6 Best Southern Restaurants near Lenoir City

“Great hot food, frendly staff. best okra and moist meatloaf. The gift shop was great fun to shop after eating. CB in Lenoir City, TN is one of the best CB.“

“Great food, great service. The new chef and staff have brought new items to their menu. The restaurant is currently in a beautiful home that was converted to the Citico’s restaurant. I highly recommend for you to visit. Reid also does a great old fashion!“

“Today was my first visit & now I'm a fan! Food was fresh and delicious. Our server was great. If you haven't had this place, run..go today!“

“I couldn't get the Fried Chicken Meal I wanted. All they had let we're breast. So, I switched to Chicken Tenders, good but not what I wanted.
Your saving grace was Cameron our waitress. She did everything she could to try and get us the correct meal. She is an Outstanding employee. The kitchen was out of Fried Chicken Dinners at 5:15 on a Sunday. Not good planning, or you had a run on the dinners. We'll be back, one of our favorites.“

“12/19/25: Server Fenisha (sp) 5:45 pm. I have been by this location going to the post office so many times and just plain missed it. It next to but under the bridge level along the river bank. Across from the Fire Department. Very inviting look to it as you approach. We parked under the bridge curbside, and felt safe in the area. Walked maybe 100 feet. Entered technically from the back into the bar area. Very warm friendly folks, not loud, big vintage chairs at the table we sat at looking out the massive beautiful windows. The restrooms are through the other side of the dinning room which is not far away, lots of history on the way back to look at. The tables in the dinning room were so intimate and quaint, the gas fireplace was on and it was perfect. We will be back to sit in that room, we just didnt want to jump ship on our server that night. The menu which is on their sites is very inviting, and price pointed far better then most. The taste was on point and the helping sizes were fairly large. It was a much-needed night out to go hide from our lives for a couple hours. We enjoyed it and we will be back, probably together, and bringing friends on occasion. I love the history of the longest running family business in the town, and the town itself. Another Tennessee gem, I give it 4.5 stars only gripe I had was they were out of shrimp and the pineapple cake. LOL Thank you team, we will update this as we visit in the future.“

“Come see Kelly, she’s working the bar on weekends and absolutely ROCKS IT!!“