Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in Nashville

OpenTable

Updated June 05, 2025

Looking for the best overall restaurants in Nashville? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Kase x Noko

5.0

5 (241)

$50 and over

Japanese

East Nashville

About the restaurant

A 14 seat, neighborhood Omakase from the team that brought you Noko Nashville. This is a 14 course, 90min nigiri & hand roll dining experience for $75. We highly recommend arriving 5-10 minutes early to enjoy a drink at our Japanese cocktail bar as we start promptly at your reservation time. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the cuisine, we will not be able to accommodate fish allergies or vegetarians.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined 5 days ago

What an incredible dining experience! The chefs, the servers, the food…all absolutely fantastic!

Bastion

4.9

4.9 (113)

$50 and over

Contemporary American

South Nashville

About the restaurant

Bastion is the 24-seat restaurant of James Beard Foundation Award Nominee Chef Josh Habiger. It is located in a separate area within the casual cocktail bar of the same name, and it is a part of the Wedgewood Houston neighborhood of Nashville, TN. Bastion's dining room features counter seating around the kitchen for parties of 2 as well as three tables for parties of 3 to 6. Bastion's small team serves a weekly set menu of six dinner courses featuring many dishes with a wide variety of flavors, ingredients, and inspirations. Friendly service guides you through the culinary experience, which also features wine pairings, creative cocktails, and a curated vinyl soundtrack. Come early or stay late in the hidden Little Bar, which is a private offering for guests of the restaurant.

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Jacob

Dined on Jun 5, 2025

Everything was great. Phenomenal staff, tasty wine pairing

Valentino's Ristorante

5.0

5 (2071)

$31 to $50

Italian

Midtown

About the restaurant

NEW LOCATION at 1808 HAYES STREET !!! Beautiful covered patio!
Pasta, Steaks and Chops. Nashville's premier Italian restaurant. You won't leave here hungry. For over 27 years, a Nashville original, Valentino's Ristorante serves the finest Italian cuisine using fresh local ingredients from some of Tennessee's finest. Musicians, movie stars and movers and shakers all have touted Valentino's as the place for great Italian food, live entertainment and private events. Just ask Bill Gates, Robert Redford, Rascal Flatts and the Vice President of the United States. Buon appetito.

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BruceVIP

Dined 1 day ago

Fantastic food daily specials and the table side service is fantastic!

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4.9

4.9 (2907)

$31 to $50

Fusion / Eclectic

Green Hills

About the restaurant

Located in the Bedford Commons complex of the Green Hills neighborhood, etc. offers lunch and dinner Monday through Friday and dinner on Saturday. At the second, smaller version of sister restaurant Etch, Chef Deb Paquette incorporates her favorite spices, produce, and global recipes into the menus for an adventurous dining experience. The bar program offers a succinct wine list with selections from around the world, select craft beer, and an array of elevated craft cocktails.

The cozy 2400 square foot layout features simply adorned tables, comfortable banquette seating, a large inviting bar, along with plenty of open-air seating. Funky light fixtures, striking electric blue tile, copper and glass accents, and warm woods fill out the intimate space.

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Leslie

Dined 5 days ago

We love your restaurant and the food is incredible!

Koré

4.9

4.9 (152)

$31 to $50

Tapas / Small Plates

East Nashville

About the restaurant

A new international tapas restaurant called ᴋᴏʀé has opened in 97 Chapel Ave., East Nashville. Don't walk, run!

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DaniVIP

Dined 1 day ago

Kore is a hidden gem in the Nashville restaurant community. The food is absolutely amazing and the service is outstanding. We adore London and Kensington who always go above and beyond for their guests. And did I mention the cocktails, out of this world!

Bella Napoli

4.9

4.9 (1235)

$30 and under

Italian

Edgehill

About the restaurant

Bella Napoli is Nashville's only restaurant to offer handcrafted authentic Neapolitan style pizza and Italian cuisine. Come experience the flavors of Italy with your friends and family and enjoy a truly Italian experience in Nashville!

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Cindy

Dined 2 days ago

Amazing food, excellent service, perfect ambiance.

