Dancing Bear Lodge Townsend

Would highly recommend Dancing Bear Lodge the staff is absolutely amazing we had car troubles and the staff was absolutely awesome and helped us tremendously. Would recommend them for anything if they help as much as they did for us today I can’t imagine how much they would help there customers!!!

10/10 We came here for our anniversary, the staff made us feel special. We will definitely be back. Food and ambience are 10/10. Thanks DB staff!!

They have a "recycling" container in each cabin that is dumped into the dumpster, along with the other trash. Shameful!

Service: 1

Very disappointing/overrated. Made reservation few weeks ago for the restaurant. Seated by entrance; door stayed open, it was freezing. Others arrived after us; seated by the fireplace. Waiter was outstanding, ambience rustic/nice but food was sub par, just way too expensive. Sorry, will never return.

Service: 4

My wife and I stayed at Dancing Bear Lodge this past weekend for the first time. We had an amazing experience. The accommodations and the staff are the highest quality. We highly recommend!

Rooms: Check-in was easy. Our cabin, Sugarlands 1, was immaculate and comfortable. There was a nice welcome basket when we arrived. The room had a full kitchen with a coffee maker, stove, stovetop, microwave, and refrigerator. There was delicious in room ground coffee from the Dancing Bean Coffee House.

Nearby activities: The Dancing Bear in Townsend is close to the entrance to Smoky Mountain NP and multiple excellent hiking trails. There is a nice, safe five mile paved bike and walking path in front of the Dancing Bear Lodge complex. The Foothills Parkway is nearby and is a beautiful drive. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are about 40 minutes away for a different type of experience.

Food and drinks: We had dinner at the Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro. The accolades the Bistro has received are well deserved. The staff was helpful, friendly, and attentive. My wife appreciated the extensive wines available. I had the stout beer from The Peaceful Side Brewery which was very good. The salads were inventive and flavorful. We both ordered the delicious Appalachian Bouillabaisse. Outstanding!
The Dancing Bear has a complimentary breakfast. We had delicious coffee lattes and fresh pastries at the Dancing Bean Coffee House one morning, and pancakes and eggs at the Apple Valley Cafe on the second morning.
We also had lunch at the nearby Peaceful Side Social, which we highly recommend.

Service: 5

This restaurant is truly a hidden gem. It is absolutely gorgeous on the inside and outside. The service was wonderful and the environment was perfection. We will definitely be back!

This is not our first experience at Dancing Bear Bistro and it's certainly won't be her last. As always, the dinner was marvelous. Our waiter was spectacular. Our evening out was just perfect. Thank you so much for doing what you do

Outstanding brunch experience! We were celebrating our 50th Anniversary. The food was amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed Jon, our server, who did a fantastic job! We would highly recommend Dancing Bear.

The service should be improved. The server got a wrong order but he left it on the bill. The metre passed asking if she can “offer” wine, but it was billed (it was our anniversary). Nothing was offered for the event.

It’s unfortunate that the customers can’t see everything from behind the scenes in a restaurant industry. You just get to see the beautiful product being made and presented so excellently with the service you don’t even think about the awful treatment of staff member across the whole Oldham Hospitality. The company shows off their five star and four star ratings and try so hard to sweep all the one star ratings underneath them. You don’t get to see the discrimination of choosing servers and unfair pay to over worked staff and work animosity between managers and employees. This is just a job but we as the working class make up these jobs. They would not be making money if it wasn’t for the workers working at their cashiers, running food, clearing tables, making coffee, cleaning the cabins. I won’t support a business that doesn’t care for their employees! This isn’t a negative hit on their uprising fame of food and ambience both are excellent but no matter what I care more about the people bringing my food and greeting me at the door then the people at the top trying fill their pockets.

Service: 5

Nothing short of amazing. We were seated outside. We arrived 30 minutes before our reservation and waited for when our table was ready at precisely our confirmed time. Our server, Maggie, took great care of us and made some excellent, thoughtful recommendations. We began with the dip trio, the hummus is exceptional. The highlight of our dinner was the crispy pork belly which deliciously combines taste and texture. We ordered the pork chop and trout and grits and were very pleased with the flavor profiles. Dessert and French press coffee followed with the bread pudding beating out the cobbler. No complaints period.

Every time we go we have such a great time. The food is the best and the staff is top notch. Even when there is an event going on they are so attentive and it doesn't impact your experience. Thanks again for a great evening. We will be back soon.

Our dinner at Dancing Bear Bistro was excellent! All of our food was great but the ambiance was even better. Everyone seemed happy to have us there and our server, Jack, was very personable. He made the experience a 10/10! He steered us in the right direction with all of our orders and they turned out great!

Had a delightful dinner. Our waiter was fantastic and very nice. The food was just enough and my filet mignon was cooked perfectly. My wife's chicken dinner was delicious as well. Sat at a fire pit after dinner and made s'mores.

The food and service were both over the top! We've dined at Dancing Bear each time we've visited the area, and it never disappoints. We had an amazing experience all around. We highly recommend, & we can't wait to return!