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Virago

4.6
4.6
1513 Reviews
$30 and under
Japanese
For more reservation availability, please call (615) 254-1902 or book directly at mstreetnashville.com.

As an original pioneer of the blossoming Nashville restaurant & food scene, Virago is the gold standard for Asian fusion and Sushi. Virago continues to justify its national acclaim as amongst the nation’s best by satiating savvy diners with its artistic cuisine, creative mixology, and sixty label sake list.

Virago’s perennially awarded “Best Sushi” set in the “Best Interior Design” creates an exciting dining adventure that can only be experienced at Virago. And although Virago’s sushi is consistently regarded as the city’s best, its innovative menu of Asian-inspired culinary gems is recognized by insiders as the brightest star that shines on MStreet.

Above all, Virago is an experience.

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Additional information

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Cuisines

    Japanese, Sushi

  • Hours of operation

    Sunday: 5:00 pm-10:00 pm Monday-Thursday: 5:00 pm-11:00 pm Friday-Saturday: 5:00 pm-12:00 pm Reservations recommended, Walk-ins welcome

  • Phone number

    (615) 254-1902

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Dress code

    Business Casual

  • Executive chef

    Andrew Whitney, Sushi Chef Himmi Vasquez

  • Private party facilities

    Do you have a momentous occasion approaching? Or perhaps you just want to enjoy a fantastic dinner with dear friends? A business presentation that requires A/V capabilities? The Lotus Room at Virago is the perfect venue of any gathering. Also available for daytime luncheons.

  • Private party contact

    Alexandra Bailey: (615) 254-1902

  • Neighborhood

    Tennessee

  • Cross street

    12th Ave S & McGavock St

  • Parking details

    Valet

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, High Tea, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 1,513 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.6
4.6 based on all time ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.6Ambience
  • 4.3Value

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  1. Jenny

    Nashville

    74 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    74 reviews

    Dined on April 14, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was fabulous and service was perfect.
  2. shirleyV

    Memphis/West TN

    51 reviews

    3.0

    51 reviews

    Dined on April 13, 2019

    overall3food3service3ambience3
    Let me start with the fact we are huge sushi fans and have had it all over the world. My husband had visited this restaurant before and raved over it but indicated it seemed to have changed. Virago’s was good but nothing special and a bit pricy for the product, overall service and presentation. If the food and service better probably would have been fine. We ordered from the regular and premium menu. The lobster shooter was tasty but would have like larger piece of lobster and would have be fine with a higher price. It was just minuscule but delicious. My daughter had the crunchy California roll and said it was ok nothing special and a lot like the one you can get at Kroger for 1/3 price. I didn’t try it. My husband had the sashimi which he said was tasty but nothing special. The presentation wasn’t special either. He said when he had come in the past the presentation was awesome at this restaurant. I had the premium hand hamachi hand roll that had no rice which I loved. We had. AR IOU’s other rolls that were all really good but nothing special for the price. Over all good restaurant and I would return.
  3. Deanna

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 12, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We LOVE Virago!!! Our waiter was amazing on Thursday and the Brussels sprouts..well we got a second order! Missed the stone steak off the menu (current option is $$$$$) so that part was sad :(
  4. Steve

    New York Area

    24 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    24 reviews

    Dined on March 10, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    definitely the best suchi in town they also go out of their way to satisfy you.
  5. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 10, 2019

    overall2food4service3ambience3
    Had an 8:00 reservation and didn’t get seated until 9:00. Our waiter was not friendly. My son was in town with his new girl friend.
  6. OpenTable Diner

    Dallas

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 10, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I was really impressed with the service at Virago. I was there this past weekend with girlfriends. We were visiting Nashville for a girls weekend and this restaurant had been recommended. We had reservations, but when we checked in our table wasn’t ready and we headed to the lounge for some wine. Enjoying each other’s company, we didn’t really mind that we still had to wait 30+ minutes to be seated. However, after a great meal and friendly service (by Cassidy), the manager came over with our bill letting us know she comped a few things since we had to wait so long and thanking us for our patience. It’s so rare for something like this to happen without a customer complaint (which we did not give) so I thought this spoke volumes about the level of service Virago is looking to uphold. I would definitely go back!
  7. DebbieF

