The Grapevine Grille — Restaurant in Belchertown

I recently went to visit friends in Belchertown. We were going to have a relaxing Sunday hanging out with the dog and the baby by the fire, followed by a dinner of homemade lasagna.

But then the baby fell off of the changing table. She seemed fine, but her parents wanted to be sure, so they took her to the clinic. After waiting over an hour, the clinic referred them to the hospital in Springfield, just to be sure. After many more hours of waiting, they saw a doctor who said the baby was fine, and headed home, tired and hungry.

Fortunately, they had made the lasagna the day before, so we popped it in the oven to warm it up. It came out looking perfect, but after a minute of cooling on the stovetop, the Pyrex pan spontaneously combusted, sending lasagna and glass all over the kitchen.

After we cleaned it up, we realized that there wasn't anything else to eat, and started calling area restaurants. Most of them didn't answer the phone. One answered, but then hung up on us when we asked if they were still serving. Then I called Grapevine.

Somehow, William seemed to sense that we weren’t just some teenagers with the munchies. He told me that they had just locked up, but then he asked, "What did you need?" I explained about the lasagna, and said we'd be grateful for pretty much anything edible. He offered to make us some grinders, and told me to swing by and knock on the kitchen door.

When I got there, he told me the oven had already been turned off when I called, but it’s stone, so it was still warm, so they put the grinders in to heat.

We sat at the bar and chatted a bit, and then the chef brought out the sandwiches, along with a giant Greek salad that he'd made us.

My girlfriend and I are New Yorkers, and we're both food snobs who are consistently unimpressed with food when we travel. So, considering the circumstances, we weren't expecting much. We would have been happy to if they'd given us some deli meat and some rolls.

But we were blown away! The Grapevine chef cut no corners, and gave us some first class grinders, as good as you can get anywhere. The Apollo Special was our favorite- the perfect solution for when you can't decide on a meat, it has roast beef, turkey, ham, and spicy salami and pepperoni. And these things were huge! We ended up eating half for dinner and the other half for lunch the next day.

Thank you Grapevine for your warmth, generosity, and compassion on a difficult day! We look forward to dining in next time...

My bf and I had planned a last-minute date yesterday, and I was looking for a new place to try. When I saw their video and looked through the menu, I knew it was a place I wanted to try. We arrived a little later in the evening with a packed parking lot. We were very weary as we don't like waiting long in over crowded places. But since it was a little out of the way for us, we decided to just go in and see how it was. Walking in through the bar area that was pretty crowded. I didn't think we were going to be able to eat there as I didn't want to wait another 45 minutes to an hour. But to our complete surprise, they sat us within 5 minutes. It took a bit long for our server to come to us. I guess something happened, but we weren't mad because we were busy engaged in conversation. They apologized, and once the ball was rolling, the food and drinks started to come quickly. I have to say this was hands down the best food I've had out in quite some time. The price point finally matched the quality of the food! I am throughly impressed, and that's very hard to do when it comes to other people's food. I was a little upset. i forgot I wanted to order a slice of the pumpkin cheesecake I saw on the menu, but I was so stuffed and happy I completely forgot all about it. Normally, I also don't drink. But I decided to get a peppermint moca martini and my god that was dangerously good. As my love is the same but he got a long island iced tea, he said the same abouthis drink. I should have taken a picture of the food before we started eating, but I really didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did. So I took a picture before we finished. My love wanted me to take a picture of his plate totally cleaned, but I refused, lol. So he ended up ordering the gorgonzola steak tips and I ordered the creamy chicken marsala and instead of mashed potatoes I ordered sweet potato fries. If I could, I would have eaten the whole thing right then and there! But I could not do it. So I plan on eating the rest for my morning breakfast 😋. We won't highly recommend this place just yet. But after we visit 2 more times and it's consistent we will have our new favorite spot. My hat is off to the chefs last night! Bravo to a job exceptionally well done! From the bottom of my heart to the top of my taste buds, I thank you and applaud for your masterful skills! You deserve much praise! I hope they keep you happily and gainfully employed...

I had high hopes walking into this restaurant but left with extreme disappointment and a bad taste in my mouth. After admiring its fancy, well-lit atmosphere, excellent architecture, and well-dressed customers, we ordered a “smoked old-fashioned” on the menu and two appetizers, fried pickles and mozzarella sticks. After probing about the chicken broccoli Alfredo, the service staff informed us some people say the sauce is a little on the watery side. Once we received the drinks and apps, I was immediately disappointed in the color and presentation of the old-fashioned. The color was of a watered-down fruit punch and instead of an orange peel, one-half of an orange was in the glass along with a maraschino cherry hiding under the ice instead of a luxardo cherry. It was better than most dive bars old fashioned, but nothing I expected from such a gorgeous place with higher-end prices. We were slightly concerned with the astronomically extensive menu, which had everything under the sun from American to Mexican to Mediterranean and Italian. The restaurant clearly suffers from an identity crisis. The appetizers had minimal visual appeal, and that was only surpassed by the horrible taste of burned overcooked, fried pickles, and undercooked greasy mozzarella sticks in a bed of machine-cut lettuce soaked in fryer grease. Both sauces for the mozzarella sticks and fried picked came in cheap plastic containers, had no flavor, while maintaining the quality of a expired BJ’s wholesale product on sale. The bill was 46$, and it was an expensive lesson I will never learn again. No complaints about the waitress, who was...