Places on Watts Bar Lake tagged lunch. 7 places on the directory carry this tag. Browse the list below or jump to a category-specific page from the related links.
A warm, freshly made everything bakery and cafe in downtown Kingston where the cookies alone are worth the detour.
Bettye Rose Bakery is a cafe and bakery in downtown Kingston serving homemade baked goods, lunch specials, sandwiches, soups, and espresso drinks. The pastries are made on-site, portions are generous, and the staff is consistently described as one of the warmest in the area. Open Monday through Friday until 5 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM.
A serious deli in a former fast-food building on Roane Street, using Boar's Head ingredients and not apologizing for it.
Phil's Deli on South Roane Street in Harriman runs breakfast and lunch six days a week, with a Boar's Head deli case, five Reuben variations including a London broil "dirty" Reuben, curly fries, breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy, and a drive-through.
Rockwood's all-day home-cooking diner, where the breakfast burrito is a two-meal situation and the banana pudding closes things properly.
A home-cooking diner in Rockwood, open Monday through Saturday until 8 PM, serving scratch-cooked breakfasts, home-style lunches, and dinners at prices that consistently outperform chain alternatives. The breakfast burrito, banana pudding, and homemade meatloaf have their own regulars.
A near-lake roadside diner and ice cream stop in Ten Mile that has been feeding the same families across generations.
A longtime diner in Ten Mile on TN-304, open six days (closed Tuesdays), with a kitchen running American comfort food alongside an ice cream counter serving milkshakes, banana splits, and soft-serve cones. Regulars describe it as the community lunch anchor for the area.
A small-town Chinese buffet on Route 27 in Rockwood that punches above its category with fresh food and a genuinely warm staff.
A buffet-format Chinese restaurant on Route 27 in Rockwood, open Tuesday through Sunday, closed Mondays. Teriyaki chicken, honey chicken, lo mein, and carry-out options are consistent draws; the room is small with old booths and a reliable regulars crowd.
A family-run Chinese buffet in Spring City that is cleaner, friendlier, and more carefully managed than its strip-mall address suggests.
A Chinese buffet in Spring City near the lake, open Tuesday through Sunday, with a family that runs the operation personally, replenishes the buffet actively during service, and has built a weekly-regulars base in a town that needed a consistent restaurant.
A newer Harriman pizza shop making fresh-dough pies with real mozzarella, in a plain room that lets the food carry the experience.
A pizza restaurant on Griffith Drive near Harriman, open seven days until 9 PM (Sunday until 6 PM), making fresh pies with quality cheese, a thin New Jersey-style crust, Chicago deep dish, calzones, wings, and a full slice option.
So far 7 places on the lake have the lunch tag (all restaurants). By area it's mostly Rockwood (3), Kingston (2), the lower lake near the dam (1) and Spring City and Piney River (1). Our own write-ups peg them as good for lunch, families, first time visitors and breakfast stop.
Ratings? Google has them at 4.5 stars on average, from 2,583 reviews across 7 places. Phil's Deli is the highest rated at 4.8 (232 reviews). The most reviewed is MeMe's Restaurant, with 738.
Open on Sundays: 4 of the 7 with posted hours. Open past 9 p.m. at least one night a week: 2 of 7. Hours are what each place posts on Google and they change with the season, so call ahead.
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Last updated: November 10, 2026