Calistoga Village Inn and Spa Resort

Those previous reviews were for the wrong hotel. They panned the Calistoga Inn, a hotel, not the Calistoga Village Inn, a very fine motel. The staff was friendly and helpful, the room was great with sunken tub, Frig, microwave, air conditioned etc. The mineral pools were at no extra charge, (unlike most of the other lodging places in town), and it was easy to book--probably because of the erroneous reviews. The rate was only $129 a night on a weekend. Check it out.

This a European-style hotel which means you have a sink in your room, but the toilet and shower facilities are shared and down the hall. The hotel is small and located above a lively bar and busy restaurant. On Saturday nights the live music in the bar might keep you awake if you go to bed before midnight.

The rooms vary in size between large and 'cozy'. The restrooms and shower rooms are centrally located and there is only occasionally a wait for a shower in the morning. The shower rooms are individual (not multiple stalls) and are segregated (though since they're individual it isn't clear why).

The hotel serves a free continental breakfast to the hotel guests only in the restaurant downstairs.

Parking can be a challenge. You'll need to find a place on the residential streets next to the hotel. You may have to park a block or so away.

The restaurant in the hotel is very good.

Since the hotel is located on one end of Calistoga's main street it's a short walk to many other restaurants or to one of Calistoga's famous mud bath spas.

Staying in Calistoga is very convenient for visiting Napa Valley wineries and tends to be a bit cheaper than the central part of the Napa Valley. It's also one of the most affordable hotels.

If you don't mind not having a bathroom in your room and are looking for a relative bargain, this is definitely the place! We've stayed at this hotel many times and recommended it many others. The hotel books up fast, so reserve ahead of time.

If you're looking to go to Calistoga to go wine tasting, or go antiquing, and you don't really care about where you stay, this place might be for you. We were expecting a lot more than what we received when we showed up at this hotel, especially for the price.

The rooms are ancient, they've fixed them up a bit since the 30's maybe, but need a lot more work. There was peeling paint on the ceiling, the driveway is falling apart, and they no longer have an exercise room. They have 3 pools, one large, one small and a hot tub, all are in disrepair and are not very appealing. If they just spent some time cleaning the facility and used a little paint, it would be a huge improvement, the property seems neglected. A little TLC would go along way here.

Their service is not very good either. I wanted a soda, and their soda machine was out, all I got from the staff was a suggestion to cross the highway and go to the other hotel and see if I could find one there. Later, when I needed an iron, they had me come over to the office to pick it up, delivery was "not possible" I was told because there was only on person on duty. But when I showed up two minutes later, there were at least two people at the front desk, and doing nothing that warranted my extra trip to the office. The iron itself was filthy, when I tried to iron my shirt, it left a nice dark streak on the shirt, making it unwearable. They also mixed up the pricing on the room, the spa, etc., it took a calculator to fix the problem. Their staff could use more training in service procedures and a better knowlegde of their pricing structure.

I would not recommend a stay here, research the hotel properly and know what you're in for before travelling. If I had known ahead of time what to expect, I would not have felt so let down as when we stayed here.