Located in the historic town of Los Olivos, The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern has welcomed guests since the late 1880s when pioneers began settling this valley just north of Santa Barbara. Now, Auberge Resorts Collection will serve as custodian of the next chapter at The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern. Set on six-plus acres opposite the original Los Olivos staging post, the resort consists of numerous free-standing cottages embraced by landscaped gardens and lawns.
The signature restaurant, The Tavern, serves a chef-driven, ranch-inspired menu. The Bar with its Wild West roots rests alongside, while Felix Feed & Coffee is the property’s European-style coffee bar and bakery, serving baked goods, homemade sodas and all-day breakfasts. Gin’s Tap Bar, named for The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern’s longtime Chinese chef, celebrates Asian-inspired influences throughout. Moving away from the original structures and into the gardens, The Shed is tucked into a remnant grove of olive trees beside the property’s swimming pool and serves a Mediterranean-inspired, poolside menu.
Dating back to the original Mattei’s Tavern in 1886, the four Historic Cottages—Oak, Cedar, Cypress and Canary—have been restored to preserve their original wooden floors and front porches, on which rockers await. Updated to offer spacious ensuite bathrooms, most with clawfoot tub and walk-in shower, each is unique; some have garden patios with a loveseat or daybed, while others have sitting rooms with working fireplaces.
The two-bedroom Courtyard Cottage is a new building designed to reflect Mattei’s original structures. Accommodating up to four guests, it offers a large living room and opens onto two private garden patios, one with an outdoor fireplace and the other with a jacuzzi. Homestead Cottage is also newly built, and its two bedrooms can be booked together or separately. Each bedroom has a private outdoor lounge space, one with a private jacuzzi.
The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection offers tailored activities and excursions, including visits to local wineries, culinary programs and cycling tours of the vineyard backroads of Santa Ynez. Guests will also enjoy “Olive Oil Infusion” hours and making campfire pies.
The Lavender Barn, an Auberge Spa, will debut this summer, offering a seasonal treatment menu and hand-blended, plant-based product range. It will feature five single treatment rooms and one couple’s treatment room that opens onto a secluded space with two horse-trough tubs for therapeutic bathing. This March, the resort will debut The Cottage—two treatment rooms offering energizing and restorative treatments inspired by the local surroundings.
The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection offers banquet dining experiences for a range of events. Every other detail is customized and taken care of by the in-house team.
In the 19th century, traveling merchants brought a taste of life’s luxuries to the rural Santa Ynez Valley. In an artful twist, The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection offers its guests and visitors a selection of contemporary delights in partnership with Santa Ynez General. Evoking the rustic setting of Los Olivos, hero products from the flagship Santa Ynez store include baby Alpaca throws and hand-thrown California ceramics. Items exclusively available at Santa Ynez General at The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection include a Los Olivos-inspired, sun-drenched and earthy scented candle developed by Arquiste Parfumeur and two exclusive bracelet styles by Spiritus Stones featuring Californian gemstones.
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