Knoxville Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Knoxville

1/23 Had the best soft poached egg. But then, like, I'm an egg *. Attentive waitress Great catfish fillets 2/24 Hadn't been here for a while, I guess it has changed hands. I was surprised to see they offered mexican options. I ordered shrimp fajitas (not offered on the menu, i.e., special order), and they came with refried beans and spanish rice. While the shrimp fajitas were of passable flavor, they failed to remove the shell at the end of the shrimp, thus making me do it as I built the fajitas. Unfortunately, I lost that picture. They were a 7 out of 10. The refried beans had been obviously heated up in the microwave and tasted vaguely of tin. No cotija or queso! The spanish rice was mediocre. I asked for any hot sauce from the kitchen ( hoping for homemade)and received a salsa verde of medium heat. I wonder if it was La Victoria brand. Overall, the meal lacked authenticity. I dropped the rating 1 star because of this meal. As I dined, I did notice several trays of food going out to tables. I think I would have been further ahead to have ordered the catfish fillets and fries, which I've always enjoyed. The service, however, was exceptional. 3/20 Decided to give it another try. Had the catfish fillets and fries. They were just above average. Nothing I would go back for. Not the same restaurant it was. Pie advertised, was commercial, frozen pre made. Service was...

Driving through yesterday and decided to stop in and try out the local cuisine. We arrived at lunch time. There were only 5 tables occupied at the time ours included. All tables were smaller parties 4 or less. We seated ourselves and waited for at least 10 min to be acknowledged even though there were three employees congregating at the front of the restaurant. After being given menus and our drink orders taken it was another 5-10 before we rec'd our drinks even though we were sitting within 30 feet and staring at the drink station. Placed our orders. I ordered the chopped steak dinner, declined my sides but req. a larger salad with ranch dressing and no croutons. Salad came and it was only lettuce nothing else but the dressing was correct and there were no croutons as requested. Chopped Steak was flavorfull and good. Per the menu i was supposed to receive ice cream or pudding also. I was offered neither. Waitress came by once asking about drink refills. I had to flag down a different waittess to req ours so we could get our checks. Still took another 5 min to receive our checks. Still only 5 tables of smaller parties. In short, this restaurant has a large, varied menu and the food was good. The...

Well this sums it up. After 15 minutes of waiting to be served, we finally asked the girl walking with coffee if we could order. 5 mins later a waitress came over. Ordered no problem. Asked for a glass of water-never got. Told my friend I was ready to cancel because it had taken so long total. Waitress came back and slammed a glass of water down. Food was under cooked at best and was never asked how it was. I did not tip. Wrote on receipt that the service was awful. The waitress chased me down to the parking lot screaming at me that we were rude...we werent... and I told her I would report the incident. She said fine she was the owner. Omg...no wonder this place has went down hill so bad if that's the owner. Miss Ghiada and Louie. They were good people and knew how to treat their small town customers. This place was...