10 soul food rooms in Nashville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nashville | Soul Food across every city.
Soul food is the bedrock of Nashville's table: fried chicken, smothered meats, cornbread and a rotating cast of vegetables served meat-and-three style. Arnold's Country Kitchen in The Gulch is the canonical meat-and-three, Monell's in Germantown serves family-style at shared tables, and Loveless Cafe in South Nashville keeps the country-cooking tradition going. Husk Nashville downtown reads the same heritage through a chef-driven lens.
Husk Nashville ★ 4.6
downtown · 37 Rutledge Street, Nashville, TN 37210
Sean Brock's Rutledge Hill institution in Nashville cooks ingredient-driven Southern food on a wood hearth, run today by chef de cuisine Brian Baxter.
Lockeland Table ★ 4.5
east-nashville · 1520 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206
Chef Hal Holden-Bache's East Nashville room in Nashville opened in 2012 in a Lockeland Springs corner storefront, running wood-fired pizzas and Southern.
Arnold's Country Kitchen ★ 4.6
the-gulch · 605 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203
The Arnold family's Gulch meat-and-three lunch counter in Nashville won the James Beard America's Classics Award in 2009. Located in The Gulch.
Monell's Dining and Catering ★ 4.4
germantown · 1235 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
Monell's family-style Southern dining in Germantown has run since 1995, seating strangers at communal tables in a Victorian house seven blocks north.
Lockeland Table ★ 4.7
east-nashville · 1520 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206
Chef Hal Holden-Bache's Five Points room in East Nashville opened 2012 in a corner storefront, running wood-fired pizzas and Southern-accented neighbourhood.
Loveless Cafe ★ 4.0
south-nashville · 8400 Hwy 100, Nashville, Tennessee 37221
The Loveless Cafe on Highway 100 in Nashville has served scratch biscuits, country ham and redeye gravy since 1951, anchoring the Natchez Trace's tourist.
Monell's Dining and Catering ★ 4.5
germantown · 1235 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
Monell's family-style Southern dining in Germantown, Nashville has run since 1995, seating strangers at communal tables in a Victorian house north.
Husk Nashville ★ 4.3
downtown · 37 Rutledge Street, Nashville, TN 37210
Sean Brock's Rutledge Hill institution in Nashville cooks ingredient-driven Southern food on a wood hearth, recommended in the 2025 Michelin Guide American.
Arnold's Country Kitchen ★ 4.6
the-gulch · 605 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203
Arnold's meat-and-three lunch in Nashville delivers a protein plus three vegetables and tea for under $15. Located in The Gulch. At 605 8th Ave S.
Elliston Place Soda Shop ★ 4.2
midtown · 2105 Elliston Pl, Nashville, TN 37203
Elliston Place Soda Shop near Vanderbilt in Nashville plates a meat-and-three lunch for $11 and a hand-dipped milkshake for $5. Since 1939 in Nashville.