Dancing Bean is our favorite coffee shop when we're in Townsend! They are usually busy, so try to…read moreget there early to grab the best pastries. Every month, theirs a creative drink menu that's themed towards the season - they are usually how I order. The staff are polite and friendly...if you want a custom drink, they are happy to assist!

Dancing Bean remains our must stop coffee place when heading up to the mountains. Love the friendly…read moreservice here, and the cozy ambiance. It wasn't yet cold enough to have the fire going, but I'm sure in a few more weeks, it'll be nice and toasty in there. My go to order is always their house coffee with the lavender syrup and my better half gets the iced chai. He says it's his favorite chai in all of Tennessee!! They always have a drinks specials board and some yummy baked goods in their case (muffins, danishes, and scones). I also love their little gifts that you can buy for home, such as the glazed coffee cups. Other perks, include a filtered water station and a plant swap station. This place is just my favorite for coffee--if you haven't been, you're truly missing out.

Pancakes are excellent. Having maple syrup available would have made the pancakes even better…read more Sausage patties were good. Having a local source of meats would have made the dining experience even better. The dining room had the right touch of country. The ordering process is efficient with orders taken at the counter and food is delivered to your table. Customers are expected to bus their tables to disposals near the entry way, not unlike a fast food establishment. Like almost all establishment today, A tipping screen is built into the payment process. My tipping rule is - If I have to stand at a counter to order, I do not tip.

Walk in, take a deep breath, and order your food at the counter. Yes, you want the fried apple hand…read morepie. You'll get it before anything else. That's okay. Sit down. Pray over your food, and then enjoy every single bite if your hand pie before your food comes. Feel free to order another after your meal. Nice salads and sandwiches. Great service. The only ding in the service is that they wouldn't give me the recipe for the hand pies! I explained that they were the closest thing to my Great Aunt Ruby's hand pies I'd ever found and I needed that recipe. I explained that I was from Utah and would never be back again to enjoy their hand pies. I told them it was important to my family history to be able to make their recipe. No, ma'am. I could not talk them into divulging their recipe. I'm sad that u will never be that way again. If they put out a recipe book, I will be the first to order it.

Just had a latte, but it was good and service friendly. Cute shop with other shops around to visit…read more Fair amount of indoor and outdoor seating.

The coffee here is always terrific and our family makes it a point to visit here each time we're in…read moretown. The baristas are knowledgeable and willing to make recommendations as well. They baristas also come off as very genuine and friendly in their approach a the speed of service was amazing as well. Our family tried the following and all were rated 5/5 except the lemonade. My young son is a lemonade snob and we gave him a hard time for ordering lemonade at a coffee shop so part of that is on him. He said he should've added Boba bubbles. Iced vanilla latte Iced chai Mocha and cream frap

Yikes! I'm honestly…read morenot sure where to start and really hate leaving a two star review for a family run business in a small town, but I really do think they need to take a look at their business model. If anything, I hope that this review helps the owners to reconsider some of their offerings. First off, there are multiple cars parked in the parking lot making the average passer buyer think that the restaurant is extremely busy. It does seem like they are known for their Italian food, but they also offered breakfast. First off, I don't like anything special for breakfast. I am very happy with scrambled eggs, a biscuit, bacon I ordered just that, scrambled eggs, a biscuit, and bacon. It was honestly horrendous. Again, I really hate saying this because I know that it's family run and in a small town, but I think they need to reevaluate the breakfast situation. I know that breakfast food is pretty bland, but this was beyond bland and not worth the money. The girl that was seating people that morning was not friendly at all, and we didn't even know that we were supposed to follow her. I definitely hope that their Italian is better than the breakfast, and maybe they should reevaluate the business model. Overall, I do not recommend, we probably would've been better just having breakfast at the campsite.

