Shoney's - Lenoir City

Reviews

• BW

  BL Weeks

  3 days ago
  4.0
  Glad they are still open. Decent food variety on the buffet. Prices seem to have gone up again.
• EB

  Elijah and Alissa Bear

  Nov 11, 2025
  1.0
  The hostess was extremely rude! We had a group of 8 and she seemed upset that we were there. The food was not very good and once we got our check, while we were still eating, the waiter never came back. We ran out of drinks and he would walk right past. Before leaving, we then heard an employee talking bad about our group because the kids were loud. I 100% would not recommend here.
• RL

  Robert Landenberg

  Nov 8, 2025
  5.0
  Great breakfast buffet. Friendly atmosphere, outstanding customer service.
• KK

  Karenza Kanevski

  Oct 27, 2025
  1.0
  We are a bit disappointed with this Shoneys. I HATE leaving Bad reviews. I have to address this though. We came in Looking to eat at a Buffet that still served breakfast, of course Shoneys was the BEST option. Me and my Husband LOVE going to Shoneys. Let’s talk about why this was so wrong here, and why we just ended up leaving. When we first walked in we stood there by the Register hoping to be acknowledged. Instead, 4-5 girls were in between the kitchen- and the front register, talking. Whatever they were talking about must have been too Important to Acknowledge our Existence. So they pretty much ignored us. After a few seconds of blatantly being ignored I was looking around, at the restaurant, my Husband, Etc. to try to not seem rushing or rude. After a couple more seconds I heard someone, (wasn’t sure who) ask “3 in your Party?!” My brain I guess didn’t register or really hear her until after 3 seconds and I looked at her and replied, “Yes we have Three, I’m sorry I wasn’t sure if you were talking to us” when I said that… THE WOMAN LITERALLY LOOKED ME IN THE EYES, and THE ROLLED HER EYES AT ME AND CONTINUED TALKING, And CONTINUING TO IGNORE US. WILD. I said something out loud. I announced to the woman there standing around, “This girls just like straight up rolled her eyes at me and ignored me” To the Host. The Host seated us. The Host was great. She was nice, and apologized for the Lady’s Behavior. I let it go. Then our waitress comes over and just stares at us like we are growing a third eyeball. She was also extremely rude, and short. Making my Husband Feel uncomfortable as well this time. When she left and it was just me and our Family. I told him what had happened. About the attitude, the eye rolling, the ignoring and the disgusting attitude of these Woman at this Food Joint. I had tears in my Eyes and he said “Let’s Go, I’m not about to make my Wife sit here and get bullied by waitresses that act like they’re better than everyone.” I told him I was not happy with the disrespect, and he said I looked like I had tears in my eyes. Look. I understand people are Human and have bad days. Our waitress was cold, short, and dismissive the entire time- even though it was less than 10 minutes. As a women who’s always growing and working on herself, it’s disappointing to see other women tear each other down out of jealousy and insecurity, instead of showing grace and respect. It takes a very low place in your heart to treat another woman that way over how she looks. Like I said, I understand people have bad days, but I don’t want to have company with their misery. The two women at this Shoneys demonstrated that apparently, It’s easy to tear someone down rather than to be respectful to them. I truly hope management addresses this behavior — no guest should be made to feel “small”, uninvited, or unwelcome because someone else is struggling with their own insecurities. Let’s not forget that, I’m a Living breathing person too. We will attempt to come back maybe in another year or two. Hopefully the woman are more mature and grown next time, and my Family can enjoy the Buffet. And if management does take this reviews serious, we Were in the restaurant from 12:09-12:17pm on October 26th. I was wearing a long, grey sweater that goes mid shin, and we have one little boy who was wearing a red long sleeved shirt. My Husband was wearing a black jacket. On the cameras we were given a booth.
• JJ

  Jamie

  Oct 26, 2025
  5.0
  I'm from Oklahoma and haven't seen a Shoney's in years! This was so nostalgic for me! The breakfast buffet was amazing and just as I remembered. The strawberry pie woud be my only complaint.... It wasn't much of a pie. But my waitress was so sweet. Overall pretty good visit and I'd stop back in!

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