The place to be seen in Beaver. HAHAHA Heads always look up to see who's coming in with who. The food is good, should be, it costs enough, the service is very nice and they are efficient even when busy. A nice place to eat , but the acoustics are bad, it's dark and the tables in the middle are like being at a picnic. Overall, I do like WA and be sure to get the onion rings with your sammich. Verrrry good.
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A. Lynn B.
I ended up here as a plan b...and then an accident on top of that. I was in my way to Yama in Beaver...when I realized that they are not open until 2:30 on Sunday. Then, was headed to Wooden Angel. ..but oooops. Wasn't paying attention to where I was going and ended up here instead. It was a bit loud... and the decor was interesting. ..but the service was quite pleasant. Actually was 5 star service. Always a fresh drink. Plates were promptly removed. I ordered stuffed shrimp, mash, & a salad with honey mustard. The salad was iceberg (getting used to it again) but was fresh and crisp. The dressing was good. I sampled my dad's french onion soup. It had a lovely flavor. I wish I had ordered that!! My baked, stuffed shrimp was quite tasty. I felt guilty from the butter ...but the flavor was good. The mash...um...pretty sure that the mash was from a box. Didn't like that. I also ordered some caramel apple nut pie to bring home. I really enjoyed this! In fact, next time I might order a bowl of soup and piece of pie! Soooo goood. Overall. ..not too shabby.
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Chelsea S.
I've loved this place since I was a kid! Oh man I wish I could find something exactly like this in Pittsburgh. The home cooked taste is amazing!
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J D.
I think this is a Beaver County staple like JW Halls. I've been here but don't find anything to be super special about it. The staff is nice and it is kid friendly but I usually choose another spot.
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Shelly C.
What a great place for the family, date or lunch with the girlfriends. Prices are so reasonable! I love the tangy house salad dressing and the crazy basket FULL of fries! BBQ sandwiches are full of meat and natural flavors. A long time establishment in Beaver that I hope stays around for many more generations. Also the service team is very friendly.
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Jennifer R.
Not impressed, just eat at home if you want this kind of food, it's cheaper to cook it yourself.
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Kurt A.
Great place in Beaver. Especially now that it's practically impossible to get a parking spot downtown on a Saturday. Pies are fresh. Onion soup and chicken ranchero are awesome. Top notch service in an open, friendly space.
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Matt H.
Went there yesterday for a mid afternoon meal, service was great and the food was pretty good. The decor is a bit dated. Place was pretty packed. I noticed that when every seat is taken they switch the sign to "wait to be seated" and put this random awkward chain up but when someone leaves they change the sign and remove the chain. Never saw anything like that before. Waitress name was Arlene, she was friendly and courteous.
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Nanccy Y.
the food has never been a disappointment...ever! the service is usually good. the downfalls are that it is noisy, the tables are too close together and always sticky from the varnish. they DO accept credit cards and there is ample parking.
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D. F.
Bert's is ok and it is always busy, although I think they get by on past reputation. It was the place to go for earlier generations. Honestly I prefer pretty much any of the other places in Beaver. The food here is just average, sound really echos in the place so it's hard to have conversation, and the owner will often run the cash register, take your money and never speak to you.
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Lin L.
The food is good here, but if you go there late, you need to wait for a long time! BTW, the garden dressing is so good there!
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Tom W.
I do not understand the attraction of this place. The food is average at best, the prices are not particularly good when you consider the portions, the place indeed reeks of dishwater as someone else mentioned, and you always come out of here smelling like grease. They DO have good pie, and it's one of the few places in Beaver to offer beer, so I'll give them a couple of stars for that. But otherwise, we avoid the Indian.
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Darren W.
