Rave Reviews for The Mendocino Hotel & Garden Suites

Bay List 2009 from SFGATE.COMBest Hotel in Wine Country, from Bay List 2009 from SFGATE.COM“Best Hotel in Wine Country for 2009”, as voted by readers of the San Francisco Chronicle.    — SFGate.com Bay List 2009

Japanese Esquire LogoEarlier this year, a team from Esquire Magazine in Japan visited Mendocino, including the Mendocino Hotel. Here is a translation of the article (PDF); here are the comments about the Mendocino Hotel, in Japanese; and here are the various pages where the article appeared:
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“The views of both the cove and the Pacific would have been reason enough to rate the hotel highly but the incredible dinner put it over the top! The down pillows, excellent mattress, and snuggly soft bedding provided me with a peaceful slumber. The soothing sounds of the surf drifting through the open window were our lullaby! Bliss!”
    — Traveller, August 29, 2009

ZAGAT Survey“Victorian delights abound at this charming, period Mendocino Hotel restaurant kitted out with a dark-wood interior and a Californian menu that’s right on the mark; order small plates – or if nothing else, a cocktail and hang out in the bar under a stained-glass dome and drink in the lovely, Old West ambiance.”
    — ZAGAT SURVEY 2007

“The care with which it has been restored is a work of art: many of the paintings and much of the furniture date from the late 1800s and are from Europe. Sitting in the welcoming leather armchairs of the lobby in front of the open fire, it’s impossible not to think that Paul Newman and Robert Redford are upstairs in rooms identical to those in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
    — Marcella Borghi, Qui Magazine, December 2008, “Speciale Qui Touring Stati Uniti”

New Zealand Herald“At The Mendocino Hotel and Garden Suites on Main we take a garden room (deep bath, open fire and the biggest bed I’ve ever seen) and then make for the Victorian dining room. It breathes sumptuousness and Old World sophistication.”
    — Graham Reid, Travel Writer, June 15, 2007, New Zealand Herald

“When is the last time you saw such guest pampering, outside of Europe?”
    — Los Angeles Magazine

On April 11, the Blushin’ Roulettes and their “Fine Friends” (their guy friends playing backup and singer Gwyneth Moreland) celebrated the unveiling of a new CD titled “Took to the Country” at the Mendocino Hotel — a perfect venue offering an Old West ambiance surrounding the rootsy, sultry group.
    — Ukiah Daily Journal, April 23, 2009

The Australian“MENDOCINO Offers a good range of quaint digs, but The Mendocino Hotel (45080 Main St.) with its busy Victorian décor, has the best location, large comfy rooms (with open fires), good food and an excellent wine list.”

Newhouse News Service“There are a fair number of small inns in these parts, but to get a bit of an Old West feel, check out the Victorian-style Mendocino Hotel & Garden Suites on Main Street. For breakfast, lunch or dinner.”
    — Evelyn Theiss, Newhouse News Service, October 2008

The San Francisco Chronicle“The full service Mendocino Hotel is an opulent Victorian jewel box.”

“Best Small Hotel in Northern California”
    — San Francisco FOCUS Magazine

TripAdvisor“Mendocino Hotel. Located right on the ocean front, it delivers great views, fresh air… majestic, great romantic getaway for people of all ages”
    — Rated #1 Hotel in Mendocino, June 2007, TripAdvisor

Santa Rosa Press-Democrat“The Mendocino Hotel, does everything right, including big breakfasts... in a garden room with a view out to the crashing surf. Romance doesn’t get much more romantic than this.”
    — Santa Rosa Press-Democrat