After *two* visits to Acqua al 2 during our recent Berkshires foray, I can say with confidence that…read morethis restaurant is not to be missed! Five stars, hands down. ***** The exterior is a pop of color in the small town of West Stockbridge and it is conveniently located near the I-90, Tanglewood, and all things Berkshires. Check out the original artwork on the walls and relax as you are transported to another place. What makes this restaurant so special is the authenticity of the food. All the recipes are from the original Florence location, perfected over many years by the owners. If you are a meat-eater then you'll be delighted by any of the filets. I enjoyed both the blueberry filet and the green peppercorn filet (strategically ordering both with a friend and then switching plates once halfway through!). The port wine sauce chicken is also quite tasty. The restaurant offers several "samplers" (salad, steak, pasta, dessert) which makes it easy to try lots of different flavor combinations, textures, and fresh ingredients. We did get the pasta sampler, and my favorites were the gnocchi (that day it was served with red pepper sauce - but on my next visit I tried the Gorgonzola sauce, yum) and the bow tie pasta with pumpkin and tiny but delicious morsels of almond crunch. I love greek salad and Acqua Al 2 did not disappoint. Fresh, crisp and refreshing cucumbers & tomatoes with a "to-die-for" feta cheese. I am also a huge fan of tiramisu so while others in our group opted for the dessert sampler, I went all-in on my top choice... iykyk. A good tiramisu can make or break a meal. This one was A+ Our server, Juan, was gracious and attentive. Overall a wonderful experience. Also, I don't drink alcohol, but they do have a full bar and an extensive wine list. Content with my Shirley Temple, I felt no judgement from staff!

We we're so excited when we saw that they have a sister restaurant in Florence. We had just come…read morefrom there. The food was literally absolutely no flavor with pasta the poor wine chicken. I thought it was a dessert. It was like they took a wine production threw it over a chicken absolutely do not recommend this place. You'd be better off. Going to chipotle.

It's a brick oven pizza place with a little more pizza. Plentiful TVs to watch sports…read more Acoustics ok but a little echoic Very bright Comfy chairs Attentive service You have to get the bulb of garlic it is amazing and I could eat 10 of them--albeit would not be a fan of th ladies! ;-) The Caesar salad with chicken was a perfect size for a side salad but a little small for a meal. Greens were very fresh. The creamy Caesar salad was deliciously perfect. Would give 4 starts but never checked in on us after leaving food....

Service and food were great. Pizza is yummy. Eggplant special was delicious. Highly recommendread more

If this were a service rating alone I would give it 5 stars. Our waitress was very nice, prompt…read moreand attentive. Ambience was also very nice. Seating a bit tight but attractive and clean. Our food fell on it's face. We went based on a personal recommendation and backed by YELP reviews. This was my first big disappointment on YELP. We ordered bruschetta and meatballs for apps. Bruschetta was a bit too charred but ok. Meatballs arrived.... Gray balls sitting on ricotta and oil with an herb and shallot crumble. Meatballs were meh and topping was bitter like burnt garlic and onion. Table bread, delicious. Beverages, delicious. Entrees we were split 50/50. Eggplant parm was very tasty and red sauce tasted fresh and well seasoned. My chicken marsala with creamy polenta was very disappointing. Instead of marsala forward it tasted of mushroom gravy, chicken dry with hard edges and polenta you could cut and chase chunks around the plate. Not a bit like polenta should be. Dessert was warm ricotta cake with gelato. Gelato was essential to this dessert as the lemon sauce was so intensely tart and sour it was near inedible without some buffering by the gelato. Value wise it would have been a fairly pricey meal by our standards even if the food was good. However price point is more palatable when the food is.

Probably the most authentic Italian meal I've had since Italy!…read more We arrived at 5 on the dot and were immediately seated and provided with water and warm bread and oil. It is a darkly lit restaurant but they have little lights on the tables that make reading the menu possible. We had the meatball appetizer- amazing texture and flavor and the ricotta cheese and fried scallions took it to the next level. Make sure to ask for extra bread to soak up all the oil and cheese! We split the Sicilian swordfish and the authentic blend of olives capers and tomatoes was divine!

Love their pizza and salads! I always take home a bottle of their dressing because I like to dip my…read morepizza in it as well! I wish they sold by the slice but having leftovers is still fun.

We are out of towners on vacation from mn. Food was great, had pizzas that were very flavorful…read more The staff was not very energetic, for a Sunday afternoon and not many customers. Felt like they had better things going on in the kitchen than checking on customers. And I don't know if it's custom for being charged for each water and soda that u have but from where we are from it shouldn't have been $18 for 7 people, but that isn't clear on there menu. Also don't be surprised to hear them talking about not getting tips publicly from departing customers!

Agaves is excellent value for the money. It offers pretty good food at a reasonable price. It is…read morenot cheap Mexican food. It is decent quality Mexican food, but it only has the standard dishes that you would find in every Mexican restaurant across the United States. I put Mexican restaurants into three categories. The first category is the inexpensive restaurant and food truck that serves tacos, burritos, etc. The second is a sitdown restaurant that sells those foods and other common Mexican style foods that you see across the United States. The third category are the ones that specialize in regional dishes, and unusual foods. This restaurant is clearly in the second category and it does an OK job of it. The meals are tasty however I would not call them outstanding.

