Food and service were well below expectations. The country fried steak, which was recommended by the bartender, was way over cooked. It was served with instant mashed potatoes and canned green beans. Yuck. I can't imagine why I'd return. On the plus side, the beer was cold. read more

The Mason Jar - country fried steak. not recommended. Over cooked. served with instant mashed potatoes. - American Near Me - Greer, South Carolina

"Looks like a good place to grab a burger," he said as pangs of hunger began their familiar creep into his growling stomach. "We always pass by it in downtown Greer; we should try it out." His wife ambivalently agreed, obviously exasperated that their toddler now refused to sit politely for the beautiful Saturday stroller ride that had been so peaceful up until now. "Yeah, let's go ahead and get this cranky kid some lunch," she muttered with a sigh. He held the door for the family to squeeze through the old storefront into The Mason Jar. "Obviously a bar," he thought. "I could dominate some good bar food right now." Instructions to 'seat yourself' were inscribed on the vacant hostess station, so he wasted no time leading his family to a table. The restaurant was dimly lit, even at high noon, so he made his way toward the glass-paneled storefront area in search of a bright window seat. Situating themselves around a table, he and his wife began to cast longing glances toward the kitchen in hopes of locking eyes with a member of the wait staff and securing quick service. It took a few minutes, but eventually they spotted a waitress, and after a few more minutes, she dropped by with a smile and some menus. They didn't question the delay, despite there only being 5 other customers in the building - they were more than happy to have their drink orders taken and to begin scouring the attractive menu for their fare of choice. Fortunately, there was a great little LEGO kids' table by the front window that held their toddler's attention long enough for them to collaborate over menu choices. "You get the mushroom swiss burger with onion rings, I'll get a patty melt with fries, and we can share them," she pronounced pleasantly. "Isn't it so nice that this table is here for kids? I just wish that weird little oscillating fan and mini vacuum cleaner weren't sitting in the corner up there." She winced at the dingy, appliance-strewn corner and immediately began scheming on potential distraction tactics to employ for when (not if) the novelty of the LEGO table would wear off... The waitress returned promptly with mason jar glasses of water and recorded the lunch order. Then, salivating in expectation while placating the youngster, they waited. And waited. After a good 15 minutes, their waitress returned to gracefully apologize for the brief delay, and brought along a pacification snack. It was a single freshly baked...canned biscuit? Most likely a Laura Lynn brand butter-flavored refrigerated biscuit from one of those cardboard tubes that scares people when its vacuum seal pops open. And just one. "Thank you?" The couple exchanged suspicious eyebrow raises and commented on the peculiarity of the gifted biscuit. After breaking it open and giving it a cursory once-over, the wife finally let the pining toddler gobble it down. "At least its free," she remarked, unable to remove the look of weirded-outness from her countenance. At about the 20 minute mark, a new waitress scurried out of the kitchen with burger plates in hand. Rejoicing and eager to forget the oddities and delays to this point, the couple's eyes sparkled as the big, juicy burgers arrived looking larger than anticipated and quite appetizing in their presentation. They scooped them up and sunk in their teeth, discovering a delightful abundance of... Grease. That juicy look was actually puddled grease sitting on the patty. And not grease in the 'bacon makes everything taste better' sense of the word. These were grease-saturated burgers, inside and out. The husband began wondering whether the chef was using some 50/50 fat-lean beef, deep frying the patties in oil, or perhaps both. "Does yours taste funny?" She slowed her chewing to a crawl and shot a suspicious look at her patty melt. "I think it's just really greasy," he replied. "It's ok flavor, but nothing special - it's just a grease burger." Although the onion rings were well prepared and quite enjoyable, the couple exchanged their all-too-familiar weirdness glances over the fries as well. Oversalted, cold, and stale - the trifecta of bleh in the french fry universe. Disappointment shrouded over the pair as hungrily, quickly, reluctantly, they slogged through their meal knowing their time was short until the toddler would have a full-fledged nap-deprived meltdown. It had to be done. It had to be eaten. But they weren't one bit happy about it. Deflated and exasperated, the husband resolved to relate his experience on Yelp in hope that well-informed foodseekers would beware the superficial street-level magnetism of The Mason Jar. "Perhaps," he mused, "the owners will consider these words and make some much needed changes. Time will tell." read more

Right in the heart of downtown Greer. Always seems to be some kind of entertainment. Karaoke, bands, trivia. Food is very good as well. They have an excellent Sunday menu, and specials every day! read more

