This was a perfect evening and a perfect meal. Â The Williamstown Theatre Festival is in full swing, so I wasn't sure I could get until after the theatre crowd had left. Â The person who answered the phone first wanted to know if I was going out to see a show - and when I said I wasn't she got us in just 15 minutes later than I originally asked. Â Too late for us to make the curtain, but just fine for a couple who was just looking for a great, relaxing dinner.
And dinner was great. Â The wait staff was VERY attentive, polite and knowledgeable. Â We started off with a delicious bowl of popcorn infused with truffle oil. Â My wife had a cold parsnip soup she raved about. Â And our waiter directed us to two wonderful dishes: Â I had a perfectly roasted chicken breast with mushrooms, kale and farro, and my wife had a pasta dish that she loved.
We had driven all day to get to Western Massachusetts, spent the afternoon at MassMoCa - which I highly recommend - and our dinner at Mezze was the perfect ending to the day. Â I highly recommend this restaurant.
So good! This little house on a hill in the middle of the Berkshires was a big surprise! The ambiance was fabulous and cozy (not at all what i expected from what this place looks like on the outside). Great, creative menu, and not excessively expensive.  Beautiful presentation of the food and good cocktails! The only thing that was off was that we felt a little rushed to order our mains, when we wanted to wait for our app, then order. And when the bill came the price of the veal that was listed on the menu was not the same as on the bill (somehow my fiance noticed  it was $10 more on the bill!), we asked the waitress to check and she easily fixed it. Overall a great experience, such delish food, I would 100% recomend! Just keep an eye on your bill ;)
Review Source:Interesting dishes that are well prepared. Â One of the best meals I've had in the Berkshires.
Began with two appetizers because the menu was so intriguing.  One was house marinated sardine  - they were very lemony - over salad.  That kinda ruined the wine.  The second, pastrami porchetta (? can't remember the exact name - something pork/prosciutto like).  The pork was a plate with thin slices of pork (like deli ham) arranged all around the plate.  It was topped with clothbound cheddar chunks, crispy pieces of thinly sliced rye toast, and pickled Kohlrabi.  It was essentially a deconstructed brushetta.
Loved the bread too that was provided between courses. Â It had good crisp, charred crust, with a soft interior perfect for sopping up the olive oil.
The veal entrée was excellent.  It had a nice, assertive flavor, much more like lamb than beef.  Every piece was eaten.  It was over a mixture of quinoa and asparagus, which sounds good, but had way too much lemon flavor and was a jarring accompaniment to the veal.  But because the veal was so good, I'm sticking with the four star review.  The other entree was the pork loin with farro and some asparagus.  Got a side dish of the fiddlehead ferns, which were rather boring on their own.  We mixed them into the entrees, and they were much better that way.
The wines by the glass list was small - only 5 choices, and consisted of wines not commonly seen. Â We enjoyed the Portuguese red and the Tempranillo.
The service was good, which was a bit surprising considering there were at least two rather large groups in the restaurant celebrating birthdays. Â
I'm looking forward to returning.
My girlfriend and I went here on our first trip together to stay at Porches in North Adams. Our dinner at Mezze was, basically, perfect. Nice enough to feel like a real treat, but not at all stuffy or uncomfortable. Helpful, friendly, knowledgeable wait staff. Great menu with options for both me (meat eater) and my gf (vegetarian). I would go back in a heartbeat.
Review Source:My partner & I had a stellar meal on New Year's Eve. The service was excellent-our bar tenders hooked us up with an outstanding bottle of wine and the food was fantastic! We started with the brown butter truffle popcorn- which we devoured! Then we had the kale salad & fish of the day. The meal finished with rich coffee & chocolate truffles. All in all- Fantastic!
Review Source:Really disappointed by this restaurant but giving extra star because they were understanding. From what I remembered ordered whole wheat gnocci ( I know usually potato) When it came out it was cold and had a hair in it. We explained and the waitress took it back and took it off of our bill which I appreciated.  I ended up  splitting dinner with my fiance. He had scallops and they were pretty good but of course portions are small so we left hungry.
