Gualala Guidebook

Katherine
Gualala Guidebook

Food Scene

This restaurant has good Thai food, good service and is in the Anchor Bay Village.
56 locals recommend
Anchor Bay Thai Kitchen
35517 CA-1
56 locals recommend
This restaurant has good Thai food, good service and is in the Anchor Bay Village.
I love the shrimp sandwich, tasty sauce. Location good, food good too
16 locals recommend
Gualala Seafood Shack
California 1
16 locals recommend
I love the shrimp sandwich, tasty sauce. Location good, food good too
Really good food. Short walk to ocean, Bluff Trail, good look out to river and ocean, bench to view.
58 locals recommend
Trinks Cafe
39140 CA-1
58 locals recommend
Really good food. Short walk to ocean, Bluff Trail, good look out to river and ocean, bench to view.
Good food, sweet family and wee bit of ocean view in town central.
Taqueria Del Sol
39150 CA-1
Good food, sweet family and wee bit of ocean view in town central.
Good family restaurant with Pacific Ocean and Gualala River views with outdoor day time dining.
22 locals recommend
Cove Azul Bar & Grill
39102 Ocean Dr
22 locals recommend
Good family restaurant with Pacific Ocean and Gualala River views with outdoor day time dining.
Mornings for bakery, afternoon for pizza with a simple place to sit and relax just by the Gualala Supermarket. Oh so local!
6 locals recommend
Gualala Pizza & Bakery
39225 CA-1
6 locals recommend
Mornings for bakery, afternoon for pizza with a simple place to sit and relax just by the Gualala Supermarket. Oh so local!
New management, fabulous views where the Gualala River enters the Pacific. Day light and sun sets are good times to visit.
18 locals recommend
Vue Kitchen
39300 CA-1
18 locals recommend
New management, fabulous views where the Gualala River enters the Pacific. Day light and sun sets are good times to visit.
Yummy preserves. Great gifts to bring home.
8 locals recommend
Lisa's Luscious Kitchen
90 Main St
8 locals recommend
Yummy preserves. Great gifts to bring home.
Soups, salads, breakfast, baked goods, organics, coffee, wine and beer. Current location of Third Thursday Poetry with Jazz each month. Ferlinghetti, get a load of this!
15 locals recommend
Arena Market & Cafe
185 Main St
15 locals recommend
Soups, salads, breakfast, baked goods, organics, coffee, wine and beer. Current location of Third Thursday Poetry with Jazz each month. Ferlinghetti, get a load of this!
Yum! Sweet and savory. No place to sit. Only to buy, but oh so good. Point Arena.
42 locals recommend
Franny's Cup & Saucer
213 Main St
42 locals recommend
Yum! Sweet and savory. No place to sit. Only to buy, but oh so good. Point Arena.
Very special. Walk into time, find real good food, cheeses and soft ice cream, then catch a view of the ocean from the deck or the picnic. tables below.
31 locals recommend
Twofish Baking
32000 CA-1
31 locals recommend
Very special. Walk into time, find real good food, cheeses and soft ice cream, then catch a view of the ocean from the deck or the picnic. tables below.
New and good Mexican restaurant.
The Black Door
New and good Mexican restaurant.

Parks & Nature

The best way to hike down to the sand bar that holds the Gualala River in during the non rainy season. Also there is a history and gift center. Be prepared to hike and pay 6 dollar parking.
46 locals recommend
Gualala Point Regional Park
California 1
46 locals recommend
The best way to hike down to the sand bar that holds the Gualala River in during the non rainy season. Also there is a history and gift center. Be prepared to hike and pay 6 dollar parking.
A day on the Gualala River. What a treat! My friend Efi will help you with this exciting project.
15 locals recommend
Adventure Rents
Mill Bend Rd
15 locals recommend
A day on the Gualala River. What a treat! My friend Efi will help you with this exciting project.
Local park, fun drive, from Hwy 1, access from Old Stage Road close to the Gualala Bridge or Pacific Woods Road north of down town turn left at the top or just north of Anchor Bay Store past the camp ground to Fish Rock Road to Old Stage Road, turn right. Truly a sweet drive.
7 locals recommend
Bower Park
38040 Old Stage Rd
7 locals recommend
Local park, fun drive, from Hwy 1, access from Old Stage Road close to the Gualala Bridge or Pacific Woods Road north of down town turn left at the top or just north of Anchor Bay Store past the camp ground to Fish Rock Road to Old Stage Road, turn right. Truly a sweet drive.
New to the public. Beautifully created trails, benches and marvelous views of the Pacific. Can be windy: hats and scarves can help. Mile mark is MEN 14.0 just before Point Arena.
14 locals recommend
Pelican Bluffs
14 locals recommend
New to the public. Beautifully created trails, benches and marvelous views of the Pacific. Can be windy: hats and scarves can help. Mile mark is MEN 14.0 just before Point Arena.
Real wildlife in our own community. Giraffes have purple tongues and eat carrots out of your hand.
44 locals recommend
B Bryan Preserve
130 Riverside Dr
44 locals recommend
Real wildlife in our own community. Giraffes have purple tongues and eat carrots out of your hand.
This new land has opened several years ago. One can enter from the north at the Light House or from the south at the City Hall. Coastal views can be seen for 8 miles.
Stornetta Ranch
Stornetta Drive
This new land has opened several years ago. One can enter from the north at the Light House or from the south at the City Hall. Coastal views can be seen for 8 miles.
Boy it is windy out on this point. Climb many steps to the top where the view is spectacular and find a gift to take home to someone special.
74 locals recommend
Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum
45500 Lighthouse Rd
74 locals recommend
Boy it is windy out on this point. Climb many steps to the top where the view is spectacular and find a gift to take home to someone special.

