My meal wasn't that good at all, The woman upfront had recommended the shrimp and fish combo..& hushpuppies~ won't ever get it again. Too hard, too much batter, hushpuppies super hard!! The worst! Horrible, even the onion rings were overcooked. Environment was warm inside, packed and spoke w/kitchen fellow who didn't offer to make things right. But the dessert was very good and thank God! Service was good just super busy.. read more

Try the steak... Louis is a Knoxville legend - probably most famous for their pasta dishes but, have you had their ribeye? The restaurant has a very casual low vibe so it is a great place many occasions. The service is always good. The food is good. Make sure you have the right expectations though - this is not a fancy place but it is a good place. read more

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We go to Louis every Sunday they were closed last week and they really done a good job updating the place took down the blinds put up window tinting new carpet and stained all the wood ... it really looks good and of course we have never got anything bad. At Louis's. Everything is very good. Everyone there is very nice and friendly Especially one you know who you are !! read more

Great service and the food is as good as it has always been. Definitely recommend if you are in the area. read more

Louis Original - We used to go to Louie's all the time so whenever we are in town it's a MUST!! Love this place!! - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

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Came in today for lunch order lasagna with a side of meatballs told them to put the meatballs on the side, not to cook it in it well brought out meatballs were cooked in sent it back and all they did was take the meatballs out and put them on a plate to them I want fresh they acted like they did not like that. I eat the meatballs by themselves. The lighting was loaded today and the wait read more

Food was pretty good. I liked the atmosphere. I'm not going to break my neck to go back but It's a shame that so few of these old locally owned restaurants are around anymore. read more

Delicious as always. Great service and caring staff. Today we had a medical scare while eating and EMTs came to check my husband out. Michael came out and stayed with us until help arrived, offering any help we needed. I am so grateful for all the help we received. My husband ended up being ok after being checked out in the ambulance. Thanks again to everyone for great food, service and compassionate attention when we needed it! read more

First time here and we were a party of 9. Very good Italian food, onions rings, garlic bread, blue cheese on the salad. It's obviously popular by the crowded dining room and never ending pick up orders go out while waited for a table to be set up. Our server was exceptional. read more

I had an excellent meal (soup and salad) for $8.00 at Louis Restaurant on Old Broadway . The service was excellent and the food delicious. Louis is a classic dating back to 1958 and is a staple in the North Broadway community. They have wonderful appetizers, and of course traditional Italian dishes. You can also get a burger, or cheeseburger, and even steaks. If you have never been to Louis you are missing out on excellent food for very reasonable prices. Follow me on Yelp for more places to eat, and things to see and do in and around Knoxville. read more

Louis Original - The Original Louis Restaurant on Old Broadway at I-640 in Knoxville. - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

We picked up a to-go order for dinner. I had the baked spaghetti with meatballs and my wife had the regular spaghetti. We always get extra meat sauce which comes in handy to add to next day leftovers. Louis is a longtime favorite of ours. Great portions, nice traditional Italian taste and quick service all combine to make it a frequent stop. read more

Ate at this restaurant about 7 years ago for a work function and wasn't impressed then but my husband wanted to go this time. We got there about 5:15ish, we were seated right away. Sat there for 15 minutes while three other parties came in after us and were seated and served! We still hadn't seen a waitress. I got up and went to the front to ask for a waitress to come to our table..there were 4 people standing behind the counter chit chatting..the women who seated us just stared at me and didn't say a word. One woman asked if everything was ok and I told her we have been sitting there for 15 minutes with no one to serve us. There were plenty of servers! After that our server was EXTREMELY RUDE and unfriendly!! Apparently if you are not a regular that's how you are treated. You could tell almost all the people in there were regulars and the wait staff was very friendly and chit chatty with them! Even sitting at the table with them! The bread had no hint of garlic..it was thick and flavorless, the lasagna was extremely salty and very greasy. My husband got the breaded chicken parm..which was dry with just a piece of cheese on the top, no sauce. Needless to say, we won't be returning. Apparently asking to be waited on after waiting 15 minutes and watching 3 tables being seated and served that arrived after you is frowned upon at this establishment. Rude staff and the food is nothing to write home about. read more

One if the Best Restaurants in Knoxville, can't beat the spagetti and pizza, always been super great place to eat..great memories there

Always good food we've been going there for 30 years. The spaghetti is always good. And I like the salads and the bread.

