San Francisco Chronicle , February 3, 2002
TOP 100 Bay Area Restaurants

"While this restaurant may be below the radar of many tourists who crowd into Napa Valley, it's a top destination for locals. Donna and Giovanni Scala not only know how to treat customers, they also know the food people like to eat. You'll find some of the best pasta in the Bay Area here. The couple are always redesigning the menu and improving interior. There's a wonderful herb garden and a fountain overlooking a sea of vineyards, an outdoor deck with fireplace, and a cozy interior with another fireplace and a partly open kitchen behind glass to keep the noise down.

Cuisine: Italian (with Mediterranean accents)

Specialties: Beet and haricot verts salad; fritto misto; any pasta, including trenne with braised lamb and artichokes; seared salmon with buttermilk mashed potatoes; whole roasted fish; any contorni (side dishes); Bostini cream pie

Seats: 100 (plus 70 outside)

Prices: $12.95-$23.50

Parking: Free lot

Vitals: 4110 Highway 29, Napa; (707) 224 - 3300. Lunch and dinner daily. Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted."

Read an article from DIABLO MAGAZINE about the Bistro, June 2001

KVYN/KVON Best of Napa & Sonoma Valley announced Bistro Don Giovanni as the "Best Italian Food Restaurant" in Napa

The Atlanta Journal-Constutior, June 11, 2000

" There are many Italian and Italian-inspired restaurants around, but Bistro Don Giovanni remains my favorite. Maybe it's because Donna Scala is really a southern girl who married an Italian man (Giovanni); this restaurant is the perfect marriage of those two cultures. This woman can cook, and having traveled and learned the regional dishes of Italy with Giovanni, she prepares them with authenticity and punch. And Georgia-born Howard Lane [the Matre'D] dishes up pure Southern hospitality at the front door. "