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4.9

4.9 (1652)

$31 to $50

Asian

East Nashville

About the restaurant

Nestled in the heart of East Nashville, Noko is an Asian-inspired, wood-fired restaurant inspired by wanderlust and simplicity of the region. Here, Executive Chef Dung “Junior” Vo aims to perfect the balance of new and old techniques in wood fire cooking, putting his Asian-influenced spins on familiar proteins and indigenous vegetables through smoking, searing, and roasting.

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Martha

Dined 4 days ago

AMAZING best spot! best customer service! so enjoyable

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4.8

4.8 (10)

$30 and under

Italian

The Gulch & North Gulch

About the restaurant

43 seat gem of a restaurant situated snuggly in the The Gulch neighborhood of Nashville at 605 Mansion St. St Vito Focacceria is national recognized and loved by locals for being one of the most unique specifically Italian restaurants in the city. Chef Michael Hanna and team display his family's traditions, recipes and techniques at a high level with superb service and food. It's Focacceria another word for PIZZERIA, serving a very light airy sourdough focaccia pizza thats one of a kind and truly a can't miss for pizza lovers and foodies alike! Serving Lunch Wednesday-Sunday 11am-2pm and Dinner 7 nights a week starting at 5pm! Please note, due to the size of the restaurant, we cannot accept any parties larger than 8. DO NOT miss your chance to discover classic italian cuisine cooked at a high level such as pasta, caesar salad you cant miss and most importantly the PIZZA!

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Gary

Dined on Jun 6, 2025

The food was outstanding! Creative and delicious! Our server was very friendly and attentive. Bartender made a great martini. We’ll be back.

International Market - Nashville

4.9

4.9 (21)

$30 and under

Thai

Belmont / Hillsboro

About the restaurant

International Market originally opened in 1975, introducing generations of Nashvillians their first taste of Thai cuisine. Now across the street from the original location, Arnold and Anna Myint continue the family tradition by day and serve an evolved chef-curated menu by night. Inspired by their heritage and southern roots, International Market serves authentic Thai flavors by means of local and regionally sustainable purveyors.

International Market has earned the Thai Select Classic Award, a prestigious recognition from the Ministry of Commerce and Royal Thai Government, a first for Nashville. This award, akin to Michelin recognition, is prominent in major U.S. cities like Chicago and New York. Criteria include anonymous dining visits evaluating food authenticity, heritage, atmosphere, and hospitality. The restaurant upholds original owners Win and Patti Myint's culinary legacy, and showcases Chef Arnold's modern Thai cooking approach.

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Anna

Dined 3 days ago

The food here is always perfection. This is one of the best restaurants in Nashville. However, our server, Ben W., was not a good representation of this fantastic little place. He repeatedly made comments to contradict our requests and refused to accommodate our simple requests. We recently discovered some serious food allergies and are working actively to heal. We requested he leave the cashews on the side (tree nut allergy) from the makrut salad and he said he couldn't so I thought maybe they were mixed in tge dressing somehow. So when the salad came out I was surprised to see the whole cashews just sitting there on the salad.....SO EASY to leave on the side. I requested more limes for our water and he told me "you do know you have two slices still there on the plate". He commented "you are all very particular about your food." This is rude. We didn't need his opinion. We spent close to $200. We appreciate the food and shouldn't be made to feel like we need to explain WHY we need cashews left on the side or tomatoes left out of fried rice. We will be back but hope not to have him as a server again.

Locust Nashville

4.9

4.9 (122)

$50 and over

Seafood

Belmont / Hillsboro

About the restaurant

Locust brings a chaotic elegance to Nashville's dining scene. Chef Trevor Moran and team carefully assemble an ever-changing menu highlighting seafood and local, seasonal products: think raw bar selection, whole grilled fish, a decadent crab omelette, a big steak, all rounded out with a somehow chewy and soft shaved ice.

Lunch: Friday - Sunday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (reservations required)
Dinner: Friday - Sunday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (reservations required)
Patio Bar: Sunday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

*Please note that Locust is a CARD ONLY establishment, and does not accept cash payments at this time.

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TimVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Absolutely amazing. Get the caviar and put it on everything

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