9 editor picks in Nashville.
9 brunch places in Nashville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nashville | Brunch across every city.
Brunch is close to a competitive sport in Nashville, with weekend lines forming for biscuits, pancakes and Southern plates. The Pancake Pantry in Hillsboro Village is the long-running institution, Biscuit Love in The Gulch turned the biscuit into a destination dish, and Loveless Cafe in South Nashville keeps the country-breakfast tradition going. Henrietta Red in Germantown and Adele's in The Gulch bring a more restaurant-driven take to the late-morning table.
Yeast Nashville's Woodland Street kolache counter in East Nashville builds a breakfast or lunch around savoury and sweet kolaches for under $10.
OrderKolache and coffee
TipClosed at noon every day. Sausage and cheese kolache plus a cherry kolache is the lunch order for $8.
Karl and Sarah Worley's Gulch biscuit counter in Nashville opened 2012 and pioneered the city's all-day biscuit sandwich format. Located in The Gulch.
OrderBonuts (biscuit doughnuts with lemon curd)
TipBonuts are the order; East Nashville location at 1024 Woodland gets through the queue faster on weekends.
Hillsboro Village's Pancake Pantry in Nashville has cooked scratch pancakes since 1961, with 23 varieties and a queue that wraps the block every weekend.
OrderSweet potato pancakes
TipWeekday line is easier; tourists pile up Saturday and Sunday from 09:00. Sweet potato pancakes are unsung.
Loveless Cafe on Highway 100 in Nashville has served scratch biscuits, country ham and redeye gravy since 1951, anchoring the Natchez Trace's tourist circuit.
OrderCountry ham with redeye gravy and biscuits
TipLines build by 09:00 weekends; put your name down and shop the on-site Hams & Jams Country Market while you wait.
Julia Sullivan's Germantown seafood room in Nashville runs a Saturday and Sunday brunch with raw bar and wood-grill plates. Open tue-sun, see site.
OrderOysters and the wood-grilled fish brunch
TipBrunch is the easier seat than dinner; book the bar for walk-in availability.
Jonathan Waxman's Gulch room in Nashville opens Sundays for an all-you-can-eat buffet brunch with carving station, smoked salmon, pastries and the JW chicken.
OrderBuffet plus the JW chicken
TipBook mid-morning; the carving station replenishes through service. Reservations open 30 days out.
Junior Vo's wood-fired Asian room on Porter Road in East Nashville runs Sunday brunch with hamachi crudo and Japanese chicken-and-waffles. OpenTable Top 100.
OrderJapanese chicken and waffles with ube butter
TipReservations recommended; the bar takes walk-ins. Brunch runs 11 to 2:30 Sundays only.
Strategic Hospitality's 13,000 square-foot Peabody Street complex in downtown Nashville serves weekend brunch with bowling lanes, copper-bar coffee cocktails.
OrderBrioche French toast
TipFamily groups book the lanes; brunch + a game runs about $40 per person. Reserve 10:00 lanes for a quieter time.
Proper Bagel on Belmont Boulevard in Nashville opened 2017 with New York-style hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels and a full appetising counter for weekend.
OrderEverything bagel with whitefish salad
TipSaturday line builds by 10:00; Sunday is quieter. The lox platter with sliced Gaspe Nova is the upgrade move.
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