King Tut's Egyptian Grill

A tiny place that leaves a big impression, King Tut’s Grill provides sensory overload from the minute you walk in the door. The tiny white building at at 4132 Martin Mill Pike doesn’t look like much from the outside — unless, however, you’re driving by it around 8 p.m. some night and wonder what’s up with all the strobe and disco lights flashing through the barred windows, happening to see a patron step outside for a smoke while wearing a giant King Tut headdress.

Once you enter, you’ll notice the hodgepodge, kitschy décor as owner Moe provides a warm greeting and an overwhelming but entertaining litany of the evening’s menu specials, inevitably encouraging you to order the “world’s largest Greek salad” (which it likely is, arriving at the table in what looks to be a big mixing bowl). The “world’s largest Greek salad” will also be accompanied by the world’s largest beverage — drinks at King Tut’s are served in fl ower vases that could easily hold a dozen long-stem roses.I recommend arriving on Wednesday night, Egyptian night, for the Egyptian sampler platter, a vegetarian delight (and carnivore’s, too), but you can’t really go wrong with anything on the menu. And King Tut’s is BYOB — for an especially festive evening, feel free  to cart in your own alcoholic beverages.

The BYOB policy may be to blame for the ultimate experience in dining at King Tut’s — the karaoke, with endless props to enhance the performance, including the King Tut headdress, a giant mask of the Incredible Hulk complete with giant green Hulk gloves, a huge bear head and even a tricycle if you prefer to sing karaoke on wheels. Yeah, this place is crazy. Crazy good. King Tut’s, a South Knoxville treasure, is, open every day of the week for lunch and dinner, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.