The Wooden Spoon
For over 20 years The Wooden Spoon has served Northwest Arkansas the best pies, desserts, and home cooking around. Come on out to Gentry, AR to see why people love coming for dessert and staying for a meal. Just 20 minutes west of XNA airport.
Located in Gentry, Arkansas
Welcome to The Wooden Spoon, your go-to destination for delicious homemade meals in Gentry, AR. We take pride in our ability to create mouthwatering dishes using only the freshest and finest ingredients available.
Our restaurant boasts a cozy and inviting atmosphere, perfect for a night out with family and friends or a quick lunch break. Our menu offers a wide range of options, including sandwiches, salads, soups, pies and entrees that are sure to satisfy any appetite.
At The Wooden Spoon, we specialize in home-style cooking with a twist. Our signature dishes include our famous chicken fried steak, meatloaf, and pot roast, all made from scratch with love and care.
In addition to our regular menu, we also offer catering services for all your events, big or small. Whether you’re planning a wedding, corporate event, or a family gathering, we can create a customized menu that will impress your guests and make your event memorable.
So, come visit us at The Wooden Spoon and experience the comfort of home-cooked meals with a modern flair. We look forward to serving you!
Best pies, desserts, and home cooking in Northwest Arkansas
Guaranteed Good Food
Daily Specials
Check out one of our daily specials!
Special of the Week:
Street Tacos, your choice of steak or chicken, served with homemade queso, salsa and chips.
Soups of the Week:
White Chicken Chili, Baked Potato, Taco
Handheld of the Week:
Juicy Smash Burger
Salad of the Month:
Our Mixed Berry Salad is a summer dream – hydroponic greens, strawberries, blueberries, apples, craisins, crumbled feta cheese and sugar pecans.
Friday Dinner Specials (5pm – 9pm only)
Oven Roast Beef
Chicken Fried Chicken
Chili Lime Shrimp
Reviews
See what Northwest Arkansas has to say about The Wooden Spoon.
The chicken fried chicken is possibly the best i’ve had in the USA 😍 but everything we’ve eaten here has been incredible. The sides, the mains, the specials, the pies - all incredible. The peach iced tea is so refreshing too. Highly recommend! Just know you might wait for a table, but it’s worth it.
A quaint country restaurant with made from scratch dishes. Weekly special meals and of course the menu too. The potato salad was the bomb!!! But you definitely need to try the bumblebee and chocolate pies!!! The service was great it felt like family.
Folks from a lunch catfish meal on 5-30-25, I am going to rate this restaurant at a 4.3. I ordered the 3 piece catfish meal. The catfish pieces were really on the small side, one was very thin, another had a large grey skin streak which gave it a very fishy taste. The 3rd piece was ok other than being small. This was not my first time or first catfish meal here. Previous ratings were 5.0's. Something has changed!
Many great salads to choose from. Wraps, Chicken Strips, a Burger and Fish. And then there are the desserts. A rural farm décor and atmosphere with classy modern feel. Check the pictures, especially the desserts. Everything is a delicious as it looks.
Mennonite ladies in their traditional conservative attire provide the superb service. Comfortable seating. An extremely popular restaurant. Go Early!
Mennonite ladies in their traditional conservative attire provide the superb service. Comfortable seating. An extremely popular restaurant. Go Early!
It's just as good as it was 10 years ago! Good made from scratch home cooking! Their homemade lemonade was great and so was our food. The stellar star is their pie - bumblebee is the best! Highly recommend a stop in if you're close!
Jenna and the staff at the Wooden Spoon are so warm and courteous, it completes the whole “home cooked” experience. I’ve lived in NWA/NEO over the past 33 years and their chicken fried steak is the best I’ve ever had. Not to mention the 3 desserts my wife and I split. We will be back whenever we need our next hearty meal
The food, here, is always excellent and a bit of a different twist on country food restaurants. The wait staff has always been pleasant, and the prices are quite reasonable. I don't want to spoil it, so I won't mention the interesting history of the inside decor. I often take clients and business associates to lunch, there, when I am in that area. Our family likes the take-home and re-heat meals as well. One piece of advice... come hungry.
Have gone there twice already and every time the food has been delicious. Did not get any pictures since we were hungry but we got catfish and meatloaf. The cat fish was delicious per my husband and the meatloaf was so good I ate it all. We took dessert to go and even that was amazing!!!! The staff is so nice too🥰🥰 10/10 would recommend
I’d give the Service 10 stars. Shaina was fantastic. The food was very good from the breading on the catfish to the chicken. Good proportions and excellent flavor. I’d recommend the peach tea for sure, and dessert as well. We drove about an hour out of our way and were glad we did! I appreciated the limited menu.
Enjoyed my meal here. Got the steak sandwich. Thinking it was going to be a Philly. It’s not it’s a whole steak on a sandwich. It was delicious. The Mac and cheese was awesome. Service was very friendly. I will be coming back. The desserts are to die for.
