The best 10 restaurants and places to eat in Knoxville, May 2024

Pamela Long

Kfc

70/100 (2801 ratings)

Wheelchair Accessible

"The food was fresh and delicious! The restaurant was so clean and employees were very friendly. THE BEST KFC AROUND! PLEASE BRING NACK THE..."

Macy and Derrick Greenlee

"Clean restaurant and their buffet seems to be maintained. Service seems to be a little slower however they seem to get their orders..."

Becky Gilbert

Mcdonald's

70/100 (3155 ratings)

Wheelchair Accessible

"This place is the best McDonald's around, food is always hot, always correct, and they are always super friendly. I use the app cause u get discounts..."

Amber Turner

Zaxby's

"Friendly staff great food clean dining..."

Michael bath

"They were fast and had clean tables. Food order was correct and they had no problems handing out condiments for us, a party of 5. Plus, we got more..."

robert mccutcheon

"Madison made my IMPECCABLE 3 Nibblers meal. I’ve never had something so good before and it was all so perfect in the box. Best time at zaxbys..."

ashlyn daugherty

Sonic Drive-in

"Sonic America’s Drive- In My Two son’s envoy’s having lunch or dinner at Sonic's drive in. We always order the kid’s wacky pack meal, and the..."

Dionne Fields

"We ate at this Sonics Dec 31st and Rachael served us at the car hop. She was awesome! She was friendly and when we asked for additional condiments..."

Lorri Coulthard

Kfc

70/100 (3181 ratings)

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Lunch

"The Nashville Hot combo is actually really delicious. Highly recommend trying it. I got the new mango Mountain Dew and that was good,..."

Rhuen

"First I did not see a disabled parking space, it looks like those have been taken over by app order parking, they are still not open for dine in, I..."

Trucker Barbie

"They were so sweet. $30 some dollars of a meal they helped me out when i had $17 some. It made my coworkers and i very happy. Thank you all so much..."

Valentines Beauty

Hibachi Factory

Wheelchair Accessible

"First time there and its great food! Served hot and to your order. Staff was friendly and fast, she said it would take 10-15 but only took about 5..."

Marty Stone

"First impressions it's not the cleanest establishment as you can see by the photos. I ordered my food to go so I wasn't too turned off by appeance...."

Matthew Weidner

"This was not my first visit to this location. So far it is the best visit yet! Food was cooked to perfection and the staff was very attentive and..."

Shannon Quickel

Ihop

Wheelchair Accessible

"We had the one of the BEST dining experiences at this particular ihop. Highly recommended!!! MARY was our server and she was on point with all of..."

Bernice Willow

"We wanted to try the special flavors of pancakes this morning on our road trip. They were delicious. All of our portions were very large. The only..."

Teresa Clark

"our server Sam was very nice and patient, food was timely and soooo good. not a lot of vegetarian options but thats just a traditional aspect lol...."

jessie sue

"I was here at 9:15 A M. , the patron count was low , service was fine , but not the regular staff. Received my order and it must have been sitting..."

Charles Welsch ll

"Ordered to go, so we could eat in our hotel room, everything was great! The were right on time with making our food, the pick up went perfectly and..."

James Fox Podcast

"My family and I had a great experience here. The waitress was fast and friendly. The service was great and our food was delicious. I gave them 4..."

Erica

Burger King

70/100 (1544 ratings)

"got my food fast it was hot n correct,friendly..."

Mary House

"This was a good stop for a meal on the road, 2.1 miles from exit but well worth it, not as busy as others and staff were very..."

Cary Q Lyle

"This Burger King is good. Conveniently located and easy to get in and out of. Friendly..."

Rick Hill

Little Caesars

70/100 (2663 ratings)

"We were traveling and wanted to have a quick dinner. Near by some food joints were out of my options. Had quickly walk in at 9.30 pm on Thursday..."

Prabha Shankar

"I would just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of your employees that worked tonight (Sunday 6/26)! I work in retail so I understand being..."

Shannon Rowntree

"I do not usually do this, but I had made it my goal today to do so. Today, we were expecting snow so I decided to go to Little Caesars. As I entered,..."

Dawn Hickman

Ruby Tuesday

Wheelchair Accessible

Dinner

Lunch

Mid-range

"Thank you so much for the perfect food we ordered!! My family and I are visiting TN and just flew in so we didn’t get to spend thanksgiving at..."

Mary

"Ruby Tuesday has been at this location for a lot of years, which should speak volumes. The staff is pleasant, friendly, and our server, Brook, was..."

Patty Hinton

"I walked in to eat dinner last night and the host was not at the stand (she was helping seat someone else) but immediately I was greeted by a man (I..."

Kayla Ramos

"The food and service was great. The men's restroom needs q good deep clean. Sinks have a great deal of build up around faucet. The walls also..."