    Nashville

    28 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Virago never disappoints! The stone steak, crispy Brussels, coconut jasmine rice and sugar snap peas is a delicious favorite dinner! Dined on Tuesday night and then took other guests Saturday night!
  8. JenniferF

    Nashville

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2019

    overall4food5service4ambience5
    Nice ambiance. They have a plush lounge area and bar to sit in while you wait for your table. The crispy brussel sprouts (add parm and truffle oil) and the dumpling appetizers are a must try. Small delay between drink orders and someone coming to take our food order, but it was a Friday night. Food came relatively quickly. Overall, fantastic experience. Tempted to Uber Eats those crispy brussels on the daily.
  9. ThomasJ

    Nashville

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on March 3, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Love love love love love love love love this place.
  10. LadyDi

    Kansas City

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 1, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We always have such a great dining experience when dining at Virago! Atmosphere, service and food are outstanding! Servers are very knowledgeable and attentive! Virago is always our go to for sushi when visiting Nashville!
  11. OpenTable Diner

    Charlotte

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 28, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was excellent! The wasabi martini lived up to its reviews as well as the V2 Edamame!!! I wish I had room to try the entire menu!
  12. John

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 26, 2019

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    Overall, we had a great time at the restaurant. The only reason I ranked the food with four stars is because I enjoy more esoteric sushi/sashimi and fish choices otherwise everything was excellent. Thank you.
  13. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on February 26, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Tasty!! Our server was so sweet and gave us a special surprise at the end of our meal!!
  14. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 25, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Another great experience!
  15. AnnaU

    Nashville

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 24, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We loved our server Lee!! The food and drinks were really great too!
  16. Yeah917

    Atlanta Metro

    30 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on February 23, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The birthday dinner for my FIL was a hit! Our waiter was really nice and the food was delicious. Definitely recommend the mushroom toban-yaki and the wagyu on hot stone.
  17. HannaF

    Nashville

    20 reviews

    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on February 23, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Virago is by far my favorite sushi restaurant. I love sushi and it is always so fresh. The ambiance is perfect for a date night with your significant other or with a group of friends. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone!
  18. JackieA

    Nashville

    15 reviews

    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on February 23, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was delicious and we had excellent service
  19. TomW

    Nashville

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 22, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Zander was our waiter. He was very knowledgeable and was helpful with suggestions as 2 members of our party had never eaten there and had never tried sushi.
  20. Blondie56

    Nashville

    23 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on February 22, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Delish as always!
  21. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    14 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on February 21, 2019

    overall4food5service4ambience4
    We came from NYC so yes we are into good food! I thought the place was very cool, though they sat us in the sushi bar area, which wasn’t too exciting. The sushi was very good. The miso soup was cold and very salty. They reheated it for us, service was super slow. It’s was a nice experience, Overall - good.
  22. Vanessa83

    Nashville

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on February 20, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had a great first experience at Viargo. The service was perfect and it’s the best sushi we have ever had! Can’t wait to go back.
  23. MaureenG

    Nashville

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 19, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    The food was fantastic and plentiful. We enjoyed the variety and the fresh wasabi.
  24. OpenTable Diner

    New England

    1 review

    vip
    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 18, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience5
    We had reservations made and came on time and waited another thirty minutes to be sat. Other than that our service was good but we waited in the lobby for awhile before being helped
  25. BonnieW

    Nashville

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 18, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    This place is amazing!! Great Sushi, but the real treasure are the Shrimp Dumplings. So stinkin’ awesome I had to order a second order in the middle of dinner!! Top notch service and great atmosphere. Can’t wait to go back!
  26. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 17, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I will definitely come back again when I’m visiting Nashville.
  27. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 17, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    If you love sushi, and are looking for a nice date spot, Virago is perfect. The menu is tapas style, that includes a large selection of sushi rolls. Everything was delicious. The staff were amazing, nice, and very knowledgeable about the menu selections. I will definitely go back, and I highly recommend to anyone and everyone. :)
  28. BriaS