Yeah, that name's verrry politically incorrect, especially when this is the "affordable" restaurant, the more upscale and expensive Wooden Angel being right next door. Curiouser 'n curiouser... However, when you walk in, there is a map of all the Native American tribes that were in pre-genocide Turtle Island, so perhaps the owner means well. They also offer an "Indian Burger" which is what I ordered. It's supposed to be a typical burger that is also topped with their Ham BBQ, but I substituted Pork BBQ instead. Ham, Pork, and Beef "BAR-B-Q" (sounds like a techno genre, like HI NRG...) is apparently the restaurant's specialty and is what got the place up and running way back in 1948 according to their official narrative. A bad burger it was not. In fact, it was more than capable and was reminiscent of the "King Kong Burger" that I think I had at Elby's once over a decade ago. It too was a burger with ham piled atop the patty. There was no BBQ sauce on the pork itself. Their website states that their BBQ specialties are "cooked in their own juices." The pork was good but came off as unnecessary. Hey, I wanted to try the BBQ but had to make a compromise with my burger fixation. I got mine with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and Monterey jack cheese if you care. On the side came the most fantastic shoestring french fries in all Creation. Usually I don't care for them this way, but they were sublimely cooked, and were served in a generous portion, not unlike The O but in a clean, respectable, out-in-the-sticks way. This was a "small" order to boot. I'm thinking there will be a pile of fries on the plate next to the burger, but no, I got a basket large enough to put a newborn baby in. Christ, float these down the Nile and watch a another miracle happen. Hallelujah for good, good, potato twigs! That wasn't all. An opening act occurred in the form of onion petals. Not onion rings (they do offer you a choice). Onion petals. Separated. Not in a "flower" or "bloomer" or anything like that. They're superior to onion rings in every way, yet you can't seem to get them around here anymore. Arby's used to sell them but inexplicably stopped. Fried to gold, the remoulade/horseradish (?) dipping sauce pushed these platinum. And yes I could have moved 500,000 to 1,000,000 units of them. I sampled my girlfriend's (she used to work here) Baked Fish and was blown to bits by its savory, melt-in-the-mouth quality. You can get it "marinated" (it's actually baked in whatever liquid you choose) in orange juice, butter & lemon, and "Cajun" among other things, but Kay chose buttermilk, and it worked brilliantly. 10 Oz. of North Atlantic Cod was turned into manna. For dessert, I got the Turtle Cheesecake and Kay got a typical layer cake called Chocolate Confusion. Sounds like a racehorse, don't it? Things got convoluted as we eat each other's desserts while tackling our own. Each dessert was carnal. The chocolate cake had a fudgy icing with chocolate chips, making it seem as if it was adorned in leather and studs. The cheescake was silken, moist... Whoa! This is an all-ages event. Get yer minds outta...Spencer's, ok? Yeesh! Seriously, they were both chilled sweet-treat perfection, each dessert alone being a pleasant way to cap off dinner. Having them both was an... I'd better no go there, but you should go to The Wooden Indian. If only they'd change that name and motif though. How about calling it The Wooden Saint? Or how about calling this place the Wooden Angel and renaming the fancier adjoining restaurant The Wooden Archangel? Eh? How 'bout it?
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Doug K.
Bert's is a regular stop when I'm in the area. They are the little little sister or brother to the adjoining Wooden Angel which may get reviewed tonight, stay tuned. I typically have the Steak Salad here - a regional specialty - a nice iceberg lettuce salad with grilled beef tips and fries on top. Traditionally this salad is topped with a sweet & sour dressing but I opted to go with the blue cheese this time. I also ordered the "half" salad - I typically go with the full monty but after my Kretchmar's fix this morning decided to be somewhat moderate. What a mistake that was - for a dollar less than the standard offering the salad you get a scrawny portion that left me still hungry. I won't ever do that again but it did create a situatin where I felt that I could order a sandwich and I've always wanted to try their pork BBQ. I don't think that they have an actual smoker but I could be wrong. The BBQ Pork Sandwich was fine - not the best I've ever had but it did fill the empty void left by the starter salad. You have to ask for BBQ otherwise you get it served bare naked. They server it in a basket on top of a napkin which I wasn't crazy about mostly because there was a generous portion of meat that fell off the bun which then stuck to the napkin. They should just put it on a plate but oh well. The salad even though it was small was quite tasty. It is interesting that all of these different local restaurants have their own version of the steak salad - I've often thought that it would be fun to put a web page together with a steak salad review for a 20 or 30 mile radius of Beaver, PA. Anyway, back to Berts - the service is good, the atmosphere kitschy - I can't really categorize it - dimly lit, wants to be a lodge with some quirky decorations - it's warm, its comfortable. They have a nice selection of "Daily Special" things like Pot Roast and Mashed taters and a selection of home made pies. This is a family run local business that I will go out of my way to support - we don't have many like this in the DC NoVA area. Try it!
