My husband and I found The Well on one of our many drives around western Massachusetts. And are we ever happy we did! The atmosphere is cozy, food is delicious, and service is friendly and attentive. And especially for me, they have many gluten free options. I was thrilled to have onion rings for the first time in many years! And a burger on a regular sized bun. Awesome! We are definitely going back when we're in the area, and I'm getting onion rings! read more

We got fries as our appetizer and we got salmon with a salad (substitution), and fish and chips with mashed peas on the side. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Salmon and shredded Brussel sprouts (I believe) - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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Ate at the bar. Friendly bartender. Good food, reasonably priced. Nice tap beer list.

The new owners are doing an EXCELLENT job at this wonderful neighborhood hangout spot! The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming, drinks are well-crafted, and the food is fantastic - our favorites include the smash burger (hello, onion jam!!), the fish & chips, the salmon, the onion rings, and the nachos. Seating is limited so there can be a wait during busy times, but everyone in this place is so friendly that it hardly matters. If you're looking for a friendly local watering hole with a cozy vibe and excellent food, this is it! (Note that the entrance to The Well is located down a steep stone staircase from the sidewalk, so you'll want to consider this if you have mobility challenges...) read more

Great little bar in GB! Stopped in to watch the game and meet up with a friend and ended up having connections with three different people in the place. So random but neighborly at the same time. read more

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Visiting for the night and tried The Well. Great atmosphere, tunes, food and staff! Highly recommend!

Emily "Tewks" was a great server. Funny, professional and friendly. The food was very good. The drinks were okay. Fish and chips were very good, super crispy. Nice atmospere. read more

How can a burger place be out of burgers . 4 things not available . Can't call and talk to a human

Came here the other day for dinner on a Wednesday night around 6:30. Luckily we were able to be seated right away but soon after it got super busy and there was more of a wait. Nice menu, lots of options. The quesadilla was not my favorite. I would recommend some of the other menu items instead. My parents enjoyed the salmon and cobb salad they got. It was a pretty long time until the food was ready so good for people who are ok with a leisurely dinner. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Cobb salad - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Good fun service. Good comfort food. A bit cold inside....small restaurants with limited seating

The lamb burger with tsatsiki is to die for delicious! Service is great. The ambience is cozy.

Waited for an hour for the food and the owner wasn't even apologizing. Owner took so long time to figure out the math for the bills.

Food was great!! I had the Adventurous Burger and it was delicious!!! Cooked perfect and quite the creation. Nice and small place, cozy environment. Really decent prices for great quality and portions. Highly recommend!!!! read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - The Adventurous Burger - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

LOVED it. What a great place to stop in the middle of a road trip. The Cider Honeybee fall cocktail was absolutely delicious. The sliders were the perfect snack to split. Our server was outstanding. (I'm pretty sure she was the only other than the bartender.) The small parking lot is about a block and a half away but easy to find. Thankful we found this little spot in Great Barrington. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Cider Honeybee- fall cocktail 10/10 - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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Awesome spot, stopped there last night for a drink before a Billy Gibbons show at The Mahaiwe. The food looked awesome, the bar service was quick even with it 3 deep at the bar and the entire staff was friendly. We will definitely go there for food and drinks next time we are out that way. read more

The Well is under new management and is a great place to go for casual, well-prepared food. Highlights are onion rings, fried calamari, a lamburger with tadziki. The Well has a friendly local vibe. The staff is friendly and fun to be around. read more

I had the local salad and the French onion soup, my husband had the mac & cheese with bacon, and both were happy. Each of us had a cocktail as well and they were good. However, we ordered the sliders to go for our son, cooked medium, and were very disappointed when we got back to our hotel room to see them cooked rare. read more

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Food quality / price (value) rating 9. This place is a little bit tricky to find, but it is there! It's below sidewalk level and down a set of stairs, and definitely worth looking for! The owner, Jonathan, typically in attendance, has committed his considerable energy to preparing and serving top quality dishes. One long lost pleasure I enjoyed was HOME-MADE onion rings - sliced sweet Spanish onions dipped in house made batter and fried to perfection. I'd almost forgotten what real food tastes like! No pre-prepared plastic bagged frozen crap here! (I would, however, recommend eating all your onion rings while they're fresh, as they don't reheat well.) They offer a pub/tavern style menu, a full bar, and a limited but well chosen draught beer list I had lunch here while sitting at their ten seat bar, a Blackened Chicken sandwich (with the aforementioned onion rings) and everything was prepared and presented very nicely. The chicken was moist and spicy and cooked properly, where typically most chefs believe that "blackened" means "burnt". The service was great as were the prices. I was, however, overcharged $2.00 for my sandwich, and didn't notice until I'd left. I also was unable to get any answer regarding how often they change the "specials". Overall, it was a pleasure finding a good restaurant in Great Barrington, a city known for its shortage of eating establishments. They have a very nice sidewalk table area that allows diners to enjoy the beauty of the Victorian style Main Street, which is very walkable and one should plan to take a stroll while here. I look very forward to returning! read more

