Saloon 16 - West Knoxville

Waitress was hateful, food was ok, however the memorabilia was on

We weren’t sure if it was open when we went in because there was no one at the bar or any hostess or wait staff to be seen. The poor bartender came in after a couple of minutes and apparently had to cover the whole place by herself. The menu is very limited, which would be fine if the items on the menu are outstanding. Unfortunately, we thought the chicken park sandwich was sub-standard and the French fries were pretty much ore-ita crinkle fries. Nothing special but still a little pricey.

This is the bar located in the Graduate Hotel. We stopped in on a Friday afternoon for a drink after a long trip. We sat at the bar and ordered. The bar tender was very friendly and helpful. They have several beers on tap and the one I chose was nice and cold. Mannings Manhattan was a bit different than a regular Manhattan and was great. Fries were hot and seasoned nicely. Great little stop.

Any Peyton Manning fan will love all the memorabilia here, but the food -at least what we had-was not good. The Cobb salad was tasteless. The yogurt dressing needs to be replaced with something that has some flavor or offer the diner options for other dressings for the salad. Very disappointed. The shrimp poboy was just OK…the fries were good. The Buffalo chicken wings were not dressed in any sauce….there was some seasoning but not Buffalo wings like we have ever had.

The atmosphere was amazing! The air condition was apparantly not working, it was 90 degrees outside, they had the side door propped open, very hot in there. We were the only ones in the bar, they had no mich ultra on tap or in bottles, the bud light draft tasted like it had been sitting in the keg for months, very flat. I was not impressed with the food, we all got burgers, you could tell it was a frozen beef patty, we had more lettuce on the burger than we did meat. The service was great, however I dont think we will be back. We paid 50.00 for 2 burgers and 2 beers.