Calliope is a middle eastern fine-dining restaurant in Mlk, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The mezze course with whatever bread came off the fire.
Tip: The New York Times put Calliope on its 2025 Top 50 list; Tock reservations open ahead and Friday and Saturday sell out first.
Address: 422 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Whitebird runs the Edwin Hotel's dining room by the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, modern Appalachian cooking with Tennessee River Valley sourcing.
Order: The seasonal Appalachian tasting plates with a whiskey pairing.
Tip: Ask for a window table at dusk for bridge views, and time dinner around a rooftop aperitif at Whiskey Thief upstairs.
Bridgeman's Chophouse is the Read House hotel's white-tablecloth steakhouse in Chattanooga, USDA Prime cuts, veal chops and a grand seafood tower.
Order: The 11oz centre cut filet and the grand seafood tower.
Tip: The 1926 hotel setting is the occasion here; go before a show at the Tivoli and let the sommelier steer the pairing.
Hennen's is downtown Chattanooga's steak-and-seafood standby on Chestnut Street, hand-carved Certified Angus beef and a cellar of more than 100 wines.
Order: Aged Angus ribeye with a Bordeaux from the deep list.
Tip: Sunday service ends at 21:00, earlier than the rest of the week; OpenTable holds tables for aquarium-adjacent evenings.
Alleia is Chattanooga's candlelit Italian dining room on E. Main Street, where Daniel Lindley's kitchen hand-rolls pasta and fires Neapolitan pizza.
Order: Handmade gnocchi, then the wood-fired duck for two.
Tip: The dim Harrington Building room suits anniversaries; Resy releases tables ahead and Saturday seatings start at 16:45.
Easy Bistro & Bar is Chattanooga's special-occasion room, French-rooted seafood cooking in a 1900s Coca-Cola bottling hall, Michelin Recommended in 2025.
Order: The raw bar tower, then hearth-roasted oysters.
Tip: Reserve on Resy ahead of weekends; the marble bar takes walk-ins from 16:00 and the happy hour oysters are the value play.