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Delicious food. Lots of good options. Good wines. Quick friendly service. We got fish & chips and steak. Each was enough for 2 meals, and were both very tasty. We asked to move outside bc it it was so loud inside. Really a 4.5-.5 for noise level. Would definitely return. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - a window with a sign that says the well - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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Went in for a burger, very quaint downstairs pub style place. We sat at the bar, and the bartender, Matt was excellent, very friendly and attentive. I ordered the regular burger with sweet potato fries, it was cooked to perfection and the fries were amazing. My sister ordered the CFCG burger, a burger without a bun, with regular fries, also cooked to perfection. My brother in law ordered the buffalo wings and a quesadilla, the sauce on the wings was delicious and they were a good size. Quesadilla was also good, half going home, not to mention the cocktails were I will definitely go back, great spot for a romantic evening too. read more

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Cool looking and fun sublevel restaurant/bar in downtown GB! The service was great, the meal I had (boneless wings w/fries) was very good, the beer selection wasn't overly clear on the menu and the waitress named off a couple (of which one I liked so chose that one) but didn't seem to have them all off-hand or written down. That being said the experience was still good as the food and service goes, would return again to try something else. read more

First time visit. Arrived around 5:30 PM on a Friday evening, and it was busy; even so, we were granted a table within 25 minutes of a wait. The place is incredibly small with about 8 tables and a bar, so be prepared to wait if you visit during peak hours. The service was good albeit a little slow. Our waitress was friendly, knowledgeable, and checked in on us regularly but didn't hover. The kitchen was likely understaffed because it took a considerable amount of time to receive our appetizers and meals after ordering. Fortunately, the food was incredibly tasty. We had the Buffalo cauliflower, fried pickles, Mac n cheese with pulled pork, and black and bleu burger. Additionally we consumed four adult beverages. The bourbon mule was tasty but didn't feel like it had much booze in it. My wife ordered a pomegranate martini; she enjoyed it, but I felt like the flavor was a little unbalanced. We also tried a cider on tap and a beer, both of which were average. In short, we enjoyed the experience. The food made it worth the wait. The drinks were just average though. For a restaurant that is called, "The Well," I'd expect higher quality drinks. Even so, if you're not in a rush and are there for the food more so than the booze, this is worth the trip. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Mac n' Cheese with Pulled Pork Black and Bleu Burger - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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This is a gem in GB! The friendliness of the staff was the first thing we noticed. We were welcomed immediately and cared for our entire meal. Food was very good and we enjoyed several cocktails before dinner entrees arrived. It is a cozy space and we would go back again for sure! read more

This place was cool, nice and loud for our boy who suddenly thought yelling as we say shhh hysterical lol. We sat at a booth and got him squeezed in between us so there was no trying to escape for him. Food was good and everyone was happy. The perfect dinner for our last night while on vacation. read more

The Well was packed full when we got there so the wait staff took our number and we browsed the Main shop windows until they called us. Their timing estimate was precisely right! All the portions were very generous. We liked the Well salad, taco salad, and the chicken finger platter. They had the TVs on so people could watch sports and I really appreciated that they were on mute with no news or politics. read more

Have returned to this fun restaurant since my initial review. The food remains above average for what it is. Don't expect fine dining, ( but it's NOT meant to be ) but everything ordered by me, and those I was with, was very tasty and satisfying. The service was improved from my initial visit, the staff remains exceptionally pleasant, and the bottled beer was acceptingly cold ! ( I had complained about warm beer my first visit to The Well. I can't say whether the draught beer is still served insufficiently cold. I still encourage chilled beer glasses. Warm beer - my pet peeve ). And try the Shrimp Po' Boy sandwich. Excellent ! This is a restaurant to DEFINITELY put on your list when in Great Barrington. read more

We enjoyed sitting outside at street level, people watching on a very busy Saturday evening. The salmon was superb; the chili hearty and meaty with lots of cheese. The indoor restaurant is down a very steep stairs. Be prepared for a noisy ambiance, great fun and energy in a small space but not for quiet conversation. The staff was terrific. read more

