Welcome dinner and rehearsal dinner restaurants in Nashville

Booking a group dinner in Nashville

• Ask for a private dining room or a prix fixe menu for groups over 10.
• Dinner usually from 6 to 9 pm. Popular restaurants book up weeks ahead.
• Tipping: Expected: 18 to 22% in restaurants. Large groups often get an automatic gratuity.
• Book two to three months ahead for groups over 20, especially in high season (April to May, September to October).
• Ask about deposits, minimum spend and the cancellation policy in writing.
• Plan transport back to the hotels. For a group night out, a party bus or shuttle beats waiting for a dozen rideshares.

For a splurge night

• The Catbird Seat Midtown
  Counter seating around the open kitchen for an inventive tasting menu.
• Husk Nashville Rutledge Hill
  Modern Southern cooking in a historic mansion. Great for a rehearsal dinner.
• Etch SoBro
  Creative, globe-trotting menu near the Music City Center.

Or make the welcome night an activity

• Grand Ole Opry show. The live radio show that made country music famous, with several artists every night.
• Broadway honky-tonk and live music pub crawl. A guide takes your group to the best bars with live bands on Lower Broadway.
• Songwriter night at a listening room. Hear the writers behind famous hits play their songs up close. A Nashville must.