Servers are inexperienced. I'm a drummer that has played there before. The noise level is not too loud unless its thursday, friday or saturday night. This a small place with live bands. It gets very loud!!. Good southern cooking though read more

Worst restaurant ever. Food wasn't terrible. Fries were incredibly salty and I almost always salt my fries. A woman got sick (they served her too much drink) and she vomited right behind my husband about 2 minutes after we received our food. Then we could hear her vomiting more on the side of the building after she left a trail. We asked for the check and had to wait forever for the waitress to bring it and return with it while we stayed and smelled the lovely aroma. Good customer service would have been to have let us leave immediately. We barely ate 2 bites before this happened. It was disgusting! We will never eat there again. read more

First time going here and won't be my last! The joint had a very laid back vibe to it with friendly staff. But the best part about it... their amazing hand made seasoned hamburger!!! One of the best cheeseburger I ever had! Served with half french fries and onion rings ... cheeseburger was huge and I was disappointed that I couldn't eat all my food with how good it was. Definitely a place to check out when in Greer. Good place to bring your family too! read more

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Best hamburger I've had since I moved here a year ago. Looks like they are just starting out, but give them a try.

Do not know about the food. We stopped cause we heard music and wanted a cold beer. Laid back, packed, cold beer, loud country music from the band. Cool place!! read more

Great service and excellent prices. They have a good variety of food and is pretty tasty. The bartenders make you feel welcome. If you are looking for a regular spot this is the place for you. I come at least several times a month and sometimes more than once a week. read more

Went for lunch with my husband. I ordered the pick 2 combo sandwich and salad and chose the BLT. My husband got the Minter Cheese Burger. I was pretty disappointed with the quality of the food. My BLT's bread was burned on the edges and almost all of my husband's fries were WAY overdone. I can honestly say I've never had overcooked fries before. My husband's burger was good. The service was average, but considering there were only 4 tables that were filled at the time, it could have been better. There's nothing about this place that makes me really want to go back for the food. it may be better for an entertainment/evening venue than lunch. read more

Last year we were here and it was a fun stop on the way to see friends off at the airport. This year the place went down, the prices up and the drinks were stingy. Walk across the street to the other place that all the locals know is much better, cheaper and better menu. read more

Day after Christmas, and despite short staffing the food and service was great. They kept our little kids from imploding with quick delivery of the chicken nuggets and mac/cheese. The chicken pot pie and meatloaf were great. Nice, relaxed environment too. Would recommend; we will be back for sure. read more

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Below average. I went a few times when we moved to the Greer area. I received undercooked chicken one time and the owner just offered to cook it a little longer. It grossed me out. I really have no desire to eat here with all of the other restaurants that are available. read more

This is a "Don't Miss It" local diner. Nothing fancy except for the food and the service. Get the Redneck Burger with pimento cheese and fried green tomatoes. WOW!!! And the fries were fresh and crispy. And don't miss the Fried Bologna sandwich. Another WOW!!! Great value. Great prices and real down home. Shout out to Phillip our extraordinary server who kept us happy with ice tea and margaritas. Oh yeah!!! read more

Love The Mason Jar country cooking, veggies and meat, sandwich selection. Very good food.

Great burger and fries. Had the buffalo burger with just the right amount of heat to it. Wife had some cocktails that tasted great and weren't priced to break the bank. Apparently this place is crazy busy on weekends with live music - making it a must see in downtown Greer! read more

I am very disappointed that I have to write this bad review, but I feel other people need to know of the sanitary conditions of the Mason Jar. We work at a local agency in the city of Greer and have ordered from the Mason Jar regularly over the years. Just recently has the quality of staff and food gone down drastically to the point that today August 15th, 2018 hair was found in the chicken salad twice. First incident hair was on the bottom of the sandwich, called and they gave me another sandwich, (they offered me my money back but I know mistakes can happen) so I got another chicken salad sandwich started eating it and about half way thru there was another piece of hair this time inside the sandwich. They need to be more sanitary than this. read more

My coworker and I had lunch at the Mason Jar on a Friday. We heard that they had some of the best burgers in Greer and they are living up to the rumor. I had the Moonshiner burger and my coworker had the Patty Melt. My coworker was in love with the fries. They are handcut and lightly seasoned. Our burgers were huge and juicy. We will return and hopefully they can improve on the air quality (it smelled like someone was smoking). If it were not for the smell of cigarettes, I would give this place 4 stars read more