Review Source:This is a truly outstanding restaurant! It is exactly what I like in a restaurant: fine dining with very pleasant decor and attentive but not intrusive service, an adventurous menu that avoids weirdness, and a kitchen that produces extraordinary flavors and treats vegetables as key players, not as accompaniments or afterthoughts. The wine list was not extensive, but based on our selection (an excellent Sancerre) it was well chosen. We had a stunning dessert (pear turnover); the coffee was quite good. And as an extra bonus, the price of the meal was quite reasonable for the quality and ambience. For a special night out, or whenever you want a really superb meal out in the wilds of northwest Massachusetts, this is the place.
Review Source:When I made a reservation for the weekend at Porches in North Adams (highly recommend this place!), they warned me to make dinner reservations in advance due to the busy season. I found Mezze on Yelp and am so glad I did.
The setting and ambiance are lovely-- sophisticated/cozy in keeping with the university town location. On Saturday evening the place was pleasantly buzzing with activity.
Menu offerings of both traditional starter and entree combos as well as small plates meant that our party had no problem finding something to please all. There is a strong emphasis on both seasonality and locally-sourced product. Among us, we ordered a salad of gorgeous local leaf lettuces, a house-cured charcuterie plate, an heirloom pea and kale soup, butternut squash arancini, peppery greens and apple salad, beef steak in a delicious sauce, maple-pecan tart and a pear turnover. The house breads-- potato and a focaccia with concord grapes and rosemary-- were perfection. There appeared to be ample options for vegetarians.
There is a nice list of interesting wines-- Austrian reds, for example, and the after dinner drinks list is extensive. French press coffee and an assortment of whole leaf teas round out the experience.
Service was friendly and unpretensious, but well-informed and thorough.
Only reason this review is four stars rather than five! Five stars is a standard I have not encountered yet-- I have to leave room for perfection when I find it!
Writing not to critique the food... We arrived at 4:50... We were told not open til 5:00. Â I said in a stage voice... Well... I guess we could go somewhere else...thinking we would be invited to the bar for a drink... Front desk just said...nothing.. Just goodby. Â So our party of two went to hops and vines and spent $200.00 there...which included a fine bottle of wine . Â P.s. Â We ate at the bar which we prefer . Â I guess mezze's business is good and their Indifference showed
Review Source:Mezze is the best restaurant in the Northern Berkshires. The chef crafts creative dishes that feature local ingredients, the setting and ambiance are pleasant and sophisticated, and the bar is a great place to eat and get a fancy drink or a draft beer.
No, you're not in an eating hotspot of the world, so don't go with those kinds of expectations. But Mezze is an excellent place.
Make reservations on busy weekends (e.g., leaf season or whenever local Williams College has a function where parents are in town).
Mezze was delish. We started our warm summer night by visiting the ducks by the stream outside the restaurant. In expected fashion, Mama Duck quacked and scared us off when I took a step towards one of the ducklings. Onto dinner...
We split the summer vegetable appetizer and truffle popcorn to start. The vegetables were amazing - fennel, striped beets, carrots, etc. with pesto oil. I ordered the diver scallops and my husband ordered the vegetable ragout for our main courses. The scallops were seriously the most amazing I've ever had. Amazing. The vegetable ragout was also great - amazing pesto, local vegetables. Wine was good, dessert was good (s'mores tart) and the service was pleasantly attentive, especially considering our waitress was handling easily eight tables. Â We would totally come back. Really fab.
