Guidebook for Novato

Dara
Guidebook for Novato

Food Scene

You can walk in 5 minutes from our house, wonderful and inexpensive Indian restaurant. I recommend the Tandoori chicken and the curries are fantastic.
Little Goan Indian Cafe
2007 Novato Blvd
You can walk in 5 minutes from our house, wonderful and inexpensive Indian restaurant. I recommend the Tandoori chicken and the curries are fantastic.
Best breakfast in town, often a bit of a wait but it turns over quickly. Indoor/outdoor seating.
14 locals recommend
Marvin's Restaurant
1112 Grant Ave
14 locals recommend
Best breakfast in town, often a bit of a wait but it turns over quickly. Indoor/outdoor seating.
Classic American dishes. Full bar that offers handcrafted cocktails, Napa Valley wines, and draft beer, seating inside and outside. Great for family and a date night.
13 locals recommend
Boca Tavern
340 Ignacio Blvd
13 locals recommend
Classic American dishes. Full bar that offers handcrafted cocktails, Napa Valley wines, and draft beer, seating inside and outside. Great for family and a date night.
Italian specialties like pizza and pasta, along with soups, salads, and other classic American entrees. Full bar. Indoor/outdoor seating
12 locals recommend
Boca Pizzeria
454 Ignacio Blvd
12 locals recommend
Italian specialties like pizza and pasta, along with soups, salads, and other classic American entrees. Full bar. Indoor/outdoor seating
Casual Italian & American fare, as well as breakfast, we go here when we can’t get into Marvin’s, it can take a little while to get your food but it’s a nice place. Good mimosas. Indoor/outdoor seating.
10 locals recommend
Grazie Restaurant
823 Grant Ave
10 locals recommend
Casual Italian & American fare, as well as breakfast, we go here when we can’t get into Marvin’s, it can take a little while to get your food but it’s a nice place. Good mimosas. Indoor/outdoor seating.
Quaint trattoria with a cozy bar & a fireplace offering a broad menu of rustic Italian fare & wine. Comfort food · Great dessert · Upscale
7 locals recommend
Chianti Cucina
7416 Redwood Blvd
7 locals recommend
Quaint trattoria with a cozy bar & a fireplace offering a broad menu of rustic Italian fare & wine. Comfort food · Great dessert · Upscale
Great Pizza, order to pick up or they deliver.
15 locals recommend
Stefano's Pizza
11 E Blithedale Ave
15 locals recommend
Great Pizza, order to pick up or they deliver.
Californian fare & drinks served in a scenic hilltop restaurant with a lounge/bar & patio. Great bar scene, has a fireplace and a outdoor patio with great views.
8 locals recommend
Hilltop 1892
850 Lamont Ave
8 locals recommend
Californian fare & drinks served in a scenic hilltop restaurant with a lounge/bar & patio. Great bar scene, has a fireplace and a outdoor patio with great views.
It’s somewhat expensive and you will need a reservation but it is very good, smoked tasting to die for.
13 locals recommend
Masa Sushi
813 Grant Ave
13 locals recommend
It’s somewhat expensive and you will need a reservation but it is very good, smoked tasting to die for.
Cool spot to buy/BBQ/eat oysters. Reserve a bench by the water with a BBQ.
118 locals recommend
Hog Island Oyster Co
20215 Shoreline Hwy
118 locals recommend
Cool spot to buy/BBQ/eat oysters. Reserve a bench by the water with a BBQ.
You can drive or get the SMART train. It is a half hour drive from the house but worth it if you are into seafood.
22 locals recommend
The Shuckery
100 Washington St
22 locals recommend
You can drive or get the SMART train. It is a half hour drive from the house but worth it if you are into seafood.

Drinks & Nightlife

Updated American food & Irish dishes plus a diverse drinks menu in quaint, pub-style quarters. Has an outdoor deck for food and drinks.
18 locals recommend
Finnegan's Marin Restaurant & Bar
877 Grant Ave
18 locals recommend
Updated American food & Irish dishes plus a diverse drinks menu in quaint, pub-style quarters. Has an outdoor deck for food and drinks.
Good bar inside and out with big fire pit.
9 locals recommend
Wildfox Restaurant
225 Alameda del Prado
9 locals recommend
Good bar inside and out with big fire pit.

Sightseeing

Good spot to walk and get to the water
46 locals recommend
Point Reyes Lighthouse
46 locals recommend
Good spot to walk and get to the water

Parks & Nature

Camping
45 locals recommend
Samuel P Taylor State Park
8889 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
45 locals recommend
Camping
5 minute drive from the house, great hikes and view when you get to the top
11 locals recommend
Mount Burdell Preserve
11 locals recommend
5 minute drive from the house, great hikes and view when you get to the top
Great for hikes, 10 minute drive from the house
12 locals recommend
Olompali State Historic Park
8901 Redwood Blvd
12 locals recommend
Great for hikes, 10 minute drive from the house
Hiking and camping
87 locals recommend
China Camp State Park
101 Peacock Gap Trail
87 locals recommend
Hiking and camping

Essentials

Good for all things
183 locals recommend
Lucky
1750 Fulton St
183 locals recommend
Good for all things
23 locals recommend
Safeway
5720 Nave Dr
23 locals recommend
27 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
790 De Long Ave
27 locals recommend
Light groceries, pharmacy, drinks
6 locals recommend
CVS
2035 Novato Blvd
6 locals recommend
Light groceries, pharmacy, drinks

Everything Else

Good for bulk/group purchases. you need to be a member
6 locals recommend
Costco Wholesale
300 Vintage Way
6 locals recommend
Good for bulk/group purchases. you need to be a member

Entertainment & Activities

Good music scene
30 locals recommend
HopMonk Tavern Novato
224 Vintage Way
30 locals recommend
Good music scene
21 locals recommend
Scandia Family Fun Center
5301 Redwood Dr
21 locals recommend
11 locals recommend
Cinemark
44 Rowland Way
11 locals recommend
6 locals recommend
Century Northgate
7000 Northgate Dr
6 locals recommend
19 locals recommend
Boulevard Cinemas
200 C St
19 locals recommend
Bowling alley
AMF Boulevard Lanes
1100 Petaluma Blvd S
Bowling alley