Mountain Breakfast

Built by hand, two floors over Bull Creek

Anya and her husband built this scratch kitchen themselves: the plumbing, the wiring, the whole second floor.

The lower floor table beside the open sliding glass doors over Bull Creek, set with a waffle and coffee

First they built the room. Then they opened it.

A husband-and-wife team originally from Ukraine spent years in restaurants before making this one, physically, with their own hands.

  1. First

    Their own hands

    They did the full renovation themselves. What Anya and her husband built:

    • The kitchen, built out
    • The entire second floor, completed
    • Plumbing and electrical, all new
    • The bathrooms, from scratch
  2. May 6, 2026

    Doors open on East Parkway

    A neon-signed bar on the creek level, the green room and mountain-view balconies upstairs, Smoky Mountain photography on the feature walls.

    “This is a beautiful space full of positive energy and ease.”

    GatlinburgNow (Substack blog review), May 8, 2026
  3. Two months in

    Gatlinburg noticed

    4.7

    on Google, across 126 reviews

    5.0

    on TripAdvisor

    9.5/10

    GatlinburgNow first impressions

    Read the reviews on Google

Housemade, nearly everything

The word runs across nearly every category of the menu: the batter, the blueberry compote, the deviled eggs, the ranch.

Classic Belgium Waffle dusted with powdered sugar as warm syrup is poured over it
Classic Belgium Waffle: housemade sweet cream batter, warm syrup, powdered sugar.
Pistachio Stuffed French Toast topped with crushed pistachios and powdered sugar
Pistachio Stuffed French Toast: pistachio paste, crushed pistachios, powdered sugar.
Buckwheat Bowl, a warm grain bowl served at Mountain Breakfast
Buckwheat Bowl: a grain bowl nodding to the owners’ Ukrainian heritage.
Caramel latte with latte art on the bar at Mountain Breakfast

The coffee earned its own reviews

“This is the best tasting coffee I've had at a breakfast restaurant in Gatlinburg.”

GatlinburgNow (Substack blog review, rated 9.5/10), May 8, 2026

Unlimited refills on drip, plus espresso drinks including a caramel latte.

544 East Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738

  • Open every day, 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Breakfast, brunch and lunch only. No dinner service.
  • Near the Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum; a free Gatlinburg trolley stops nearby.
  • Directions

The bar downstairs is built and waiting on its license. Mimosas, Bloody Marys and brunch cocktails are coming, along with private-event bookings and more gluten-free options.

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