Tierney's Cavern

Ive been here a couple times and it was great both times. Its extremely well priced and the food is amazing. I'd definitely recommend hiking and stopping here half way through your hike.

The cavern has decent food and good pricing. The service is friendly and efficient. The place has a buffet and is family friendly.

The dining hall conveniently located in the Carter Caves complex. Seems to have finicky service hours based on the signage at the gift shop, but we were able to get lunch after the cave tours. It was buffet only at that time, but the restricted selection meant the food quality was really decent compared to most buffets. Huge dessert selection.

I tried their breakfast. The eggs were brown and gray and in one solid chunk instead of scrambled. A disgusting waste of $10. I decided to give the restaurant another chance the next day when I ordered Mac n cheese, hush puppies, potato salad, and coleslaw. I found out they were out of Mac n cheese and coleslaw after I had already paid. It was early afternoon and I thought it was strange that they were already out of certain foods before the dinner rush had even started. The server was very nice and gave me extra hush puppies and some strawberry cheesecake instead. As you can see from the picture, the hush puppies were rock solid from sitting and then being refried all day. The potato salad was okay. The fries tasted how they looked, and the hot grease from the fryer melted through the st

Very welcoming to find a hot meal after hiking in the cold all day. Tried a hot brown, it's a Kentucky thing. It wasn't bad but I definitely felt my heart rate slowing after consumption