The Original Copper Cellar

Arrived at 9:38 when the advertised hours said they were open until 11 only to be informed the kitchen had just closed .

There were so many issues, I 'm not even sure where to begin? I 'll break it down as best as I can. The service was terrible. My waitress took at least 15 minutes between each visit to my table. My drink would go empty for 5-10 minutes at a time. Her section wasn 't even full. The food was almost inedible. I barely was able to choke it down. They advertise half priced burgers, but if you order anything other than meat and a bun, you can expect to pay full price. In addition to all of the above, the beers were stale. It tasted as if the tap was bad 3 days before I ordered it. To sum up my Copper Cellar experience, it was absolutely despicable. I 'll NEVER return to the Copper Cellar again. I 'll be advising each and every one of my friends to do the same.

Two stars as one star reviews are easily ignored. One word sums up The food here: salty. Someone in the kitchen clearly was enamored of the more cowbell sketch on Saturday Night Live. The chef had a ha keeping tonight, and the only cure it seemed was more salt. I thought my chicken was the saltyish dish I had ever tried. Well, one time I accidentally licked the bottom of a bag of Doritos, but this was closed. Little could I imagine that the salt/couscous/rice dish beneath itself chicken could be saltier, but wow I was impressed. I think if I would have dropped my plate into the Tennessee river, I could have transformed it into The Dead Sea and floated there drinking my fifth glass of water in peace. This was it. This was peak salty food. But no. There was one more dish to try: my son's hush puppies. Well, what can I say. The chef was a true salt artist on this one. The hush puppy pies were covered in a light salt sprinkled over what can only be described as brined hush puppies. They were basically little salt cylinders bound together by a few scraps of potato. Will I be returning? Only if I have some strange vampiric driven salt craze.

Definitely get the ale steak. Their chocolate cheesecake is also very good. I will say that the French fries are basically just baked, quartered potatoe wedges. Not what I was expecting but they were good. That being said I wouldn't call them French fries (there were only 4). French onion soup was very good as well.

We were in town for a quick visit and this place was nearby. I'm so glad it was! It's got an old school, relaxed feel and our server was very attentive and friendly. I had a Mountain Mule, which was light and refreshing with just the right amount of bite. We started with the pretzels and loved them, and had burgers and fries for our main meal. The fries were amazing, seasoned with something that tastes kind of like a sweet Old Bay. My sons burger was tasty and cooked perfectly. I had the plant based burger which, the server told me, is an Awesome Burger. It wasn't as good as Impossible or Beyond, but it did the trick. Overall, we were really happy with our visit and will return on our next trip to Knoxville.