7 cafe rooms in Nashville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nashville | Cafe across every city.

Nashville's cafe culture grew up alongside a strong local roasting scene, pairing careful coffee with all-day food. Crema Coffee Roasters downtown and Steadfast Coffee in Germantown anchor the specialty side, Barista Parlor East draws crowds in East Nashville, and Bongo Java in Hillsboro Village remains one of the city's oldest independent coffeehouses.

Barista Parlor East ★ 4.4

Café · $

east-nashville · 519 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206

Barista Parlor's Gallatin Avenue flagship in East Nashville set the city's third-wave coffee aesthetic when it opened 2012, all reclaimed wood.

Crema Coffee Roasters (Downtown) ★ 4.4

Café · $

downtown · 15 Hermitage Ave, Nashville, TN 37210

Crema's downtown Hermitage Avenue flagship in Nashville opened 2008, runs the city's longest-tenured third-wave espresso programme and a coffee education lab.

Steadfast Coffee ★ 4.5

Café · $

germantown · 603 Taylor St, Nashville, TN 37208

Steadfast's Taylor Street cafe in Germantown, Nashville pulls espresso from its own roastery and runs an all-day food menu that quietly outshines.

Bongo Java ★ 4.2

Café · $

hillsboro-village · 2007 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212

Bongo Java's Belmont Boulevard cafe in Nashville has been the city's college-town coffeehouse since 1993, an all-day breakfast and an upstairs music venue.

Dose Cafe and Dram Bar ★ 4.3

Café · $

inglewood · 1400 McGavock Pike, Nashville, TN 37216

Dose's Riverside Village corner cafe in Inglewood, Nashville runs coffee through the day and wine, beer and cocktails after 17:00 inside a full bakery.

The Pancake Pantry ★ 4.0

Café · $

hillsboro-village · 1796 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212

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.

Biscuit Love ★ 4.3

Café · $

the-gulch · 316 11th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203

Karl and Sarah Worley's Gulch biscuit counter in Nashville opened 2012 and pioneered the city's all-day biscuit sandwich format with daily 07:00-15:00.