Bardessono – Yountville
PRO: Nice suites, modern, tasteful and relaxing, and green. Excellent location
CON: In-room wine list could be a little better. Rooms aren’t cheap!
Bardessono, ya rocked us last weekend. We’re hooked. Between you and the lush lifestyle that was at our fingertips in Yountville, J&J had one of the most fun weekends for awhile. And the bar is set pretty high already, bitches!
And thanks to Gilt.com’s Jetsetter promotion, we got ya cheap, too, only $160 bones for a full suite. Woo Hoo! Prolly the last time too, ‘cuz I figure that was the age-old ‘heroin bait and switch’, right? Cut me a cheap deal to experience the rush, then jack that price up to the full $600-1000 retail and bleed me dry. Bastards!
That’s OK though, ‘cuz staying at the big B also got us into the tiny little town of Yountville. Or is it more of a village, or a burg? All I know it’s basically one street. And we dig Yountville, too. Hell, where else up here, on a 1/2 mile stretch of 2-lane road can you get world-class dining like Redd, French Laundry, Bouchon (update coming), Bistro Jeanty, Ad Hoc (veal on menu, had to pass), Bottega, Luca (good thin crust, review coming) and more, and enough wineries and tasting rooms (V WIne Cellar is da absolute bomb, visit Scott and tell him VdV sent you! This time, it actually might get you something) without ever having to 
jump in your hoopty and risk things you don’t wanna risk? I mean, I’m sure the drunk tank in Yountville is one of the best, but…I’d say that’s an experience best left to others.
Hey ya wanna know what this place is missing? Wanna make some easy $$? Open a cool, upscale Mexican restaurant! The place is dyin’ for one. Rick Bayless, are you listening?!
Anyhoo, I have one thing to say to you. And listen for once! 1) Stay here. OK, two things. 2) Get a massage. Bardessono is cool. It’s completely eco-green, built with recycled materials and outfitted with solar panels and snazzy little motion sensors that automatically lower shades and adjust A/C when you leave or enter the room. Apologies, I mean, the ‘suite’. The grounds are also very well designed. Olive, Juniper and Magnolia trees, nice shrubs and grasses and just tranquil. But modern tranquil, kittens!
The rooms here are all suites, and not those jippy ‘Residence Inn All Suites’ numbers. These’re all about 550 ft. sq. with a great layout and amenities. About 2/3 of the space is devoted to your bed/living space, with great mattresses and linens, fireplace w/ flat screen above it, and huge patios and decks. And black-out shades so you can sleep off the night before. Giggidy!
The other 1/3 is your bath/dressing area, with a nice big jet-tub (one you’ll actually want to use), dual sinks/vanities and just ‘room’ Ya don’t feel cramped when you’re getting all gussied up to hit the town. I mean, village.
You get tons of privacy as well, all the windows are polarized so no one can see in, and where there are big 
windows in the bathroom, there’s always something blocking the view from any perv’s spying in. Sorry, voyeurs!
There’s also a rooftop pool and what has to be one of the most kiln-hot hot tubs I have ever experienced. Damn, heating that thing must zap 1/2 the solar power they’re generating. I think it topped one-oh-six. No shit. And yes, Bardessono has a bar and restaurant as well. The drinks at the bar were dandy, and it’s a nice space. We didn’t get around to dining in the restaurant although we heard it’s good. We can vouch for their breakfasts though, room service was great.
Oh yeah, they also have bikes to cruise around on, valet parking is included, and all the people here are also very cool too.
VdV Rating: 4
Bardessono
6526 Yount Street
Yountville, CA 94599
(707) 204-6000
