What Are the Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Nashville?
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Start with the five restaurants the Michelin Guide marks $$$$ in Nashville: The Catbird Seat, Bastion, Locust, Tailor, and Junior (MICHELIN Guide). The Catbird Seat cooks a tasting menu at a U-shaped counter on the fifth floor of 700 8th Ave S (The Catbird Seat). Bastion runs a 24-seat dining room in Wedgewood-Houston, and its reservations open on the first of each month for the whole following month (Bastion). Locust, at 2305 12th Ave S, serves a tasting menu at lunch and also opens for dinner, both Friday to Sunday (Locust). Tailor in Germantown serves 8 courses in its dining room and 10 at its chef’s bar (Tailor). If you would rather order à la carte, two restaurants fit. Husk serves “an ever-changing menu” drawn from Tennessee purveyors and farmers (Husk). Yolan, inside The Joseph hotel, serves Italian à la carte and a tasting menu nightly from 5 to 10 p.m. (Yolan). Audrey in East Nashville still appears on older lists, but its site says its final day of service was August 16, 2026 (Audrey).
Fine Dining Restaurants and How to Book
| Restaurant | Style | Booking | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Catbird Seat | tasting menu at a counter | OpenTable, linked from its site | Wednesday to Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m. |
| Bastion | 24-seat dining room; public cocktail bar beside it | required; opens the 1st for the next month; parties of 1 to 6 | Wednesday to Saturday, seatings 5:30 to 9 p.m. |
| Locust | tasting menu at lunch; dinner service | required; tables of four or fewer | Friday to Sunday, lunch 12 to 3 p.m., dinner 6 to 9 p.m. |
| Tailor | tasting menu of First-Generation American Cuisine | dining room and chef's bar by reservation; Living Room walk-in | Thursday to Sunday; Living Room from 4:30 p.m. |
| Husk | modern Southern, à la carte | reservations on its site | dinner 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday |
| Yolan | Italian, à la carte or tasting menu | check its site | dinner nightly, 5 to 10 p.m. |
Sources: each restaurant’s own site, read October 25, 2026; Catbird Seat hours from the MICHELIN Guide. Hours and formats change; check before you book.
Choosing One
- For a counter view of the kitchen: The Catbird Seat.
- For a small room with a bar to wait in: Bastion, whose cocktail bar is open to the public.
- For a tasting menu at lunch: Locust, Friday to Sunday.
- For a group that wants to order separately: Husk or Yolan.
- For dietary restrictions: ask before you book; Locust says it cannot accommodate them.
Older articles credit Husk Nashville to Sean Brock; Wikipedia says he kept the title of founding chef and culinary advisor at the Husk restaurants until May 2019 (Wikipedia). Price is covered in the most expensive restaurant in Nashville, and award lists are in Nashville’s James Beard-nominated restaurants.