The Wooden Spoon was a great restaurant for massive, high calorie foods. Everything feels incredibly authentic, and the food was amazing. Its just fairly obvious that they cook for taste, not health. Not that its a big deal, but it should be noted that if you eat there, you will leave more then full.
I had the hamburger steak with mashed potatoes and while it doesn't sound like something you could put a lot of love into, it was really good. Everything taste very homemade, if that makes sense. The best part of the meal was their home made bread pudding. It was the perfect consistency, and came out of the oven hot with glaze poured all over it. The service was also super friendly. I mean like, long lost family friendly.
Overall a great experience, and a perfect place to acquire diabetes.
Stopped in for Friday lunch. I had the meatloaf special with cheesy potatoes, Â green beans and a roll. All very good. The meatloaf was cooked just right, juicy and tender. That roll was excellent. My wife had the spinach quiche and fruit bowl. She said both were very good. My wife had the coconut pie and I had the bread pudding for dessert... huge portions, I had to take part of mine home. For three about 11:45 and had about a 15 minute wait, not to bad. Service was quick and efficient. It seemed to thin out after 12:45 so it might be better to go a little later. Â Overall a good experience.
One disappointment is that their website indicated the special would be turkey and dressing which my wife was really looking forward to. If you are looking at the website you may want to call to confirm if the special if that is what you are looking forward to eating.
by far the best food ever!!! Â There is usually a wait for a table, but it is so worth the wait. Â I had the crispy ranch chicken sandwich, that just melted in your mouth. Â My husband ordered the smoke brisket sandwich which was fantastic. Â We ordered a grilled cheese sandwich for our young daughter and she the whole thing!!! Â And the Desserts...OMG!!! Â So So good!!! Â Try the bumblebee pie!!! Â Its the best pie ever!!! Â Can't wait until we go back!!!
Review Source:On my recent trip to Arkansas visiting the in-laws, I was brought to this awesome restaurant. To be honest I was a bit hesitant to try out the food because I was half expecting to be eating bland food. Um yeah nope!! The food was delicious. I ordered the BLAT and baked potato soup with iced tea. O.M.G I was in heaven. Their version of the BLT was totally different from what I have ever had before. The bacon was not that hard to chew mess you get from other places. The soup was absolutely amazing. It tasted so fresh and didn't have that "microwaved" taste. It nearly brought tears to my eyes. Don't get me started on the iced tea. Yeah, freaking delicious. This is coming from a person who rarely drinks iced tea. It was hot that day and I didn't want water or soda. I was in food heaven.
The vibe of the place was so relaxing and so were the people and the staff. You walk into the place and you feel like you are in a country barn and everyone is there to have a good meal and relax. They have these chairs outside under the tree where you can chill before and after a meal. The staff was superb. They were so nice and professional. No one was having side chit chats near the customers. They were quick to bring the meals out. It was so pleasantly different.
When I get back to Arkansas I will be heading back there to try their other dishes. I can't wait.
Today, as we ventured out to Gentry to visit the Wilderness Safari, we thought we would stop into a local restaurant called The Wooden Spoon. A few of our friends had recently visited and said it was well worth the drive. After we visited it, we agreed.
The Atmosphere:
The restaurant itself was quite huge and reminds you of a cross between a rustic lodge and a very nice barn. Inside is quite welcoming and the front of the restaurant is filled with adorable kitchen wares and knickknacks. We also learned you can preorder desserts, rolls, casseroles to go and there is a large room available to use for any type of gathering.
Our Meal:
Our future brother-in-law, had the BLAT: bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato. A perfect combo of sandwich ingredients: carbs, protein and fat with delightful textures ranging from crunchy to creamy and of course, flavorful. As Wes said: "it was made even more special by your special someone siting next to you."
My husband ordered the ranch turkey sandwich and noted that the French bread roll was fresh and fantastic. The poppyseed spread was a nice compliment to the sandwich pieces.
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My sister ordered a salad and soup combo which according to her was the perfect portion size for lunch. The baked potato soup was filling and comfort-homey. The fresh yeast roll was delish, as was the Caesar salad which was tossed with freshly made slightly sweet Caesar dressing. The homemade croutons on top were a nice touch as well.
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Since The Wooden Spoon declares dessert is their specialty, we had to indulge in a few sweet treats. We ordered the bumblebee pie (freshly baked with a combination of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries) and the 6-layer key lime pie. Our server brought out the wrong dessert the first time, so we also got to try the delicious bread pudding. While it was our preferred dessert of choice, we were glad we were able to try it as it was a yummy version drizzled with (a drinkable) sweet butter sauce. The key lime cake was very good and we think they layered in crushed graham crackers in between cake layers and icing. Each dessert came with whipped topping.
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The home-run dessert hit though, was the bumblebee pie - there wasn't a crumb left!
All in all: it was a great combo of great atmosphere, service and food. Just make sure to bring good company too!
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