaurants. Mustard’s being the flagship restaurant, having been there for as long as I can remember 20+ years, and never gets older or stale. It is top shelf dining with a casual, relaxed, fun atmosphere, everything that Napa is about. It’s got the longest wine list in captivity, and a staff that has been there for decades, meaning you get great answers to any question you might have. Framed awards from the likes of Michelin and a guy named James Beard line the walls. But the place is far from pretentious, or worried about who you are. It’s their ability to scrape that off everyone’s shoes on the way in, that makes it the amazing truck stop it is. Wine maker sitting to your left, tech giant to your right, and my landscaper was a few tables over. Everyone is just glad to have a table, a professional staff of servers, and thoughts of an amazing meal, forthcoming. I don’t consider a trip to Napa complete without stopping in at Mustard’s. Their signature dish of a Mongolian pork chop with braised cabbage and mustard sauce along with mashed potatoes, is out of this world! Not one of those items rates as something I’d normally order! The crabcakes were on point, everything was perfect. And when you talk to the fantastic people sitting next to you, you’ll find the exact same story. “We’ve been coming here for 15 years, blah blah blah. It’s excellent every time, blah blah blah.” You haven’t done Napa until you’ve had a meal at Mustard’s Grill. Oh, and the cookbook is fantastic as well.

The food was so flavorful and the service was impeccable. It was definitely worth the 1.5 hour drive. You cannot find many Portuguese restaurants unless you drive to San Jose (where there are only a few). I would highly recommend. The ambiance was also very romantic!

Another excellent dinner with exceptional service. Only issue was loud patrons a few tables away from us constantly getting up squealing while posing for selfies

Had a birthday lunch and it was THE BEST! Very cute restaurant. Good vibe. Our food was unbelievably delicious! But what put it over the edge was our server, Steve. You can have wonderful food but if you have bad service it destroys the experience. Steve was great and we had a 6 out of 5 experience!

Very cozy place with friendly and helpful personnel. Great food! Especially the tomato sauce on the meatballs and the pizza! Shrimp linguine also very tasty with nice garlic sauce and giant tasty shrimps! My family and I were very pleased 😀