Reviews for CJ's Grille

03/07/2025 - Rebecca I.
After a rewarding hike to the falls in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, we chose this charming spot in the heart of Bryson City for lunch. The outdoor seating offered a relaxed atmosphere where we enjoyed delicious beers, burgers, and nostalgic tater tots, all served by a friendly and attentive staff. Our experience was enhanced by the fantastic service from Cynthia and Caitlyn, making this a memorable part of our trip that I look forward to revisiting.

05/25/2024 - Jaqueline W.
the best!!

07/08/2023 - Mark
Waited over a hour to be told they lost our order and it was not put in. Yes we ask about every 20 minutes! I found out our order was lost when I approached the bar to ask for the 10th time. At this point I asked to pay for the drinks we had and leave. The bar manager got loud with me and stated that the food was started. The cook was telling her he just got it and hadn't started it. They is a nasty rude place and unless you want your evening ruined go to the restaurant next door.

05/01/2022 - Christi Smith
🤗 My husband had a hamburger with beer battered fries and I had a blt with tots and they were both out of this world delicious, definitely r favorite place to have an amazing meal hands down, ty CJ's for such great and food...

12/05/2021 - BC
THIS PLACE IS NOT KID OR TOURIST FRIENDLY.

STAY AWAY ! Look at the reviews of all the restaurants around and all the others are better than this place. Wish I would have done more research before I went here.

After having a wonderful time on the Polar Express we want to grab something to eat. Went to Anthony's first but had a bit of a wait so we went to CJ Grill instead, later to realize that was my biggest regret of the weekend. I have never felt so uncomfortable and unwanted in my life. So we go in and sit at a table. 3 other tables sat after us within a 20 minutes period and immediately was greeted. I decided to ask the server who had the table next to us could she find out who has our table since we had yet to be greeted. She looked at me with a nasty look and said yeah. (Funny thing later to find out she was supposed to have us and just never wanted another table.) Ten more minutes passes by and that same server never told us anything. I decided to go up to the bar to grab someone. The saving grace was the bartender who ended up having to leave the bar area to take our table. She took our orders and was very apologetic for what had happen. In the middle of dinner my 2 year old had to go to the bathroom so as we were getting up the first server was standing at the corner and gave my daughter who is only 2 year old ugly staring look. Later on when I went to the bar to pay for our bill my daughter wanted to come with me so she was walking first where the same very rude server stood in front of my 2 year old just staring and would not move. It was so uncomfortable I'm not sure if she was drunk, high or maybe didn't like my biracial 2 year old. Unfortunately there is still small minded people in 2021. It so weird I wanted to say something to her personally but I knew she was looking for an argument even as a staff member and me being a customer. The owner of the place came by and asked how everything was and my mother process to let him know but told him we had already told the manager on duty and she is taking care of us. He process to tell us that "he doesn't know what is wrong with the staff today they seem confused". I was kinda took back he said that about his own staff. The bartender came over at the same time and the owner yelled "their complaining". Which she had already took our drink and food order and knew about the complaint. You could clearly tell they did not want any kids or tourist in that restaurant. I will never recommend this restaurant to anyone.