Back in 2019, my husband and I tried getting a table at this establishment. The place is so small and cramped and there doesn't seem to even be a host stand. We got frustrated and left but promised ourselves we'd someday return. Cut to- 2021. "Surely, this place won't be as crowded as it was pre-covid", thought we. And The Well gods laughed. I think it was even more crowded and even less organized! The busboy wrote our names on a post-it, with a pen that had clearly run out of ink. We waited (more like wandered around town) for about 45 minutes and returned to The Well to wait some more. Our table was finally(!) ready. We were kind of disappointed by the experience up until this point...but then everything changed. The waitress- I want to say her name was Hannah- she def looked like a Hannah, anyway- was incredible. Super attentive and friendly and not at all annoying. We ordered our drinks and an appetizer. She never once rushed us to put our entree orders in. We got the nachos to start and then both got veggie burgers. De.LISH! Omg this food still has me dreaming. So good! Probably the best in Great Barrington. I couldn't get enough of the fries. The burgers were full of veggies and not fillers like most non-meat options. The food was a homerun. My husband always tells me not to judge small town restaurants with NYC standards, so I'm giving The Well 5 stars because I honestly think the food and service deserve it. However, I feel like there's so much potential to improve from a systems point of view. I know it's called "the well" but I kinda feel like the bar is too big. I wish they would restructure and put more tables. Or somehow expand? I just really love this place and want it to get the accolades it deserves- and, of course, I don't want to wait an hour for a table. read more

We met friends for an early dinner. Great location and ambiance. Quick service, excellent food and reasonably priced.

I'm gonna go straight to business here, no fluff. Chicken fingers: 5/5 phenomenal. Crispy breading, juicy inside. Perfect breading to chicken ratio. French fries: 5/5 absolute fire, hand cut goodness can't be beat Ribeye steak: 5/5 amazing and juicy, slightly fatty but the taste made up for it. Asparagus: thicc goodness 4/5 Caesar salad with grilled chicken: the salad itself 3/5, your basic Caesar salad with too much dressing. The grilled chicken on top: 0/5 tasted boiled. No flavor, no seasoning, overcooked, no bueno. Service was great 5/5. Would come back, but AVOID the grilled chicken. read more

Fantastic wings, burgers and fries . Average prices. Not a lot of seating. Great service.

Loved the vibe and the Philly Cheesesteak sandwich was the best I have had...and I have had many! Highly recommend!

Large menu, excellent food and great service. The only downside is the restaurant is very small with around a dozen indoor tables. I would highly recommend the French onion soup. Ceasar salad was a very nice size portion and definitely shareable. Chicken sandwich was also very good with tasty crispy fries. Everything we had from appetizers, salads, main course and even dessert was wonderful. I would highly recommend!! read more

We came by for burgers mid afternoon and left delighted. The food was yummy, and the portions generous. Our server was super sweet and attentive. Made us feel comfortable and welcome. Look forward to returning, all around good vibes! read more

I love this place. Ironically this place was an Indian restaurant years ago . It was actually one of my favorite places. I found myself working in GB again and went to try the Indian joint again but the place was the Well. I figured I'd give it a shot. The bartender I dealt with that night was super cool and attentive, I actually visited a few more times based on him making me feel at home. I tried the peanut butter burger, yes peanut butter burger. Wow. I drive back up there when I wasn't working to grab some more lol. Definitely a nice little hideaway with stellar food and kick ass service! read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Holy adventurous burger. Peanut butter and bacon with jack cheese - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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RAW CHICKEN ON OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY & my birthday weekend. Ok now that I got that out. I'm not one to be upset about things like this, but the tomato was also the crap cut as well. Lastly when we got the bill, the manager was unapologetic and kept saying he comp'd the chicken for us but would not comp two meals.... that's not compensating, that's removing something I could not eat because IT WAS RAW... As for meals so far we are 0 for 1. read more

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Wish their hours of operation were skewed more towards the willingness of their patrons to patronize and less than the proclivity of the owners to operate, but sometimes it be like that. Whatayagonnado. read more

The food is delicious and reasonably priced for what appears to be good quality ingredients!

Fantastic service! ( THANK YOU kat!) And great ambiance on a Wednesday night. The special chicjen francaise was delicious and huge portion. Veggies to perfection. Chili and salad also great. Definitely will return. read more

I love this place! Great food, drinks and staff. A server named Ella is the nicest, sweetest person. My friend got the quesadilla and I got the burger. The burger was moist and the fries were great. I highly recommend this place when you're in GB for late night food and drinks since a lot of places close early. read more

The Well Restaurant + Bar - Quesadilla - American Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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