Ate here on a saturday nite solo, last minute reservation via open table. Â Very appealing place, not cheap but not unreasonable given the quality of the food. Â A number of reviews peg this as the best restaurant in the area -- it certainly was very fine -- locavore, seasonal, proper if slightly harried service, good room, good cocktail....I had the pork belly appetizer -- delish. Â Main course was a little less successful -- whole wheat gnocchi are, after all, still whole wheat pasta -- but the vegetables and everything else were fresh and handled well. Â Didn't have dessert but would really really have liked to...but they brought little chocolate cookies out with the check so there you go...
Review Source:As a Williams sibling and student, I've gone to Mezze quite a few times through the years. Mezze is always portrayed by the word-of-mouthers as the best restaurant in the area, and while I agree, I always seem to remember it as better than it actually is.
Years ago, it seemed like the epitome of comfortable fine dining. Now, I always leave pleased, but I'm never wowed. This last time I went, I sampled the mac and cheese appetizer (but split it with someone else, because it was a bit too much to start off the meal), the duck breast main course, and a delicious banana oreo pie. I also tried bites of some of my companion's salad and dessert, which was a hazelnut chocolate creation I believe.
The menu is constantly changing with seasonal ingredients, so you'll never get bored. It's definitely worth the trip, but I think it's slightly overpriced, so perhaps only on special occasions.
Lovely room, attentive and pleasant service, good wine by the glass list. Â The marcona almonds and the olives, on the snacks list, were ideal. Â Who knew olives could be that special? Â I love kale salads and this one was excellent, beautifully balanced. Â Nightly special halibut prepared nicely, delicious, good-looking plate with lemon-grass infusion and matchstick veggies.
Review Source:I ate at Mezze this past weekend and had one of the better meals I've ever eaten at a restaurant.
I ordered the cassoulet and my partner had the steak frites and both were excellent. I'd never had cassoulet in my life before and decided to take a gamble, which paid off excellent. The serving size was huge, and the summer sausage in the dish was some of the best sausage I've ever had in my life.
For dessert I had bread pudding with pears and ice cream, which was out of this world. This was also the first time I've had bread pudding, and I'm afraid the chefs at Mezze set a bar for excellence that other dessert makers will have a hard time reaching in the future!
In addition the staff was very helpful and the wine was excellent. If you are in the area and looking for a great meal definitely try Mezze.
Believe the reviews that say this place is hit-and-miss. The martini selection is very unique and there is a nice wine list. Some dishes were very good (split-pea soup) but some dishes were not edible (the raviolis were oily and mushy). Great wait staff but the kitchen needs more quality control.
Review Source:Ahhhh - the art of fine dining isn't dead after all. Â After a great day discovering at MassMoca we Yelped for dinner in Williamstown, MA filtering by highest rated. Â Oh my Yelp friends, you never let me down. Â This place rocked. Â Beautiful, in fact we thought at first a bit too fancy for our casual day but the atmosphere with the Talking Heads playing lightly in the background worked. Â I had the roasted Arctic Char and my friend had the Amish roasted chicken. I don't even have a word that can capture the perfectness we experienced with our dishes. Â Both chocolate desserts blew us away too. Â Thank you again Yelpers - I'm so happy to be a part of this community.
Review Source:My husband and I ate at mezzo last week.. We made reservations with open table and were seated at a small table for 2...this place ended. Up to be the best meal we had this summer.... We shared the melon and tomato appetizer with soft cheese over it..We ended up fighting over the last drop:) I had the diver scallops with carrots and my husband ordered the veal special... We both ordered fingerling potatoes with our meal...
Both. Of our meals were excellent... We also had dessert which came with gelato... The chocolate cake I ordered was just knot as great as the meal.... My husband loved his berry cobbler....
If we lived near this place we would return often:)
A really exquisite dining experience. Lovely room with large windows showcasing the green trees of Williamstown.... friendly and expert wait staff... Â The food is truly special... we had Orchiette appetizer, Beet-Ginger soup and the Blackfish. Amazing desserts. Our only disappointment was the ordinary fried chicken.