Warning: 3.5% junk fee added to credit card transactions…read more TLDR: Food is tasteless warmed up frozen junk. The details: We had to wait to be seated as the host was too busy talking to his friend. Not a good start. The interior of the restaurant was okay and appeared adequately clean. Our server was pleasant enough and got us our drinks promptly. My wife ordered a cheeseburger with fries and I ordered the country fried steak sandwich. Our food came out in a timely fashion, however my wife's burger was missing the cheese. Burger went back to the kitchen and came back in less than a minute with a piece of cheese slapped on top of the patty. Both of our meals were tasteless and overpriced for what we got. Looked and tasted like some heated up frozen food. I've had better burgers at Mickey D's. In summary: don't bother. In fact, you can skip most of the restaurants in Townsend. Continue on to Maryville or Sevierville for much better dining.

Don't judge a book by its cover! This place was amazing!!! The Snoring Bear burger was so full of…read moreamazing flavors as was the Smokehouse burger. We are BIG fans! I'd pass on the Mac n cheese, but everything else we had was fantastic! And our waitress was kind and food was served fast! A must stop!

Decided to find a spot close by to eat while stopping for gas on the way to the Tail of the Dragon…read more Only a couple minutes off the parkway. We were greeted right away and were able to take a table. Small dining area, with very limited seating. Nice warm cozy vibe including Bob Ross on the tv. The food came out quickly. Hot and fresh. I got the Snoring Bear Breakfast. I chose the Cajun seasoning for the tilapia and it was a lil bland. I probably could have asked for more seasoning, so that's on me. The rest was great. Eggs cooked to perfection. My wife chose the fish platter and she said the fish was delicious. The fries were a lil over seasoned and she had to rub some of the fries off. As for the drinks, cans of Coke, Sprite, etc are $1.99 each. A lil pricey but it is clearly marked on the menu. My only complaint is I ordered a water and was charged 50 cents. It's not listed anywhere on the menu, so I was surprised to see it on my bill. Overall, I would probably stop here again for a quick bite if I'm in the area. Nice little place, and the service is great!

Food was amazing. Service top notch. Ambiance just beautiful…read more Second time visiting this year. Love the seasonal menu changes. Can't get enough of the fire place outside with the snores on the cool evening.

We ate here the very first night of our stay at the Dancing Bear resort. I thought everything was…read moredelicious. We had the salmon and shared the dip. We also had the cornbread pea salad, which was also very good. The meals come with cornbread. The drinks were great. They had specialty cocktails and would make anything we wanted. The service was good too. We sat inside, but I think it would be fun to be outside. We came with friends who are vegetarian and they didn't feel like they were very many options for them, although they did have the vegetarian pasta. Many of the sauces and dressings have bacon in them, so our friends couldn't order that.

Everything perfect. Food atmosphere, servers. Real southern…read morehomecoming. Breakfast and dinner all good

My wife and I stopped in on a Saturday afternoon around 2:00 and it wasn't too busy. The restaurant…read morewas very clean and the staff was extremely friendly. We ordered the fried green tomatoes and they are outstanding! My wife had the country fried steak and I had the open face roast beef. The food was delicious and the portions are huge. We will definitely be eating here again.

Such a good price for ice cream and so yummy too!! Really cozy to sit down and shelter from the…read moreheat inside. Log cabin vibes.

Great ice cream especially in a hot day of being in the water. Very convenient location and great…read moreice cream flavors.

Despite being short staffed, the service was excellent. Our server was friendly, pleasant and…read moreefficient even though she was the only server working the dinning area. Food was fantastic and fresh. Really good experience. Would go again.

Go anywhere else, how can you destroy a baked potato? Green beans straight of the can, no…read moreseasoning. Had to ask for a knife to cut the smoked chicken. Then it was not edible. We waited at Least 45 minutes for our food. We should have paid and left -awful

Definitely a must stop. The refried beans are next level. I was shocked. Outstanding place to…read moreeat! Highly recommend!!!!!!!!

OMG!! Definitely authentic. Had to use our phones to look up a few words, but really great food…read more Service was great, and very helpful to explain the dishes. Only downside is no alcohol.