Came back again and got pictures this time.
Came back again and got pictures this time.
This is a must-visit restaurant in NW Arkansas. Everything is homemade and to die for. They have some great options for all different taste buds. You’ll for sure find something you like. I got the meatloaf with mac and cheese, and we finished it off with some cheesecakes and pies. Also, the breading they use for the fried chicken and fish is some of the best I’ve ever had. I love this place!
I have eaten here many times and it was wonderful as usual! Staff is always friendly and food is southern comfort! And I LOVE their flavored tea!
Fabulous, delicious, did not disappoint.... so glad that we made the short drive to eat at this charming restaurant. I always try to eat at local restaurants and so glad I do because of places like yours. Shelly was absolutely wonderful. All of the staff was so friendly and took the best care of everyone. We only had a short wait and had our meal in short time after ordering. Will definitely make this a place to go when in the area again.
Fantastic. The limited hours make it a challenge to eat here, but is certainly worth the effort! The service is kind and efficient. The food is very generous and delicious. The pies….. are to die for. Even if you are full from the generous portion, make sure to get a slice of pie to go! You will not be disappointed.
Always delicious! The chicken fried chicken meal is my favorite, but you really can't go wrong. Love their peach tea. Also, their desserts are very tasty. I alternate between their chocolate pie and their coconut pie.
Best salad i ever had in my life. 6 layer lemoncake was really delicious. Share it because its BIG.
The Wooden Spoon is always a NWA classic. Everything from their starters to desserts is awesome, and you can’t go wrong with anything, but I recommend the potato soup and club sandwich.
I love the Wooden Spoon. All the entrees are great and the desserts are INCREDIBLE. I got the dessert sampler with the bread pudding, key lime cake, and cobbler. As always, it put me as near to a state of culinary euphoria that you can humanly reach.
Food was great. It took 1.25hrs to get in though. They just don't move the people through fast enough so the line gets long. It took our waitress a good 10-15min to get to our table for drink orders. We ordered drinks and food at the same time, that's how long we looked at the menu.
Ordered the daily special, chicken fried chicken, and it was amazing. The peach tea is amazing. Dessert was a carrot cake and caramel pecan cheesecake. The cheesecake is OMG good. The carrot cake was a little too sweet but still good.
I paid for 2 meals, 2 drinks and 2 desserts and the total before tip was $59.29. In my opinion, thats too expensive for lunch at this restaurant in Arkanas even with dessert.
Ordered the daily special, chicken fried chicken, and it was amazing. The peach tea is amazing. Dessert was a carrot cake and caramel pecan cheesecake. The cheesecake is OMG good. The carrot cake was a little too sweet but still good.
I paid for 2 meals, 2 drinks and 2 desserts and the total before tip was $59.29. In my opinion, thats too expensive for lunch at this restaurant in Arkanas even with dessert.
After many have told us we needed to try this place, we finally made it. It was a 55 minute drive and a 30 minute wait to see what all the talk was about. This building is actually a very old horse barn that was torn down and moved to Arkansas, The timber are incredible. All the staff are nice, prompt and professional. I had the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes after reading all the reviews. While it was very good, I was reminded later that my body doesn't like fried foods any more. I also had the peach cobbler. It was very different than any I have had before, it was cut in a square and firm. However it was excellent. It was a very good experience and if we are ever in the area again, we will stop by.
The wooden spoon is an excellent place to eat! However it is so popular, if you want to eat in, I recommend that you prepare to wait in line for a good period of time. We love to go over and get many of the items that they have to go! They are frozen in the freezer and you can take them home and heat them up at your convenience! Since the owners are affiliated with a religious organization, their hours of operation in the evening and weekends are limited so check before you go! You want me to support it :-)
Very unique place. Made from scratch food and reminds me of my great grand mothers cooking. Check opening hours and come early, or else you will wait to be seated (but worth it no matter the wait).
I visited friends in Arkansas during Labor Day weekend and am so glad they took me here to eat. Hands down one of the best meals I’ve ever had in my life! The ribeye sandwich with pasta salad and gourmet potatoes was made to perfection and, by far, the best bread I’ve ever eaten. It would have been worth visiting Arkansas just to have eaten here!
Delicious! Just great! Great food, pleasant atmosphere, outstanding quality, and an all around awesome experience! This is quality food, not fast food, and so the price will reflect that. Expect to pay a minimum of around $15 per person and that price will increase if you order a soft drink or a dessert. ( The desserts looked delicious ) You may also experience a long wait time, so if you are in a hurry, this may not the best choice for you. However, at some point, you need to make this experience a priority.
Had the best Valentines day dinner. The food was fresh and seasoned to perfection. They were running behind for our reservation but it was Valentines night. Wait staff seemed a little over whelmed at times but with the food it made up for the wait.