Wowza! The baked lasagna was out of this world. The side salad was an afterthought... maybe if you were in the restaurant it would be stronger. So close to a five... the staff was not friendly. And while the website touts 20 min curbside I was told 30 before it was ready and an additional 25 wait once I arrived. Definitely a staple in the area! read more

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We came on a Sunday at 12:30 PM and it was busy! There was about a 30 minute wait and we were asked to wait in our car or outside and they would call us. While waiting in the car, we tried to decide our meals, but we waited since their menu was a little confusing. We saw pictures of a Sunday menu and wanted to make sure the menu wasn't different. Well, they have a Sunday menu and their full menu served on Sundays which makes choosing food harder! Everything sounded good! I decided to go with a Southern classic and my husband went Italian. They gave generous portions at a great price. We were sooo full! We didn't have room for dessert, but when I heard they offered complimentary rice pudding, I couldn't say no! Next time, we will try their pizza! read more

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This restaurant right off 640 at Old Broadway provides Big portions, friendly & fast service with reasonable prices. The ribeye meal is ridiculous for $27 you get garlic bread, salad, a huge side of spaghetti with good meat sauce and a large ribeye steak. read more

The service was really good. If you want a nice southern family environment, this place will suit your fancy. The environment was a mix between Gondolier and Stoney's. They have plenty of seating and even a private room for special group events. It definitely has an Old School 70s and 80s vibe. read more

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The food is very old school sloppy Italian-American fare but you can tell it's low-quality. The onion rings have no seasoning on them whatsoever, and the garlic bread has no garlic flavor. Service and the location are great, don't get me wrong, there's a reason it's a Knoxville institution, but it's not up to snuff anymore. If you have nostalgia, I get the love, but it's just not worth the money if you didn't grow up with it. read more

This is a fun place to eat! It's very unique. The pasta sauce is unlike anything I've had before. It's not authentic Italian but it's good. I love the ravioli and sauce. The salad is simple but yummy. The onion rings could use some salt. The rice pudding is classic southern. The bread is also yummy. read more

We decided to go to Louis last night. I read the reviews and I was a little hesitant. Well I'm glad to say I have been to Louis. And I have no interest in going back. The service was excellent. The food .... It was horrible. We got the mushroom and onion ring appetizers. It was nothing outstanding. The onion rings were bland. I ordered the baked lasagna and my husband got the baked manicotti. Both entrees were awful. I took like 4 bites and I'm done. He took 2 or 3 bites of his. I have had better warmed up stouffers lasagna. read more

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We had a gathering with about 25 people in attendance tonight at Louis on Broadway from about 7:30-10pm. We were in a private banquet room, and the room was perfect for us. We had one server assigned to our room; her name is Ouida, and she did NOT mess around. She made sure everything went well, that the food and drinks flowed smoothly, and that we were all taken care of. In addition to the large party, she was also subjected to me fumbling around on the guitar and bellowing out Christmas songs, and she was awesome! The food, of course, was excellent as well, and we all had a great night. I would definitely recommend Louis for a party or gathering, and I would surely recommend Ouida! read more

Review in one word, unsatisfying. Review in several words: Salad from a bag??? One sad cucumber. Thick, dry, flavorless bread. Flounder was akin to buying frozen from the grocery store. Went with staff's suggestion of combination plate vs baked ravioli/manicotti. Can't say whether it was the better of the two, but I would've liked to have tried the latter as the spaghetti noodles and ravioli were soft and not al dente. The only meatball was flavorless and extremely dry. Basically, I'm dissatisfied and sad we wasted our money. Bright side, ranch was actually good. read more

Louis Original - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

Always love Louis !!! A Knoxville staple. The pizza is amazing. Lasagna is my favorite, it's so rich!!! Spaghetti is delicious!!!

Great food and service. I got the sirloin and spaghetti for lunch and a onion rings for appetizers and they were awesome. read more

Louis Original - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

This restaurant was clean and seemed like an well organized as a business. The wait was on the longer side, but we were okay to wait. The menu and food is...very interesting. Definitely not what we expected. We've had authentic Italian food, American Italian food in our life, and the food here is like neither. Maybe country Italian. Or Appalachian Italian. They don't have wine. Their garlic bread is strangely sweet and fluffy. They don't have calamari. The salad is nice and fresh, so as their dressings but the selection is quite old school. And it comes with saltines crackers. Breading on the onion rings and chicken is thick, hard, and brand. Their meat sauce is very salty, but edible with enough cheese. Their version of Parmesan cheese is also interesting...not good or bad, just...different. We learned a lot, and will not go back, unfortunately. read more

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The portion sizes here are incredible! So much food for a great price and it's delicious. It's a bit on the oily side, but the homemade meat sauce is so good. I ordered takeout and the curbside pickup was fast and efficient. Highly recommend! read more

I have been addicted to the spaghetti with meat sauce since I was little. If you like Pizza Palace spaghetti then this is right up your alley. Majority of the time I get take-out. This consists of a very large order of spaghetti (I usually eat half of it the night I get it and the rest is for lunch), a shredded lettuce salad. Trust me on this. Get the Vinaigrette, an additional Blue Cheese Dressing and a side of Parmesan. Mix it up however you like but using all 3 makes it pretty darn good. They also give you good garlic butter toasted bread. I crave this place every time I think about it. For me it's tradition but the spaghetti here never gets old for me. Go check it out. Dine in the restaurant or pull up to the drive-in, or just get it to-go like me. They are closed on Mondays. Cheers & Enjoy!! read more

The service was great but the baked spaghetti was not what I expected. Bread was amazing!