J H

"Cannot state enough how much my experience here meant to me. Like, I know it's just a RT's, but my experience still kinda sticks with me. First time..."

CJ Arwood

Ktown Tavern

Accepts American Express

Wheelchair Accessible

"The food here is worth every penny. Super super delicious. Everything on the menu was super tasty! Definitely one of my favorite spots in the area!..."

Lyndsey Andreasen

"The location of this place is perfect for travelers as it's within walking distance of several hotels in a well lit, busy area. The ambiance is..."

Tara Brown

"I wish I could give this spot more than 5 stars. My fiance and I were both highly impressed with the ambience, service, and food. You get much better..."

Joseph Wheeler

"We stayed in a hotel nearby and found this hidden gem a stones throw away. Our "guest services coordinator" (aka server, don't like that term) was..."

Bill Curtis

"Best damn restaurant in Knoxville! Service was fast, professional, and very friendly. And the food...was AMAZING!!! Awesome burgers, pizzas,..."

Chad Faison

"Good food, good service, but the CO2 was off tonight, all four of my beers were a little..."

matt fischer

Sonic Drive-in

70/100 (1861 ratings)

"The staff is so incredibly sweet and truly care about helping you the best they can. I know restaurants have been struggling with COVID and..."

Allie Caddell

"Pulled in the parking lot and there were 4 cars in drive thru and 5 cars in the stalls... Car hop was polite and I was still able to manage to get my..."

Ghost “Ghost” Casper

Fire + Smoke

Accepts American Express

Subway

70/100 (2018 ratings)

"The employees are always polite and the food area appears very clean. I would have given them a 5 star review, however the first 'half' scoop of tuna..."

S M

"Kind staff. Very efficient. Convenient..."

Celia Ball

"The lunch staff at this subway is phenomenal would gladly go every..."

sally ha

"The only employee there she was great and fast!! Love the..."

stacey archuleta

"Great place for lunch, generally go in with a healthy sandwich in mind, great place for breakfast foods as..."

DWIGHT SHELTON

"Great food, great service, Loved every..."

Yes Please

Sonic Drive-in

70/100 (1304 ratings)

"Good - lil bit of a wait and is becoming alot harder to read the menu's and the employee did not seem to understand me well over the speaker. But..."

Sarah Floyd

"Hit the drive-thru for a couple milkshakes. The car in front of me was taking a long time so an employee brought the shakes to my car and rang me up...."

Nikki Hood-Pasini

"I used the app to order, but the order was ready and out to my car much faster than I expected. We were grabbing a quick snack and it was..."

Brandi Smith

"It was A nice day that day and when we went was at night and there was people there and they seem to be enjoying the food so we said why not .This..."

BIG “THE BIG DADDY” DADDY

Hardee's

70/100 (1560 ratings)

"Way better than Halls. Halls lets the students take all the seats without being customers. And makes the customers either gets the food to go or..."

Crystal Rolen

"we hve an awesome team and were getn new breakfast n lunch on the 14 of this month...come try it..."

Paige Disney

"I just moved to TN. No Hardee's where I'm from and no gravy and biscuits. That's all I have eaten from here so far, ITS SO GOOD! And only $2.99...."

kathy rehman

"The morning Staff at the Tazewell location are friendly and fun. My lady and I stop in often and enjoy breakfast. Them golden handmade..."

MJ Raymond

"Went through the drive thru and was told that it would be 30 mins dude to technical issues. Once I got to the window the manager Jimmy actually..."

David Collins

Voodoo Brewing Co. - Knoxville

Mcdonald's

70/100 (4422 ratings)

"They have the best Manager there that works with his people and not put his workers down. We have noticed several times that every thing seems to run..."

Patricia Williams

"I don't frequent this McDonald's often but everytime I come here the staff are very sweet. I appreciate their work ethic and they work hard! I always..."

swamp toast

Dickey's Barbecue Pit

"This store has fantastic customer service! I ordered a couple of pizzas on the app for the kids and the wife and I left for a date. Babysitter calls..."

Rob Goebel

"Pizza is right about 90% of the time. Most recent order was..."

Andrew Northcutt

"Nice little pap john’s. Extremely understaffed but they certainly did their best and the pizza was..."

Andrew Scrugham

Subway

70/100 (2089 ratings)

"As far as Subways go, this has got to be one of the best experiences I've ever had. In general, a vegetarian subway sandwich is reasonably basic and..."

N Maharaj

"Toaster oven was down and couldn't get a hot sandwich. Employee was nice enough to send me to a close..."

Kady Lambert

Long John Silver's

70/100 (1448 ratings)

Restaurants

Seafood

"Ordered a #9, came out to me perfectly. I ate one of the chicken planks..."

bobby singleton

"Have been here to this location quiet a few times. The employees have been very nice polite and courteous. Our order is always fresh and hot. Even..."

Valissa Cox

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