Best 5 Pancake Houses in Gatlinburg TN

Devouring fluffy pancakes with all the fixings is a great start to a day out in the Smoky Mountains. In Gatlinburg, gateway to the Smokies, you can find your fill of pancake houses. Why not try a new one each day you’re here? These are five of our favorites.

1. Log Cabin Pancake House

You can’t miss this family-owned favorite–there’s a covered wagon on the roof! Inside, a rustic mountain cabin is the setting for your hearty breakfast. Choose from buttermilk, whole wheat, buckwheat, or cornmeal pancakes. Add nuts or chocolate chips to any pancake. Taste the thin crepes, stuffed with fruit compotes. You’ll find egg dishes, waffles, and more here, including fresh biscuits served with gravy or ham.

2. Pancake Pantry

Pancake Pantry opened its doors in 1960 as Tennessee’s first pancake specialty restaurant. Join the generations of diners who have loved this local tradition! Enjoy classic buttermilk pancakes and toppings, plus specials like sweet potato pancakes, cornmeal pancakes, orange-walnut pancakes, and buckwheat cakes. Try the tender crepes, filled with fruits and topped with sweet or zesty syrups. Omelets, egg dishes (served with fluffy pancakes, naturally), waffles, and French toast all feature here. The Pantry serves lunch, too.

3. Little House of Pancakes

What will today’s special pancakes be? White chocolate strawberry, s’mores, or raspberry cheesecake? The Little House of Pancakes whips up unique treats daily, as well as its menu of omelets, biscuits, egg dishes, and pancakes galore. Lunch dishes include Southern favorites chicken fried steak and fried catfish.

4. Crockett’s Breakfast Camp

Time travel to Gatlinburg’s earliest days, when real-life frontiersman “Crockett” Maples dished up breakfast for hungry travelers like you. Fuel up for your Smoky Mountains adventures on cinnamon roll pancakes, buckwheat fruit, nut pancakes, or thick-cut French toast. Choose your favorite meat, egg, and cheese fillings to build your own hot breakfast biscuits, or dig into eggs, omelets, and house-made cinnamon rolls.

5. Flapjack’s Pancake Cabin

With pecan pancakes so good, they made Southern Living take note, Flapjack’s is a local favorite. Order the signature sticky bun pancakes or Reese’s peanut butter cup pancakes. Sizzling breakfasts served in cast iron skillets include eggs, hash browns, and meats to satisfy the hungriest diner. Ask for “bear cakes” for the kids–pancakes decorated as a smiling Smokies bear!

After your bountiful breakfast and a day of fun, come home to a private Gatlinburg cabin. Reserve your vacation cabin today!