Mellow Mushroom

Horrible service tonight. We were a party of 10. It took 1 ½ hrs before half of us got our orders. The remaining 4 of our party finally got their order after 2 ½ hrs. We were already finished, so they just had their meals boxed. My husband & I ordered only soup, & we never even got a refill because the waitress never came to ask. Won’t ever go back to this location.

Good choice of pizzas, and accompanying dishes. Good selection of more than 20 beers. Really good staff that meets our needs and is prompt. Pizzas take longer than normal to prepare because they are freshly hand tossed but well worth the wait. Have an order of wings or pretzels while you wait. Tuesday’s and Thursday’s have a bar special happy hour. You will enjoy your visit.

Consistently good pizza! Usually het pepperoni, extra cheese, and light sauce. Hopping, lively atmosphere! Would recommend for sure, dine-​in or take out!

Great Pizza but absolutely horrible service.
The staff has no sense of urgency about coming to help you and it almost feels Like they dread getting a table in their section. I have stopped taking my family to this location.

I like to visit Mellow Mushrooms whenever I’m traveling to check out the décor and enjoy good food. This was one of the most plain looking Shrooms I’ve seen but it was nice and had a a good atmosphere. My husband and I both ordered hoagies (steak and jerk chicken). They were good but both were under seasoned. We also enjoyed a capri salad despite it being a bit different from what we are usually served as far as presentation goes.

Tasted ok at the time. Service was ok. I now have food poisoning from something. Probably won’t be coming back.

Great restaurant, they are currently doing some work at this location but it didn’t affect our evening. If you come with kids be prepared to wait for a long time.
They do bring out the childrens meals first to keep them entertained however if you are coming for some fast food then you should try a different pizza place.
Great pizzas with a wide variaty.

Somehow I’ve been lucky enough to have sampled several Mellow Mushrooms the past couple years.
While this location certainly isn’t the best, I was surprised that it was definitely better than I anticipated.
Given the choice I’d prefer the location on the strip (Kingston Pike) (did I just recommend going to the STRIP??), but this will do.
Very friendly server, clean bathrooms.
We got the House Special pizza, which I use to gauge most of the MMs I try, and it was pretty good, but the least so of most others I’ve tried.
Our food took a LONG time to arrive (~25−30 minutes) even though there were very, very few people in the entire place.
I’d still go again but there are so may other options in that area now, it wouldn’t be a intentional endeavour.

I’m just not a fan. I was seated right away, but then the table service was slow. The time it took to bake a pie was also very slow. Biggest pet peeve is to wait 10 minutes just to order. My waiter was friendly enough despite the wait.
I had the greasiest pizza in the world with slimy toppings that didn’t convince me with their ‘freshness’ at all. I’ve had better mellow pizza at different locations in the nation.

Good news! This Mellow Mushroom served us a ½ and ½ pizza with different sauces this time when we visited. Service was excellent. Also ordered a Greek Salad and the produce was perfect (amazing considering it is November). Will add this back to our road trip stop!

Terrible service. Will not make this mistake again. Too many restaurants in Knoxville that appreciate customers.

I’ve had great Mellow Mushroom experiences, this was not one of them. The hummus appetizer was delicious, but the pizza was sub-​par to what I expected.

Another pizzeria with vegan cheese! Score. Now imagine the Papa John’s crust — warm, soft, crust. I ordered a Mega Veggie pie and a Holy Shitake pie. The Holy Shitake pie was off the wall for mushroom lovers. Another pie with truffle oil dictated my tongue over my brain. So far for portion control. As for the veggie pie, it was ordinary but still better than Brixx. They weren’t cheap on the veggies too which is great.

I really wanted to like this place. It’s the right crowd for us, a fun atmosphere and lots of great beer. But the pizza is overpriced for what you get and just alright. We spent $ 50 here for pizza, pretzels, 1 cider, 1 regular drink and tip. My husband ended up not even getting beer because he was so mad about the food price. The pizza was doughy for me and just overall «meh». The pretzels were very good but I regretted ordering them once the pizza came out. We wanted to try the jamaican jerk chicken with some variation on the ingredients, but it was so much more expensive to build your own pizza vs. getting something on the menu! Overall I was disappointed.

Too much dough, too much cheese, too little flavor. I like thin crust pizza with fresh, flavorful, and creative toppings; this place offers none of these. I’d direct my fellow Unilocalers elsewhere but I’ve yet to find great pizza in Knoxville. Brixx is probably your best bet based on my experience.

Darn good pizza! The crust is outstanding and the options are plentiful. I love the atmosphere and staff. Being a NYC girl and loving my hometown pizza, I was not sure I’d like this place but I am glad I gave it a try. I’ve been back twice and the food, service and atmosphere are consistently great.

Great option for vegans. They even have vegan cheese.

3.5 stars
Maybe it’s just me but I think this MM is better than the one down on the Strip. Located off Campbell Station Rd between a Walgreen’s and Hardee’s the «low impact» signing makes this almost a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it sort of place. The GF and I went for a late supper on a Friday night.
We were seated immediately and overall the service was great! We order a large half Thai and half Mellowterranean. Here’s a tip: you can split up a pizza if the sauce bases are the same. In this case the two we chose were garlic and olive oil base. We also ordered pretzels– 3 of the cinnamon sugar honey and 3 of the parmesan garlic– and they were warm, soft, doughy and not to mention tasty!
I must admit I have eaten at Mellow Mushroom several times and their crust continues to grow on me. Cheese is always a big deal to me and Mellow Mushroom’s is just OK but their crust is pretty spectacular!
The biggest downside: price. Everything’s about money these days. Our order with a pitcher of fresh cold beer (yum!) plus tip was close to $ 70. Ouch! Almost every other pizza joint in Knoxville would be cheaper. This is the major reason for my rating but I would come here again just not as often as I’d like.

Wish I could rant and rave about this one as much as everyone else has, but when you walk through the front door only to be greeted by a surely face who is put out seating seven for dinner, kind of puts you off for the rest of the meal.
The pizza is good, the waiter was okay, but did not go out of his way to be the least bit friendly and we were crammed in with several other close by tables when there was plenty of other area that they could have spread us all out in.
Go back? Probably to one of the others, but I will avoid this location in the future.

Love this pizza place in knoxvile, they are also in downtown Chattanooga. Great pizza and environment.