Soup Kitchen Express - Knoxville

We are visiting from Houston, Texas, exhausted from exploring the Smoky mountains, and we stopped by due to seeing amazing reviews. This place deserves all the good reviews! the lady at the front was super sweet and helpful, and the food tastes amazing and was served hot and fresh! Pricing was extremely affordable as well, and the restaurant feels very warm and inviting! my family and I all wish we could bring this place back with us to Houston!

My GAWWWWD! The best, and I mean, THE BEST, Ham and Swiss sandwich and THAT CHILI. I would drive 50 miles for a bowl of their chiliDelish!!Food: 5/5

Best snow crab soup ever! Paired with the most absolutely delicious bread that comes with it!! Omg so good Parking: It is in a mini shopping center

Always happy, sweet old ladies running the place. Love the chili with the pimento cheese sandwich (grilled). They have a variety of options and it's really inexpensive. They also have a free meal every seventh meal you have, it's really adorable. I love going here for the good vibes and the cheap but wholesome food

Horrible experience! I recall The Soup Kitchen in Oak Ridge being hands down the very best place to eat! The soup was amazing and the bread was unbeatable, so assuming this location would at least somewhat match the quality, we decided to try it out. Honestly, I've never been so disgusted! The soup had zero flavor and was served at a boiling temperature in a thin styrofoam bowl, with plastic spoons...and the bread was just as tasteless! No question that a can of Chambell's soup has more flavor!Two small bowls of soup with bread with water was right at $20! This was clearly not a $20 meal!! Honestly, even if the food was amazing I wouldn't step foot back in this place. It was so nasty! The restaurant looked old, worn down and very unkept. And to top it all off, a lady had her smelly poodle dog behind us IN THE RESTAURANT!! I love animals, but I don't appreciate being forced to sit in the same room with one while trying to eat! It stood up several times and shook itself off throwing dog hair into the air, and obviously into the food as well. I noticed another couple trying to eat and didn't appreciate it any more than we did. It was not a service dog, just a pet on a leash. I was shocked that it was allowed, but not only allowed, one of the line workers came over to pet it and walked right back into the kitchen afterwards!! Disgusting is an understatement and we most definitely won't be back!!