Bea's Restaurant

  • 4500 Dodds Ave, Chattanooga, Tennessee
4.5
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+1 423 867 3618

Website:

beasrestaurant.com

Family-style dining and delicious home-cooked food makes this a great choice, but the price clenches ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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40 reviews

100% of guests recommend this place.

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They have the best fried chicken you can find anywhere. more on Yahoo! Travel

Along with the sides, you cannot beat this meal! more on Restaurantica

Best Southern food and service I have found anywhere! more on CitySearch

bea's has the best chicken, bar none! more on restaurantrow.com

My mom is from Chattanooga and we drive up for the chicken whenever we can--it's an all day trip but definitely worth the drive. more on Yahoo! Travel

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26 reviews

Top Reviews From Yahoo! Travel

The chicken is the best. With the lazy susan style tables and the seating arrangement you can meet new people. Friendly ... more on Yahoo! Travel

They have the best fried chicken you can find anywhere. So good you would slap your grandma to get some. Once you eat here ... more on Yahoo! Travel

There's no better source for Bea's information than Doug Bradshaw. Bea's has been a family tradition for what seems like forever. I've been going since it cost a dollar. Only the price has changed (hasn't everything?), but nothing ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Bea's has been our favorite place to eat for many years. We moved away from Chattanooga in 1968, having been loyal Bea's patrons for several years, and we still make the 80 mile trip now and then just to eat there! The chicken is ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We live in Central Illinois and if we are going to be traveling anywhere near to Chattanooga, Bea's is a must have...btw, we consider "near" to be anywhere within 2 hundred miles anyhow. We were first introduced to Bea's by my husband's ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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10 reviews

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This is the restaurant to go. The fried chicken is the best!! Everything is good. I just don't like sharing the table with strangers ... more on TripAdvisor

Arguably the best chicken recipe in town. Sit down at a family-style format with "lazy-Susan" table service. Go hungry and be prepared to eat a ... more on TripAdvisor

It's like stepping back in time - from the decor to the waitress uniforms. The food was awesome - it reminded me so much of going to my grandmother's for Sunday Dinner. I really enjoyed the family-sty ... more on TripAdvisor

Just go. You will most likely be sat at a table with total strangers, with the food in the middle of the table on a lazy susan. Go. It will be worth it. You may think you're lost once you've made it a ... more on TripAdvisor

True it is older and not in the best part of town - It is safe and they do a good job. We enjoy the family style serving and down ... more on TripAdvisor

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3 reviews

Top Reviews From Restaurantica

Bea's is a little different than your average place. It is family style and it's menu never changes. The bowls seem to fill up automatically, but we know it's the servers running around making sure no one is doing without anything. ... more on Restaurantica

Bea's has the best fried chicken I have ever eaten. Along with the sides, you cannot beat this meal! more on Restaurantica

If you want down home southern style eats at a 50 yr. old place that has not changed and love the above menu, you found the BEST place around! Dated decor, and old lazy susan tables eating w/strangers just ... more on Restaurantica

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