Woodstone Kitchen & Bar

Naga City - Woodstone Kitchen has been one of our all time favorites when it comes to a twist in Bicol culinary. From its humble beginning back in 2013 in Bora Hut Food Temple as it's first location and as the last resto standing in the food complex, Woodstone Kitchen now has joined the entertainment and dining strip of Magsaysay Avenue. All your favorites are now in a bigger kitchen and place plus a bar. Everything has just gotten better and we have personally witnessed its growth in the industry.

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Woodstone Kitchen & Bar is now located along Balatas Road, in front of DWLV, Magsaysay Avenue Naga City. Customers with cars need not worry on where to park since the front yard can accommodate around 6 to 8 depending on the kind. As you enter, an open bar will welcome you. Though this is an open bar, access to the place is safe and secured.

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With enough lighting on the table for your food and drinks, the lights from the main bar will definitely set your mood accompanied by chill house music or a live acoustic performance every Wednesdays to Sundays from 9pm to 1am. Beside the main bar is spacious garden with tables. 

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Because Woodstone is more than just a kitchen, they now have a BAR. Many if not most of the drinks are definitely new in the menu and you will never run out of options. They have cocktails, beer, mocktails (non-alcoholic), shakes, hot drinks and a lot more!

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The bar's design is a mixture of wood and metallic displays.

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A sight of miniature bottles. This made me smile, because we also have a few at home. 

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For me, this lamp has been very symbolic for Woodstone.
It somehow reminds me of Woodstone's humble beginnings back in Bora Hut Food Temple. 

Around January of this year, Woodstone has finally opened the newest wing of the restaurant. A fully air-conditioned dining area cozy enough for family gatherings. On the right wing is a function room are three long tables, suited for corporate and office meetings with a sliding wooden door for exclusivity. You don't have to worry about the music outside the bar because it's actually sound proofed and all you can hear is a little of the beat of the music. 

Woodstone's Function Room

And now the latest facility is the private Videoke Room! If you're lucky enough that the room is available, then enjoy your food with your own type of music that you can sing out loud.

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It's not anymore a debate that Woodstone has grown so well into a food destination here in Naga City. Back when Woodstone was just a smaller kitchen, my first impression was "sayang ng menu nila, bagay ang food sa isang FULL restaurant". I'm glad that this has become a reality. This is because Chef Ton of Woodstone has been very witty when it comes to creation of new dishes and expansion has been a breeze. 

Who will ever forget the first ever Crispy Pinangat in Bicol? 

Woodstone has indeed went beyond the "Pizza, Pasta, & Meals" tagline.

Woodstone's version of Paella. Huge serving indeed! Sulit na sulit sa presyo!

Bicol Express Pizza!! You should try this!
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Photo by Nick Astig

Antonio's El Diablo Grilled Pizza
(Spicy bbq sauce, cheese, ground angus beef, black olives, bell pepper, onions and anchovies)

Pork Sisig

Their Nachos has been my favorite appetizer!

Aglio Olio would be my favorite pasta in Woodstone. 

The Cripy Tuna Tail and Lechon Belly has been gaining popularity too.

Woodstone is definitely one of the best in Naga. If you haven't tried it, it''s never too late, 

visit Woodstone Kitchen & Bar with your friends or family. 

Other Woodstone Kitchen blog posts:

CLICK HERE Humble beginnings of Woodstone Kitchen

CLICK HERE A Testament to the "Little Kitchen, Big Taste"

Woodstone Kitchen & Bar

In front of DWLV, Balatas Road

Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City

STORE HOURS 

Monday-Thursday, Sunday - 8:00 am to 12:00 am

Friday & Saturday - 8:00 am to 2:00 am

Live Acoustic Performances every Wednesdays to Saturdays - 9:00 pm to 1:00 am.