Essentials

Pedicures, facials and massage.
Facial and pedicure salon, massage, couples massage and sanctuary environment. Find beauty on all levels. Owner Katherine Bliss Jones 707-884-3223
Address Beauty
39111 California 1
Facial and pedicure salon, massage, couples massage and sanctuary environment. Find beauty on all levels. Owner Katherine Bliss Jones 707-884-3223
Excellent shoes and personal service.
Village Cobblery
39111 CA-1
Excellent shoes and personal service.
Urgent care and competent medical services growing by leaps and bounds in our community.
Redwood Coast Medical Services
46900 Ocean Dr
Urgent care and competent medical services growing by leaps and bounds in our community.
Lovely salon, good hair cuts, centrally located.
Tangles Hair Salon
39150 CA-1
Lovely salon, good hair cuts, centrally located.
Excellent clothes
11 locals recommend
Red Stella
39251 CA-1
11 locals recommend
Excellent clothes
This grocery store has good produce, an old fashion meet department, an up stairs with more essentials and reasonable prices. Pick up our local news paper to find out what else is happening
25 locals recommend
Gualala Supermarket
39225 CA-1
25 locals recommend
This grocery store has good produce, an old fashion meet department, an up stairs with more essentials and reasonable prices. Pick up our local news paper to find out what else is happening
This is a special grocery store, may be price higher, with hot food available and many items desirable for a vacation
52 locals recommend
Surf Market
39250 CA-1
52 locals recommend
This is a special grocery store, may be price higher, with hot food available and many items desirable for a vacation
This store is quite special, having celebrated 100 years several years ago. It is a bit of a cross between a 7/11 and a hippy store. Fresh sandwichs can be taken our across the street for an ocean view bench
13 locals recommend
Anchor Bay Store-Village Market
35513 CA-1
13 locals recommend
This store is quite special, having celebrated 100 years several years ago. It is a bit of a cross between a 7/11 and a hippy store. Fresh sandwichs can be taken our across the street for an ocean view bench
Remarkable Manchester market, hardware and so much more. Minutes north of Point Arena.
12 locals recommend
S&B Market
19400 CA-1
12 locals recommend
Remarkable Manchester market, hardware and so much more. Minutes north of Point Arena.
Sports shop, gifts of many sorts.
Gualala Sport & Tackle Shop
Sports shop, gifts of many sorts.

Arts & Culture

We are fortunate to have the Gualala Art Center. Access from Old Stage Road, just north of the Gualala Bridge, in a minute, right turn. Theater, art shows, bath rooms inside, outdoor tables and short easy paths to walk near the outdoor pizza oven and stage. Cool for those hot days.
40 locals recommend
Gualala Arts Center
46501 Old Stage Rd
40 locals recommend
We are fortunate to have the Gualala Art Center. Access from Old Stage Road, just north of the Gualala Bridge, in a minute, right turn. Theater, art shows, bath rooms inside, outdoor tables and short easy paths to walk near the outdoor pizza oven and stage. Cool for those hot days.
Excellent local art for exhibit and purchase.
6 locals recommend
Dolphin Gallery
39140 Ocean Dr
6 locals recommend
Excellent local art for exhibit and purchase.

All the above

Sweet town, wharf, food, theater, more.
13 locals recommend
Point Arena
13 locals recommend
Sweet town, wharf, food, theater, more.
Center for community culture, volunteerism in action.
74 locals recommend
Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum
45500 Lighthouse Rd
74 locals recommend
Center for community culture, volunteerism in action.