The service at this location was excellent. I sat at the lounge and my waitress "Jody" was the best. Highly recommend the spinach Maria. The ribs were very good but I have had better. Overall it was a good dining experiencing. read more

Calhoun's - The spinach Maria was really good. The ribs very tasty as well!! - Barbeque Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

Was in Knoxville and met family for dinner as Calhoun's is a local favorite of mine. The only reason for two stars was our waitress who was great. I truly hope the food quality has not tanked in other locations like this one. I ordered brisket with Spinach Maria. The brisket was thick cut and 75% of it was fat. Disgusting. The Spinach Maria was only ok. Won't return to the Turkey Creek location and will not stop at the new Copper Cellar Marketplace got to-go items like I intended before I return to LA. read more

Sigh. We always eat here on way to Neyland. It's a family tradition as part of our road trip. Today was not good. Service was extremely slow. Our nachos came out cold and one side of the chips had so much salt dumped on them you couldn't eat them. The wings, which are typically awesome, also were so salty. It was like the kitchen had accidentally dumped cups of salt over these two dishes. Very odd. Our salads came out after our entrees. Our server knew things were off and apologized but she never offered to accommodate us/the bill etc. We were disappointed. read more

So after waiting 30 minutes for a lost reservation it then became an hour. A phone call was made Wednesday and I personally drove two hours to catch up but that will not happen. Please do everyone a favor and go to any other Calhoun's because they treated us horribly. I asked how much longer and they stated they were waiting on a table they hadn't even served food to. Due to there being 14 of us total that was a large money loss and the general manager didn't even attempt to seat us anywhere else and there was plenty of other space. The hostess said an empty table was for people who "made" a reservation and we clearly did. I was a big fan of Calhoun's but I'll never send anyone there again. read more

This place has been the standard for what dining out means in Knoxville. We currently live in Colorado and every time we go out to eat we always compare it to our experience that we had at Calhoun's. Their service is top notch and always very friendly. The food is always on point along with taste and freshness. The drinks are tasty and crafty. This is my go to place for when recommending places to eat at for friends and family when they visit Knoxville. read more

This is not my favorite steakhouses. I came up with my family for a nice dinner; however, our service full of waits and delays. Our spinach and artichoke dip had gone bad and sour (which luckily they replaced and took off the bill). When our food finally came, it was sad and lacking. The bbq was dry and not fragrant. Our order was misread and we weren't given the right sides. I'm sorry but I don't think I'll be coming back read more

Calhoun's is my favorite Tennessee bbq restaurant. I always look forward to coming here. The food is fantastic, the atmosphere is casual, the staff (at this location and in Gatlinburg) were exceptional. Unfortunately, the consistency between the two restaurants were lacking. The location in Gatlinburg was superb on every aspect. The food at the Turkey Creek location was slightly lacking. However, still very delicious. I look forward to my next visit. read more

Food was ok. Burgers were supposed to be $5.50 and we were charged a different price. Our server was "just out of training " so wasn't really helpful. Baked potato had to be sent back (not hot) you get the picture. The 3 stars was for the taste of my burger. Nothing else read more

They have good food and it's pretty consistent. I have never had the barbecue surprisingly, so I can't comment on that. But I do know I do not like the barbecue sauce. It is Thin and runny and oily and I don't love the taste. But everything else is good. Also a fan of their salads and they use fresh lettuce and not the horrible bagged salad mix full of preservatives. read more

Enjoyed a early evening dinner on Friday. We arrived at 5 p.m. and were quickly seated; by the time we left at 6:30 there was a short wait. The staff were very friendly and helpful. My wife ordered the ribs and enjoyed every finger licking bite. I enjoyed one rib-she became very stingy with her ribs once she tasted how good they were. They were very moist and delicious. I had the house salad and it was large enough for a meal in itself. The lettuce, cheese and bacon bits, along with tomatoes were fresh and the taste popped. I tried the traditional thousand island dressing and it was superb. It was very cool outside but Calhoun's had their big fireplace going-great ambience and delicious meal. read more

Brunch! This is the best brunch I've been to in a long time. I had to try a little of many different sides and everything I had was delicious. I was skeptical about the top round because I don't like chewy meat. It was so tender and tasty. Biscuits and gravy...yum! Hubby thought the ribs were all right but a little dry. They have a large selection of sides and chicken. Only one fish selection I saw , which was fine with me, but hubby likes lox etc. Fresh omelet station and make your own waffles. Finally a selection of fruits and homemade desserts. They were fantastic! They also have $6 mimosas every day. Wish coffee was included but it was fresh and plentiful so I can't complain. No one should leave hungry! It is a little pricy but I don't mind paying a little extra for great food. And they have live music which I love!! Overall, loved it. read more

