Best restaurants in Nashville
The top 3 according to 77 votes from people: Prince's Hot Chicken Shack · Rolf and Daughters · Hattie B's Hot Chicken. (Updated Feb 20, 2025.)
Hot chicken, meat-and-threes and Southern fine dining: the Nashville restaurants visitors and locals recommend most.
Top 10
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1
Prince's Hot Chicken Shack
The family credited with inventing Nashville hot chicken.
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2
Rolf and Daughters
Pasta and seasonal plates in Germantown.
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3
Hattie B's Hot Chicken
Popular hot chicken with heat levels up to 'Shut the Cluck Up'.
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4
The Catbird Seat
Counter tasting menu with the kitchen in the middle.
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5
Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish
East Nashville hot chicken and fish institution.
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6
Husk Nashville
Southern ingredient-driven cooking in a historic mansion.
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7
Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint
Whole-hog West Tennessee barbecue.
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8
Loveless Cafe
Biscuits and country ham since 1951.
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9
Arnold's Country Kitchen
Classic meat-and-three cafeteria.
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10
Biscuit Love
Brunch famous for its 'bonuts'.
Candidates
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11
Edley's Bar-B-Que
Neighbourhood barbecue favourite.
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12
Pancake Pantry
Hillsboro Village breakfast institution.
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Comments (5)
Arnold's meat and three, the real Nashville.
Prince's invented hot chicken, respect the original.
Hattie B's is great but the line, my god.
The Catbird Seat, great tasting menu.
Bolton's is the spiciest, careful.