One star is way too much for this place. I grew up in St.Helena and this business is a horrible representation of the community. Ana , the owner has an awful reputation as an owner and her relationships with all the other businesses in town is nill.
Her children  all work there (Mike is mentioned) he has been in and out of jail all his life (fact). Anyway, the place is filthy, the staff rude, people do  drugs in the bathroom and the beer warm .
Find another option don't waste your time and money. The bars in Mexico would be embarrassed to be compared to this dump. Good luck paying that mortgage Ana, you paid about $1 million too much for that building ! Hah
Interesting interaction! Â Bartender wouldn't serve our party of 8. Not sure why. He was so stoned he seem ti be thrown by a simple question concerning the type of tequila served in their house margarita! He never asked us if we had a dd or a limo. He simply chose to refuse our service. Weirdest experience, but a blessing in disguise! Now at Rutherford Grill enjoying an amazing cocktail and waiting for dinner! Their loss and we willl be sure we willl never go bsck to Anas Cantina!
Review Source:i visited ana's cantina with a group of friends on a recent visit to wine country - we had a blast!
it was a saturday night, around 9.30p. when we showed up there were 4-5 other people at the bar. Â music from an ipod connected to the stereo system. hrm.
we decided to stay and grabbed a drink. a little bit later, in walks a DJ - we were jazzed! the DJ rocked the joint and gets points for taking requests. the bar filled up quickly soon there after.
if ever i am back in st. helena, i'll say hey to ana!
This place was pretty dead. Â We went here 2 nights while we were staying in St Helena and I was amazed at how empty it was. Â Maybe it gets fun later? Â We were there from like 8pm - 11pm across the different nights and it wasn't ever too exciting.
The place was adequately appointed. Â It's a dive bar but that's what they're going for. Â The pool table in the back is fun, they charge you $1 each round. Â Drinks were average priced. Â They ran out of Shock Top after I had 1 glass and when I went back the next night they still didn't have it back in stock.
So basically, since this is the only bar in St Helena, if you have nowhere else to go I guess this works, but really you might just be better hanging out at home.
Like many others that have visited this establishment, I don't really have many good things to say about this bar. I have been here in St. Helena for about 6 years now, and I try to keep my visits to this place to a absolute BARE MINIMUM. I genuinely dislike the staff that sits behind the bar. Kat is really the only nice bartender that they have there, the others are constantly rude and inattentive. I don't consider myself a high-maintanence customer, but these guys are the worst. Rude, impatient, trashy. And the worst part about it is that the owner completely backs them up. The only reason they stay open is because its the only place to go to that is near by. What a shame.
Review Source:I am writing as a local from the Napa Valley and more specifically Ana's Cantina in St. Helena. Ana's is really the last place where locals of the valley hang out where you will find the whole collection of winery buffs, restaurant baristas, and hotel magnets.
Ana's not only caters to the locals but to the many tourists that come. Great for guys looking for gals, and gals looking for guys. Thursday, Friday, Saturday I would say would be the highlight for coming to this spot. Important, this place is the only real bar in town. Â Always smiles and always good times......
Bartender  Micheal Rosalie has zero sensitivity training and is a liability to anyone working or drinking there. Sitting at bar minding my own business, having a water and watching the band was nice, then a patroon bought me a beer. The next thing Mike grabs the beer out of my hand, twisted my wrist, and starting pulling me towards the door.  He was probably mad and tweaked out upset because he dropped a small bag of white powder on the bar a minute earlier, with his handshake transfer to another patron. He is obviously a drug dealer on crack, and hopefully owner Anna Footman will figure out what dirt bag, low life bartender she has working for her. The are much better bars in Calistoga, don't waste your time with a crack head low life tweaked out drug dealer who may snap on anyone at anytime.
Review Source:Places like these definitely rely on the company that you're with. It is apparently a hotbed for restaurant industry folks as it's one of the few places open late into the night. Was at Meadowood for the Enrique Olvera (from Pujols in Mexico City) dinner and ended up hanging out with him and his awesome sous chef Kavita (who worked at El Bulli up until their closing). What started as a ton of wine and many gin&tonics morphed into trekking over to Ana's. Beers abound watching Chef Olvera mack on the local women dancing in front of what is appropriately a huge mural of Frieda Kahlo. Late night drinks, locals are friendly, and loud ass music. Something a sleepy tourist/wine driven town needs.
Review Source:Ana's is the kind of place locals go to on a regular basis. Everyone knows everyone else's name, and they don't care if tourists like or dislike the place (and honestly, I wouldn't either. They come once and never come again). But anyhoo, I love the place. It's great, the people are nice, and it's a fun atmosphere.
