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Panama Hotel and Restaurant

Panama Hotel and Restaurant

Panama Hotel and Restaurant

The Panama Hotel and Restaurant is a historic bed and breakfast inn located midway between San Francisco and California's wine country.

The Panama Hotel offers four ground floor rooms for dogs: Mimi's Bungalow, Maria's Pueblo, Garden Room, and Lady Bracknell's Boudoir. These rooms feature tile or hardwood floors and they provide dog bowls, towels and a small canister with liners for pet waste.

Panama Hotel Pet Agreement:

•My pet will be with me and under my care at all times, and never left unattended.
•My pet is not aggressive and is well socialized with animals and people.
•My pet is free of ticks and fleas.
•My pet will be on a leash and under my control when outside.
•I will clean up after my pet and dispose of any waste in the canister outside my door, not the toilets or indoor waste baskets.
•I will keep my pet off all furniture including the bed, chairs or couches.
•I will clean my pet if he/she is wet or dirty using the towels provided before allowing them into my room.
•I will assume financial responsibility for any damage caused by my pet, resulting in loss of revenue.

The Panama Restaurant and Hotel is happy to accommodate you with your pet, please be considerate of the following:

•Please keep your pet on a leash and with you at all times.
•Restaurant seating for guests dining with their pets is available on our Front Porch and on our Wisteria Patio only (access through our patio side gate).
•Please be aware of guests dining around you when dining with your pet.
•The Health Department has informed us that it is against the law to have animals in our dining room unless they are service dogs that perform tasks that persons cannot do for themselves.

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