Ottimo (Mercato only open) — Restaurant in Yountville

I sincerely enjoy this place. It is slightly expensive, but if you are in Napa you should be expecting that and trying to eat well. The food is fantastic and shows a significant attention to detail. It is made right at the end of the store area, and you can watch as they cook in the open wood fired oven. There is a lot of innovation, but they are willing to modify the food as you want. Kids meals are variants of the normal item, such as removing the whole leaf basil from a margherita pizza. There's a lot of good flavors that flow right together. Service is excellent, they were attentive when necessary and kept an eye on us to see when we needed something. The store is also nice with some different wine-themed items to purchase, although a bit pricey. There is a small barista stand and fresh ice cream, along with a separate bar and outside seating area. We've come back here a few times since it's well worth it.

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Late Dec2024 During this time the casual market section is operational where iti is generally a home goods store along with a number of small food counter service optioms like a microbrewery, wine station, pasta station, etc.

The selection of merchandise is well thought of and is worth perusing esp the kitchen wares.

The place is minimally staffed so one cannot be sure whether which food stations are available.

The interiors are much like a minaturized version of indoor farmers market one sees in other larger cities which has an outdoor area as well.

Outside, is their beautiful Italian style courtyard which one supposes is...

I would give a negative review if I could. We stopped here while doing a Napa Valley Wine Trolley Tour. The young women working there were extremely rude and hostile the entire time. It was obvious they hate their jobs. We were never offered anything to drink and the pizza's were tiny. They served them one at a time to be divided between 12 people. This meant that not everyone at the table even got a slice. There were 3 total served, so I ended up getting one tiny little slice of pizza and about 1/4 cup of salad. We all left hungry. Stopping there honestly ruined the...