I usually go on trivia night wednesdays. That's always fun. :) The drinks are cheap, lots of seating, it's a good deal. I just wish it was closer to Napa where I live!
Shopping day with the girls and stopped in Ana's to use the restroom. Â Bartender (Melissa and lip piercings galore), told us we needed to make a purchase in order to use the restroom. Â I get that she is probably asked that 100 times a day, but when we said "Or you can be really nice and just let us use it" she said "Or, you can just F*$@ off!" Â Took a double take to see if that's really what she said and she repeated "Yes, I said you can just F*$@ off". Â Classy. Â Not sure why this place is in the middle of a tourist town when they clearly hate tourists. Can't believe they can stay in business treating people this way.
Review Source:Nice place to come after winery tour. Â The band playing while we were here (Papa Joe and the New Deal) were awesome. Â They had folks dancing, jumping, grinding...then going outside for a cigarette. LOL. Â Bar had standard selection of alcohol. Â Kitchen close too early. Â Otherwise, cool spot to chill.
Review Source:This place kicked us out because they thought we were under 21. I am 27. Â The waitress did not want to check my id rather she said she was kicking us out because of ABC law. I questioned ABC law and eventually left because it wasn't worth my time to listen to her lie to us.
My friend had already ordered a beer and she took the beer and took his money.
The waitress did not care that we were of age or that we paid money. Instead she kicked us out. This place is ridiculous and should be shut down.
I will never come here again and will tell everyone I know NOT to come to this shitty bar.
THIS PLACE WAS BOMB-ASS!
like after a week of eating super fancy food & wayyyy too much wine, ana's is what we really needed.
awesome beer, cool dive-y setting, & made-to-order tacos!
fried fish! fried shrimp! & carnitas!!! my dad even got two sliders which were realllly good. i am so glad we went here. it is a place that i would go every time i'm in wine country. just what we needed.
the ceiling is cool too
So for my friend's 21st birthday, we went out to the one and only bar in St. Helena. Â There were a big bunch of locals and a group of kids from the CIA hanging out. Â It was a Thursday night so karaoke was going on. Â The bartender let my friend go behind the bar and gave us free drinks for her birthday. Â This is a cool place to chill with friends and grab a drink in St. Helena.
Review Source:If you're staying in St. Helena and want to go out for some bar hoppin' fun then, well, tough cookies; Ana's Cantina is the ONLY bar! That doesn't mean you still can't have fun, though, because Ana's is the place to be in this small town.
There were a lot of people here with a live band jazzing up all the patrons. People were dancing and having a good time. Prices are through the rough since they're the one and only; they really take advantage of that fact. If you can suck that up then you'll think it's worth it!
Ok, you're in the Napa Valley either as a tourist or local, looking for something to do. Â You've got three choices beyond the usual wineries, a lunch spot, or a dinner restaurant: Â Uva in Napa for a little Jazz; smokey pool at anti-swank Panchas in Yountville; or Anna's in Saint Helena, a little bit of pool, cheap drinks, kareoke, occasional bands, and often a dj for dancing. Â Drunk wedding party? Â Here's your place. Â Be careful for the hyper-vigilant Saint Helena kindergarden cops, specializing in DUI. Â Be wary of Anna's bathrooms too, easily the most foul in the Valley. Â However, the place is fun and typically rife with good bartenders, both friendly and attentive. Â It's a genre. Â Here's a footnote too: Â right now one of Tra Vigne's former chefs is cooking tapas style lunches/early dinners. Â Everything's under $10. Â A steal, not to mention tasty, but it's only three days a week.
Review Source:Okay, first off, Ana's gets 3 starts just because it's the ONLY bar in downtown (or any part of) St. Helena. St. Helena is SNOB-BY. Like, you can't fool me, wine people... I know SOME of you like a cold brewski now and then... And Ana's is where you get it. What if Ana left you?
You'd be screwed. So 3 stars just for being there.
Extra star for the bartender, who is SO. GORGEOUS. I don't know if SHE is Ana or not, but she's definitely the queen of this castle. And let me just be totally clear -- I am 100% heterosexual, in LOVE with SuperBF. But it's REALLY hard not to stare at hot girl bartender.
I would totally trade my looks with her. In a heartbeat (to quote my homophobic ex).
Now... Now is when I admit that this is probably a higher rating than this place deserves. For a bar that charges $5 for a pint of anything, and plays really bad loud music... But this is it for St. Helena. And I'm just happy to know there are people in this town that would actually request Tony! Toni! Tone!