We've heard about the local Knoxville Calhoun chain for some time so we were all looking forward to this dining experience. Since we were in the Oak Ridge area we opted for the newer Calhoun at the large Turkey Creek shopping area. This would be a good test since the six of us ranged in age from 4 to 86. Only the elder of the group was a native of the area. This turned out to be a very enjoyable meal. The food and service (our server was Joe M.) was excellent. Since we all ordered various items we tasted the BBQ ribs, pulled pork, and chicken... and grilled cheese for little Alex. Everyone rated the food highly. The ribs were tasty and not quite "falling of the bone". Just right said the pair who orded them, but we all swapped tastes of food back and forth. I had the pulled pork plate with slaw and fries. Other sides were baked potatoes, baked BBQ beans, and in on instance a good sized salad was picked for a side with no additional charge. The portions were so large that only one of us cleaned their plate so the rest of us got two meals out of the deal. Considering the portions I feel the price is well worth a $$ rating. Our individual meals ran from $14 for the BBQ Trio to $13 for a half slab of ribs to $10 for the BBQ Pork Plate. Tasty Calhoun BBQ sauce was on the table and used generously. Local microbrew ales and beers are also availble. We will be back. read more

Calhoun's - A kid's meal served in a 1957 Ford Fairlane make for a nice touch and keeps them happy... at least the boys! - Barbeque Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

Husband and I were visiting from California and wanted to get some good Southern BBQ, and Calhoun's was close to our hotel. It was about 8pm on a Sunday night and business seemed awfully light for how big the place is, but the menu looked good so we took a seat. The food: The bread they bring you is good, and we were very happy with the pretzel and beer cheese appetizer. Husband got a large beer from the brewery next door, which he seemed to enjoy. I got a cucumber cocktail, which was too sweet. But hell, I'm not one to turn down a cocktail, so I drank that shiznit up. He ordered a rack of ribs, and I got a pulled pork sandwich. Both had mediocre taste and were really dry. I tried adding slaw and BBQ sauce to my sandwich to no avail. Something very rare happened to me that night: I instantly lost my appetite and didn't finish my entree. Gross. Husband was a trooper and ate his dry, chewy ribs. The service: This is where it was weird. The hostess was very nice, and we were seated promptly. The service was attentive, but our waiter had a very strange demeanor. Never once smiled. I'm from California, so this is not strange, but in Tennessee, where everyone had been so friendly, this was strange. The weirdest part was when we got the bill - when husband compared the credit card bill to sign with the itemized original one, the tax amount had gone up by over a dollar. The total was the same. Whoever rung up the bill purposefully took some out of the total and added it to the tax. Considering most people just double the tax when they tip, this raised the tip from about 15% to over 20%. Not cool, or legal. read more

We have given the Calhoun's chain a 2nd, 3rd and 4th try and will mostly never ever go back. We went to the Turkey Creek store on a Friday at 3:00pm and asked to be seated at a table in the bar. There was one other party in the restaurant at the time. The bartender, Kayla, came and took our drink order. Sweet tea with lemon and a porter for the Mr. I got sweet tea, no lemon and Mr. got his porter, in a ice cold glass (a no no for porters) She took our order and twenty minutes later we were finally asked if we would like some bread. Just as Kayla delivered the bread, here comes our meals. Both of our meals were overly salted and lukewarm. Are you kidding me? Two parties in a huge restaurant and it takes twenty minutes for a burger and some fish and chips? We finished our meal and waited and waited for Kayla to clear ur table. I swear she's the slowest bartender I've ever seen. Mr. decided he wanted a dessert - banana pudding and a black coffee. 10 minutes later, we finally got the code, but no dessert. Fast forward another 15 minutes and still no dessert - but there were plenty of wait people hanging around the bar, chatting up Kayla. Mr. decided to forego the dessert and had to go to the bar to tell Kayla that1) we never received the dessert, and 2) we wanted to pay and get out. And wouldn't you know - here comes the dessert. Kayla asks us "do you want me to put that in a to-go box?' Ugh. Sorry Calhouns. We might still go to the Copper Cellar, but we will never go to a Calhouns store again. read more

Calhoun's is normally always great. This one is not. We have tried several times over several months. Today was no different. The food was average at best and the service was below par (e.g. having to ask for bread half way through the meal, steak over cooked and tough). No management team was present to ask how things were. If you like Calhoun's food, do yourself a favor and go to the one in Bearden. read more

