- “Karen Brown’s California: Charming Inns & Itineraries,” 2001 Edition, featuring a lovely painting of the inn by Jann Pollard.
- “The Annual Directory of American and Canadian B&Bs,” 2001 Edition
- “More Weekends for Two in Northern California,” 1995 Edition
- “America’s Wonderful Little Hotels & Inns,” 14th Edition
Agate Cove Inn is featured in the following cookbooks:
- Best Recipes from American Country Inns and Bed & Breakfasts
- California Wine Country B&B Cookbook & Travel Guide
- Cooking & Traveling Inn Style
- Mendocino Coast Cooking
- Northern California Best Places Cookbook
- Favorite Recipes From Northern Californian Inns
Guidebook ratings:
- AAA 3-Diamond Rating
- Best Places to Kiss
- Mobil Travel Guide
- Hippy Gourmet Cooking Series, March 2003, Episode #58
- Fine Living Channel, April 7, 2002, episode of “Radical Sabbaticals”
- Talk of the Town winner 2011
- Arrington’s Book of Lists Winner: “Best On The West Coast” for 2003 edition, and
“Best Sunset View” for 2002 edition - American Historic Inns, Inc: Spring 2001, “Ten Most Romantic Inns of the Year”

Agate Cove Inn is featured in the following:
- Travel and Leisure Magazine July, 2010: Affordable Sea Side Inns http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/affordable-seaside-inns/1
- ON Magazine: April 2007
- The Birmingham News June 17, 2007
- San Jose Mercury-News: December 12, 2004, “Merry Mendocino”. This article about Christmas in Mendocino started with a third-of-a-page copy of this photo by Dennis, showing the inn decorated with holiday lights in front of a breautiful sunset.
- Washington Post: August 29, 2004, “Adventure Land in Northern California”, by John Briley. John was working his way across Northern California on his honeymoon, and he spent several days with us while in the area.
- Stuart (FL) News: June 23, 2002, “Couple put Freeze on chased dream”
- Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal: June 16, 2002, “10-Year Agenda Realizes A Dream”
- Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch: April 7, 2002, “My Mendocino”
- Los Angeles Times: September 2, 2001, “Mendocino’s Star Power”
- PC World: September 2001, “Find Everything Faster”. A guest who works at PC World magazine used our site as an example when describing how search engines work for different kinds of sites.
- Sky West: Spring 2000, “Romancing the Mendocino Coast”
- Angeleno Magazine: May/June 2000, “Redwood Coast”
- Wine Spectator: June 15, 1999,”California Wine Country Vacations”
- Sunset Magazine: September 1998, “The Ways Inns Grow in Mendocino”
- Country Inns Magazine: August 1998, “Garden Gate” (cover story)

