Your Guy’s Weekend in Yountville

Planning a Napa Valley guys’ trip that keeps dying in the group chat? Make Yountville the plan. Wine tasting, outstanding restaurants, golf, craft beer and even cigars are packed into a town just over a mile long so nobody has to volunteer as the designated driver.

We’ve mapped out the entire weekend, from Friday happy hour to Sunday golf. Send this itinerary to the guys, pick a date and finally turn those thumbs-up reactions into actual reservations.

So get ready, we’re taking the guys to Yountville.

First, Choose Your Base Camp

North Yountville

Napa Valley Lodge is the “has got it all” option. Complimentary breakfast takes care of the mornings, while a heated pool, hot tub, bocce court and firepits handle the downtime. There are also cruiser bikes available when someone decides the group needs “a little fresh air.”

South Yountville

Hotel Yountville is the more private, settle-in-and-get-comfortable option. The newly renovated rooms have fieldstone fireplaces, and the property adds a year-round pool, complimentary bicycles, a 24-hour fitness center and plenty of places to enjoy a drink without going very far.

In short: Napa Valley Lodge for bocce and firepit hangs. Hotel Yountville for in-room fireplaces and a little extra luxury. There is no wrong answer here.

Happy Hour: The Official Weekend Start

Once the bags have been dropped off, it’s time to find good drinks to start the weekend.

The Style, The Glam, The Music, The Vibe

Start at RO Restaurant & Lounge for cocktails, bubbles and Asian-inspired bites during happy hour from 4 – 6 p.m.

On Fridays, live music begins at 6:30 p.m., giving everyone exactly 30 minutes to admit that “one quick drink” has officially become dinner.

The Crowd Pleaser

For the more casual route, Burgers & Half Bottles has Friday happy hour from 3–5 p.m., with wines by the glass and pints of beer at half price.

There are American Wagyu burgers, crinkle-cut fries and Russian River beer poured from a vintage red Volkswagen Brew Bus. This decision should not require a spreadsheet.

Not convinced? Check out our guide to happy hours in Yountville for all options!

Dinner Options

Yountville is home to some truly exceptional restaurants – including a few of the best-known dining rooms in the country. Assuming happy hour at RO hasn’t quietly turned into dinner, here are two very solid options for dinner with the guys.

Ribs & Way Too Many Wines

Head just north of town to Mustards Grill, a true Napa Valley classic. It has been feeding locals, winemakers, chefs and visitors since 1983 – which, around here, makes it pretty iconic.

Mustards describes itself as the “fancy rib joint with way too many wines,” which is both accurate and a fairly convincing dinner invitation.

A Little Something for Everyone

Keep things right in town at R+D Kitchen. The menu covers everything from fresh sushi and hearty salads to burgers and American favorites, making it an especially good option when nobody in the group can agree on what they want.

Add a full bar, a huge patio and Adirondack chairs gathered around the firepits, and you have a very easy win for the whole group.

Saturday: Coffee, Cabernet and a Cigar

Coffee First.

Begin at Mini Model Bakery, tucked inside a vintage railcar at the Napa Valley Railway Inn. Grab coffee, a breakfast sandwich and one of its famously fluffy English muffins. You have a full day of wine ahead of you. Eat something.

Choose Your First Pour

Vineyard Experience

Already up and ready to get moving? At Cliff Lede Vineyards, the Morning Walk in the Vineyard is a 75-minute walking tour through the estate vineyards and winery, with a full selection of wines poured along the way.

Wear comfortable shoes and come ready to explore. Basically, it’s exercise… but with wine waiting around every corner.

Downtown experience

Not a morning person but still agreed to a morning tasting? Ease into the day from a leather armchair at Silver Trident Winery. Tastings happen inside its downtown Yountville “Tasting Home,” where the darker colors, vintage rugs and comfy couches and chairs create an “old-library-meets-Wine-Country” atmosphere.

When making the reservation, ask the team for the earlier start, and add pastries, croissants and Silver Trident’s own Benevolent Dictator coffee.

Lunch Break!

Lunch With Wine

If the group wants to keep the food-and-wine portion of the day going, The Kitchen at Priest Ranch makes that very easy. The menu combines seasonal American dishes with a little Midwestern comfort, while Priest Ranch wines are available right next door.

The Kitchen was also selected as a nominee for Best Winery Restaurant in USA TODAY’s 2026 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, so we’re apparently not the only ones who think lunch and wine belong together.

A Bucket For The Table!

