📍 East Nashville, Nashville
78 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 78 Restaurants
Cocktail bars, coffee roasters, and taco counters strung across the creative east-of-the-river district, with critic-favorite kitchens and late-night whiskey rooms.
Top 10 in East Nashville
1
Mas Tacos Por Favor
Mas Tacos Por Favor on McFerrin Ave is the kind of taco spot that makes you wonder why anyone bothers dressing it up. Cash-in-hand casual, no frills, no apologies — just tight Mexi...
96
2
Lockeland Table
Lockeland Table is a rehabbed storefront on Woodland St doing something genuinely its own: Italian-Southern, which means wood-fired pizza shares a menu with Southern-accented Ameri...
95
3
Butcher & Bee
Butcher & Bee on Main St brings a Mediterranean sensibility to Nashville's east side — a rotating menu of seasonal, local-sourced plates with Middle Eastern inflection and real...
94
4
Folk
The wood-fired oven runs the show on Meridian, turning out seasonal Italian plates in a high-ceilinged room with exposed brick that earns its atmosphere. Prices are splurge-tier, s...
93
5
Xiao Bao
Asian cooking on Meridian, sharing a block with Folk in what's quietly become Nashville's most interesting restaurant corridor. The price point is mid-range for the neighborhood — ...
93
6
Peninsula
Modern Spanish and French cooking in an intimate East Nashville room that leans old-world without feeling fusty. The deep wine list is the real argument for coming — pair it with w...
92
7
Two Ten Jack
Two Ten Jack on Eastland Ave is Nashville's izakaya, done right — Japanese small plates, a ramen program worth ordering, and a covered patio that turns into one of the city's bette...
92
8
Party Fowl
A Nashville hot chicken and bar concept on Woodland Street in East Nashville, serving fried chicken across heat levels from southern-friendly up to the seriously unhinged Poultryge...
91
9
Sid Gold's Request Room
A live piano-karaoke bar on Gallatin Pike in East Nashville, the Nashville outpost of the Sid Gold's group that started in New York. House piano players back singers nightly in a r...
91
10
Guerilla Bizkits
A plant-based biscuit counter on Fatherland Street in East Nashville, open weekend mornings into early afternoon. Guerilla Bizkits builds its menu entirely around vegan biscuits an...
91
All 78 Restaurants in East Nashville
Forevermore Coffee, Matcha & Goods
91
The Amsterdamian
91
Weak Coffee
91
Middle Grounds Coffee
91
The Yellow Table Café
91
Subliminal Coffee Company
91
Limo Peruvian Eatery
90
S.S. Gai
90
Hawkers Asian Street Food
90
Turmeric & Co
90
Inglewood Lounge
90
Stoke Haus Brewing & Barbecue
90
Coral Club
90
Martha My Dear
90
The BE Hive
88
The BE Hive Deli & Market
88
Mitchell Delicatessen
88
WacaMole
88
Roy's Tavern
88
Emanuel Restaurante Latino
88
The Underdog
88
Reunion
88
Lyra
86
The Wash
86
Once Upon A Time In France
86
Mickey's Tavern
86
Hunters Station
86
Flora + Fauna Cafe and Roaster
86
Sip Café
86
Urban Cowboy Public House
86
Haraz Coffee House
86
Dino's
85
Attaboy
85
Alebrije
85
Redheaded Stranger
84
Spicy Boy's
84
Maiz De La Vida Truck
84
Butterlamp Bread & Beverage
84
Brave Idiot
84
Turkey And The Wolf Icehouse
84
Junior
84
Fancypants
84
Bad Luck Burger Club
84
Curry Boys BBQ
84
Audrey
84
Fatbelly Pretzel Bakery & Deli
84
Smith & Lentz Brewing
84
Margot Cafe & Bar
84
Love and Exile
84
Sky Blue Cafe
84
Ugly Mugs Coffee and Tea
84
Schulman's
84
Gramps Garage
84
Southern Grist Brewing Co.
83
East Side Banh Mi
83
Bolton's Famous Hot Chicken & Fish
83
The 5 Spot
82
The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club
82
Frankies 925 Spuntino
82
Koré
82
Bad Idea
82
Hearts
82
Nicoletto's
82
Pearl Diver
82
Tiger Bar
82
Skinny Dennis
82
The Treehouse
80
Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish
76
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