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Mezze Bistro & Bar
- Price Range:
-
$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Dressy
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
4 reviews for Mezze Bistro & Bar
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.
Better than expected - and delicious food. We had a great meal at Mezze.
There's a familiar feel to Mezze, and the accommodating staff make you feel truly at home.
The pork loin with fava beans was amazing and the scallops were tender and flavorful. 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.