The concierge, or desk guy to be more accurate given the hotel I was staying at had recommended the white chili and I felt like trusting him. I ordered Fried Green Tomatoes as an appetizer, a dish I had never had before. I figured if it's good enough for Jessica Tandy then it's good enough for me. Actually very tasty. The batter was good and the tartness from the young tomatoes gave a nice subtle, almost fruit taste. An experience I would be willing to have again. I had the special of meatloaf and well its meatloaf. Not the best I've had but far from the worst. A friend had the hot wings. The batter was a bit thick. The taste was a higher okay but okay nonetheless. I'm told the ribs weren't the best in Tennessee as they advertise but once again on the high end of okay. Well, thats that y'all. read more

It was alright. We visited during lunch but it took awhile to receive our food. Two couples received their orders and were almost finished by the time we received ours. That was alright considering we had no place to be but I would hate to be there during their rush. I had the BBQ sandwich and it was alright. Smelt better than it taste. read more

I wouldn't say this is a place to write home about. However the Sunday morning we went, the special was a prime rib sandwich. The prime rib was as big as my face! I ditched the bread and ate the steak by itself. It was really good. Seems like they have good food all around, we all left full and happy. read more

No host at the station when we got here, waited 5 min for someone to show up, then she was rude and didn't great us or apologize for the wait. Ribs were not very good. I do not recommend eating here. It's basically just a sports bar. read more

I normally like this place but this Turkey Creek location has been so-so the last few times here. Most recently, we ate with another couple but, my ribs were dry and slightly burned (didn't enjoy them), my wife's chicken was also overdone, and another in our party had pork chops that were uneventful and dry too. You know, the kind of meal that is "meh" (not BAD, but just not good enough to want to repeat) but what makes it bad is that I could have done BETTER cooking the same thing on my grill at home. Not worth the money when the food is mediocre. However, the corn pudding was good and the bread is almost always good. I'll think twice before coming back. The ribs are better at Chili's - go figure. read more

I just moved from Jacksonville, FL to the Farragut area of TN. Been trying a lot of different restaurants looking for a place that was comfortable and offered good food. I usually sit at the bar, so I have someone to chat with (if they are not busy) and learn about the menu. Of all the places I've visited so far, Calhoun's is my favorite. I'm not into big, heavy meals, so always looking for something a little lighter. They have a great salad with pulled BBQ on top... reasonably priced, and it's on the menu most days of the week. Calhoun's is a very nice, slightly upscale, restaurant with friendly staff and good clean food. read more

Calhoun's was very good! Their chicken BBQ was awesome! But their bathrooms were dated and gross they weren't that bad but still gross. Me my wife and my kids were very stuffed when we walked out.Are waitress was nice and funny. It was very crowded but it was a Sauturday. read more

Had dinner with a group of 18 on 7/29/15 and everyone had a good dinner. I had the half slab hickory bbq ribs (very good), Cole slaw (good), spinach maria (great!!) and triple fudge cake with ice cream (good). Service was very good; our server was super and kept each check in order. A very good experience. read more

I had the best experience here. My waitress was Sky. She was awesome, I had a chicken BBQ salad they forgot my chicken. I'm not upset about, I was laughing and it Sky was on it. She handled her section extremely well. Sky I want you to know you are awesome sprinkled with glitter. Thank you. read more

Great tasting pulled pork. Some other favorites include the garlic roll, the smokehouse salad and the pretzels.

We went for lunch on Friday, and out of 4 orders, 1 was good. I ordered chicken teriyaki. The rice was old, hard, and dry. The green beans tasted like there was a chemical on them, and the chicken was very dry. My son"s meal was chicken teriyaki and his rice was awful as well. My daughter got bbq chicken and her rice was old too. Like there was leftover rice and that is what we were served. My mom got chicken tenders and baked potato and that was good. I used to like this place, not sure I'll be going back. read more

Had a very crappy Birthday dinner at Calhoun's. Today is most likely my last time ever going back to a Calhoun's restaurant again. We were there for an hour and 15 minutes, food took almost 40 minutes to come out, only saw the server three times, once to get our drink order (the only drinks we got the entire time), second to get our food orders and then a little bit over an hour being there he come around asked how everything was, we asked for refills on drinks. 10minutes later we still never got them. Our server seem to be more attentive to the larger parties that later arrived after us. The manager came over to see how we were, we expressed our concerns with the situation. She gave very to little concern but did however remove the drinks off our bill. That was nice but 40 minutes for food to come out which was semi-cool by that time. Wow!!!! This place seems to be poorly ran. This isn't the first or second time with similar service at this location. We are Just gonna take our business elsewhere in the future. read more

This place has the best turkey burgers. I mentioned y'all in my blog:http://yallcomeoninthedoorsopen.blogspot.com/2014/06/biking-for-burgers.html Check it out.. read more

Very good food, very good wait staff!! Crazy awful management!!! #1. he couldn't explain the sales tax difference between the customer copy and the copy the customer signs. #2. He asked me if that was my tab, and then if I needed to know what I needed to tip out??? Hummmm never did he answer my question other than he didn't know On question #1 !!! I won't be back to that Calhoun's if any. If they treat there paying patrons like that. read more

