STANFORD INN & RESORT ON THE MENDOCINO COAST, Mendocino
Property overview
Rooms & Suites
The Stanford Inn & Resort provides rooms and suites with views of the Pacific Ocean, Big River, or organic gardens. Accommodations include a full complimentary breakfast served in Ravens dining room. Rooms feature fireplaces, high-speed Wi-Fi, satellite HDTV, refrigerators, microwave ovens, stereo systems with iPhone connectivity, telephones with voice mail, and coffee makers with organic coffee. Eco-friendly amenities by EO(R) are included. The Big River Main & Top Floor Executive King Room has a king bed, a wood-burning fireplace, and views of the gardens and Mendocino Bay; most have a sofa bed. The Big River 2-Room King Suite, on the top floor, includes a king bed, a small sitting area, a flat-screen TV and DVD player, and a living room with a wood-burning stove. Forest Building Executive King Rooms offer a wet bar with a microwave, a coffee maker with Fair Trade Organic Coffee, and a refrigerator. Some rooms have ADA amenities, including accessible parking, entrance, and path of travel, queen bed, roll-in showers with shower seats, and strobe and sound fire alarms. TTY/TDD devices are available.
Plant-Based Dining
Ravens Restaurant, located at the Stanford Inn, serves plant-based cuisine. The menu includes dishes made with ingredients from the inn's organic gardens. Director of Wine, Brendan McGuigan, focuses on wines from Mendocino County, primarily organic wines or wines produced according to traditional methods. Dinner options include Ravens' signature Sea Palm Strudel and Kalua mushrooms with coconut rice. The restaurant accommodates food allergies and special diets. Breakfast is served from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. A lunch-to-go menu is available with items such as Grilled Portobello Sandwich and Sammy's Burrito Wrap. Happy Hour, featuring specially priced wines and cocktails, is from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm daily (except holidays).
Leisure and Wellness
The Stanford Inn & Resort provides various life-enhancing experiences, including massage in the forest and a wellness center. Complimentary amenities include mountain or comfort bikes for exploring coastal roads and trails, a solarium-enclosed saltwater pool and hot tub, and a fitness room. Catherine and her team of instructors offer yoga for every level of fitness and experience, including people with physical limitations. Guests may experience stress reduction, weight management, and increased flexibility.
Location Highlights
Located on a hillside overlooking Mendocino Bay, the Stanford Inn & Resort is near several landmarks. The Mendocino Art Center is 2 km away, and Point Cabrillo Light is 6 km from the inn. Nearby state parks, including Russian Gulch, Van Damme, and Hendy Woods, feature redwoods and Douglas Firs. Big River, an ecological treasure, can be explored by canoe or kayak, rented at Catch A Canoe & Bicycles. Highway 128 winds from Cloverdale to Anderson Valley, passing through wine country towns like Boonville and Philo. Montgomery Woods, containing the world's tallest tree, is along the route to Ukiah.
Services & Amenities
The Stanford Inn & Resort offers a chef-prepared breakfast and welcomes families and pets. The inn provides a hot tub, sauna, and access to creative playshops. Guests can use mountain bikes, and the inn promotes ecological awareness through composting, recycling, and biodiesel-fueled trucks. The inn offers opportunities to reconnect with nature and creativity, and also offers guides assuring high-touch items including television remote controls, toilets, door locks and levers, furniture/drawer pulls, water faucet handles, nightstands, hangers, laminated emergency signage, telephones, drapery wands, light switches, temperature control panels, alarm clocks, luggage racks, microwaves, Keurig maker and supplies refrigerators etc
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Calendar of room availability and rates
Facilities
General
- No smoking on site
- Free Wi-Fi
- VIP check-in/ -out
- Express check-in/ -out
- Concierge desk
- Pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Wheelchair access
- Security
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Key card access
Sports & Fitness
- Fitness centre
- Canoeing
- Hiking
- Cycling
- Yoga class
Services
- Pet amenities available
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Tours/Ticket assistance
- Shops/Commercial services
- Welcome drink
- Happy hour
Dining
- In-room breakfast
- Restaurant
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Picnic area/ Tables
- Dinner
- Packed lunches
- Special diet menus
Business
- Business centre
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Babysitting/Child services
- Board games
- Toys
Facilities for people with disabilities
- Toilet for disabled
- Bathroom for disabled
Spa & Leisure
- Saltwater pool
- Indoor swimming pool
- Sun loungers
- Live entertainment
- Sun terrace
- Garden area
- Leisure/ TV room
- Spa & wellness centre
- Solarium
- Sauna
- Jacuzzi
- Body scrub
- Facial
- Treatment room
- Body wraps
- Back massage
- Full body massage
- Shallow end
Room features
- Heating
- Soundproofed rooms
- Sitting area
- Terrace
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Dining table
- Ironing facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- CD player
- AM/FM alarm clock
Room decor
- Parquet floor