When you’re on vacation, there’s nothing better than trying new food! The best way to try as much new food as possible is eating at all-you-can-eat restaurants and buffets. This allows you to try a little bit of everything so you won’t miss out on a single dish. These bottomless portions allow you to fill up when hunger strikes, so you won’t spend your vacation hungry! To help you make the most of your culinary journey in the Smoky Mountains, we’ve put together this list of the best all-you-can-eat restaurants and buffets in Pigeon Forge, TN.
1. Wood Grill Buffet
One of the best buffets in Pigeon Forge is Wood Grill Buffet. This buffet offers a variety of delicious food to satisfy any appetite. While Wood Grill Buffet is open for breakfast on the weekend, they are most known for their lunch and dinner offerings. Along the buffet line you can find all sorts of hearty smoked meats, fried chicken, steaks, seafood, Italian dishes, southwestern favorites like tacos, and much more. There’s even a full salad bar, potato bar, and bread bar! What sets this Pigeon Forge buffet apart is that they use a 4,000-pound smoker to enhance the flavor of many of their meat entrees, such as the barbecue ribs and roast beef.
2. Captain Jim’s Seafood Buffet
Another one of the most popular buffets in Pigeon Forge is Captain Jim's Seafood Buffet. This buffet offers every type of seafood you could want, such as clam chowder, fried oysters, shrimp, raw oysters, crab cakes, and fried and baked fish filets. There are also a number of land options, including barbecue pork ribs, chicken tenders, baked chicken, chuck eye roast, salad, and a variety of vegetables and sides. If you love crab legs, you can even add on unlimited crab legs to your buffet so you can enjoy as much of this tasty food as you like! Anyone who enjoys seafood will love dining at Captain Jim’s Seafood Buffet in Pigeon Forge.
3. Mama’s Farmhouse
While Mama's Farmhouse isn’t one of the buffets in Pigeon Forge, it is one of the all-you-can-eat restaurants. Instead of walking along a buffet line to add items to your plate, all items are brought to your table. The meals are served family style, which means your server will bring you endless helpings of entrees and sides that your table will all share. Mama’s Farmhouse specializes in Southern cooking, so you can enjoy all sorts of traditional favorites. Entrees may include fried chicken, meatloaf, country fried steak, honey-glazed ham, salisbury steak, or turkey and stuffing. Along with the entrees you can choose from a list of side dishes such as mashed potatoes, fried okra, chicken and dumplings, broccoli casserole, creamed corn, and more!
4. Huck Finn’s Catfish
If you’re hungry for some down-home cooking, head over to Huck Finn's Catfish. This isn’t exactly one of the all-you-can-eat restaurants or buffets in Pigeon Forge, but they do offer a few All U Can Eat Dinners! This is a traditional sit-down restaurant where all your food is brought to your table after you order. If you have a big appetite, you can order the All U Can Eat Catfish or Fried Chicken, or a combo of both. These dinners as well as the rest of the entrees on the menu all come with bottomless Vittles, which include Baked White Beans & Turkey Ham, Dill Pickles & Sweet Onion Slices, Creamy Cole Slaw with Secret Dressing, and Huck’s Made-From-Scratch Hushpuppies.
Complimentary Breakfast Buffet at The Inn on the River
These are some of the best all-you-can-eat restaurants and buffets in Pigeon Forge that offer great lunch and dinner options. If you’re looking for a delicious breakfast buffet, look no further than the complimentary breakfast at The Inn on the River. When you stay with us, you have access to a free hot breakfast buffet every morning of your stay with favorites like biscuits, gravy, waffles, eggs, grits, sausage, fried potatoes, fresh fruit, and much more!
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