The Inn On First, Napa

This was my first stay at a bed and breakfast, and Jim and Jamie set the bar very high. There were so many nice touches: freshly-baked cookies, a beautiful garden and patio, and excellent winery and restaurant advice. The winery that my boyfriend and I enjoyed the most on this trip was one that they highly recommended.

The Inn on First was just fantastic! We wanted to get away for a long weekend and decided to go to Napa to tour wineries, in particular sparkling wines. Jim, Jamie, and Mercedes helps us out with just about everything. The Inn is in a great location to downtown Napa and the valley. Jim's breakfasts every morning were incredible especially the "fresh off the tree" cherry fritters and scones! We were able to get into some really good restaurants (Bottega and Angele!) and also tour some phenomenal wineries, definitely check out Schramsberg (thanks to Jamie and Mercedes for getting us reservations)! We loved it! and would recommend it to all. We'll be back for sure! Thanks Jim, Jamie, & Mercedes for a great time in Napa!

Our 8th anniversary couldn't have been any better, thanks to Jim and Jamie at The Inn on First, Napa Valley CA. Our reservation process and surprises planned, all worked out perfectly. The room Noble Vineyard "Rocked" it was more than we expected. My husband was ANTI-Bed & Breakfast until his stay at The Inn on First. He would go back tomorrow if he could and has already recommended to his friends and co-workers. All of our dinner reservations were perfect, except the OUTSTANDING in-room massages led us to be sooo relaxed we slept right through one of them-Ubuntu. Not necessarily a bad thing I guess right? We ate at Angele....YUMMMMY, ZuZu tasty tappas, and Ubuntu-we slept through dinner but made it for lunch the next day.....SO FRESH AND AWESOME VEGITARIAN~ We had a surprise hot air balloon ride that was amazing from Balloons Above The Valley that I planned for my husband, the Inn on First arranged it, but kept it quiet til' the end. We recommend if you do the balloon ride to still have breakfast at the Inn, as it is just as we imagined it to be.....delectable!!!! Breakfast was part of our draw to this particular Inn, and it was more than we anticipated. The help that we had planning our wineries was invaluable, they picked the most perfect places for us to vist as to not waste a bit of our time. Plus the tasting passes were a treat as well. It was relaxed from start to finish, easy to reserve....check in...out, the attention to detail was soo helpful, we would not have gotten this elsewhere. The homemade crackers, chocolate truffles, in room wine was such a nice touch, the water stock was helpful, the in room movies were a nice touch but we didn't use them, loved the cookies available to us 24 hours a day.....i am still working those back off....... :-) The help with directions to our next destination Jenner, CA and Goat Rock State Park was great.....we got to see the harbor seals right outside our room at The River's End Restaurant and Cabins. This is such a neat place to vist as well it is where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean, we highly recommend it and in the right season you see the mothers have their seal pups right on the shoreline. The Inn on First is "THE PLACE TO STAY IN NAPA", we would go back again and again...Thank you Jim and Jamie for opening your beautiful home and Inn as it is truly a magical place on earth~

If gourmet breakfasts (including hot scones and muffins and entrees that wake up your taste buds), recommendations for restaurants that are perfect and the food amazing, the planning of wine tastings that are fabulous and make travelling in the valley easy, and rooms that include jacuzzis and homemade choclates don't grab you, then The Inn on First is not for you...... Stay there or nowhere!