3 japanese rooms in Nashville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nashville | Japanese across every city.
Japanese cooking in Nashville has grown from sushi counters into kitchens that work across the cuisine. Kisser in East Nashville is the city's most exciting example, a small room serving an izakaya-leaning menu of skewers, rice bowls and snacks meant to be shared.
Kisser ★ 4.6
east-nashville · 747 Douglas Ave, Nashville, TN 37207
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's 40-seat Highland Yards Japanese comfort-food room earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and Garden and Gun Hot List in Nashville.
Kisser ★ 4.8
east-nashville · 747 Douglas Ave, Nashville, TN 37207
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's 40-seat Highland Yards Japanese comfort-food room earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and Garden and Gun Hot List in Nashville.
Kisser ★ 4.6
east-nashville · 747 Douglas Ave, Nashville, TN 37207
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's Highland Yards counter in East Nashville quietly out-cooks most of Nashville's downtown rooms with okonomiyaki, curry rice.