Top 10 Restaurants in Sevierville

The standout dinner in Sevierville. Partner and executive chef David Rule cooks contemporary Southern Appalachian food in a downtown dining room, and a five-course Chef's Table tasting is available for those who want to go all in. Book it for the milestone night of the trip, and plan ahead, since it serves dinner only five nights a week.

A farmhouse restaurant on the Parkway that honors the Ogle family's hospitality, serving breakfast, lunch and supper. Mornings mean Blanche Ogle's pancakes and famous cinnamon rolls; later there is fried chicken, prime rib and smokehouse ribs and pulled pork. Two private dining rooms make it one of the easiest big-group meals in town.

A New England-style lobster shack in downtown Sevierville with lobster rolls, chowder and bisque, a raw bar, sushi rolls and a three-tier seafood tower for sharing. The beer garden has fire pits, cornhole and live music on weekends, and it is pet-friendly outside. The mood is a party, which suits a big, loud group.

Seasonal cooking with local ingredients inside the Historic Central Hotel downtown, with a menu that changes each season. It is elegant but relaxed, and the rooftop 101 Sky Lounge upstairs, with fire pits and views of the mountains, is the place for a drink before or after. Red's Soda Fountain in the same complex handles dessert.

Known as Sevierville's oldest restaurant, set among apple trees and a stream on the Sevierville and Pigeon Forge border. Its signature hot apple fritters and apple julep are the tradition here, followed by Southern country cooking from breakfast through dinner. The Apple Barn shops and the sister Applewood Farmhouse Grill share the property.

Wood-fired, Neapolitan-style pizza and pasta made from scratch every day, in a brick-walled downtown room near the courthouse. The 12-inch pies come with six slices; the Diavolo with Calabrian chilies and the stuffed portobello mushrooms are standouts. A strong casual dinner for a smaller crew.

A comfortable steakhouse on the Sevierville Parkway, serving ribeye, New York strip, filet and seafood in generous portions for lunch and dinner. It is less formal than a special-occasion room, with a smart casual dress code, which makes it a practical steak night for a large family group that wants a sure thing.

A barbecue and grill owned by performer Tony Gore, with live music and dinner shows on the events calendar. It sits on Winfield Dunn Parkway about 5 miles from I-40 Exit 407, which makes it a good first meal on arrival day before the drive into Pigeon Forge traffic.

Family-owned New York-style pizza with big, foldable slices, plus subs, stromboli, calzones, wings and cannoli. It is well away from the Gatlinburg crowds and offers local delivery and curbside pickup, so it is a reliable answer to the night nobody wants to go out again.

A distillery with a full kitchen and bar at the Tanger Outlets, making bourbon, rye, moonshine and other spirits. It is a smart lunch or dinner stop on an outlet shopping day: the shoppers get a proper meal and cocktails, and anyone curious can add a tasting. A second location is at the Mountain Mile in Pigeon Forge.