Restaurant Iris is a tasting menu fine-dining restaurant in Memphis.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 4550 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38117
Curfew is Fabio Viviani's Union Avenue Memphis restaurant inside Canopy Downtown, with wood-fired steaks, house pastas and one of downtown's later kitchens.
OrderWood-fired bone-in ribeye with whatever pasta is on the daily list.
Book1 week ahead
TipKitchen runs to 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room books on OpenTable.
Char Restaurant in East Memphis on Highland Street runs USDA prime steaks, fresh Gulf seafood and crab cakes in a modern Southern steakhouse with nightly.
OrderPrime filet with the crab cake starter.
Book1 week ahead
TipSaturday and Sunday brunch from 10:30; the piano bar runs on most weeknight evenings.
Coastal Fish Company sits on Hyde Lake in Shelby Farms Park in Memphis with day-boat oysters, grilled snapper and a long sunset patio over the water.
OrderHalf-dozen oysters and the whole grilled snapper.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipSunset tables face the lake; reserve a week out on OpenTable for Saturday dinner.
Chez Philippe is the modern American fine-dining room inside the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, with white tablecloths, formality and weekend afternoon tea.
OrderAfternoon tea at 13:00; the prix fixe at dinner.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipOpen Thursday to Sunday for dinner; afternoon tea Wednesday to Sunday. Reserve on OpenTable two weeks out.
Erling Jensen's eponymous East Memphis fine-dining room runs Danish-trained, French-leaning tasting plates from a Yates Road bungalow. Tasting menu $95.
OrderRack of lamb with the daily seasonal tasting starter.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipReserve on Tock; the bar takes walk-ins. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman's Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in East Memphis runs Italian rooted in Southern ingredients from Brookhaven Circle since 2008.
OrderMaw Maw's potato gnocchi with red sugo.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipClosed Sundays. The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room books on Resy two weeks out.
