Woodman’s Bar & Grill

Amazing service. I am. Giving a 5 star before even getting my food as they were kind enough to givev us complimentary drinks after an unforseen delay in seating.
Again, terrific service and great customer awareness. 5 stars

Great atmosphere. Good food and drinks and friendly staff. Place is usually busy when college kids are in town.

Great local spot. Burgers, sides, service all excellent! Orono Brewing Co beers nice add on. We’ll be back!

A great place to enjoy a casual drink with friends. I’ve only ever had appetizers here, but they have all been tasty. One gripe for me personally is the live music they tend to have. The place is small and it gets to be way too loud. I tend to never go anywhere specifically for the live music, so it is annoying when I go and they have a band playing distractingly loud music. Otherwise, this is a cool place for some young adult friends to hang out for some fine drinks.

Traveling for business and was told to stop at the OBC for some of the best beer around and while doing some research saw they had this restaurant right across the street.
Cool place, casual and unassuming… Open seating area with a nice bar and oddly a pool table once you walk in the door.
Zak the bartender was great and was very knowledgable regarding the beer and food.
Had the oven roasted salmon with a cranberry chutney (phenomenal), roasted beets and Lentles cooked in bacon fat (hello!).
Tried a beer sampler and all 5 beers were good.

Love this place! We stopped in while we were passing through and were very pleased. The atmosphere is great, the food

This place is popular and they don’t take reservations (contrary to what is listed here).
I went with my wife last weekend and we had to wait for more than an hour for a table. We waited on the patio in front of a fire pit and ordered the pulled pork egg rolls which were amazing.
Finally, when we were seated we ordered promptly and then proceeded to have to wait another hour before our food was brought out. The couple next to us had to wait an hour for their salads.
The manager asked how things were going before we got our meals. When we asked where our food was it came out pretty much immediately after that. Made us wonder how long our food was sitting in the kitchen waiting to be delivered.
Both my wife and I agreed that the burgers were over done, even though we asked for medium well. THe burgers were dry and hard to finish. The onion rings and sweet potato fries were delicious.
We haven’t counted out Woodmans yet and may return in the future. But our first experience certainly didn’t live up to the hype.

This is a great place to grab some decent food and great beers. Whenever I am bringing my kid up to UMaine I stop at Woodman’s, the burgers are great, they do offer grass fed beef. They get their beers from the brewery across the street. Excellent beers I will say. The prices are not bad, average for people that don’t live in Orono I think. They have opened a front patio, that’s nice to have a drink and app outside. The restaurant is smaller and seats fewer than you would think. Service is usually good. The food is on time and cooked to the way you asked. I have no issues here at all! I would go again and will.

Its an upscale bar/​restaurant with a comfy feel. Nothing fancy, but the drinks are great, the food is always good and its got a very good vibe.

Came here for the burgers but was pretty disappointed. The patty is shaped like a ball so it actually makes it pretty difficult to eat. We asked for a medium burger and it was cooked well done and crumbled apart as we ate it.
The only redeeming thing we had was the pulled pork roll appetizers with the chipotle ranch sauce. That was amazing! Okay service, but nothing spectacular.

The gloomy Maine weather was the stimulus to getting out for a supper. The dining room had some lively music to listen to. A pleasant appetizer was a spicy cranberry jam, goat cheese costini. Our entrees were a fried haddock sandwich with fries, a stout burger with onion rings, a classic burger with sweet potato fries and a buffalo chicken salad. The portions were generous the food was good. The server was friendly and efficient. There is a rewards card if asked for where it records amount paid and rewards $ 20 for $ 250 in purchased. Alcohol is excluded. The Orono brewery company provides several draft beers. Worth repeat visits. They is patio dining available when the weather is good.

Woodman’s continues to offer great food and beverages. Now carrying their own mircrobrewed beer (Orono Brewing Company) in addition to other local beers. The bartenders and staff are all friendly and welcoming. As of this writing they’re adding an outside deck to the front of the building so that will not only add more seating space but a nice view of Orono’s Main Street area. In addition to their regular menu they offer weekly specials. Head chef Mark Horton and his team do a great job with the menu. Highly recommended.

Woodman’s is one of the few establishments in the Bangor area that can lay claim to being a fine dining restaurant. Their prices are slightly high, but you can be ok with it if you’re walking in with the expectation of having some good food that is well done. Nothing on the menu is altogether different form what you might find other places, but it’s all well done and shouldn’t disappoint.

A local favorite of ours. A great mixture of friendly staff and good food. We always enjoy our time at Woodmans. Have not had an entrée that I would not recommend. Burgers are excellent if you’re looking for Pub fare. Good local beers on tap, and a unique cocktail menu as well. Worth a visit, for sure.

Best burgers in the Bangor area. Recommend the stout burger. Great cocktails as well as beer selection. Great all around American fare that’s not a franchise and a step above some of the other options in the area. Good place to take your parents or relatives to when they are in town visiting. Not a lot of room in the place and it does fill up quick. Good service.

Woodman’s is our first choice for dinner out in Orono if its just the two of us. The food is fresh with quality ingredients thoughtfully put together. They make superb mixed drinks that are quite large in size (my go to is the Moscow Mule). Their recent addition of Orono Brewing Company beers is just another reason to go out.
I would recommend any of their food — we’ve had great burgers, steaks, risotto and pasta dishes. They are accommodating of food allergies if you ask, which is always nice.
The only downfall is that Woodman’s is often busy and can be hard to go to with groups. If you are flexible about table or bar seating, the wait isn’t often long. Plus, the bar is a great place for conversation.

Hard to say which is better, the food or the drinks! I’ll say one thing, over the years I have never been disappointed with a trip to Woodman’s. My favorite– a Manhattan with an order of Fish and Chips! So wonderful!

Don’t be fooled by the plain exterior! Inside you’ll receive a warm Woodmans welcome, a cozy atmosphere a excellent pub fare. Burgers are always perfectly done and each meal coming out of the kitchen looks like thought went into the placement of all the good (I should know, I sat at the end of the bar once and saw everything coming out of the kitchen). Friendly staff, moderately priced food and a cozy atmosphere. What else could you want? The Woodman’s Burger is enough of a reason to go.

High class pub food at it’s best! Cute, small restaurant/​pub atmosphere. You can sit at the bar with friends or enjoy a romantic dinner for two.
I have eaten there several times and have never been disappointed. The burgers are amazing and they offer incredibly creative specials. The chef has a great talent for combining and coaxing flavors!
They also have a great drink menu!

I have visited this place 4 times in the past 2 years, it totally inspires me to move to Maine.
Each time it keeps getting better, its a great pub atmosphere. The staff are incredibly friendly and all the regulars really help make you feel at home.
The only thing that tops the atmosphere is the actual food/drinks.last night I ordered the Sidecar as a drink, I forget what was in it, but it was very tasty
I ordered the chicken florentine alfredo, it was amazing. Very flavorful and creamy. Decent sized portion and garlic bread.
Lastly dessert was peanut butter
was to die for. Layer of creamy peanut butter cheesecake like filling, then chocolate under that with crust. I can’t wait to go back!