Farmhouse Inn

When I embarked on the search for the perfect destination to celebrate our 30th Anniversary, I explored a few options: Solage in Calistoga and Farmhouse Inn. Taking into account my husband's preference for Pinot wines we ultimately chose to stay at Farmhouse Inn for a more intimate ambiance. The decision was also influenced by our reservation at their highly regarded fine dining establishment, the Farmhouse Inn restaurant, which had received exceptional reviews under the new chef. I booked a king-size room through booking.com to ensure we could fully enjoy the dinner without having to worry about driving afterward. To our disappointment, it turned out that we were assigned the most unfavorable room in the entire resort, facing a busy and noisy street (quite the opposite of what we had anticipated for a special occasion!). The resort was not fully occupied during our midweek stay, so I inquired about the possibility of moving to a quieter room. Surprisingly, the only option offered to us was another room at an additional $$$$(bearing in mind that this was already quite an expensive resort). Given the circumstances, it would have been a pleasant gesture on their part to provide a complimentary upgrade for such a special occasion in a resort with plenty of available accommodations. Adding to our disappointment, we found a dead bug on the bed in the room. Regrettably, our stay at the Farmhouse Inn lacked any special touches that one would expect to commemorate a milestone occasion like our 30th anniversary. There was no complimentary bottle of wine awaiting us, no fresh flowers to enhance the ambiance. I would like to emphasize that this review solely pertains to the way our reservation was handled and not to the Farmhouse Inn restaurant, where we dined and had an absolutely divine experience! The culinary creations were impressively innovative, the presentation was impeccable, and the wine pairings were thoughtfully selected and truly delightful.

I accidentally booked the room for the wrong night but the Farmhouse Inn agreed to transfer the booking at no additional cost. I'm very grateful. The gardens were absolutely stunning. The customer service was great.

Beautiful property with lovely rooms. The on-site restaurant was phenomenal.

For such a high-end place, their communications with us were quite bad: they messed up our spa appointment and it took multiple phone calls to sort out, and the “pre-stay survey” that they sent had a broken link so there wasn’t any way to actually fill out the survey. When I brought this up with the front desk, the response was “oh yeah if you booked with Booking.com the survey doesn’t work”…..um, what? This is a known issue and you aren’t even going to try to fix it?

Quirky, full of character

Poor or no Wi-Fi in the common areas, I heated pool, no hot water one of the nights