First Watch

11682 Parkside Dr, Knoxville
(865) 675-3447

Recent Reviews

Reagan W.

YIKES! Nose septum-ring girl muffed our order! Ordered a Veggie Burger! No idea what was placed before me with lots of huge mushrooms! I sent it back. Eventually a veggie burger was sat before me. Bleh. Nothing that tasty. Wife was finished with her meal before me. FAIL

Carol

This has turned into my favorite restaurant! The Honey Pecan Salad is to die for! Try it!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Max Results

Didn't wow me though decent food in a pinch. Server was friendly though had too many tables to be attentive. I had to get up to find someone to get syrup for our pancakes.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Michele McConnelee

The food was actually good. I had the lunch special 1/2 Roast Beef and Havarti and Superfood Kale salad. The salad is supposed to be served with the carrots and chicken warm and the sandwich hot. All of it was cold. My husband ordered 1/2 Monterey Club and Cobb salad. His sandwich was good. His salad was the wrong salad. He was served the chicken and avocado salad instead and they forgot the salad dressing. Even with all of that, the food was good.The service on the other had was terrible. Our server completely ignored us. 10 minutes for our drink order, forgot the lemon, 10 minutes for the lemon, after taking our order we did not see him for 30 minutes.We had to ask another waiter to check on our order. It was ready, sitting there getting cold. He (the other waiter) brought it out to us. 10 minutes after we had our cold food our supposed waiter stopped by. We informed him our food was cold and he blamed the kitchen!!!! Worst waiter ever!! He was awful!

Food: 4

Lynn Reber

Great veggie burger! Had another great veggie burger. Best one around! Waiter was right on! Thanks Matthew (Matt), job well done!Vegetarian options: Veggie Burger is excellent!! Vegetarian soup, salads. Black beans with pico de gallo.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast and Eggs, Belgian Waffle, Frittata

Amanda Gunter

Delicious food and I love that there are gluten free

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brandon Brown

Consistently awesome food and good service, but you have to think of it priced like lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Debra Rice

Food is very inconsistent at this location.We’ve been to serval locations in other states and we all love First Watch. This was our second time at this location and was hoping it was better than last time, it wasn’t. Today we got an elevated egg sandwhich - the bun was stale, the little bit of avocado I did have was brown, and the potatoes were raw and burnt. The trifecta waffle was soggy before any syrup was added.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Sheila McMahan

They have the best waffles and grits!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kevin Grant

Our visit started out with a 25 minute wait. Apparently it's the standard to "get in line" and "check in" via internet. That means it must be good, right?Drinks came right away. I had coffee, which was good, and the place a carafe on your table to refill your own. My wife's soda was replenished regularly no problem.Our waiter was polite. We did have to ask for flatware after our food arrived.Our meals took about 35 minutes to arrive. My wife ordered the Cobb salad and a fruit bowl, so no cook time required. I ordered "the works" omelet, and seasoned potatoes. Neither were hot but still warm.My wife had no complaints with her order. My omelet was fine, needed salt and pepper but good. The potatoes also needed a little extra but again, were good. They were cut unevenly so the smaller pieces were done, the larger slightly under.The menu had plenty of choices at a reasonable price. Our longer than usual wait was surely due to it being 12:30 on Superbowl Sunday.All in all, I would recommend. We were traveling so hopefully our more local location will be as good.Parking: Plenty of parking as this location is in a strip mall type location.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Becki Long

Kid-friendliness: My 4 yr old loves the coloring sheet with menu on it, then she was excited that the loaded her oatmeal with her favorite fruits, Strawberries, blueberries & bananas.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Skillet Hash

Geri Locke

This was the Worst order I've had from First watch. I was excited to try the blackberry lemoncream french toast.What a disappointment the blackberry sauce was spread perfectly over the burned dry bread. It had not been soaked to attain any custardy moist center just dry as a bone. But yes the sauces were excellent.Kudos to the chef for keeping me on track I skipped calories this morning. Great way to start the day.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Blaise Martin

Really disappointed to have a Brooklyn breakfast sandwich with no sauces on it, and the side salad with no vinaigrette. French toast that hardly got dipped in egg, was dry, thin, and half burnt. The toast honestly looked like a grilled cheese without cheese. Please pay better attention to your to go orders! And there was one insider that could use an attitude adjustment. Sorry you just came in for the day but youre a server, I don't want attitude at the end of my experience.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Manuela P.

Had a wonderful time this morning. My friend and I loved our server Ellyanna! I tried the dish of the day: BlackBerry Lemon Creme French Toast, I added a mixed greens salad that had a lemon vinaigrette. (Didn't get a picture of the side bowl) The flavors of the French Toast all blended so well together, syrup wasn't even needed. The mixed greens was a great touch and I'm so glad I added that. My friend ordered an omelette that was similar to her favorite 'western' omelette', she had them take "The Works" omelette, omitted the mushrooms and added green peppers. Her side was hash brown style of potatoes. The dish was so large she took about half home with her. She also loved having a pot of coffee on the table so she always had hot coffee which is her favorite drink of choice. In closing.... Go to this FIRST WATCH, and ask for the wonderful Elyanna for GREAT service.

Sally Hilton

Love breakfast/lunch at First Watch!! Good food! Great service! Never disappoints! Pam is exceptional!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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