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The 12 Best Bars in Nashville

Nashville's cocktail bars sit well beyond Broadway's honky-tonks, from glittering rooftops to dim speakeasies. The best bars in Nashville cluster along Gallatin Avenue and Gallatin Pike in East Nashville, with rooftops in Midtown and The Gulch. Coral Club, opened in May 2024 by brothers Aaron and Matthew Izaguirre and partners, hides on the second floor of a nondescript strip mall behind a long stone counter, with a rooftop open to the sky. Up Gallatin Pike, Tiger Bar is a 1930s sideshow-inspired gin joint that pours a champagne toast for everybody at midnight, and The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club a few doors down serves clarified punches in an Art Deco den. Martha My Dear pairs a Budweiser with a shot of Belle Meade bourbon. White Limozeen holds the 12th-floor rooftop of the Graduate in Midtown, Eleven11 was a 2026 Spirited Awards Top 10 nominee for Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar, and L.A. Jackson looks over The Gulch from the Thompson's roof. Tiger Bar and The Fox are strictly 21 and over. These are the eight we would start with.

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  1. White Limozeen
    Rooftop Bar

    White Limozeen

    White Limozeen is the rooftop bar and restaurant on the twelfth floor of the Graduate hotel in Midtown Nashville, with views over the city and a menu that gives Southern comfort food a French turn. It is home to the Governor's Pool, with poolside cocktails and cabana reservations in season, and is twenty-one and over after nine.

    101 20th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37203
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  2. Eleven11
    Cocktail Bar

    Eleven11

    Eleven11 describes itself as a cocktail bar, discotheque and restaurant under one roof on Dickerson Pike in Nashville. The bar runs later than the kitchen, reservations are handled online, and parking is validated inside.

    913 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TNMon-Tue closed; Wed-Sun 5pm-1am
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  3. Pearl Diver
    Tiki Bar

    Pearl Diver

    At 1008 Gallatin Avenue in East Nashville, Pearl Diver runs a tropical bar and kitchen with a lush patio, plus cabanas and booths that can be reserved. The classics lean on rum and cachaça: a Mai Tai of Appleton Signature and an agricole rhum, a Painkiller and a Novo Fogo Caipirinha. Among the signatures, Banana! Banana! mixes banana-soaked dark rum with Thai tea and arrives on fire, the house Pearl Diver blends rum with spiced honey butter, orange and lime, and El Padrino brings cucumber and serrano to blanco tequila. The kitchen keeps to island flavors, with guava-cane burnt ends and a mojo pork sandwich, plus weekend brunch and Thursday trivia.

    1008 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206Sun 2pm-12am, Mon-Thu 4pm-12am, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 2pm-1am
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  4. Coral Club
    Rooftop Bar

    Coral Club

    Coral Club opened in East Nashville in May 2024, founded by four local hospitality and cocktail veterans, and describes itself as a quick respite: cool, calm interiors, a sweeping stone bar and an open-air rooftop meant to feel like a coastal hideaway away from the noise of the city. It pours a wide range of fresh cocktails, non-alcoholic options and a short wine and beer list, with snacks and a daily happy hour until seven. The 2025 Spirited Awards placed it in the U.S. top ten for Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar.

    604 Gallatin Avenue, Suite 217, Nashville, TN 37206Daily until 1am
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  5. Old Glory
    Cocktail Bar

    Old Glory

    Old Glory is an unsigned room in Edgehill, reached by finding the golden triangle off Edgehill Avenue. It takes reservations only for parties of ten or more.

    1200 Villa Place, Suite 103, Nashville, TN 37212Daily 5pm-1am
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  1. Tiger Bar
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    Tiger Bar

    Tiger Bar describes itself as a 1930s sideshow inspired gin joint, on the East Nashville stretch of Gallatin Pike. It opens three nights a week and is strictly over 21.

    2909 Gallatin Pike, Suite B, Nashville, TN 37216Thu-Sat 4pm-late
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  2. The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club
    Cocktail Bar

    The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club

    The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club sits on Gallatin Pike in East Nashville, a few doors from Tiger Bar on the same stretch, and serves its full menu across every hour it is open.

    2905B Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216Tue-Sun 5pm-12am, Mon closed
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  3. Attaboy
    Speakeasy

    Attaboy

    Attaboy Nashville is the Nashville outpost of the New York original on Eldridge Street, and runs on the same terms: no reservations, first come and first served, and parties of six and under only. It opens seven nights a week, from 5pm Sunday through Thursday and from 4pm on Friday and Saturday.

    8 McFerrin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206Sun-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 4pm-2am
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  4. L.A. Jackson
    Rooftop Bar

    L.A. Jackson

    L.A. Jackson is the rooftop bar of the Thompson Nashville, which describes it as craft cocktails and creative small plates in a swanky room high above the Gulch, skyline views with resident DJs and a calendar of events. It opens at five on weekdays and at two on the weekend, with the kitchen closing at midnight. The 2022 Spirited Awards placed it in the U.S. top ten for Best U.S. Hotel Bar.

    401 11th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203Mon-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri-Sat 2pm-1am, Sun 2pm-12am
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  5. The Patterson House
    Speakeasy

    The Patterson House

    Open since 2009 and a foundational room in Nashville's cocktail scene, The Patterson House moved in 2025 to the fifth floor of the Bill Voorhees Building on 8th Avenue South, in Midtown. The entrance is on Paseo Place, behind the building.

    700 8th Avenue South, Fifth Floor, Nashville, TN 37203Daily 4pm-1am
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  6. Martha My Dear
    Cocktail Bar

    Martha My Dear

    Martha My Dear takes its name from the McCartney song and describes itself as an ode to the craft and camaraderie of the classic neighborhood bar, owned by longtime friends on Gallatin Avenue in East Nashville, with a spirit list posted online and the room available for full and partial buyouts. Open every day from five until one.

    2503 Gallatin Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206Daily 5pm-1am
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  7. Rosemary & Beauty Queen
    Cocktail Bar

    Rosemary & Beauty Queen

    An East Nashville cocktail bar and lounge, strictly 21 and over, spread across three spaces that include a courtyard and a rooftop with private cabanas for groups of seven to ten. All orders are taken at the bar, with no table service, and walk-ins of any size are welcome; reservations are only for parties larger than six. The cocktail list runs from a house Old Fashioned of Angel's Envy and cognac to the Rule of Thirds, with mezcal, Aperol and Ancho Reyes, plus THC drinks and zero-proof options. Food is bar fare such as a double cheeseburger, hot dogs and nachos. Happy hour starts at five every day, dogs are welcome in the courtyard and on the roof, and the bar stays open until three on Friday and Saturday.

    1102 Forrest Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri 5pm-3am, Sat 3pm-3am
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