The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

Desserts

Slice of Pie:    ————$7.99

Bumblebee, Butterscotch, Chocolate, French Silk, Peanut Butter, Dutch Apple and Coconut

Slice of 6-layer Cake:    ————$8.99

Chocolate Chip Cream filled, Key Lime, Carrot, German Chocolate, Toasted Buttered Pecan or Strawberry

Slice of Cheesecake:    ————$8.99
Brownie:    —– $6.29
Bar:    ————$4.50
Cookie:    ————$3.00
The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

Salads

Lettuces grown locally by Table Top Greens and cut daily in our kitchen

Cowboy Salad:    ————$16.99

Crisp lettuce topped with grilled seasoned ribeye, onion strings, bacon, tomato, cucumber, shredded cheese blend

Ultimate Cobb:    ————$15.49

Crisp lettuce topped with grilled chicken, bacon, tomato, cucumber, shredded cheese blend. egg, avocado, and bleu cheese crumbles. 

Grilled or Crispy Chicken Salad:    ————$15.49

Crisp lettuce topped with chicken, red onions, tomato, cucumber, carrots, cheese, egg and homemade croutons

Waldorf Cobb:    ————$13.49

Crisp lettuce topped with slices of avocado, apples, cherry tomatoes, bacon, sugared pecans, and feta cheese | Add Grilled or Crisply Chicken 3.95

Caesar:    ————$10.99

Romaine lettuce mix, grated parmesan cheese, red onions, tossed in homemade Caesar dressing topped with homemade croutons | Add Grilled or Crispy Chicken 3.95

Seasonal Salad:    ————$13.49

Fresh Spinach and Romain lettuce, topped with a seasonal fruit, sugared pecans, dried cranberries, and Feta | Add Grilled or Crispy Chicken 3.95

Sante Fe:    ————$12.99

Crisp lettuce topped with black beans, corn, tomato, shredded cheese blend, green onion, and tortilla strips | Add Grilled or Crispy Chicken 3.95

Garden Salad:    ————$10.79

Crisp lettuce topped with red onion, tomato, carrot, cucumber, topped with homemade croutons | Add Grilled or Crispy Chicken 3.95

Chicken Salad Plate:    ————$12.49

Chicken Salad on leaf of lettuce served with garden salad or seasonal fruit cup and a dinner roll

Waldorf Cobb:    ————$13.49

Crisp lettuce topped with slices of avocado, apples, cherry tomatoes, bacon, sugared pecans, and feta cheese | Add Grilled or Crisply Chicken 3.95

Desserts

  • Ranch
  • Chipotle Ranch
  • Ceaser
  • Balsamic
  • Bleu Cheese
  • Strawberry Vinaigrette
  • Poppy-seed
  • Honey Mustard
  • Thousand Island

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The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

Plates & Burgers

All served with one side

Chicken Fried Chicken:    ————$16.99

Chicken Fried Chicken, hand breaded tenderized chicken breast dressed in white pepper gravy, dinner roll and two side.

Chicken Fried Steak:    ————$16.99

Chicken Fried Steak, hand breaded tenderized sirloin dressed in white pepper gravy, dinner roll and two side.

Catfish Plate:    ————$15.99

Deep Fried Catfish with hush puppies, green tomato relish, tartar sauce, and two sides 2 Piece 15.99 | 3 Piece 17.99 | All You Can Eat 21.99

Chicken Strip Plate:    ————$14.29

Marinated and hand breaded chicken breast strips with honey mustard dipping sauce, dinner roll and one side

Grilled Bacon Burger:    ————$15.29

Fresh ground beef grilled to order on a homemade wheat roll topped with American cheese and bacon. Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and onions on the side | Make it a Double – add 3.99

Sides

Add an extra side $3.55

  • Pasta Salad
  • Baked Beans
  • Cole Slaw
  • Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
  • Potato Salad
  • Chips
  • Mac N Cheese
  • Seasoned Green Beans

Wraps

All served with one side

Chicken Club:    ————$15.99

Grilled or Crispy Chicken, tomato, red onion, cheese, lettuce, and bacon with club dressing

Sante Fe:    ————$15.99

Grilled or Crispy Chicken, black beans, corn, salsa, tortilla strips, cheese, and chipotle ranch

Garden Vegetable:    ————$13.49

Seasoned grilled mushrooms, green peppers, onions, and spinach with provolone cheese. Ranch or Thousand Island sauce on the side

Kid’s Meals

Served with Chips, Pickle and Fruit

1 Piece Catfish:    ————$7.49
Chicken Strip:    ————$7.99
Mac N Cheese:    ————$6.49
Grilled Cheese:    ————$6.49
Kid’s Drink:    ————$1.99
Add Cup of Ice Cream :    ————$1.95
The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas
The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

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The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

Sandwiches

All Sandwiches served with one side

Gluten Free Bread Available, add 1.50 Add Bacon or Avocado to any sandwich 2.25

BLT + Cheese:    ————$12.49

Thick smoked bacon on wheat roll, with slices of tomato, lettuce, and American cheese served with Thousand Island on the side

Grilled Veggie:    ————$11.99

Seasoned grilled zucchini, squash, peppers, and onions on a toasted wheat roll, with lettuce, tomato, and cheese

Grilled Steak:    ————$17.99

Seasoned Grilled Ribeye Steak. served on toasted French bread with provolone cheese and creamy horseradish or Bleu cheese dressing on the side