Review Source:This is a very lovely restaurant tucked on a hillside just outside of downtown Williamstown. Here for a graduation dinner, the place was pretty packed, but the service was very good and the ambiance, though crowded, was very laid back. The decor is modern and simple, and matches their food aesthetic.
Great wine, beer and cocktail list. We ordered a bottle of white, but I heard the Old Fashioned was very good and the Brooklyn Chocolate Stout. The menu focuses on local foods. Highlights were the orecchiette with sausage, and the Mighty Food Farms garden salad. Our table also loved the BBQ Beef Sandwich and the burger. The only complaint about the burger was that it was very overcooked. But the toppings were amazing - especially the ramp aioli!
Excellent atmosphere in an old house on a hill. The tables are nicely separated so there is no overcrowding. The salads are extremely fresh and the dressings properly  handled. Everyone in my party of  eleven enjoyed their main courses and we were all impressed with the mushroom side made with fanlike mushrooms sauteed perfectly. Add cocktails that are full measure along with French press coffee and the evening was very enjoyable....
Review Source:I know farm to table restaurants are all the rage now but I was hoping to experience a good example of that in NW Massachusetts at Mezze. Unfortunately, while they do conform to the farm to table concept, the execution and presentation are greatly lacking.
The service was very nice and friendly. The atmosphere is also fine, nothing special though. The wine list is shallow, although my husband enjoyed his (by the glass) Chateauneuf du Pape and my (by the glass) California Cabernet Sauvignon was fine.
I had high hopes after tasting a bit of my husband's heirloom tomato salad - the tomatoes were delicious and flavorful and were paired with some nice yellow watermelon and cantaloupe and a nice light but flavorful olive oil dressing. The mozzarella cheese in the salad was not as soft as I would like to see it.
My starter, the warm corn soup with pork croutons (?) and browned butter (!), was deliciously sweet, but lacked texture - it was too watery - in fact, it seemed the soup was starting to "break" between the drizzled brown butter and the water in the soup (the server told us there is no cream or diary outside of the butter drizzle); and, I didn't know what to do with/make of the pork croutons - I tried one with the soup and it was just too rich and the pork overpowered the corn flavor. The remainder of them went back to the kitchen.
My husband ordered the housemade tagliatelle with a Bolognese of lamb and veal. My bite of his dish gave me undercooked (not even al dente) pasta and a nicely flavored sauce. My husband said the remainder of the pasta was well-cooked and that he liked the flavor of the sauce. However, the sauce was really oily and left an unappetizing orange film all over the bowl.
My rib eye (off the bone) was cooked to order, but the cut was tough and overseasoned (and for me that takes a lot of doing!). The stock based sauce with the steak was nice. The sides consisted of overcooked small wedges of zucchini and yellow squash and halved roasted shallots.
The portion sizes for both of our entrees were ridiculously large - even if my steak hadn't been seasoned to the point that I didn't want to eat anymore, I couldn't have eaten much more - and incredibly, I still would have had enough meat to feed 2 other people. Some people find large portion sizes to be a good thing and give high ratings for it - I don't, to me, it's either unhealthy for the diner to eat the entirety of such a large portion or a dishonor to the animal who gave its life if not completely or even mostly eaten. Usually, farm to table restaurants are more conscientious of portion sizes for this particular reason.
Presentation - there was none; very disappointing. The vegetable sides were just slopped onto my plate next to the slab of meat and there weren't any garnishes or any organization to the plate. My husband's Bolognese had grated cheese over the top, which brought back shades of both of our childhoods with the green cardboard containers of Kraft "Parmesan" cheese - they could have shaved a couple of nice pieces of Parmesan and added a couple of fresh basil leaves (or some other unchopped herb) to dress it up a bit.
Overall, just okay food/execution; good, friendly service; and an absence of presentation. I've definitely had better renderings of this type of food.
My brother and I went here last week - had a great time and the food was delish!!!
