Market counters, riverfront patios, downtown rooms, and a table after the valley

Restaurants in Napa

Downtown Napa ranges from Scala's Southern Italian seafood and Zuzu's tapas to TORC's California cooking, Angele's riverfront French dining, and Oxbow's daytime counters.

First-night pick

Scala Osteria & Bar

4.6 ★

A lively downtown osteria for seafood-centered Southern Italian cooking, including whole fish, pizza, and pasta, backed by wines from Napa and Italy.

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Normandie Restaurant & Martini Bar

4.9 ★

Classic French dining with tableside flourishes, Dover sole, and a dedicated martini bar in an elegant downtown Napa setting.

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Special dinner

TORC

4.5 ★

A relaxed, high-energy downtown dining room serving contemporary American cooking shaped by local farms, global influences, thoughtful wines, and craft cocktails.

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Bistro Don Giovanni

4.6 ★

A longtime Napa favorite for seasonal Italian cooking, with a daily-changing menu inspired by its culinary garden and a vineyard-edge setting minutes from downtown.

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Angele Restaurant & Bar

4.5 ★

French country cooking built around Northern California ingredients, served in the historic Hatt Building with a sought-after Napa River patio.

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After the outing

The Waterfront Seafood Grill

4.5 ★

A downtown seafood destination for oysters, raw-bar selections, cioppino, fresh fish, shellfish, and steaks, with lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch service.

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Bear

4.7 ★

The signature restaurant at Stanly Ranch, pairing a polished resort setting with seasonal cooking centered on produce from the ranch and nearby farms.

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Grace's Table

4.4 ★

A cheerful downtown bistro serving globally inspired comfort food with French, Italian, and American influences, open for both brunch and dinner.

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Casual meal

Zuzu

4.4 ★

A convivial downtown favorite for Spanish-inspired tapas, paella, and small plates made with Northern California ingredients.

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Napkins Bar and Grill

4.4 ★

A lively First Street bar and grill for approachable American plates, steaks, seafood, cocktails, and an easy downtown dinner before or after a show.

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Southern Italian and Spanish plates

Scala pairs whole fish, pasta, and pizza with Napa and Italian wines. Zuzu serves tapas and paella for a meal built around shared plates.

French rooms and river patios

Normandie brings tableside service and Dover sole to downtown. Angele serves French country cooking in the Hatt Building and beside the Napa River.

California kitchens

TORC draws on local farms for contemporary American plates downtown. Bear, at Stanly Ranch, centers its menu on produce from the ranch and nearby farms.

Seafood and brunch

The Waterfront covers oysters, cioppino, fish, and Sunday brunch on the river. Grace's Table serves a broader French-, Italian-, and American-influenced brunch downtown.

Food counters inside Oxbow Public Market

Oxbow for a flexible daytime meal

The market puts coffee, baked goods, seafood, tacos, cheese, and produce counters under one roof. Diners can order from separate counters and share a market table.

Culinary garden at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia

Copia for classes, gardens, and culinary events

The Culinary Institute of America at Copia adds cooking classes, exhibitions, gardens, and scheduled food events beside Oxbow and the riverfront.

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Food and market sources

Menus, opening days, reservations, classes, and event calendars change.

Official sourceOxbow Public MarketCurrent merchants, hours, events, food counters, and market information.Official sourceCulinary Institute of America at CopiaClasses, dining, exhibitions, culinary events, gardens, and visitor details.Official sourceDowntown NapaDowntown restaurants, tasting rooms, shops, events, parking, and district information.