Mama’s Meatloaf:    ————$17.79

Mama’s special seasoned ground beef packed into a loaf and baked to perfection. Dressed in our homemade sauce

Chicken Ranch:    ————$14.99

Crispy or Grilled Chicken on a wheat roll with Swiss cheese, Ranch dressing, pickles, tomato, onion and lettuce

Classic Club:    ————$15.99

Three tiers of black forest ham and smoked turkey with bacon, American and Swiss cheese, onion, tomato, and lettuce with special dressing

Portabella Mushroom:    ————$12.99

Crispy or Grilled mushroom on a wheat roll with special seasonings topped with cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, and Thousand Island on the side

Smoked Brisket:    ————$16.99

Tender Smoke brisket on a wheat roll with a side of our barbecue sauce

The Arkie:    ————$15.99

Marinated smoked pulled pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and onions with chipotle mayo and sweet hot mustard on wheat roll with jalapenos on request

Chicken Salad Sandwhich:    ————$12.99

Our signature Chicken Salad served on a homemade butter horn roll with a leaf of lettuce

Ranch Turkey:    ————$12.49

French bread layered with cream cheese poppy-seed spread, smoked turkey, Swiss cheese, tomato, onion and lettuce

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The Wooden Spoon located in Gentry Arkansas

Build Your Own Bowl

Mac N Cheese, or Large Baked Potato

Pick A Protein

  • Smoked Brisket
  • Smoked Pulled Pork
  • Grilled Chicken
  • Crispy Chicken
  • Grilled Veggies

Add Toppings

  • Bacon
  • Cheese
  • Scallions
  • Avocado
  • Butter
  • Sour Cream

Soups & Combos

Baked Potato OR Soup of the Day

Cup 5.99 Bowl 7.49

Cup of Soup with ½ Garden Salad:    ————$11.49
Cup of Soup with ½ Special Salad:    ————$12.99
Cup of Soup & ½ Sandwich:    ————$12.99

Ranch Turkey, Club, or Chicken Salad Sandwhich

Cup of Soup & Grilled Cheese:    ————$12.99
½ Sandwich with ½ Garden Salad :    ————$12.49
½ Sandwich with ½ Special Salad:    ————$12.99

Beverages

  • Coke
  • Diet Coke
  • Coke Zero
  • Dr. Pepper
  • Diet Dr. Pepper
  • Barqs Root Beer
  • Coffee (Air Ship Blend)
  • Sprite
  • Lemonade
  • Sweet Tea
  • Unsweetened Tea
  • Flavored Tea
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Colombia Sugar Cane Decaf

Reviews

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The Wooden Spoon
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Julia Moore
19:53 15 Oct 25
The food was DELICIOUS seriously loved the Mac n cheese and Cobb salad! Will definitely go again. The dessert options were plentiful too.
Brad Wagnon
14:02 09 Aug 25
We’ve been wanting to go to this place for years. Took off work a little early and got there by 5:30. Place was packed. About a 45 minute wait but it was worth it. Service was great. Our waitress told the owner we had taken off work and he came over and thanked us for coming. They have rotating specials on Friday nights (the only night they are open for dinner). I had the steak tips and my wife had the ribeye sandwich. We will be back.
Jeannie Brown
01:28 08 Aug 25
Really good home-cooked food. I especially enjoyed the baked potato soup which was super creamy and delicious. Also had shepherd's pie and broccoli salad.
Jeremy moore
19:20 01 Aug 25
Food was ok but I realize it’s home cooked so I’m not trying to be picky - the desserts were amazing!

Would definitely come back again!
C B
19:15 16 Jul 25
We've eaten here several times over the years, and we've loved it. This time, we had to write a review. Calleigh B, our waitress was amazing, sweet, personable....the food was mmm mmm good. Normally, places will turn people away when it's close to closing time. Or give them bad looks. I saw people coming in shortly before closing, and they closed while waiting on their food. And the waitresses were so friendly in spite of it. I would definitely recommend coming 💕
Marinda Huisamen
16:33 28 Jun 25
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.
Jennifer Tippet
00:14 04 Jun 25
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.
Raymster
22:36 30 May 25
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!
Spike Speedwell
01:19 22 Apr 25
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!
Autumn Mollet
13:10 22 Mar 25
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!
Philip Larson
09:11 11 Mar 25
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
Tim Kreiner
10:36 29 Jan 25
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.
Daniela Timmons
13:39 12 Sep 24
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
Aaron Dewitt
14:36 07 Sep 24
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.
Rob Shaffer
17:27 29 Aug 24
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.
Kymble Johnson
22:36 04 Aug 24
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!
Jen Fox
19:31 19 Jul 23
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!
Mellissa Jones
03:36 15 Jul 23
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.
Nicholas Neil
18:44 28 Jun 23
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.
Andrea Barnett
18:10 18 Jun 23
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.
Rene Janssen
14:41 18 Jun 23
Best salad i ever had in my life. 6 layer lemoncake was really delicious. Share it because its BIG.
Will Carter
19:14 06 May 23
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.
Brock Hardcastle
03:46 18 Mar 23
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.
John Parker
01:59 03 Jan 23
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.
Tom Allen
15:34 06 Dec 22
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.
big michael kaufman
15:27 29 Nov 22
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 :-)
Shane Vaughan
16:07 06 Oct 22
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).
Andrew C
07:59 05 Sep 22
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!
Clarissa D
04:33 02 Jul 22
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.
paul childress
23:32 15 Feb 22
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.