"the very best of travis tritt" received four-and-a-half stars from jason birchmeier of allmusic. birchmeier's review states that "it's difficult to envision a better-compiled warner brothers-era single-disc collection of tritt's music." jolene downs of about.com gave the album five stars and says that the album "showcases tritt's incredible talents not only as a songwriter but as a very versatile vocalist."