Wander at LongWoods

  4.4 – 123 reviews   • Restaurant

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One Place ~ Many Things Wander is a Farm to table restaurant located at the 54 acre Longwoods Preserve in Cumberland, ME. Wander offers fresh, local, farm to table fare. Much of it sourced from our own on-site farm. Enjoy handcrafted pizzas and shareable plates in our rustic farmhouse dining room or on our beautifully landscaped terrace where you can enjoy Longwoods Preserve’s idyllic fields and forest. Our restaurant and grounds are also available for hosting private events! We can’t wait to welcome you!

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Reviews

Kate
First time here! Thanksgiving spread was out of this world We are so stuffed and happy and can’t wait to revisit in the summertime. The ham, might be the best ham i’ve ever had. Kudos to the chef and team for curating a delicious and festive feast. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Faith Johnson
5/5 ⭐️ ALL AROUND. Amazing experience, atmosphere, service, drinks and food. Live music playing (went on a Thursday), sun was shining and the breeze made for a beautiful evening.

As someone visiting Maine, I’m thankful to have stumbled upon this gem! Now to spread the knowledge, this is a must visit if you’re in the area!

FYI – very kid friendly
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Meghan Bloniasz
Whole experience was absolutely devine! Staff was warm and welcoming from the moment I entered the restaurant to when I left. I sat at the chef’s counter and I was not disappointed. Wonderful experience watching the chefs prepare the food. The head chef came over to me multiple times to check in. He was happy to explain how the food was prepared and where it was from.
The food itself activated taste buds I didn’t know existed.
I will be back again in the near future!
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Amaury S
If you’re thinking about it… just make a reservation and go — you won’t regret it.

Wander at LongWoods is a magical place that embodies the spirit of Maine. We visited during the winter and had the most wonderful dining experience, so much so that we are already planning our next visit for the summer. I can’t wait to sit outside and enjoy everything this place has to offer.

Located inside LongWoods preserve, with miles of trails and even a farm, Wander is all about sustainability, local ingredients, and an authentic farm-to-table experience. From the moment we drove into the preserve, the beautiful exterior of the restaurant took us aback. You can tell that much thought and energy went into this project. It was love at first sight as soon as we walked inside for dinner. The dimly lit ambiance, the decor, the vintage photos hung around, the bar… it was all perfect! It was barn meets fine dining without it being too pretentious.

Sharing plates is the way to go at Wander! We started with the Tagliatelle (lamb, fennel, leek, parmesan), and I am still thinking about it. It was the perfect pasta, one of the best I’ve ever had. We tried their wood-fired pizzas as well — which was risky because my partner doesn’t even like thin-style pizza too much — but he loved theirs. We had the Terrace (red base, organic tomatoes, mozzarella, sweet Italian sausage, hot cherry peppers, shallots) and the Grandma (white base, mozzarella, parmesan, pecorino, San Marzano tomatoes, basil, parsley) and both were incredible. The grandma was herby, with lots of parsley and a lemony taste, while the terrace was spicy, so avoid it if you don’t like it hot!

We accompanied our dinner with a bottle of Bordeaux, which was just delicious. It was the perfect pairing for our pasta and pizza. My one constructive suggestion for Wander is to expand their wine list in terms of prices! The cheapest bottle on the menu was around $45-50. That felt a bit odd, given that the pizza and the rest of the menu are priced reasonably.

Moving onto desserts… I think this was the highlight of the night. The banana bread pudding was to die for! I’ve never tried such good banana bread pudding. The vanilla cheesecake was also quite yummy. It was hard to pick a favorite, but I’ll have to go with the banana bread. I can’t wait to come back and try the rest!

Wander: thank you for a fantastic dinner experience.
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Kimberly Stinson
For WANDER I wish you could give 6 stars. The most innovative menu that I’ve seen in awhile. The Scottish Rowi – what?? Sit at the chef’s bar and let him pick for you!! We had a great time walking around to see the farm, great cocktails and then fabulous dinner. Worth the drive out of town. Super pretty piece of land and very relaxing.
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Christine Wilkinson
This is easily one of my favorite dining experiences so far in Maine!

Every course blew us away.
The staff were attentive and so friendly.
Gorgeous inside and out!

We’ll be back for pizza very soon!
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Kristina
The most beautiful atmosphere! The food was very delicious and perfect portion sizing for sharing and individual dishes. The drinks were tasty too!! Perfect spot for a night out with friends, a loved one or just yourself! Either way you’re bound to have a delightful fresh meal surrounded by great staff!
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Richie Axelsen
So we visited Wanders at Long Woods for a second time on 11/15/25 and our experience was far from our first visit which was wonderful as the first visit the food was amazingly prepared and cooked while this visit with the same couple we went with on our first visit was not nearly as good.
My wife and I had Pork Loin with potato crochet and string beans and quite honestly it the the worst we had ever tasted as it was so over cooked it was very tough to eat cause it was so dry and the potatoes were over cooked as well that the basically fell apart we you put a fork to them to cut in half, just a terribly prepared meal, our friends had the Haddock and and the Burger and much like ours it was way over cooked and super dry and not very tasty, we all left most of the meal on the plate, the apple crisp desert was very good. The service we thought was not very good this time either as our waitress was not very attentive to us in checking in, we were never given salt, pepper or ketchup as we ask several times and finally we had to stop her and basically say can we please have the salt, pepper and ketchup.
We probably won’t go back to Wanders at Long Woods as it’s not worth the drive from Scarborough and there are so many amazing restaurants in portland to choose from.
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Josh Hurley
Unfortunately we didn’t enjoy our meal. First course we had fish cakes. They were rubbery, likely they had been frozen. Second course was the mushroom pizza, it looks nothing like the pictures of the woodfired pizza on the website. It was undercooked, too much cheese, and I tasted like canned mushrooms.The kitchen seemed overwhelmed, as there was a long delay for the pizza

Nothing we tasted appeared to be “farm-to-table” this restaurant could have easily been located in a strip mall.

The service was the only bright spot, the waiter was attentive.
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Susan Novak
Went this past Thursday. 4:45.3 of us. First one’s there and sat outside. Learned it was the first night of a new menu. They offered a Cumberland Pie for 28.95 that sounded delish. It is advertised as a cheddar cheese crust with sirloin chunks and mashed potato . When it arrived it looked amazing. Had a nice side of green beans. I took a few bites and it was delicious but very hot so I put my fork down. I had to ask for a spoon because well a dish with gravy needs a spoon. Then I realized no crust. When the waitress checked back I said. Um this pie is supposed to come with a cheddar cheese crust but there is no crust. She just shrugged her shoulders. I asked her to please check with the chef. She did not come back for quite a while until after we ate all our meal but when she did, she just dropped the check and turned to leave I said excuse me did you ask about the crust? She turns and says “guess he just forgot it” . I was shocked by her flippant reply. I said that’s it? She replied, oh what do you want a discount? I said well sure. When she returned with the bill she continued with her flippant attitude. There were only 6 other people even in the restaurant but I was embarrassed. I don’t get it? Why wasn’t her response of an apologetic and courteous response? Blame it on the first night of the menu but some sort of understanding in stead of making me feel wrong for asking. I hope the manager or owner sees this so they know the chef is not preparing the entrees correct and the waitress was rude. Maybe they don’t care. We still left her a 20% tip on a 150.00 bill because that was the right thing to do. Oh and we did get a 5.00 discount but I would have had no problem paying the full bill if only some kindness and understanding was shown in stead. . Can’t ever go back there again.
Heard there was staffing problems, and we experienced it first hand.
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