The Smoky Gnome - formerly Big Rock Grill — Restaurant in Lookout Mountain

The food was amazing, we were there in 2010, Me my husband and 5 children. pre teen, and early teen ages. We had had a fabulous day took lots of pictures on our Nikon digital camera. We stopped in at the Big Rock Cafe to eat dinner. my husband put the camera back pack on the back of his chair, I had bought a walking stick. and put it in the corner next to his chair with the camera. We got done eating, and got up to see the rock and other thing in the cafe. I realized I didn't have my walking stick. I went back and got it, by then my husband and kids were already left the cafe. I got out of the cafe and realized he didn't have the camera, I went back in and asked about it, they were in the process of closing, we were the last customers that evening. They didn't know anything. they said, the cafe stays open because it is a restroom and an attraction part of the garden. I said, I have been in the building the whole time, went to get my stick that was by the camera, and I would have gotten the camera if it was still there. I didn't see anyone else come in or out. They denied any of their staff taking our camera. There was nobody else in that building except our family and their staff. They are dishonest, I will never ever visit...

Don't waste your money! My husband ordered a Fire on the Mountain Burger. There were no jalapenos on it. We tried to get someone from the back to help us and they couldn't hear us apparently.We seen an employee mopping in the other area and asked for help. He flat out ignored us. It would have taken him a second to go in the back to get someone to help us but he did not. I asked him again for help and he told ne "Can't you see I'm mopping?" I told him we just paid for food and we didn't receive the correct food. My husband started yelling trying to get some help. Someone finally came to help. The mopping boy apparently thought it was funny. He was laughing and told the other employee that my husband said the burger was not hot enough. It had nothing to do with the hotness,and my husband never sais that,he did not receive what he ordered. On top of that both burgers hardly had any sauce so they were very dry. Not worth the $29. This was the worst part of our trip. I do not recommend this place at all. We enjoyed Rock City but that one disrespectful employee ruined our experience...

A vegetarian diamond in the rough! Younger staff but very kind and understanding of our situation with small kids. It was almost closing time I think but he still got our dinner going which I thought was super sweet. We are vegetarians (kids involuntarily 😜) and we got 2 black bean burgers to start, one each for the kids. It was fried to a crisp, delicious actually and more so with all the fixings. I had the leftovers of kids burgers and was left wanting more so went back to get one more to go. My kids (2 and 4) had such an amazing time at this restaurant after a late afternoon visit to the Rock City Gardens. They recalled and spoke of their experience at this place more than the gardens lol. They ran around in circles around the Big Rock while waiting for their food. Really cool place. Great insta or...