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Woodstone Kitchen

Woodstone Kitchen by Chef Ton

@ BoraHut Food Temple   As of last week of Dec 2014, Woodstone is now a Kitchen & Bar located along Basilica Road, Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City (CLICK HERE for the latest review last March 2015)

More or less 10 years of cooking experience, exploring dishes and delights, and most of all serving fellow Bicolanos and tourists with great line up of food choices.. that my dear friends is how we can describe Chef Ton, the owner of Woodstone Kitchen at BoraHut Food Temple.

Specialties: Pizza, Pasta, Salads and Meals. They also serve all day breakfast with free iced tea or hot choco of your choice.

*New* Location:  As of the last week of December 2014, Woodstone Kitchen & BAR is now located along Basilica Road, Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City

Open Daily: 11:00 am to 2:00 am

The Name: Woodstone.. Simply because of the design of the place, where the name Woodstone was born. As simple as that but as unique that it can be. They had a hard time looking for the right name and they even tried combining the names of Chef Ton's children.


Budget:
All Day Breakfast starts at Php 55.00
Starters starts at Php 75.00
Meals starts at 55
Pasta starts at Php 125
Salads starts at Php 115
Pizza coming soon!

Small but terrible. Small-sized kitchen but with great menu. That is what we call skills!

As a starter...

Beef Salpicao... best seller alert! This is one superb dish with or without rice. Find out the secret ingredient why it taste so good that you can even order another serving. Woodstone's Salpicao comes in chicken and tuna too. A lot of customers also consider the tuna version as their favorite. 

Beef Salpicao

AJ's Scampi Fries - Fillet plus potato wedges and a good dip to balance the taste is a good combination. Some might disagree with me but that the best commercialized potato wedges in town is the Mojo's of Shakey's. BUT, take a closer look at the potato wedges of Woodstone Kitchen, the cut is different from Mojo's but the color looks the same AND we can say that it definitely taste a lot healthier because of the herbs and spcies than that of the Mojo's of Shakey's. 

AJ's Scampi Fries

Now time for a famous Bicolano dish which is the Pinangat with a twist, "crispy" to be exact. Remember that you are in Naga City and our Pinangat here does not only consist of leaves on the inside like that of Camalig Albays' Pinangat. The crisp covering blends well with the coconut milk and makes it even more fun to eat.

Crispy Pinangat

Surprise! Surprise! The next dish with the potato marbles is not a fish! It's chicken! My fellow NcDecker was literally suprised that the dish is really a chicken and not fish. This dish was named after the unica ija of Chef Ton.

Shobe's Chicken Surprise

Liempo's are quite common in a lot of restaurants but what makes the liempo of Woodstone different among others? From the name of the dish itself, the liempo is marinated in shiitake mushroom sauce and the taste actually compliments the java rice which you cannot get in a plain rice.

Miguel's Grilled Shiitake Liempo

Now look that that, one of Bicol's hotness on top of a cake. This cake is definitely the bomb! C4 stands for Chili Choco Caramel Cake. We can describe it like the famous line "Sweet and Spicy" and everything nice which includes the chocolate syrup plus white choco bits and caramel. Good plating with definitely perfect taste. Woodstone served us the "hot" version, but it also comes in mild and no hotness if you want. But your Bicol adventure will not be otherwise counted if you'll just order the one with no chili flavor. C'mon give your taste buds that tingling feeling once in a while. The "hotness" is tolerable, my friends consider it as hot, but for me it was still mild. So my dear friends, your maximum threshold for chilis will be the judge as you come and taste the C4 Delight for yourself.  

C4 Delight (Chili Choco Caramel Cake)

Beverages are available from softdrinks to juices and Woodstone houseblend iced tea. 

C4 Delight

Oh wait, where's the salad, pasta and pizza? Stay tuned for our next visit!

Woodstone Kitchen at present is quite small, this is actually like an introduction as of now. The dishes fits well a full-sized restaurant. Light on the budget, delicious meals and of course healthy.

Knock Knock! Remember, Woodstone is right at the doorstep of Bora Hut Food Temple. Just in case there are no more seats near Woodstone, you can always choose other seats available inside the complex because "you can eat anywhere you want".

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