Woodys Steak House - Ottawa (IL)

3 /5 Rodney Yoswig: 1st impression, older steakhouse kept up nicely. Seated in the dinning room which has some interesting decor. The tables have linen clothes and silverware wrapped in linen napkins. Not bad at all. Looking over the menu theres a really adequate selection of dinners to fit anyones taste. Order placed and a short time later the salads were delivered in a small shallow bowl with homemade dressings. This is where I kind lost hope in the place. I unwrapped the silverware from the linen to find generic, very cheap sharp edged utensils. Worse that you get from a buffet line. For an upscale restaurant, this is a major negative failure on theyre part. I even said something to the waitress and asked to talk with a manager. Never happened. Food arrives and presentation was nice. Back on track to enjoy the meal using uncomfortable silverware, that didnt last long, hit by way to much salt in the dinner. Big disappointment and honestly cannot recommend this location to anyone based on my experience and lack of management interest to talk with me.

3 /5 Paula Fargo: Ok, this place was very weird. It was in a small town in Illinois, kind of down and out feeling, not particularly friendly people (except our server, who was strangely nice, but not particular adept at being a server), and yet had big city prices. $69 for a rib eye steak at a place with paper table clothes under glass? Yikes! Our food was serviceable, if not a bit salty (Salt Lake City called...). Meal took way too long to be served. Oh, and if you want to eat at the bar, dont go there, they dont allow it!

3 /5 Joseph Vorrier: Come hungry, be patient with the service, and enjoy the delicious food. Be aware that the menu online is outdated. All steaks and prime rib are market price (Feb 2024) of $50 or higher. The atmosphere is more of an upper scale restaurant. There were only 2 servers on a Sunday night with the full restaurant. Service was minimally attentive and the hostess/bartender was overwhelmed. Only positive things to say about the food.

5 /5 Joyce Knottek: We went to Woodys for a Birthday celebration, one of our favorite restaurants and once again it did not disappoint. There were 7 of us and all of our food was amazing with huge portions. I can’t say enough good about our waiter Alexander. He was the best, so friendly and accommodating. He also put up with our joking and joined right in. What a great guy!! We will be back soon!

5 /5 Shawn Hamrick: Hold onto your undies for this one ladies and gents. We’re from out of state and looked up where to find a steak. Lo and behold this hidden jem. Don’t let the other 1 star reviews get you down. This is a great place with amazing food. Anyway there was this waiter named Alexander. My guys and I have decided we would ride majestic steeds to the end of time for this fine fella! He was beyond amazing! From start to finish our experience with him was nothing short of amazing! I hope this review helps and excites your taste buds.