We dropped in here for the first time on an early Thursday evening. It was pretty quiet and we were promptly seated and had drinks within a minute or two. I ordered the patty melt with fries, she ordered the pot roast daily special with mashed potatoes, and we split a side order of macaroni and cheese. The patty melt was fantastic, among the best I've ever had. The fries were delicious. The pot roast was very good as well, and although the potatoes needed something (butter, maybe - this may be taste dependent), they were still quite good. However, the star of the show was the macaroni and cheese, which was EXACTLY how I like it - a little dry and recognizably full of cheddar cheese. Too many southern places use egg or soft cheeses and it ends up being bland - not so here. And then, when we were finished, we had the banana pudding, which was perfect. The Mason Jar does trivia and karoke nights along with live music, and I imagine it would get crowded and loud during that stuff, of course, so this isn't a place for quiet dinner. But with great service, some of the best food I've had since moving to SC (and that's saying something!) and good prices, I think we've found our new favorite restaurant in our new home town. read more

My husband and I went here for dinner based on walking by on a previous visit to downtown Greer. The look of the place and the name made us think this was a good place to grab some food and drinks and hang out to watch a band on a Friday night without having to drive to downtown Greenville. When we arrived, there were only a few tables full and we were seated quickly. The server was nice but it took a long time to order, get drinks, and get the food because he seemed to be the only one actually working. The bartender was not helping him at all. The food was not very good. We ordered the pimento cheeseburger and the mushroom Swiss burger. The pimento cheese was terrible and had almost no flavor except for the large shredded cheddar cheese that was not even warm. The mushroom Swiss burger must have been sitting there ready for quite a while because it was lukewarm. The fries were a great concept because they were fresh cut potato fries but they were so greasy that the fries were soggy. Can't really comment on the band because they were set up when we arrived and they never played anything by 9. This place has great potential in a good location but they really missed the mark. If the server had not been so nice and obviously swamped with trying to take care of all the tables himself, we would have complained. We will not be returning. read more

We have had a few good times here. Service is southern so be prepared to take your time, as it should be when you are out relaxing. The drinks are pretty amazing for a small town bar, lots to choose from. The food is good and they have great music and events nightly. So, if you want to get in and out, then go to a fast food joint, but if you want to be entertained and taken care of then check out The Mason Jar. read more

I order a mason burger and it was cooked perfectly and tasted amazing. Definitely coming back

We really tried to like this place and gave it 3 chances thinking maybe we had bad luck. Every time the food was bland, generic and seemed frozen. The fried fish was the tiniest piece of fish I have ever seen and tasted very fishy and greasy - we could not even finish it. Burgers were bland with no flavor and kind of dry. Expensive pricing for the low quality. I would go back for a beer and entertainment on a weekend night, but never again for food. read more

Would not recommend this place. Watched a customer change there baby's diaper on a table and not 2 mins later a customer came in and sit at the same table. I then told the waitress what had happened and all she did was wipe the table down with a rag. Ordered the banana pudding and tasted like the 0.99 cent box you get from Walmart. read more

The Service could be a little faster, but overall the Hillbilly Burger was one of the best burgers I have ever eaten! It was reasonably priced. read more

Great food but expect to wait and wait for it to get to your table. My suggestion? Go and eat and enjoy, but go before you are starving and don't plan on getting in and out quickly read more

We hadnt been to mason jar in about 2 years, we don't live close, are there new owners?? Lunch on a Sat, had the kids, service was fair but all else sucked! Food, cleanliness, beer selections, you name it, it lacked, sad to say! I gave a 1 for the wait staff, who although made an error, made it right. read more

The burgers are awesome. So much flavor. The service was great. Will definitely come back. Recommend the Carolina burger.

If you want to enjoy the "small town USA southern hospitality" check out The Mason Jar. The beer is cold & refreshing to the palate, the live music provides opportunities to a variety of aspiring musicians, and the food hits the spot (especially the mozzarella sticks) for a quick pick me up. Above the bar a sign reads "Enter As Strangers & Leave As Friends", which holds true to this small town southern gem. read more

I got the hillbilly burger and it was phenomenal!! It was a big patty, a lot more than I expected!! My husband got the pimento cheese burger and he said it was excellent as well! Will definitely be back! It's a nice family bar that's smoke free!! read more

This was absolutely delicious! I had the chicken pot pie and a side salad; they were both wonderful. My mom had the steak quesadillas and said the steak was awesome and tender. The service was a little slow, especially since it wasn't very crowded at all. The atmosphere was quiet and nice for a relaxing evening. They do have trivia nights and live bands some nights so I'm sure that could be a little loud. But we will definitely be back because the food and prices were great! read more