Or follow the smell of fried chicken to Addendum, Thomas Keller’s seasonal outdoor lunch spot tucked into the garden behind Ad Hoc. Open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Addendum serves its famous buttermilk fried chicken with cornbread and macaroni salad. You can order an individual meal, but the chicken also comes in seven (and fourteen)-piece buckets.

Afternoon Plans

How About a Cigar?

Once lunch has had a moment to settle, head to V Wine Cellar for Cabernet and a cigar. Yes, you read that correctly. V Wine Cellar has several thousand bottles from around the world, plus cigars from names including Arturo Fuente, Cohiba, Montecristo, Padrón and Romeo y Julieta.

Ask the team what older Cabernet or library wine is available, choose a cigar and settle in. Nothing about this part of the afternoon needs to be rushed.

Cigars Not Your Thing?

No problem. Head over to Pancha’s, Yountville’s beloved bar, where one of the original pool tables is back and ready to settle a few friendly disagreements.

Grab a cold beer or a classic cocktail, call the next game and keep an eye on whatever sport is playing on the TVs. Friendly competition is encouraged. Stories about how someone “used to be really good at pool” are expected.

The Extremely Important Water Stop

Before heading back to the hotel, swing by Ranch Market Too! for water, electrolytes, snacks and everything the group now realizes it should have purchased before the first tasting. Hydration may not be the most glamorous stop on the itinerary, but Sunday’s tee time will appreciate it.

Then head back to the hotel and regroup around the fire (at Napa Valley Lodge’s firepits or beside the fireplace in your Hotel Yountville room) for a few heart-to-heart conversations and at least one “back in the day” story that nobody remembers quite the same way.

Sunday: Golf and Brews

Nine Holes Before Noon

Start Sunday with nine holes at Vintner’s Golf Club. The championship nine-hole course takes roughly two hours to play and has three sets of tees, so it works for serious golfers, occasional golfers and the guy whose pre-shot routine is considerably better than his actual swing.

No clubs? No problem. Rental sets, carts and pull carts are all available. Reserving a tee time is a good idea (confidence alone does not secure a spot for the group). Also, once the final putt drops, there’s no need to go far for lunch. Lakeside Grill serves its Sunday lunch menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and has plenty of delicious options to be enjoyed on the patio beside the lake.

Cold Brews & Hot-Dogs

Tap House

After golf, head back downtown and switch from golf and grapes to grains at the Mad Fritz Tap House.

The Yountville taproom offers four-ounce tastes, flights and 10oz pours, with eight or nine beers generally flowing from the taps (oh and a cider too!).

Just come in, sit at the bar, and enjoy a pint.

Hot-Dog Time!

When hunger returns, walk over to Honor Market – Yountville’s only gas station, a neighborhood market and the home of an iconic hot dog. There’s also coffee, baked goods and wine to take home, making it an efficient final stop.

If hot-dogs are not enough, R+D Kitchen (next door) offers pizzas to go. Same corner, separate order, group crisis resolved.

One Last Napa Valley Glass

Quick Stop Before The End

Hope & Grace Wines is right next door to Honor Market, offering one final chance to end the trip as it began: with a glass of very good wine.

Walk-ins are welcome daily at this family-owned tasting salon, which specializes in limited-production wines served in a warm, relaxed setting. Stop in for one last taste before everyone heads home and the group chat returns to its usual mix of memes and unanswered questions.

…and a bottle for home?

Stop by Wine Country Connection, where you can sample something new before choosing a bottle to bring home.

It’s the perfect final stop before leaving town. Call it a souvenir!

A Few More Notes

Every group is different, so here are a couple of ways to make sure everyone in your crew feels included.

Bringing kids along?

The Coop by Hoopes is a relaxed, kid-friendly stop with plenty of room for little ones to run around while you enjoy Hoopes’ own wines.

Not drinking?

The Yount Room is a wine collective offering both traditional flights and a full non-alcoholic wine label called No&Co, thanks to their patented winemaking process. Everyone gets a full tasting experience – no one sits out.

Sip Yountville Zone

Remember – Yountville is the first and only town in the Napa Valley to allows people to drink in open containers directly in the street and sidewalk area.

Daily from 10 AM to 10 PM, guests can purchase alcoholic beverages from participating local businesses and enjoy them outdoors along designated areas of Washington Street, as long as drinks are served in a Town of Yountville-approved cup provided by the business.

Here’s the current lineup of participating businesses as of July 29th, 2026: