The Green Door

A perfect bar, for a perfectly timed drink during the holiday season. One of my guilty pleasures is going into dive bars on Christmas Eve. This night hit both perfectly. You will find the older family members that have gathered together for a drink reminiscing. You find the younger bothers,sisters,cousins getting together and comparing stories. Then you have those of us with very few or nonexistent family members. Throw in one very seasoned bartender and that mixes into and amazing evening. The bar had plenty of seats, patrons were friendly and the bartender was on her job! ! Drinks were great. Comfortable surroundings. Do recommend and would love to go back in the area.

For a region famous for its wine, there is a real shortage of good bars in Napa County. Fortunately, there is the Green Door. Good service. Food truck in the parking lot. Lots of older folks as customers. One of the country's last working pay phones by the bathrooms. Recommended.

It's your friendly neighborhood dive bar, not crowded on a Saturday night, nothing too noteworthy, none of your typical game offerings (ie darts/shuffleboard), but they do have one golf arcade game (Golden Tee PGA Tour), a snack vending machine, lotto, and an atm machine. Oh yes, it's cash only at the bar. They play random music (rock, country, pop, etc.). Drinks are okay, we got standard cocktails, and although there was enough alcohol, the flavors were not great. The service was fine though. Also, it's one of the few bars open late in Napa, and they have a small parking lot, as well as a food truck in the back of the lot when we visited this past weekend.

This cash-only establishment embraces its dive bar status. (There is an ATM inside.) It's a minimalist bar with a few TVs and a modern jukebox that provides the tunes. Overall, the prices are surprisingly low for Napa, and the bartenders are attentive. Most people drink mixed drinks and bottled beer, but they do have a few standard beers on tap, which are about $5.50 a pint. I'm no stranger to dive bars, but the Green Door's best attribute is its jukebox.

We have frequented many a drive bar but please, Green Door, don't take this as a compliment.... You are racing to the bottom. After a very nice dinner at a very nice place we were looking for a place for a late night drink. Unfortunately for us this was the only place open at this time unless we went further into Napa. And even then seriously limited late at night. WTF, why isn't anyone open????? Anyway, after being accosted by people cause I got long hair and look like someone we are done. So this is a crowd just looking for a fight or a problem. Passed out people on bar stools, tables, prolly in the rest rooms. I don't need this shit in my life. We should have listened to our Uber driver and gone home. Closed out, changed tables, called Uber and gone..... Never to return again. Seriously, Napa, figure it out. People come here from all over the world for the best wine in the world during the day and late night all you deliver is trash. Figure it out.

I see very mixed reviews, and that is very understandable. Obviously, this is a dive bar. It's probably OK for people who live in the area and understand the vibe. If you're not a local and are visiting the area as I am, I would recommend against going there later in the evening. Maybe it's fine earlier. I don't know. Maybe it's spectacular earlier, or if you're a local. The bartender was friendly, but it is cash only, and, running a tab seemed like somewhat of a foreign concept. Having to use cash also make many people have to use the on-site ATM and waste a drink's worth of money on ATM fees. That alone tainted it somewhat for me, so take my assessment with that in mind. If a cash only bar, which has an issue with running a tab seems normal to you, then this could be your place. Frankly, it didn't feel really safe there, which may or may not have been an accurate or fair assessment, but it just has a rough feel late overall. It's unfortunate, as there is not much open late in Napa.

Cash only. Know that up front. There is an ATM. This is primarily a locals bar. We throw around "dive bar" but this is a locals neighborhood bar. There was an excellent food truck in the parking lot with pretty tasty burritos. Not sure if it's there all the time. Nice parking lot. Drinks were cheap. Service was good. Not a lot of chatting from the bartender but it's a neighborhood bar and I'm not from the neighborhood. I love places like this.If you want a $25 manhattan made with organic small batch whiskey from Japan, Napa has you covered...just not at The Green Door. If you want to have a couple of drinks and pay cash in 1965, the Door has you covered.

You don't take passports as a "California law" and you need to have a "California license". Please try again mam'. What do you think I'm doing out in Napa?! As someone who knows the CA law very well this is complete BS and laughable. Hella embarrassing for you. DON'T recite the law if you don't know it. Instead, be real, and say you don't want to serve two brown folks or whatever your problem is- we'd take it better if you just kept it REAL. Keep it real Green Door. You're in California. Your loss...if you're anything brown, and ain't a regular I'd probably stay away. As some form of feedback, if it's really a "policy" not a law you should post a sign and put that shit on the internet. It'd work wonders for people that are literally traveling without CA IDs or just waiting for their REAL ID ya fucks.

Great dive local bar ! Friendly bartender and locals were very nice ! Drinks a heavy pour

Amazing service on a busy friday night! Casey was amazing! She remembered our drinks which made her efficient. She's a rockstar!!!