The Well Restaurant + Bar

Crazy good food, friendly staff, and a super chill vibe make this one of our favorite places we've visited in GB.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a quick snaks and some drinks before a concert. Fast, friendly service. I had the toquito appetizer. Very good.

Best fish and chips! Really nice staff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I was thrilled to hear that The Well is under new ownership—and even more excited by the rave reviews about the food. After dining there last night, I can confidently say the excitement is well-deserved!
From the moment we walked in, the atmosphere was warm, welcoming, and vibrant. The staff was incredibly attentive and genuinely friendly, creating a relaxed yet polished dining experience. It was a pleasure to see familiar, friendly faces like Lisa, Emily, Leslie and Nick—
We started with the pretzels and nachos—both were fresh, flavorful, and generously portioned. For my entrée, I had the Smashburger with onion rings, and it was absolutely outstanding. Every bite was cooked to perfection, and the flavors were spot-on.
The Well is exactly what downtown Great Barrington has been missing—a lively, inviting spot with top-notch food and service. I’m already looking forward to my next visit and can’t recommend this place highly enough!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent and friendly service. Despite being a “bar food” impression, excellent menu options from “the best hamburger” plus a decent veggie burger option, it’s easy to walk by on Main Street. Recommend for a fast, low key and reasonably priced family friendly for early dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lisa behind the bar was fantastic. recommended the hasbrowns and lox and it was top 5 best brunch dishes I have ever had. we traveled two hours on a car cruise, found this spot and stopped in, so amazingly worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Where’s the beef? I order their “Smash burger” meal. There was barely any beef in the burger. A lot of cheese, and a lot of grease. Barely a beef patty to be found underneath the seven seas of cheese and grease. The fries came already heavily salted. It tasted like cactus because it was so incredibly salty. Thankfully, the waitresses were very nice - especially when I had to ask for a total of four or so glasses of water just because the fries were so salty.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Amazing food! The owners know what they’re doing! Great job and best wishes for success!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The new owners are absolutely top frickin' notch. Lisa is the consummate hospitality professional, making all feel welcomed and taken care of - truly a JOY to be around! And Nik and crew are crushing it in the kitchen putting out some damn good food. Absolutely stellar. So great to have this in our town! Bravo team!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Man, I love this place. The vibe is super chill — like your buddy’s house but with way better food and someone else doing the dishes. Been here a few times now and it never misses. Just solid comfort food that actually tastes like someone gave a damn making it.

Drinks are strong (bless), bartenders are cool, and it’s the kinda spot you stop by for one and end up staying till closing. It’s got that cozy neighborhood feel without being boring. Food hits the spot every time — especially if you’ve had a couple.

Honestly, if I lived any closer, this would be dangerous. 10/10 would recommend (and probably will again after a few beers).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Well is better than ever with an upgrade in food quality and service as new ownership has recently taken over. Tonight I tried their special, which was Gravlax - served with shaved fennel + beurre blanc sauce and was thoroughly satisfied. Another thing to highlight is the price point for what you get and it’s very appropriate. A good sign for a restaraunt is when you see management present and interacting with customers not to mention the bartender was friendly and attentive. They can have my money. Looking forward to going back :)

The new owners stink and appear on their way to ruining one of the only good local spots we had for decent bar food and a drink. What a shame:/ wayyyyyyyy overpriced for verrrrry mediocre food

(edit after the well responded to my review) they say they didn’t change the price of the “nachos”, but they did take away the beans, olives and jalapeños that used to come on the nachos at no extra charge. Now they give you basic chips and cheese for the old price, and nickel and dime you if you want anything more on your “nachos”. Great job trying to gaslight everyone with your response though👏

Also, it’s fantastic that your bathrooms smell nice, but that’s pretty much at the bottom of the list of reasons I go to a restaurant.

Been twice now since new owners took over, absolutely phenomenal 👏🏼 had the smash burger the first trip (onion jam to die for) second visit had the pork schnitzel and it was incredible. Can’t wait to go back

Went last night, immediately questioned if there were new owners. Ordered nachos which used to be great, instead it was a tray of chips and cheese only, had to pay extra for anything else. I could make that in my microwave for $2. Panzanella was ok but the bread cubes should be bigger, not crouton sized. And a bowl of soup for $12 is ridiculous. Also, the new hours?! Closing at 10:00 on a beautiful Saturday evening while GB is still very lively seems silly. Sad to see this happen to a place we used to frequent but we won’t be back for some time, hopefully it gets better.

I was here this past Sunday. I absolutely love this place. They have friendly staff,good service and the smash burger is absolutely incredible!!