So i was in albany for work and lil bro is riding his bicycle to montreal and was in some small town near willamstown. We decided to go to mezze for a relaxing dinner to catch up. Upon our arrival, the hostess told us there was a wait but that we could wait at the bar if we wished, she said we could eat at the bar, but that she would follow-up on us in a few minutes to see what we decided.
Well the bar was great! Bartender was better! but the hostess never checked on us again!! (minus 1 star!!) it was almost as if she was trying to say that we werent dressed or looked the part of their clientele!!! Hello - my bro has been camping for a week - yes he took a shower but we are not dressed in finery here!!! (btw - i looked great! haha!!)
anyways we ate at the bar - ordered local olives to start & bread w olive oil was also served as a starter, being somewhat of an olive oil snob, i have to say i loved theirs!! We also ordered the tomatoe mozzarella salad to start - delicious - all ingredients were very fresh.
For entrees i had the pork loin and my brother had the salmon, both were amazing - cooked just perfectly, not overdone (as most places do!).The dessert was the best!!! Some type of cobbler - strawberry rhubarb or strawberry raspberry i cant remember but it was sooooo magnificent!! It was amazing!!
We also had a lot to drink (ok actually my bro was downing them! - me not so much!) the cocktails were innovative, well-poured and the bartender (from the czech republic) was great!!
If we lived in the area we would go here regularly - despite the snobby hostess!!!
I've been coming to  Wiliamstown for three years and finally tried Mezze.  I wish that I hadn't waited!  But now the restaurant has a new beautiful location with gardens and more space, so an even better excuse to go.  Everything I ate was sublime: I started my meal with a smooth and savory white gazpacho, made with celeriac and parsnips.  My main dish of pork loin and haricot vert and leeks was complimented by an unusual white wine recommended by our server (Cote de H'eux). I had cheesecake for dessert which I remember as quite delicious, even though I'm normally not a cheesecake fan - so it must have been pretty special!  You'll really like Mezze - it's the cream of the crop in Williamstown.
Review Source:Adorable. Well-executed.
We had the opportunity to dine at Mezze while visiting friends in North Adams and were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food and service in this small-town, white tablecloth (yet informal) treat.
We started with the pickled vegetables, duck terrine and chicken mousse. The chicken was creamy, tongue coating and not too salty. The vegetables were an absolute winner, each with it's own story. Crunchy and vinegary but still with their original flavor.
For dinner, my cassoulet was contemporary but familiar with the pork belly and duck being perfect renditions. The beans were also perfectly cooked and kept a good amount of their chew. The only let-down was the lamb sausage which suffered from too course a grind combined with insufficient fat (which I'll admit the dish did not need more of). My wife enjoyed the soft polenta with mushrooms and short ribs. The short rib meat still had a bit of the connective tissue which had not melted away...perhaps just a but more trimming was needed. Overall she thought the dish was good, but one-dimensional.
The desserts were forgettable but competent.
Prices were very reasonable for the quality of product and the service was attentive and professional.
One oddity however; though I ordered the wine (August Pinot, quite good), the server presented it to another guest at the table to taste. Not a big deal, but somewhat strange.
Mezze holds court as the chic- fancy restaurant in Williamstown. And while that's great, you need to plan for that.... like make reservations. My wife and I wanted to see a movie at 7:00pm, got to the restaurant at 5:45 and were told we couldn't get a table. So we sat at the bar and had a very pleasant meal (despite there being 2-3 empty tables the entire time we were there). Very annoying.
The food more than made up for it. My wife got the scallops with pureed cauliflower and hen-in-the-woods mushrooms, and declared them to be "Perfect." (and also expensive, when you divided the cost of the dish by number of scallops, it came out to $7/scallop). I got the rabbit and pasta, which was very tasty. Having walked the Williams campus and seen many rabbits frolicking around, I had to wonder if the chefs had snared a couple of cotton-tails out the back door.
If I were in Williamstown again, I would probably eat dinner here again, but would definitely make reservations.
