Ray's Entertainment Sports Grill
Phone: 865-330-0159
Fax: 865-558-6115
Web site: http://raysesg.com
Description: From delicious casual lunch and dinner to fun, drinks and watching your favorite team on over 40 TVs. Ray’s has it all! Serves beer, liquor, and wine. Accepts cash, checks, and charge cards. Smoking restaurant: 21 and up only. A premier venue for sports thats dedicated to entertainment. They host events including Texas Hold ‘Em poker, live music on the patio, pool tournaments, bike nights, NTN buzztime trivia tournaments, horseshoe tournaments karaoke, and Nintendo Wii tournaments.
As seen in The Metro Pulse Restaurant Guide
If you can’t find some way to have fun at Ray’s, you probably aren’t trying very hard. The bar, restaurant, and a year-round, climate-controlled patio feature bands most evenings and a DJ without a doubt. They’ve got ladies nights, every pay-per-view sporting package that’s broadcast in Knoxville—Vol football to boxing—and corn hole tournaments.
More cerebral? Don’t despair. Ray’s has free Wi-Fi, electronic NTN trivia and live trivia tournaments, and football bingo (how well you do depends on how the televised games go) on Mondays. You win prizes, sure, but entry is free. For the sophisticate, Ray’s Wine Bar offers great selection and a comfy section of the restaurant to sip from—and no one’s gonna notice if you slip over to the other side of the restaurant for a few minutes to watch wrestling.
While you’re pursuing these pastimes, don’t forget to eat. Ray’s full-scale menu includes items like Asian Shrimp Skewers and pretzels if you’re a nibbler, all the way up to bountiful Surf and Turf for Two, burgers, pizzas and calzones, and Chicken Pecan Salad and such if you want to eat well, but light. At lunch, express options get your food on the table in 15 minutes or fewer, but the whole menu’s available in lunch-size portions, too. They can handle large parties and offer both reservations and call-ahead seating.
And if you’ve been out having fun somewhere else, there’s still a reason to stop by Ray’s late-ish: they serve a full menu until 2 a.m., and late-night breakfast of breakfast pizzas and a signature Skeeter Platter, complete with eggs and biscuits. Fun and filling.
Restaurant details
| Cuisine: | American, Eclectic |
| Price range: | |
| Delivery? | No |
| Buffet? | No |
| Local establishment? | Yes |
| Outdoor seating? | Yes |
| Party room? | Yes |
| Reservations accepted? | Yes |
| Call-aheads accepted? | Yes |
| Kids menu? | No |
| Occasional live music? | Yes |
| Heated smoking area? | Yes |
| Smoking porch? | Yes |
| Wheelchair accessibility: | Very accommodating * |
| Accepts barter? | Yes |
| Number of vegetarian dishes: | 2 |
| Number of TVs: | 50 |
Payment options
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Discover
- American Express
- Only local checks
Business hours
- Sundays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Mondays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Tuesdays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Fridays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
- Saturdays: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Kitchen hours
- Sundays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Mondays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Tuesdays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Fridays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Saturdays: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Drink specials
- Sunday: 4-8 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Monday: 4-8 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Tuesday: 4-8 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Wednesday: 4-8 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Thursday: 3-7 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Friday: 3-7 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
- Saturday: 3-7 $.75 off bottles, $1.00 off draft/wine, $1.25 off liquor
Past events at Ray's Entertainment Sports Grill
* Restaurants are rated either: Very accommodating, ADA-compliant, Inaccessible. * For more detailed accessibility profiles, check wiredonwheels.com.
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Posted by baradvice (Bar Advice) on June 20, 2008
Food: 4/10 Vibe: 3/10 Service: 1/10 Value: 3/10 Overall: 3/10
Bad food score! Bad service!
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Posted by tnjohnny (Johnny TN) on September 6, 2008
Food: 1/10 Vibe: 1/10 Service: 3/10 Value: 1/10 Overall: 1/10
I must first say that the only reason that I tried this place is because I had a 50% off coupon; huge mistake. We went at dinner time on friday and the dining room was empty. This is a place for smokers to hang out around the bar and patio; mostly people over forty. My husband and I are non-smokers so it was unpleasant even though we sat in a non-smoking section. A waitress was smoking at a service station fifteen feet away from us which I thought was very inconsiderate. The hostess gave us a bar food menu and did not even give us a full menu until I requested it. I ordered crabs cake that were more like cakes with a hint of crab. The goopy cinnimon apples were straight out of a can. The onion rings were still doughy; very under cooked. My husband ordered beef filet tips (no mention of them being marinated on the menu). The tips were marinated (over powering garlic) beyond recognition; it could have been sirlon for all he could tell. I am sure that the tips were setting in the frige for a while by the level of marinade penitration. The waitress was seldom to be seen but that was expected since we were the only people in the dining room. Aweful experience! I should have refused to pay. One last thing, Ray's received a score of 69 from the Health Dept! That is a failing grade. Unfortunately, I did not think to check it out before eating there.
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Posted by KnoxvilleVol (K V) on September 11, 2008
Food: 8/10 Vibe: 7/10 Service: 8/10 Value: 8/10 Overall: 8/10
I don't normally write reviews but I read the one above from tnjohnny and could not disagree with it more. I have always enjoyed the food and atmosphere at Ray's and even at Kingston Alley before. Having worked in the restaurant industry previously, I have noticed that 50%-off customers often complain more and tip less. I can personally vouch for the Chicken Philly Sandwich and the Hamburgers. I think they are the best in town. The portions are huge and the food has always been hot and fresh.
I noticed that the person above who had such an unpleasant experience also wrote a review of the Taste of Tai which she found more favorable. If "exotic" food and "tofu" are your thing, then maybe Ray's is not your type of restaurant. Frankly I don't like "exotic" food or "tofu" and I would probably not like the Taste of Tai. I am smart enough not to go there.
To everyone reading this, Ray's is a fun place with a great patio and good hot food. If you like hamburgers, pizza, and sandwiches you will love this place. Don't take the advice of someone who clips coupons...
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