My daughter said give this place 4 stars. She devoured almost a half slab of ribs before I could ask her if she liked them. The BBQ chix sandwich was good. Had it with a baked potato and so pleased with that choice. Bloody Mary hit the spot, too. Tasty pecan pie. Cannot beat the location and scenery. Saw lots of big parties and be prepared to park in the garage across the street. read more

Sat in the bar area for drinks and food. Absolutely brutal service. Made a mistake on each drink order and the only food order. Service was slow and disorganized. Table was dirty. Dirty glasses and dishes not promptly removed. Servers constantly coming to our table and interrupting our conversation with food orders that were not ours. I'm Calhoun's fan but this was a disaster. Manager needs to step up and oversee some of this. read more

Always a very consistant quality. Very good. I recommend ribs, Southern chicken salad, grilled chicken teriaki.

Yum! Our server, Lindsey, was friendly, thorough, and very efficient. Everyone at our table ordered fish & chips or BBQ pork, and all liked their dinner. We will be back. read more

This is not my first visit to this establishment but it will likely be my last. I want this to be as even-handed a review as possible but I would like to emphasize most that this establishment, after you have made clear that IF YOU DO NOT CONSUME PORK-- they will somehow continue to SERVE YOU PORK! Be warned, people!! For some reason they did NOT choose to take this warning seriously!! I went in with what I wanted for dinner in mind, single order naked wings and a house salad, "sans the bacon". I specifically asked my server was there typically bacon in it and he said "yes". I then with the aforementioned quote verbatim requested not to have bacon and he repeated back to me the request. Problem solved, right? Not necessarily. Due to their preparatory methods, my server returns to inform me that they were "out" of non-floured wings. While I do not fully understand why you'd not flour wings as needed is beyond me, it's not my restaurant to run. I now search for an alternative meal where upon I landed on the smoked half chicken with two sides. The chicken is served more along the line of a 1/4 chicken but that's not the real problem. It is so salty it was practically beyond belief. As to not ruin my woman's evening I simply soldiered through my meal until the unthinkable--I discover a inch-sized piece of bacon at the bottom of my salad. At this point I'm utterly disgusted with my meal, I spoke with a manager of whom behaved as powerless to resolve the issue as I'm more concerned about becoming ill before the night is over than anything else. The manager seemed thankful that I had notified her about the incident as she said, if they were not aware of the error they could not work to fix it in the future. They merely comped the salad, I paid for the remainder and calmly left. I had an awful experience here to say the least. If a restaurant cannot simply keep a component as simple as bacon out of a salad, lord only knows what other failings occur behind the scenes! read more

Very enjoyable meal. The ribs and steak were very good. The bread basket and the fresh vegetable option were exceptional. Nice wine list. There are craft beers as well. Our server Remy did a very nice job. Will stop there again next time we are in the area. read more

Spinach Maria was AMAZING!!! Customer service was great and we walked in 30 min before closing. Smoked chicken and prime rib are a must!!

First time visiting this restaurant. Stopped by for lunch and was seated immediately in the bar area. The bartender brought out our drinks in a timely fashion. It's after that it went downhill. We waited for over 20 minutes and our order was never taken. Since we only ordered water we just finally walked out. I would have understood if it was busy but only half the seats were filled. Won't be back. read more

We went here for a birthday party. Although the restaurant was called over a week in advance, and also was called to make sure everything was set up the day of the party, the staff was woefully unprepared. Just to order drinks took an hour, and there were more than one error. The food arrived sporadically, some folk getting their appetizers after their main courses were half eaten. Most meats were dry, and had obviously been sitting. My meat was lukewarm, the vegetable hot, but the mashed potatoes were stone cold with a dried crust. It took over 3 hours for dinner, and it wasn't because anyone was lingering. Refills on drinks took forever, and one person went to the bathroom to refill their water. The restaurant was so loud folk had to yell to carry on a conversation. We won't be back. read more

Terrible food. Steak wasn't done. Potatoes were cold. Steamed broccoli was iced. Took 1.5 hours to get food and eat. Will not be back. 1 positive thing salad good and clean bathrooms. read more

We ordered the Trio platter, the ribs were just ok (a little dry), the pulled pork would probably have been good but it was cold, spinach Maria was delicious as well as the Cole slaw, chicken tenders and fries were hot and very good, lastly the baked beans were disgusting. They were mushy like the had been reheated for days. First experience at Calhouns and will most likely be our last. Our waitress (Makayla) was very attentive to other tables but not so much at ours, we never even got bread plates (much less extra napkins)! read more