I've always wanted to go to Louis, not sure what took me so long! It's so cute inside! I was surprised to get seated so quickly because the parking lot was packed but it's a lot bigger inside than I imagined. They have lots red cozy booths and tables in the middle. I got onion rings as an appetizer because it's one of the things they're known for. They were really big and freshly made. I ordered the baked lasagna and my daughter had the baked manicotti and raviolis. This also did not disappoint! The melty bubbling cheese in their meat sauce was super yummy and the garlic bread dipped in that sauce was my fav. Service was also very good. read more

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My wife and I came here on our date night. We were looking for something "original", different, and good. I'll start by saying that I will not be back. The restaurant is not conveniently located. The parking is just off the road, so it is hard to get in and out of spots. The waiting room is surprisingly undersized. The dining room is old and outdated. The food is amateur. The salad was served on small bowls. It tasted worse than Chinese restaurant salad. I ordered what tasted like a cheap knock off of skyline chili. My wife's lasagna was soupy and wet. The water was definitely not filtered (a pet peeve of mine). Only by request did they bring out "garlic" bread. The bread didn't even have a hint of flavor. End it all with waiting in line to pay the bill at their one register, crowded by those waiting for tables. I would pass on this place. read more

Louis... You either love it or you hate it. And boy do I love it! This is my favorite place for spaghetti in the world. I know that might sound a little crazy but I grew up eating Louis just like my mom also grew up eating Louis. To me, it is the ultimate comfort food and always delicious. Out family favorite is the veal parmesan but other favorites include chicken parmesan, baked spaghetti, and the combination platter. Homemade french and ranch dressings mixed is always the move for the salad. Yes, it's simple shredded but is always fresh and crisp. It's not "fine" Italian but it sure is good and even better as leftovers (just ask for some free extra sauce when boxing up). No liquor license but you cab always bring in your own wine! read more

Louis Original - Veal Parmesan - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

I am rating the food, not the service. We've been on the hunt for some decent Italian food since moving here and tried Louis this weekend. I had high hopes because the parking lot was full, but we were really bummed out at how bland and boring everything tasted. We started with the onion rings, which lacked any and all seasoning. I had ravioli, drowning in pasta sauce, and my husband had the chicken parm. Both were just so flat it was hard to enjoy it. Our server was nice, and the food came fast, but we won't be returning. The price for the quality of food doesn't equate. read more

Literally the best spaghetti in Knox. I always get the combination platter baked style. read more

Louis Original - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

Extremely salty food - lasagna Spaghetti was cold Liver onions dish so plain No Italian deserts For an authentic place terrible Will not return read more

Food was good. Disappointed the pricing on the menu does not match what I was charged. Ordered the baked spaghetti and my total came out twice as much as l was expecting. When I asked the Carry out server. She was pretty rude. Didn't even want to stay around and wait for my change cause she raised her voice at me. read more

While in Knoxville for work a couple local employees brought me here for lunch and I'm glad they did. Even for lunch on a Wednesday afternoon the place was pretty busy but we had no issues being seated and quick service. The waitress was great and very attentive. I had the chicken parm lunch portion which came with a big portion of spaghetti and garlic bread. Needless to say I left fat, dumb and happy. Food was great, service was great and I look forward to eating here during future trips to Knoxville. The other guys raves about the baked spaghetti before we got there and it looked delicious. read more

Best Italian restaurant in Knoxville area! I've been going there for years. I don't know what they put in the sauce but it's amazing!

I've eaten at Louis' for over 40 years. During COVID it's been a mainstay for my family; a break. I must be old but common manners and courtesy are gone. The customer service that was always present he's given way to long hold times and attitudes of, "whaddya want." I was asked to hold after telling the young lady I wanted to place an order to go. Future minutes later, a young lady picks up and goes back through the whole new call routine. I restate what I am calling for and she responds with, "Yeah. Whaddya want?" Fine for some; not fine for us. Very rude attitude and disrespectful given WE are customers. Sad. We're taking our business where it's appreciated. read more

