What Is the Most Expensive Restaurant in Nashville?

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No restaurant publishes a bill that settles it, so the clearest measure is the Michelin Guide’s price mark. Michelin’s Nashville selection lists 23 restaurants, and 5 carry its highest mark, $$$$: The Catbird Seat, Bastion, Locust, Junior, and Tailor (MICHELIN Guide). If you want one name, The Catbird Seat is the tasting-menu counter among the five that says it was honored with a Michelin Star in 2025. It opened in 2011 and now sits on the fifth floor of the Bill Voorhees Building at 700 8th Ave S, with chefs Andy Doubrava and Tiffani Ortiz in the kitchen (The Catbird Seat). Michelin describes “a youthful, frenetic tasting menu” served at a U-shaped counter, and lists the restaurant as open Wednesday to Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m. (MICHELIN Guide). The restaurant takes reservations through OpenTable from its own site, so check the current menu price when you book. Beverage pairings, tax, and tip add to the total at any of the five.

Nashville’s $$$$ Restaurants in the Michelin Guide

Restaurant Where Format Days
The Catbird Seat 700 8th Ave S, fifth floor tasting menu at a U-shaped counter Wednesday to Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.
Bastion Wedgewood-Houston 24-seat restaurant, reservations required; separate bar open to the public Wednesday to Saturday, reservations 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Locust 2305 12th Ave S reservations required; tasting menu at lunch; tables of four or fewer lunch and dinner, Friday to Sunday
Tailor 620 Taylor St, Germantown 8-course tasting menu in the dining room, 10 courses at the chef's bar Thursday to Sunday
Junior Nashville contemporary, per Michelin see the restaurant's site

Sources: the MICHELIN Guide Nashville selection, and the restaurants’ own sites for Bastion, Locust, and Tailor, read October 25, 2026.

Booking a Top-Price Dinner

  1. Watch the reservation date: Bastion opens reservations on the first of each month for the whole following month.
  2. Size the party: Locust seats tables of four or fewer and does not combine reservations.
  3. Ask about dietary needs first: Locust says it cannot accommodate dietary restrictions because of its menu style.
  4. Budget beyond the menu: drinks, tax, and tip are not in a tasting-menu price.

Steak dinners are covered in the best steakhouse in Nashville, and a wider list is in the best fine dining restaurants in Nashville.

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