Saloon 16 — Restaurant in Knoxville

Cool bar for Peyton Manning fans! Lots of memorabilia and Tennessee items to take in while having an adult beverage. However, if you’re not a Peyton or Tennessee fan, I’m not sure how much appeal this bar has otherwise. Has a long bar, but not the best seating arrangement overall and is pretty dark, so I didn’t love the atmosphere. Again, it’s cool to check out and see Peyton‘s own little VIP seating area on one end (that you can rent out for private use) but I don’t think this is the kind of bar you’d want to hang out in that much. Parking is also tough to try to come to this bar since it’s inside the Graduate Hotel and there is not any public parking so to speak. Your best bet is to try to find a street spot nearby, but that isn’t easy to do. I’m sure this place is banging on game days and if you’re lucky, you might even see Peyton there. Pro tip: you can enter the bar from the back side of the hotel on Lake Ave and park there...

Thought it was closed when we went in, dead silent. Where’s the music? There is a jukebox, but according to barkeep it would not work or would only play really low. They had on a basketball game with the volume turned off. Very awkward atmosphere. Drinks were good, waitress was nice. Chips and guacamole were really good. My daughter ordered buffalo wings and they were bad. No buffalo sauce and very fatty. She only ate 2 and when the waitress picked up the plate, she didn’t ask why they weren’t eaten. I had shrimp and grits, they were good, not great. All in all, I would say for “Peyton Manning’s” saloon, they need to raise the bar. Has potential, but definitely not being reached. Was looking forward to the experience and was...

Yikes! Out of a party of 8 only two were happy with the food quality and they ordered Cobb salads. The reviews promised delicious ribs and mac and cheese- none of which are on the menu any longer. Half of the limited items that were on the menu were not available. The friend chicken sandwich was fried breading chunks scraped from the bottom of the fryer- no chicken! We picked through the crusty chunks looking for them. Gross. The vegetarian squash entree was liquid salt stewed into brownish kale. The fries were like making your own from the freezer, the wings were undercooked, the burgers were mid and the only meals people enjoyed were the salads. We really wanted to love it and the ambiance was great but the food...