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Kay E.
Darren and I came here today. I love the Baked Fish and usually get it everytime I go. Today I had it baked in the butter and lemon sauce, and it was silky, tender, and amazing. Darren helped me finish it, and I laughed as he moaned over how good it was. Their "specialty" may be the "Bar B Q" sandwiches (the meat's cooked in its own juices), but in my opinion, the baked fish is the thing to get. The onion petals are also excellent (as is the horseradish/mayo dipping sauce) and have a batter that doesn't come off. Darren and I split a Pecan Ball sundae, and we both loved it to death. Bert's Wooden Indian is one of my favorite restaurants in Beaver.
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Erin H.
I ordered the pork BBQ. It was dry, bland, and tiny. It kind of tasted like old lunch meat. The BBQ sauce was optional and came in a little cup on the side. It tasted like generic ketchup. The service was okay as were the fries, but I will not be returning. Cannot get over that sorry excuse for BBQ.
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DJ J.
Recently went and had the Ham BBQ and onion petal which was golden with a dipping sauce. Delicious. The curly fries are much better than most others I have had. The cajun salad was good and the list of home made dressings is long. Deserts are wonderful. Bert's was started some time back after WW2 so the name ... Oh well would probably be a little different today.
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Ej S.
You can smell the dishwater seeping from the kitchen out into the dining room in this place. The demeanor of the servers is not a favorable one. The atmosphere is kind of......outdated. Nonetheless.....the Wooden Indian does have decent, quick food and it is just one of those places that has been around forever so you can't help but find yourself there.
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James O.
Good place to take kids. Basic fare, but good. No liquor or beer served at the Wooden Indian. Friendly staff. If you are looking for night out with spouse or date you are better off going to its sister location--Wooden Angel--located at the same location.
Takes Reservations : No Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Lunch, Dinner Parking : Private Lot Bike Parking : Yes Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Loud Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : No Has TV : Yes Waiter Service : Yes
Jerri B.
The place to be seen in Beaver. HAHAHA Heads always look up to see who's coming in with who. The food is good, should be, it costs enough, the service is very nice and they are efficient even when busy. A nice place to eat , but the acoustics are bad, it's dark and the tables in the middle are like being at a picnic. Overall, I do like WA and be sure to get the onion rings with your sammich. Verrrry good.
(3)A. Lynn B.
I ended up here as a plan b...and then an accident on top of that. I was in my way to Yama in Beaver...when I realized that they are not open until 2:30 on Sunday. Then, was headed to Wooden Angel. ..but oooops. Wasn't paying attention to where I was going and ended up here instead. It was a bit loud... and the decor was interesting. ..but the service was quite pleasant. Actually was 5 star service. Always a fresh drink. Plates were promptly removed. I ordered stuffed shrimp, mash, & a salad with honey mustard. The salad was iceberg (getting used to it again) but was fresh and crisp. The dressing was good. I sampled my dad's french onion soup. It had a lovely flavor. I wish I had ordered that!! My baked, stuffed shrimp was quite tasty. I felt guilty from the butter ...but the flavor was good. The mash...um...pretty sure that the mash was from a box. Didn't like that. I also ordered some caramel apple nut pie to bring home. I really enjoyed this! In fact, next time I might order a bowl of soup and piece of pie! Soooo goood. Overall. ..not too shabby.
(4)Chelsea S.
I've loved this place since I was a kid! Oh man I wish I could find something exactly like this in Pittsburgh. The home cooked taste is amazing!
(4)J D.
I think this is a Beaver County staple like JW Halls. I've been here but don't find anything to be super special about it. The staff is nice and it is kid friendly but I usually choose another spot.
(3)Shelly C.
What a great place for the family, date or lunch with the girlfriends. Prices are so reasonable! I love the tangy house salad dressing and the crazy basket FULL of fries! BBQ sandwiches are full of meat and natural flavors. A long time establishment in Beaver that I hope stays around for many more generations. Also the service team is very friendly.
(4)Jennifer R.