Well, my wife and I visited Mezze after taking in a great show at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and had a very mixed experience.
Her salad was bitter (arugula), and her scallops salty.
I was much luckier. Everything I ordered was amazing. Warm beets over goat cheese was incredible, as was the pork loin with fava beans, mushrooms, and potatoes. Also ordered (on a whim) a glass of "sparkling red wine" from Italy which was totally worth the risk.
Things got really busy when the "pre-theater" crowd arrived, so it took a bit longer than we had hoped to get our check, but otherwise service was excellent.
I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Better than expected - and delicious food. Â We had a great meal at Mezze.
There's a familiar feel to Mezze, and the accommodating staff make you feel truly at home. Â
The pork loin with fava beans was amazing and the scallops were tender and flavorful. Â We also enjoyed an amazing French pinot noir, which was much less complex than the Oregon pinot noir on the list.
The owner, Nancy, is opening a third restaurant near the 1896 House (just down the road a bit), and bless her - she knows how to put together a menu.
On a snowy and windy night in the Berkshires during our honeymoon getaway weekend, we decided to venture farther down Route 2 West into the cozy college town of Williamstown.
Tucked away on Water Street, with a frozen garden out front, was Mezze Bistro & Bar. Earlier that day, before checking out Mass MoCA, we had lunch at Mezze's sister restaurant Cafe Latino and were impressed with the decor and the food. Thus, we knew that Mezze had to be just as good, if not more pleasurable. Our (positive) experiences were just as different as the restaurants are from each other.
I was thrilled with my appetizer choice of red, gold, and candy-striped roasted beets arranged in a circle around warm goat cheese. I am in love with beets and goat cheese! Both were so warm and soft and had touches of sweetness. My husband chose the frissee salad with apple slices, duck confit, and bacon vinaigrette. He liked the salad, but thought it was heavy on the bacon.
My entree featured two HUGE sea scallops. We've never seen sea scallops so big! But they were moist and juicy. Thank God there were only two of 'em on the plate, because I couldn't eat anymore. On the side, there was a cauliflower puree and roasted hen-of-the-woods mushrooms drizzled with a truffle vinaigrette. Regarding my husband's meal, all I recall is a beef dish in which he did not need to use a knife, because the meat just melted. It was so yummy!
Moist and succulent for the beef and the scallops!
After dinner, we asked to meet the wine buyer, since my husband works in the wine industry. Turns out, the wine buyer (Nancy Thomas) is actually the owner of Mezze Inc., the parent company of Mezze Bistro, Cafe Latino at Mass MoCA, Mezze Catering, and a new restaurant, allium, in Great Barrington. She was very courteous and knowledgeable about wine.
Another great dining experience in the Berkshires. We shall return!
Oh, YUM. I loved that I saw this little place, tucked back off of Water Street, and convinced my mom that we needed to go here.
The exterior of Mezze is slightly misleading, I think. There is a beautiful overgrown garden out front, but you can't really tell from the street if it's even open. Which I love. It's like a secret spot (but not really, judging from the crowd on a Wednesday night)!
We didn't have a reservation when we went (didn't think we'd need one), but opened the front door to a full restaurant! Well, at least, the side they were using. Evidently they only use the entire restaurant on weekends (or so I'd think). We decided to eat at the bar, rather than wait for a table. The bartender was attentive and knowledgeable, he easily suggested a good red wine for me when asked.
Their menu is on the small side, but we were both able to pick out something almost immediately. My mom had a salmon appetizer as her meal (she does this all the time), which looked good. I had the tagliatelle with an English pea pesto and prosciutto. It was wonderful. My mom kept picking off my plate, so I'm assuming she was just as big a fan. The saltiness of the prosciutto perfectly offset the pesto sauce.
I would most definitely go back here, though probably not with a big group. A bit on the pricey side for the area, I'd prefer something more low-key with a bunch of people.
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