Louis is a great place to eat spaghetti. Thats usually all I've ever ordered. Tonight I thought I'd try something different and ordered the seafood platter. That turned out to be a horrible decision. This seafood platter was probably one of the top 3 worst meals I have ever eaten in 49 years. I eat out probably 10-12 times a week so thats a lot of opportunities to have bad meals so for this to be on my top 3 worst is saying a lot. Waitress said it was going to be a lot of food. It wasn't. It consisted of 2 breaded flat shrimp or some type of imitation shrimp meat, one flat, flounder fillet that was hard and dry, 3 fried oysters that was just mainly hard batter, onion rings (best thing on the plate), one stuffed deviled crab which i couldn't bring myself to try (my wife did and said it was not good), and there were supposed to be some scallops but they didn't bring any on the plate. When the waitress came back by I asked about the scallops and she looked at me like I was crazy and said she'd check. Several minutes later she came back with 4 fried things that looked like over fried tater tots. Absolutely Horrible. Just sitting here typing this makes me almost sick. It was one of those bad meals that has probably turned me off from going back even though the spaghetti is actually good. Who knows. When I paid, the hostess asked me, "was everything good"? I said, "everything except the seafood". She didn't skip a beat or respond in any way and just kept processing my payment. I didn't say anything else but Louis would be much better off if they took the frozen fried seafood platter off their menu and just stuck to spaghetti. read more

Louis Original - Seafood platter - Pizza Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

I am giving 2 stars based on my experience with MICHEAL ONLY! The food in this restaurant always deserves a 5 star!! I have been going to Louis as long as I can remember and have always loved it and the service. Louis has always been very gracious to help with schools and the community especially with the owners having kids that went to school close by. This was Saturday, June 17, 2023 I called an order in of two kids spaghetti (one with pepperoni and one with meatball and we ordered kids because we knew we wouldn't be able to put any left over's away due to not going home for a while). I ordered an additional regular size spaghetti dinner. This was approximately 2:00ish. This was a pick up order for my mom for her birthday. The young lady on the phone who took my order repeated what I had ordered for confirmation. We pick up the order and head over to my moms house. I normally check my orders anywhere I go but I didn't for some reason. We get to my mom's house and the order had three of the kids size spaghetti instead of two and a regular. Ended up giving my mom the one with the meatball because there was significantly more spaghetti in it than the one that was supposed to be regular size. We finish at my mom's house and I pulled the receipt to see if I was only charged for 3 kids by mistake. The info was on on that receipt as it was only the signed credit card copy. So I call the restaurant just to double check and see if we were only charged for the 3 kids or if we were actually charged per my order. If so, I was just going to see if they could refund the difference. Not a big deal at all, wanted to double check what I was actually charged for before mentioning what I had actually ordered. The young lady was sweet and put me on hold to check. Next a gentleman (not a very nice one) named MICHAEL picked up and I couldn't tell if he was there for me or just picking up the line. So I asked and he said that the girl was trying to tell him and he decided just to get the phone and figure it out himself. That should have been a clue as he was already a little disrespectful in speaking about an employee to someone over the phone. So I told him what I ordered and just wanted to check to see if I was only charged for three kids or if I was in fact charged for 2 kids and a regular. He confirmed I was charged for what I ordered. I explained to him the above. He immediately started arguing with me and told me I was wrong that he made it himself and that he knew the regular had significantly more in it than the kids and stated it was a lunch portion. I told him I didn't order a lunch portion I ordered a regular one. He again said he made it himself and he knew for a fact there was more in it. I told him that he was wrong that the one that was supposed to be regular had the least in it and we ended up giving the kids portion to my mom since it had more. He yelled at me at telling me I obviously was not understanding him. He then angrily yelled and said "fine, what do I need to do to make you happy so we can fix it then!" I told him that I just wanted the difference of a kids to a regular. He said he can't do that without voiding the whole thing and then I would have to give him my card over the phone and he would have to redo it or he could put my name down and next time we ordered they would replace the spaghetti. I definitely was not comfortable at that point giving him my card information as I did not trust him with it after the way he spoke of his employee and definitely how he spoke to me. I told him he could just replace it. He took my name and said he or Danielle would be the only ones to fix it when we came in. I have never been spoke to in such a manner as MICHAEL did that day. He was rude in regards to his employee and angrily rude to me as a customer. This was a simple call just to check and see if they could refund the difference, nothing else. I was not calling to demand anything, I was basically calling to double check what was charged and what should have been charged. MICHAEL turned it into a huge ordeal that should have never happened. Had he listened to me to begin with instead of insulting his employee and the customer being so immediately defensive, argumentative, and yelling, I would not be writing this review. The family that owns this restaurant are amazing and in all my years of going to Louis, I have never ever had an experience like I did on this phone call. If MICHAEL is the manager, he may need to go through additional training on customer service. Instead of just a few dollar refund he has cost this restaurant an additional meal. read more