Not impressed, just eat at home if you want this kind of food, it's cheaper to cook it yourself.
(2)Kurt A.
Great place in Beaver. Especially now that it's practically impossible to get a parking spot downtown on a Saturday. Pies are fresh. Onion soup and chicken ranchero are awesome. Top notch service in an open, friendly space.
(4)Matt H.
Went there yesterday for a mid afternoon meal, service was great and the food was pretty good. The decor is a bit dated. Place was pretty packed. I noticed that when every seat is taken they switch the sign to "wait to be seated" and put this random awkward chain up but when someone leaves they change the sign and remove the chain. Never saw anything like that before. Waitress name was Arlene, she was friendly and courteous.
(4)Nanccy Y.
the food has never been a disappointment...ever! the service is usually good. the downfalls are that it is noisy, the tables are too close together and always sticky from the varnish. they DO accept credit cards and there is ample parking.
(4)D. F.
Bert's is ok and it is always busy, although I think they get by on past reputation. It was the place to go for earlier generations. Honestly I prefer pretty much any of the other places in Beaver. The food here is just average, sound really echos in the place so it's hard to have conversation, and the owner will often run the cash register, take your money and never speak to you.
(3)Lin L.
The food is good here, but if you go there late, you need to wait for a long time! BTW, the garden dressing is so good there!
(4)Tom W.
I do not understand the attraction of this place. The food is average at best, the prices are not particularly good when you consider the portions, the place indeed reeks of dishwater as someone else mentioned, and you always come out of here smelling like grease. They DO have good pie, and it's one of the few places in Beaver to offer beer, so I'll give them a couple of stars for that. But otherwise, we avoid the Indian.
(2)Darren W.
Yeah, that name's verrry politically incorrect, especially when this is the "affordable" restaurant, the more upscale and expensive Wooden Angel being right next door. Curiouser 'n curiouser... However, when you walk in, there is a map of all the Native American tribes that were in pre-genocide Turtle Island, so perhaps the owner means well. They also offer an "Indian Burger" which is what I ordered. It's supposed to be a typical burger that is also topped with their Ham BBQ, but I substituted Pork BBQ instead. Ham, Pork, and Beef "BAR-B-Q" (sounds like a techno genre, like HI NRG...) is apparently the restaurant's specialty and is what got the place up and running way back in 1948 according to their official narrative. A bad burger it was not. In fact, it was more than capable and was reminiscent of the "King Kong Burger" that I think I had at Elby's once over a decade ago. It too was a burger with ham piled atop the patty. There was no BBQ sauce on the pork itself. Their website states that their BBQ specialties are "cooked in their own juices." The pork was good but came off as unnecessary. Hey, I wanted to try the BBQ but had to make a compromise with my burger fixation. I got mine with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and Monterey jack cheese if you care. On the side came the most fantastic shoestring french fries in all Creation. Usually I don't care for them this way, but they were sublimely cooked, and were served in a generous portion, not unlike The O but in a clean, respectable, out-in-the-sticks way. This was a "small" order to boot. I'm thinking there will be a pile of fries on the plate next to the burger, but no, I got a basket large enough to put a newborn baby in. Christ, float these down the Nile and watch a another miracle happen. Hallelujah for good, good, potato twigs! That wasn't all. An opening act occurred in the form of onion petals. Not onion rings (they do offer you a choice). Onion petals. Separated. Not in a "flower" or "bloomer" or anything like that. They're superior to onion rings in every way, yet you can't seem to get them around here anymore. Arby's used to sell them but inexplicably stopped. Fried to gold, the remoulade/horseradish (?) dipping sauce pushed these platinum. And yes I could have moved 500,000 to 1,000,000 units of them. I sampled my girlfriend's (she used to work here) Baked Fish and was blown to bits by its savory, melt-in-the-mouth quality. You can get it "marinated" (it's actually baked in whatever liquid you choose) in orange juice, butter & lemon, and "Cajun" among other things, but Kay chose buttermilk, and it worked brilliantly. 10 Oz. of North Atlantic Cod was turned into manna. For dessert, I got the Turtle Cheesecake and Kay got a typical layer cake called Chocolate Confusion. Sounds like a racehorse, don't it? Things got convoluted as we eat each other's desserts while tackling our own. Each dessert was carnal. The chocolate cake had a fudgy icing with chocolate chips, making it seem as if it was adorned in leather and studs. The cheescake was silken, moist... Whoa! This is an all-ages event. Get yer minds outta...Spencer's, ok? Yeesh! Seriously, they were both chilled sweet-treat perfection, each dessert alone being a pleasant way to cap off dinner. Having them both was an... I'd better no go there, but you should go to The Wooden Indian. If only they'd change that name and motif though. How about calling it The Wooden Saint? Or how about calling this place the Wooden Angel and renaming the fancier adjoining restaurant The Wooden Archangel? Eh? How 'bout it?