This is definitely a cool place to hang out. The bartenders are really nice and cool and the atmosphere is very fun. The jukebox usually always has credits (someone else puts in) and it's fun to pick a song to your own liking. Sometimes there's live music, sometimes karaoke and other times DJ's. They have different events for different nights.
If you're here and spending the night, definitely check Ana's Cantina out. Dance, drink, shoot some pool and have a good time. Â I went to school not to far from here, and this place is the closest chill spot. Â Either way, I've enjoyed my times at this joint.
At first I liked this bar.  Ok crowd, ok music, well decorated etc. The bartender on the other hand ruined my experience completely.  After I realized the waitress cleared our table, taking my unfinished drink, I went to the bar to reorder.  I told the bartender that I thought my drink was taken before I was finished.  He said I'd have to buy another.  Which I agreed to do.  Then he poured me a glass of wine.  I handed him my card.  He said there was a $20 minimum and I agreed. Before I could even order a round for my friends (to make it $20), he took away my wine and set it by the register and ignorned me! What is that all about? RUDE! I tried to get his attention, he helped someone else. Then I demanded his name. With a bad attitude he said didnt have to tell me his "fucking" name! I later went to the  bouncer finding his name was CHRIS.  I stood there in shock because I don't think I have ever been spoken to so rudly as a paying customer.  I decided to use my camera phone to take a picture of this mean guy! In doing so he proved how much of an asshole he really was by flipping me off for his picture!
I will never return, and plan on bad mouthing this establishment. Â This place must have made $10,000 easy that night, following a "Cheers, St. Helena" evening. Â Which explains why they don't care to piss off one two or even five customers a night. Â This place is filled with young yuppy snobs that spend daddy's money. Â Gladly I see I am not the only one complaining about rude bartenders at this place.
This was a basic local bar but it's no longer a restaurant, at least not at this time. Â I was hoping for some Mexican snacks but that wasn't happening. Â
The one thing you must do is ask the bartender how the dollars got on the ceiling. Â It will cost you a buck but it goes to charity so it's worth it, and it's fun
I would love to love this bar.. I do like the dollar bills on the ceiling, and the eclectic mix of people, but I didn't like:
The dick head bartender.. I know that I'm a tourist, but please don't talk to me like I'm stupid.. We do have bars in Texas.
The uber loud music.. Seriously, the place is not that big and the band stands right in the middle of the floor space and wails.. Loudly..
The lack of seating.. There were a couple of tables along the side wall, and a few stools at the bar. That was it.. So forget getting drunk and having a seat..
As this was my first trip to Napa, and I don't know when I'll be going back, I might try to find a different bar next time.
Bobby Byrd has a song called "I Know You Got Soul" that in a way most aptly applies to my feeling about this large room where alcohol is served. Â I am sorry I can't call this a bar or my relationship with my most favorite establishments may be tarnished forever. Â It is not a very complicated song, the main lyrics are "I know you got soul or else you wouldn't be here." Â The exact opposite is how I feel about Ana's, if you have any soul you should never ever go there, it has all been scrubbed away with preppy/rich-kid vomit, if it ever had any to begin with.
Review Source:This place is, as yelp might say, a-ok. Â Of course if you were the only girl in town all the boys would think you were a-ok too. Â Let's face it, this is a farming community, with really wealthy farmers. Â When you do the same things with the same people at the same places over and over and over, you start to itch for a little change here and there. Â This is where those people go to spice things up a bit. Â Real rebels. Â It's a solid place to have some beers and bar food. Â Nothing wrong with Ana's at all. Â It's a-ok. Â Look into Pancha's in Yountville.
Review Source:GREAT TIP-
if your just doing a day of shopping downtown and want to use some free wifi this is a great spot. most of the time i get my food and drinks from other places so take advantage of this tip. just sit out on the ledge right out front of ana's and sit back and relax and take in the day. just by sitting out front i was able to get the use of everything my ipod touch had to offer for quite some time.
if it's night time and the ladies are out screw the wifi and head inside for a drink or 4!
Ask Cat to make one of her kamikazi...she will put what ever flavor vodka she is in the mood for...always just the right balance of alcohol, sweetness and sour. You can also get Blue Moon, Fox Hole Cider or Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap! (and plenty of others too.)
I've been going here since I was a wee lass....so it has a special place in my heart.-EFK
The only reason I deducted a star was because of the hard places to put your stuff and the sometimes scary guys just lurking the corner, but head here on a Thursday night for some Kareoke and dancing.
Went here plenty of times during my time in college and always had fun with friends. The place can get pretty crowded, but everyone's here just to have fun.
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