We had stopped in here by complete accident several months ago while on a camping trip. Food and service was outstanding. It was a Saturday evening there was a live band. AWESOME!! Stopped in today Saturday before noon they open at 1130 am stopped in around 1145. After we sit and server brought us our tea she completely ignored us whIle talking to the lady seated next to us about friends who hurt your feelings. And they way it should be handled. Several other patrons walked in got served by another server. As we kept looking at our server to let her know we were ready the other server asked her if she would like her to get our order. No they aren't ready. Wendy was our server. She want pleasant in any way did not refill our drinks or check on us at all. Another server came in at 1230 yes 45 minutes after we walked in we got our food. Burger was great fries were cold and greasy. Other servers seemed pleasant and quick. But Wendy kind of made the dining experience sad. read more

One of the best burgers I have ever had (patty melt on buttered Texas toast)fries were hand cut & awesome as we're the onion rings. Extremely friendly service as well. This spot is a true gem. read more

I recently stopped in at The Mason Jar to grab a late lunch, and it has honestly been a very long time since I was this disappointed with a restaurant. The server was very nice, but it was just me and another gentleman sitting at the bar (where I thought I would get faster service...) and a table of five men and the service was really slow. The food was mediocre, and the place is really dark and unappealing. I probably should have just passed on this one, and I would encourage you to do the same. read more

I enjoy going here on .50 cent wing Thursday- I always get the barbecue ranch. The crabby rangoons and the chicken basket are also good. I have enjoyed everything I've eaten here, although maybe I'll order fries with no salt next time. Bartenders very attentive even though I'm usually there by myself. read more

Had a tasty Patty Melt with fries. It was great. My medium well burger was cooked perfectly. This restaurant has outstanding home fries. Service was fast and friendly. read more

Tonight we ate at the Mason Jar for the 2nd time and we were very pleased with the food and service. 3 of us had the Mason Jar Chicken. Very tasty. The macaroni and cheese was good. The fries are excellent and the ranch dressing is worth the trip there all by itself. Everyone at the table was very satisfied and you can't beat the price. We will definitely be going back soon! read more

Was is Greer visiting friends and wanted to have a few beers at a local spot. Laid back bar which I really like! I also liked the band and the staff was pleasant enough. Bud Light was $4.50 each and Fireball shots at $11 each??!! Really! I thought the Fried Cabbage appetizer sounded good --turns out it's Egg Rolls? Anyway, we had a great time partying with our friends and would probably go back. read more

Went for a casual Sunday lunch the server immediately came up to us as we were sitting down and said she was the only server working. She had a party of 7 or so a few 2 tops and the four of us , there was a bartender with around 4 people at the bar and what appeared to be a manager or maybe owner who appeared to be walking around looking confused and also tending to her daughters (the bartender..they favored ) crying baby and young child. We ordered our sweet tea which came out warm and about 30 minutes later she finally found her way back over to take our order. Upon getting the food app was chicken nachos maybe half a chicken breast if we were lucky a teeny amount of canned nacho cheese and after asking twice for sour cream and salsa we noticed the to go cups of salsa had spoiled it was all bubbly and nasty. Chicken tenders were tiny and fries were cold had to tell server twice that we needed honey mustard even tho when I placed my order I had requested it. The burger tasted frozen and also as if it had some breading in it even though the menu says 100% ground chuck the chicken sandwich that we ordered did not come with bread and at that point and with so many other issues we just decided to keep our mouths shut!! read more

This was the worst meal we have ever had anywhere. We had out of town company and someone recommended. I was so embarrassed we had brought our out of town guests here. We ordered the fried cabbage rolls for an appetizer menu described as having cabbage and ground meat inside...no meat and they were so greasy...about a 1/4 inch of grease in bottom of basket. The entrees were no better...two of us ordered pot pie....cream of chicken soup with a pea and carrot thrown in....and waitress recommended...my husband had meatloaf sandwich special on wheat bread...could not Tell if bread was wheat or white...my sister had mason ar chicken it was burned on bottom conveniently hidden with melted cheese on top...only good thing is waitress was very nice and was the ONLY person waiting tables, bar tending, bussing etc so we did not have the heart to tell her the food was horrible....what if she was the one who was cooking too. I can't believe this place stays open with the lack of quality food. read more