(4)Doug K.
Bert's is a regular stop when I'm in the area. They are the little little sister or brother to the adjoining Wooden Angel which may get reviewed tonight, stay tuned. I typically have the Steak Salad here - a regional specialty - a nice iceberg lettuce salad with grilled beef tips and fries on top. Traditionally this salad is topped with a sweet & sour dressing but I opted to go with the blue cheese this time. I also ordered the "half" salad - I typically go with the full monty but after my Kretchmar's fix this morning decided to be somewhat moderate. What a mistake that was - for a dollar less than the standard offering the salad you get a scrawny portion that left me still hungry. I won't ever do that again but it did create a situatin where I felt that I could order a sandwich and I've always wanted to try their pork BBQ. I don't think that they have an actual smoker but I could be wrong. The BBQ Pork Sandwich was fine - not the best I've ever had but it did fill the empty void left by the starter salad. You have to ask for BBQ otherwise you get it served bare naked. They server it in a basket on top of a napkin which I wasn't crazy about mostly because there was a generous portion of meat that fell off the bun which then stuck to the napkin. They should just put it on a plate but oh well. The salad even though it was small was quite tasty. It is interesting that all of these different local restaurants have their own version of the steak salad - I've often thought that it would be fun to put a web page together with a steak salad review for a 20 or 30 mile radius of Beaver, PA. Anyway, back to Berts - the service is good, the atmosphere kitschy - I can't really categorize it - dimly lit, wants to be a lodge with some quirky decorations - it's warm, its comfortable. They have a nice selection of "Daily Special" things like Pot Roast and Mashed taters and a selection of home made pies. This is a family run local business that I will go out of my way to support - we don't have many like this in the DC NoVA area. Try it!
(4)Kay E.
Darren and I came here today. I love the Baked Fish and usually get it everytime I go. Today I had it baked in the butter and lemon sauce, and it was silky, tender, and amazing. Darren helped me finish it, and I laughed as he moaned over how good it was. Their "specialty" may be the "Bar B Q" sandwiches (the meat's cooked in its own juices), but in my opinion, the baked fish is the thing to get. The onion petals are also excellent (as is the horseradish/mayo dipping sauce) and have a batter that doesn't come off. Darren and I split a Pecan Ball sundae, and we both loved it to death. Bert's Wooden Indian is one of my favorite restaurants in Beaver.
(5)Erin H.
I ordered the pork BBQ. It was dry, bland, and tiny. It kind of tasted like old lunch meat. The BBQ sauce was optional and came in a little cup on the side. It tasted like generic ketchup. The service was okay as were the fries, but I will not be returning. Cannot get over that sorry excuse for BBQ.
(2)DJ J.
Recently went and had the Ham BBQ and onion petal which was golden with a dipping sauce. Delicious. The curly fries are much better than most others I have had. The cajun salad was good and the list of home made dressings is long. Deserts are wonderful. Bert's was started some time back after WW2 so the name ... Oh well would probably be a little different today.
(3)Ej S.
You can smell the dishwater seeping from the kitchen out into the dining room in this place. The demeanor of the servers is not a favorable one. The atmosphere is kind of......outdated. Nonetheless.....the Wooden Indian does have decent, quick food and it is just one of those places that has been around forever so you can't help but find yourself there.
(3)James O.
Good place to take kids. Basic fare, but good. No liquor or beer served at the Wooden Indian. Friendly staff. If you are looking for night out with spouse or date you are better off going to its sister location--Wooden Angel--located at the same location.
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