FORGE at The Chattanoogan Hotel

i haven't been there since before the pandemic. absolutely love the redo of the whole place!!! the food was wonderful and the staff and servers were a delight!!! definitely will come back!!!

The food was overpriced and not good. The advertisement in no way resembled the actual experience. Almost anything else would have been better.

We selected Forge for Thanksgiving brunch/lunch, largely because it was one of the few restaurants available in Chattanooga on Thanksgiving Day. The room and the space are impressive, the buffet meal was much less so. Unsurprisingly, there was ample food, some of it good. However, the presentation was mediocre; for example, the serving utensils were not refreshed and many were coated with congealed food. Several of the vegetable dishes were warm, but none we tried were hot. The prime rib was chewy , and was more decorative than delicious. At essentially $100 per person, the buffet was a poor value.

Dined on a Friday at 7 pm. We were greeted by a please seat yourself sign and no hostess. The restaurant was practically empty, it took a while for anyone to acknowledge us. The atmosphere was not overly appealing and it was very bright in the restaurant/hotel lobby we dined in. The waitress had no idea about the wine list or even how to pronounce them. The duck pastrami was delicious but besides that the food was very marginal. My chimichuri tasted slightly rancid, the local mushrooms had an overwhelming flavor of dirt, my date’s steak was severely over cooked and the menu just tasted bland. I would not recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

The food was absolutely horrible! There’s no other way to state it. The presentation was good, but I do believe the cook poured an entire cup of salt on the brocolinni and pasta!!! I got there early (bar side) 4 pm. I was starving because my meetings went overtime and I didn’t have time to eat lunch. I couldn’t even finish one piece of the vegetable. I only ate 1/3 of the pasta and I did eat the salmon. Very disappointed as I expected much better.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Both our steaks were severely overcooked. We didn't even eat them. Waitress was terrible. Checked on us 3 times over 2 hours. Will never be back. Food and service were awful

Jacob is the best bar tender

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good service and food. Nothing spectacular

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Excellent breakfast while staying at the Chatanoogan.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The dining experience was exactly what my wife and I wanted. Excellent food and service on a quiet Sunday evening. We missed the jazz music but enjoyed the atmosphere perfect for conversation.

We went based on the menu on the webpage only to find that it had been changed but not updated on the webpage. So what we ordered was good just not what we had anticipated. The drinks were good. The cream brulee was cold and chunky.

We ate there breakfast and dinner. All of the meals we had were excellent. The service was top notch and both times, the servers were knowledgeable and efficient. Would definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was excellent. Taylor was an excellent waiter. I ate here 2 days. The eggs were perfection both days. Would recommend the avacado toast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pretty good. Not overly crowded, but there was only one waitress. She was good but a bit overworked so difficult to get things just right or timely. The dressing for the Caesar salad is very anchovy heavy. My husband liked it, but I could not eat it. The crabcakes were delicious. We ordered a side, but it never came. We had a lemon coconut dessert and it was flavorless; neither one of us ate it after the first bite. I guess the crabcakes saved our whole experience because they were quite good.

It was a slow night but Randy made sure to keep me entertained. He was delightful and made me one of the best old fashioned’s I’ve ever had. The manager Michaela was the sweetest and sat down to talk with me after noticing I was by myself. All around wonderful experience at Stills & Mash.