    Nashville

    25 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    25 reviews

    Dined on February 17, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing food and drinks. Definitely coming back.
  29. Ramius87

    Nashville

    8 reviews

    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 17, 2019

    overall3food3service3ambience5
    The experience is the best point of Virago, its a very nice place with a lot of interesting food. The price you pay for that food is exorbitant. For instance, the $25 Dim Dum Flight is 3 pork, 3 shrimp and 3 veggie gyoza, all of which are small for gyoza. Its outlandishly expensive and the waiter did not mention at all what was included. For $25 you would expect something substantial, at least on par with their large and delicious sushi rolls. Speaking of sushi, its good, but overpriced as well. Go to any Sushi place in Nashville and you'll get similar quality at a lower price. If you want to spend $100+ on a dinner for two and leave hungry, head to Virago.
  30. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on February 16, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food and service was outstanding.
  31. OpenTable Diner

    Dallas

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 16, 2019

    overall3food5service5ambience1
    A lot of loud and drunk people that can be heard from the bar to the dining room, really rude.
  32. AprilS

    Pittsburgh

    23 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on February 16, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing as always! The food is out of this world! The service always top notch! Never disappointed!
  33. addictedtotravel

    Denver

    18 reviews

    3.0

    18 reviews

    Dined on February 13, 2019

    overall3food3service4ambience5
    I always roll my eyes at bad reviews because you can't please everyone, however sadly I have to be one of those people. The staff is friendly and the restaurant is very nice. But, the quality of the fish is not good. It could be so much better if they sourced better fish. I was even a little worried about getting sick. Maybe it was just an off night............
  34. TheCyclist

    Nashville

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 12, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I always enjoy dining at Virago. Their sushi is creative with such dynamic flavors. Drinks are well crafted and compliment a lot of the sushi rolls quite well.
  35. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 12, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Early Valentines dinner.
  36. orlandofoody

    Orlando

    28 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food and service- they only thing that was not great was the table next to us cooking something at the table that was creating a lot of smoke blowing into our hair ugrrrr Thankfully we were leaving or we would have to change tables
  37. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 6, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    The Lavandula cocktail was excellent!
  38. Businessman

    Nashville

    62 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    62 reviews

    Dined on February 6, 2019

    overall4food4service3ambience4
    Know before you go. Virago has some great tasting food and great sushi, sashimi and nigiri. The caution is to understand the menu. The edamame, and umami wings are both pretty flavorful and, in my opinion, too heavy with salt (soy). So go light there and do the stone steak (caution on self-salting around stone) and definitely lots of sushi. Will recommend and will be back.
  39. OpenTable Diner

    Nashville

    9 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on February 3, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Sushi was excellent drink was good too! But of course expensive
  40. ThomasJ

    Nashville

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 2, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Phenomenal sushi and atmosphere. I absolutely love it every time.

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Virago is rated 4.6 stars by 1513 OpenTable diners.

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Google Map for Virago

1126 McGavock St, Nashville, TN 37203

Additional information

  • Cross street

    12th Ave S & McGavock St

  • Neighborhood

    Tennessee

  • Hours of operation

    Sunday: 5:00 pm-10:00 pm Monday-Thursday: 5:00 pm-11:00 pm Friday-Saturday: 5:00 pm-12:00 pm Reservations recommended, Walk-ins welcome

  • Cuisines

    Japanese, Sushi

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Dress code

    Business Casual

  • Parking details

    Valet

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Executive chef

    Andrew Whitney, Sushi Chef Himmi Vasquez

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, High Tea, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

  • Phone number

    (615) 254-1902

  • Private party facilities

    Do you have a momentous occasion approaching? Or perhaps you just want to enjoy a fantastic dinner with dear friends? A business presentation that requires A/V capabilities? The Lotus Room at Virago is the perfect venue of any gathering. Also available for daytime luncheons.

  • Private party contact

    Alexandra Bailey: (615) 254-1902

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