Isaac S.
Yelp
This place is fantastic. My wife and I stayed here last weekend, and had an amazing time.
Lodging: we stayed in a lodge room, which I believe is the standard room. It was lovely - the bed was comfy, the room clean, and we had a nice little patio to sit and read in. It was also - and this is my favorite part - SO QUIET. Aside from the other cars in the lot outside the lodge building, I would have thought we had no one staying in a room next to us. It was amazing.
The grounds: awesome. They've got all kind of lawn games scattered throughout the property (shuffleboard, cornhole, badminton, etc.) There's a lot to do.
The pools are awesome. Well, the family one was at least. We came to the hotel expecting to use the adult pool, since we didn't have kids for the weekend, but we opted for the family pool the entire time. The adult pool looked nice, but seemed crowded both times we went swimming. The family pool wasn't nearly as crowded as the adult one, it was nice and warm, and they had awesome floats/pool noodles to use.) It was also enormous.
The property is right next to downtown Calistoga, so you can walk to restaurants (good ones) and shopping (kinda meh, better shopping is to be found in St. Helena, about 10 minutes by car.) That said, it feels totally separate from town too. Best of both worlds!
Spa: again, great. I got a mudbath and a massage. Note: when they say you'll be naked for the mud bath, that means you'll be naked in front of the attendant AND other guests in the mud bath room (which I think has capacity for a total of 4 guests.). The mud rooms are separated by gender, though. Not a big deal, but something to be aware of if you're shy.
The actual mud bath part of the mud bath experience was great - like resting under a big warm heated blanket. The rest (sitting in a mineral water bath, sitting in a sauna, laying down under a sheet) was kind of boring to me, but I could see it being nice if that's your thing.
The massage was also good. I went for the 100 minute session with CBD. I've always assumed CBD stuff is basically snake oil, and this massage did not change my mind. I didn't notice any real difference between the cbd oil they used and any normal oils I've used. That said, the massage therapist (Audrey) was great. I prefer deep massage, and she was very good at it - very strong pressure, and some different moves to work on things like my lats, which felt great.
Food: food was ok. We ate a dinner and brunch at the hotel restaurant. The food was pretty good. My only complaint was that the staff seemed overworked at dinner. It took about 10-15 minutes to get greeted by our server, and in general we felt our table of two was an afterthought. That said, the food was decent. Brunch was much better. Our server was attentive, and the food was good. I'd recommend the churros starter - they were delicious!
All in all, I'd recommend this place.