Wooden Bar

One of our faves in the area. Amazing flavors, attentive staff, and great portions. Their desserts are also unique and we always leave with some of their pastries as well! Can’t wait to try more of their menu

The food is nothing short of amazing — each dish is bursting with flavor and meticulously prepared. From the appetizers to the desserts, everything is crafted with such care and attention to detail, leaving you craving more after every bite. Beyond the food, the ambiance is perfect for a relaxing meal. The warm, cozy feel of the restaurant makes it feel like a home away from home.

I visited on a friend’s recommendation and was blown away. The food was sublime: inventive take on Asian fusion, flavorful with edgy twists, and incredibly fresh ingredients. Love love love the bok choy with sweet sauce and the crab caesar salad. The drinks were exciting flavors, and the dessert was heavenly - you don’t want to miss the chai creme brulee. Very fun and cozy vibe. Truly a top-tier dining experience. Will come back often.

Food: we got the lamb wonton, spicy tantanmen, creme brulee beet ice cream, honey ice cream, good boy treat, and espresso martini drinks. I love how different in ingredients that they involve as well as the flavors that come forth with these dishes. The lamb wonton was rather filling with a soup base that helped balance. What was inside making a great salty blend. The Ramen has spices that’s not spicy that burns your tongue but spicy like it’s got a kick. The honey ice cream really does taste like honey and goes well with the little croissant crisp and the bee creme brulee is interesting because it’s not really an ice cream. It’s more kinda like a puree, but the taste was muted enough to balance with the creme brulee, being sweet. The drinks were great they carefully handcrafted well the good boy treat drink kind of reminds me of like a frozen Paloma. Service: the bartenders were great. They’re right up front for you to ask anything that you need. Ambiance: it’s a lot bigger than I had anticipated with a bar and good amount of seatings that is spread across the building. You can sit wherever you like and make sure to grab a little number tag so that the person that you’re getting food from at the front nose, where to place the order Location accommodation: it’s kind of hidden in a little alley street but once you get there, there’s a parking lot with some lights. They usually do have outdoor seating when it’s warmer, but there’s a little curtain to kind of cover the entrance and once you’re inside, it really does give a wood like a bar.

This is one of our favorite places to have a cocktail and get dinner. Everything on the menu is incredibly good! The cocktail selection balances very well with the food, which is amazing. The flavors are bold, but extremely well ...

I am usually pretty good at finding the right places to eat for. So much so that people frequently turn to me for recommendations when they need a place for a particular occasion. So while my husband trusts me to find great places, I have to admit, he gave me the side-eye when we drove in. It’s not exactly the area or building that you would expect to find a great place to eat. However sometimes the hole in the wall type of joints turn out to be the best finds. Wooden Bar is such a place. While to some the menu may look limited and the ingredients somewhat intimidating, that is actually it’s strength. The best chefs usually understand quality over quantity: you can’t offer 20 or 30 entrees and expect to deliver high quality on them all. So limiting the offerings mean you can focus on those and ensure they are of the highest quality and that is what this place does. And in terms of the ingredients, though some of them might make some people a bit nervous, especially if they have a more limited palette, again a good chef knows how to pair and balance flavors that makes a dish sing in a way that frequently a flavor one doesn’t typically like, nonetheless enjoys the dish. For example, I have a pretty broad palette and there isn’t much I don’t eat, however one of the few things I really dislike is uni. However I had it at the Eiffel Tower and actually loved the dish. It was the one and only time I have enjoyed eating it either prior to after that experience. So I encourage people to give this place a try. I mean really, you can get a good burger anywhere, and even a great burger relatively easily. But to find food that is this unique and inspired is much harder to find, and well worth the effort to do so. We chose a few different plates to get a decent sampling. We started with the potato salad, then had the pork slider, and of course as they specialize in noodles, we had to try a spicy noodle dish, and finally the chicken confit. I won’t get into details for each one, but they were all really good, excellent even. The noodle dish was complex with a depth of flavor that made it quite compelling. It was listed as a spicy noodle dish, and it was spicy, but not so much that it blows out ones palette. I never appreciate a dish labeled as spicy coming out bland, or so spicy that it overwhelms all the flavor so this one was right in the sweet spot: spicy and flavorful. And the chicken came with pickled celtuce and I have to say, that was sublime and alone made the chicken dish worth getting. To drink, I had a pandan milk punch that was unlike any cocktail I have ever had: extremely unique and more importantly, delicious. And finally, while many places have great food, the desserts seem to be an afterthought. They frequently don’t live up to the main meal and it’s a bit of a letdown. Not so here. The lemon and lavender creme brulee was simply the best creme brulee I’ve ever had. The chocolate ice cream had a deep chocolate flavor while still not being too heavy or rich and the sesame ice cream sandwich was very unexpected. While the place is a bit quirky in terms of the set up and service, they neverthess ensured good service and rapid delivery of food so it added to the charm of the place. They were all very pleasant and worked hard to ensure we had a great experience. Overall this chef knows what he’s doing in the kitchen and it truly elevates the food scene in Worcester. We will definitely be back.

Been to quite a few joints around Worcester, and I can honestly say this is the BEST ramen I've had outside of Shinagawa (or chitown). The black sesame ice-cream was also superb (like I was back walking the streets of Kanagawa). If you're seeing this, round two. Again this place does NOT disappoint. Rotating menu, it was excellent, unfortunately no black sesame ice cream, however, they did say it will be back in the near future. Definitely worth a visit to this, um, particular area of town.

Our first time visiting Wooden Bar in Worcester was an experience. With a monthly rotating menu, I wanted to order everything. Went dined in on Friday night, the place was full but we didn't have to wait too long for a seat. I started with a Rita Margarita and Brussel Sprouts with a peach buffalo sauce, which was subtle but then packed a nice kick at the end. I ended up getting the Ginger Mazeman with sake meatballs and pork belly. My lovely friend had the Gnocchi Lasagna with green beans. Everything was full of flavor and fresh. This is a hidden gem in Worcester and has recently started offering bakery items during the day.