The food is 5 stars. The owner Sandy is 5 stars. Pricing is 4 stars. A worker Rysa ruined…read moreeverything and is a 1 star! My husband and I enjoyed our steak fajitas tonight. The best we had in a long time. My kids enjoyed their ground beef tacos. When we got the bill I noticed that they charged $2 per taco meal for cheese and $1 for sour cream and $1 extra for Strawberry flavor margarita. My kids didn't want anything that came with the tacos. Both kids wanted cheese and one of my kids wanted sour cream. We are not use to getting charged for these items as tacos with cheese and sour cream are pretty standard, so is getting a flavored margarita. When I questioned Rysa and gave her my feedback she didnt care. I thought she was a manager or supervisor - someone of importance. Turns out she is nobody of authority or management. She acted like one. When I told her we won't come back she said "that's fine, we have other customers who return". This worker didnt care or accept feedback. She was very rude. I left with my family and then the owner came out and she wanted to know what happened. I told her everything. She was very kind and apologized. To the owner, as we spoke about, please consider adding a children's menu that includes cheese and sour cream for tacos. I wish you all the best. You are very caring and I pray you can find better help real soon - someone who positively accepts feedback and cares about their customers.

We were starving and en route to Tanglewood from Boston. We rolled up at 4pm on a Tuesday and they…read morewere just opening. The service was excellent and the food was even better. I got the hot crabster, which is a bit like a seafood pie stuffed with both crab and lobster, topped with a stuffing. That and two fresh, delicious sides cost $35 and worth every penny. This in Boston would've been $60. My local Birkshires IPA draft was cold, but not my taste. Hubs had a yummy tuna dinner. We were stuffed, with no room for dessert. Everything was fresh and delicious, while very affordable.

Sadly One Star This…read morewas my third chance given to Salmon Run Fish House in Lee, and somehow it managed to be even worse. Hands down the worst-quality seafood restaurant I've found in the Berkshires. The seafood itself was shockingly greasy, heavy, and poorly prepared. I ordered the French onion soup absolutely lousy. For a party of four, they served what would normally be two slices of bread, cut into four tiny pieces, as if that was acceptable to share. When we asked for more bread and for tartar sauce which they forgot to bring with the meal the waitress acted as though we were inconveniencing her just by asking. Completely unprofessional. The house salad was equally bad: two cucumber slices, one grape tomato cut in half, no onion, no effort. I don't know how you make a salad taste bad, but they managed it. To top it off, the $40 Fisherman's Platter was a joke. The portion size was small, uninspired, and nowhere near worth the price. I would never advise anyone to waste their money here. Avoid it at all costs. You're wasting your time, your energy, and your money. This place deserves a boycott. After three visits, this is without question the worst dining experience I've had in the Berkshires.

I went there on Tuesday night with family. We all love Mexican food, but another nearby restaurant…read morehad disappointed us on a previous visit. The food was outstanding. My sister-in-law had the Mexican tacos. I had chicken burrito, which was huge and delicious. My wife had a vegetarian quesadilla that had more spinach than she'd ever seen anywhere. The premium Margarita was surprisingly spicy to my delight. We will go there again next trip.

Looks like it's about time for our annual review of Fiesta. And, happily for all, it's still…read moredelightful. The food is very good, the servers right on top of things, and the atmosphere remains delightfully downscale funky. What more, you ask, could I ask for? Here's what gets us going: consistency. Every time we come by here our meal is as good as the last time, and we leave already eager for a return visit sooner rather than later. As ever, the chicken tortilla soup is heavenly, the tangy broth complemented by the cilantro, chicken strips and fresh, crunchy tortillas. Ah..... They offer up some good drinks -- think margarita, mojito, etc. -- and also a tasty mango limeade and a soft, chocolatey, sumptuous Mexican hot chocolate, perfect on a chilly afternoon. We're fans, obviously. And we think you'll find much to enjoy if you drop by. It's right off downtown Main Street, not always easy to spot, however, and there's plenty of parking in the rear.

We stopped in for lunch today and were warmly greeted and seated right away. We were also thanked…read moreon our way out, which was a nice touch. Service: Unfortunately, the service was hit or miss. No one checked on us after our food arrived. My fork was cleared with the appetizer plate and never replaced, so I eventually took utensils from an empty nearby table. My seafood pasta also came with shellfish, but no dish was provided for the shells. No one checked on us until we almost finished our mains. Food: The lemon drop martini was okay. The char-grilled octopus was tasty, but the Mykonos seafood pasta was bland. Hubby enjoyed his Keftedes and burger, although his burger arrived with a bun despite requesting it without one. The salad that came with it was delicious -- I actually enjoyed it more than my pasta! Overall: A warm welcome and some good dishes, but the bland pasta and inattentive service made this a mixed experience.

My twin 12-year-old boys and I chose Aegean Breeze for dinner on our first night in the area. We…read moreare big fans of Greek food and they didn't disappoint. They were really quiet when we went so there wasn't much atmosphere to mention, but the decor was typical for a Mediterranean Restaurant, which is fun and enjoyable. We tried their Grilled Loukaniko as an appetizer, which we hadn't had before and enjoyed it a lot more than expected. Wish we hadn't eaten all the pita they gave us so quickly as it would have been even more delicious together. I had my usual, a Traditional Gyro with a Greek Salad on the side, a perfect choice. The salad was the best I have ever had. One of my sons had the Berkshire Club, which he was very happy with. He could only eat half so we took the other half with us, and it was still good as a shared breakfast the next morning. My other son had a Salmon Burger and a Greek Salad, which he ate all of. We didn't have enough room for dessert at the restaurant, but we had to try their traditional Baklava, so we ordered a piece to-go to share. It met all expectations. The service was satisfactory, nothing memorable, but pleasant. We had no complaints and would love to go back again.