Ian W.
Yelp
Anna's Table opened recently in February 2024 on the bottom floor in one of the newly constructed apartment buildings at Brooks Pond in South Leominster. This farm to table restaurant and bar provides higher end dining to the Leominster area, which has mostly chain restaurants, Chinese, Mexican, pizza shops, and other casual dining options.
The long space has hardwood floors which has a modern casual upscale atmosphere, dim lighting, light background music, and offers a full bar with seating, small tables, large tables, and flatscreen TV over a fireplace in the main front dining room. There's also another dining room/bar with fireplace in the back for parties.
The food menu offerings include tavern fare (burgers, turkey BLT, smoked wings, mac & cheese, spinach artichoke dip, shrimp caesar salad) and the regular dining menu including raw bar, shareables, salads, soup of the day (bisque), clam chowder, main entrees (steaks, catch of the day, brick chicken, duck confit, salmon, risotto, pasta, artichoke & farro bowl), sides, and homemade desserts. The pricing is moderate to high, around $50 to $100 per person with tax, tip, and added drinks. The bar offers draft beer, bottled/can beer, wine list, cocktails, and after dinner drinks.
I made an online reservation the day before my visit to Anna's Table. The place was not too busy on a Sunday evening and I was seated at a small table in the main dining room. The server with helper arrived to my table to introduce themselves and recite the specials and offered water (I went with cold still water, poured from on chilled glass bottle).
I actually decided to skip the appetizer (I was initially going to order calamari or the mussels) since I had a snack before stopping here. The servers brought out some warm soft focaccia bread with olive oil, parmesan cheese & red pepper flakes for dipping.
I ordered the Catch of the Day ($38 plus tax) which was a grilled Swordfish topped with arugula served over soft squid ink fettuccine pasta and chunky tomatoes, onions, and fresh garlic. This creative dish was spot on with the flavors and a nice firm piece of swordfish.
After I was done, I took a look over the dessert menu trying to decide on the butterscotch cookie skillet, seasonal stone fruit crisp or creme brulee. I went with the Red Wine & Fig Creme Brulee ($12 plus tax), which came out chilled with a caramelized top with fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and caramelized fresh figs. The cream custard had a robust refreshing flavor, not overly sweet. The check was presented shortly which came out to $53.13 with tax and before tip.
Overall, a great dinner with great chef inspired food and prompt service. I would definitely return here for special occasion dinners or a date night.