Bayleaf

Hospitality? You don't know what hospitality is until you've visited the Bayleaf Restaurant in Napa. The warmth and welcoming atmosphere of the restaurant and the sheer generosity of owner Mounir Fahmy must be experienced to be believed. Fahmy calls the Bayleaf his "gingerbread cottage." With its low, peaked roofline, multi-paned windows and surrounding English country garden, the Bayleaf does...

Bayleaf Restaurant Review: Bayleaf owner Mounir Fahmy has spared no expense in transforming this historic little Napa cottage into one of the most classically elegant settings in town. Building two wood-fired pizza ovens, bringing in a smoker for meats and planting a private garden for vegetables and herbs are just a few of the steps Fahmy has taken to enliven this hidden charmer. The menu...

Hospitality? You don’t know what hospitality is until you’ve visited the Bayleaf Restaurant in Napa. The warmth and welcoming atmosphere of the restaurant and the sheer generosity of owner Mounir Fahmy must be experienced to be believed. Fahmy calls the Bayleaf his “gingerbread cottage.” With its low, peaked roofline, multi-paned windows and surrounding English country garden, the Bayleaf does...