Welcome to The Mendocino Hotel & Garden Suites

TOP 5 Hotels in Wine Country, from Bay List 2010 from SFGATE.COMBest Wine Country Hotel, 2009 and 2010, as voted by readers of the San Francisco Chronicle.
    — SFGate.com Best of the Bay List 2010

ZAGAT Survey 2010
2010: “Sets the scene for the local ‘in crowd’,
and well worth the price.“
2011: “Excellent.”

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“Every time I stay here, it’s an
excellent experience!” June 17, 2011
“Great stay! Great location!” June 25, 2011
#1 Hotel in Mendocino for 2011
Awarded TA Certificate of Excellence for 2010

Upcoming Events

  • All Month: Whale Migration is happening now! California Gray Whales have started their annual migration south from Alaska to Baja. You can see whale spouts from everywhere along the coast—you can even see them from the balcony at the Mendocino Hotel!
  • All of January: Crab & Wine Festival Local Dungeness Crab paired with Mendocino Wines at many venues along the Coast.
  • January 27 at 7:30 pm: Mendocino Stories and Music Series presents The Groovinators The Groovinators perform at 7:30PM on Friday, January 27 at 7:30 PM at the Mendocino Hotel. The Groovinators play a potent combination of original and traditional blues, jazz, and swing rendered into their own inimitable style. All ages welcome! Bistro menu and libations are available as soon as the doors open at 6:30 pm.
  • January 28 at 7:30 pm: Mendocino Stories and Music Series presents PURA VIDA Salsa band PURA VIDA plays on Saturday, January 28 at the Hill House of Mendocino. PURA VIDA (PURE LIFE!) is Mendocino County’s original Latin inspired dance band. This is an all-ages dance party with music from Cuba, Brazil, Spain, and beyond. Bistro menu and libations are available as soon as the doors open at 6:30 pm.

Full Calendar of Events

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2011Constructed in 1878 and lovingly restored in 1975, The Mendocino Hotel Ocean & Garden Suites offers 51 deluxe accommodations: luxurious, romantic, Garden Suites and cottages situated on two acres of botanical gardens with fireplaces, Italian marble vanities, private balconies and spectacular ocean or garden views; and Victorian style rooms with access to ocean view balconies. Enjoy antiques, fine art, down comforters, stained glass and Oriental carpets, 24/7 front desk concierge and two award-winning Mendocino restaurants. ZAGAT enthusiastically writes “Victorian delights abound at this charming, period Mendocino Hotel restaurant with a California menu that’s right on the mark.”

Mendocino from across the Bay The Sun sets behind the Mendocino Hotel Autumn Grasses on the Mendocino Headlands Wedding Party in Garden Dining Room Organic Duck in the Victorian Dining Room The Lobby Bar The Hotel at Night Steps to the Beach below the Hotel Married in the Hotel Gardens Main Street from the Mendocino Headlands An Ocean-View Suite Tiffany Stained Glass Dome in the Hotel Bar Flying a Kite in Front of the Hotel Victorian Dining Room The bar has great sitting areas to share drinks and tapas with friends. Wedding Couple on the Headlands

Read an extensive interview with Tom Kravis, owner of the Mendocino Hotel for more than 20 years. The interview is by travel writer Max Grinnell at The Urbanologist.

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