Vernon's Smokehouse

Vernon's smokehouse is a lovely cafeteria style eatery inside Graceland complex. The food was very good. The positives were nice seating , ambience, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli rice casserole , okra , corn bread, peach cobbler, cherry cobbler, banana pudding all delicious! Now for the Con.. the staff sucks! On a monday at 11:30 There were only two other customers in there and when my mom& I went up to the counter the 2 staff didn't even look up. We stood there giving them a moment but one was on phone and the other messing w the food. I said are we in the right spot to order? The looked up and I told them my order. Zero words spoken to us. The cashier. Young man. No greeting. Only is that all together? That's it. No expressions on Any staff. At the shuttle on way back to hotel other people commented on the lack of smiles, greetings at Vernon's. Evidently this was not uncommon for listening to other frequent customers on the shuttle. Will I return to Vernon's. Yes. Convenient good food.

We got vouchers with our Graceland tour, and decided to try it out. It's cafeteria style serving, and is a little confusing when you first get up there, but the staff was nice. I got meatloaf, Mac and cheese, cornbread and mashed potatoes. I also got a peach cobbler/pie on the side. The mashed potatoes were my favorite, the gravy was really good and well seasoned, the Mac and cheese was delicious as well. The meatloaf was okay, I just don't think it was to my taste. The cornbread was sweet and moist. The peach dessert was okay, I liked the peaches but not so much the pastry.

Lunch was included with our ticket, so instead of leaving the grounds we gave it a try. The inside was nice and clean with plenty of places to sit. It was a line order so service was quick. I went with the fried catfish, mashed potatoes, corn, cornbread and banana pudding. I'm not sure what it would have cost for everything if it wasn't included with our tickets but it was pretty good.

You go through a line and tell them what you want. Some of the sides looked like they shouldn't be served. It was around 4pm when I was there. Near closing on a Sunday. The lady working wasn't very friendly. I requested a certain kind of fatty brisket for my sandwich from the guy working and he did it. It was good. The corn had a strange taste and I didn't eat it. The cherry cobbler was really good. Overall, it was just eh.

Visiting Graceland has become an annual event in my household and we always make Vernon's our lunch spot in the middle of our day of touring. It's set up in a cafeteria-style, where you grab a tray, order, and your plate is made. We always get the BBQ Sampler which means you get one rib, one smoked chicken wing, smoked brisket, and pulled pork, plus 2 sides, and roll or cornbread. Their desserts are the standard Southern style choices like pecan pie, apple pie, peach and cherry cobblers, and cheesecake. Bonus, they also serve Coke products, with my favorite, Coke Zero. Employees are friendly enough and of course, Elvis concerts are playing on the tv screens, which makes it even more awesome when you're eating such wonderful bbq in the middle of one of the happiest places on earth (if you're an Elvis fan). If I lived locally, I would come here all the time, even if not visiting Graceland. Highly recommend!

If this was on the side of the road as a normal bbq place, I would keep driving. It is just ok. Nothing wrong with it but I would like to be more impressed with Memphis BBQ.

Great southern bbq right in Graceland! Food was great, lots of places to sit, and they had a few Elvis memorabilia. I wish it was more of a unique Elvis experience. Wish the ambience was more magical with Elvis music playing and the feeling that you're truly immersed in Elvis world. But it just felt like another bbq spot.

I hate to give anything Graceland less that 5 stars, but we were not impressed with Vernon's Smokehouse. We purchased the Ultimate VIP Graceland Tour Package which includes a complimentary meal (if you do the early tour time) at Vernon's Smokehouse. It's cafeteria style, walk up ordering type of place. They have a good variety of meats and sides, but we were surprised at the low/little flavor. They serve the food on styrofoam plates and give you plastic utensils. Do you know what happens when you put your fork into a piece of meat on a styrofoam plate? It goes right through the plate. They need to rethink the serving for sure! I just figured a restaurant on the Graceland property with Elvis' daddy's name would be better. I had minimal interaction with the staff, but what I did have was good. Hopefully they will fix the issues with the food and serving.

Chicken tenders were fresh and hot, fried okra was cooked to perfection and the green beans were seasoned southern and delicious! Got there right at 11 and everything was quite tasty! Staff were friendly and helpful.

Save your money don't eat here. The wife had ribs that had an off taste. The cornbread was totally stale. I had the barbecued brisket on a roll and it was all grease. This is a real tourist trap.