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The cowboy steak at Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse.
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15 Unforgettable Steakhouses Around Nashville

Big, juicy cuts of steak alongside seafood towers, banana pudding pie, and lots of whiskey and wine

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The cowboy steak at Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse.
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Nashville has a number of steakhouses, both nationwide chains and home-grown chophouses, perfect for an extravagant outing with a juicy, medium-rare piece of meat and a traditional side of creamed spinach — or popcorn-buttered lobster if you’re looking for something slightly more modern. From reliable nostalgia trips to newcomers pushing the scene forward, these restaurants carve dry-aged, grass-fed, wood-fired steaks to satisfy your craving.

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Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse

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Nashville’s downtown location of Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse, a Cincinnati-based chain, evokes old Vegas with its over-the-top interior and nightly live entertainment. It’s a lively setting for sushi and raw bar treats like a seafood tower; Nashville hot oysters; USDA Prime and wagyu steaks; sides such as sweet potato mash and grilled asparagus; and even a couple of classic steak preparations like Steak Diane, served with mushrooms and brandy cream.

Deacon's New South

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Deacon’s New South claims to have the largest dry-aging facility in the Southeast; take a peek at the meats maturing on-site then taste the exquisite results in the form of a porterhouse, Kansas City strip, or even a 48-ounce tomahawk. Other entrees at the attractive downtown restaurant show off local ingredients and Southern influences, from country-fried eggplant to spicy crawfish noodles.

The Twelve Thirty Club

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The glamorous Justin Timberlake-backed Twelve Thirty Club sprawls across several floors, as do many of its Broadway neighbors. Aside from a honky-tonk and a rooftop lounge, the supper club has 400 seats and thousands of bottles of wine, stored on a head-turner of a glass wall. Sink into a plush red velvet chair to catch a live show and indulge in butter-poached king crab, a regal seafood tower, and steaks like a grass-fed, dry-aged rib-eye.

Eddie V's Prime Seafood

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This posh Texas-based seafood and steak chain turns heads with oyster platters, shellfish towers, and steaks aplenty. A generous happy hour includes filet mignon sliders with onion jam, kung pao calamari, and a selection of classic cocktails like a spicy margarita, while the V Lounge hosts live music.

The Southern Steak & Oyster

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Per the name, the Southern Steak & Oyster puts a distinctively Southern spin on its menu, from deviled eggs dripping with Louisiana hot sauce to barbecued shrimp to a burger topped with pimento cheese. This downtown gem also serves meaty options such as grilled beef tenderloin biscuits and the Nudie Suit entree, which lets diners choose their own custom-cut steaks.

Bourbon Steak

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The Nashville location of Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak chain boasts 280 seats on the 34th floor of the JW Marriott hotel downtown, so the views are top-notch, especially from the outdoor terrace. The more-is-more approach carries through one of the city’s most extensive whiskey lists and opulent dishes ranging from black truffle mac and cheese to lobster pot pie to a tomahawk rib-eye carved table-side.

Hand-selected steaks at Bourbon Steak.
Bourbon Steak.
Bourbon Steak

Kayne Prime

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Kayne Prime is the chic Gulch steakhouse from M Street, whose other luxe properties include sushi spot Virago. This date-night favorite’s takes on classics include a tasting flight of New York strip steaks from different sources, cream corn brulee, and the ever-popular popcorn-buttered lobster.

Oak Steakhouse Nashville

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Adjacent to the Westin hotel downtown, Oak Steakhouse’s Nashville location incorporates regional ingredients into entrees like a heritage pork porterhouse with a veggie medley and a half chicken with aligot potatoes and dandelion greens. Naturally, the high-profile Charleston-based chain also offers plenty of steaks and sauces, like dry-aged bone-in rib-eyes and horseradish cream.

Carne Mare

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When Italian American chophouse Carne Mare opened in New York City, Eater named its gorgonzola-cured wagyu strip one of the city’s greatest steaks. Just months later, lauded chef Andrew Carmellini opened a second location of the handsome restaurant in the Gulch, where you can watch the team prepare that fabulous wagyu strip and other impeccable steaks in the glass-walled show kitchen with a wood-fired grill. Save room for dessert, anchored by a 17-layer chocolate espresso cake and baked spumoni for two, flambéed table-side.

The interior of Carne Mare in Nashville.
Carne Mare.
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Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse

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A West End landmark where political power brokers cut deals over stiff martinis, Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse has served crowd-favorite blue cheese-stuffed filets and corn cakes since 1934. Much of the staff has been at this stately steakhouse for decades too, putting diners in especially adept hands.

E3 Chophouse

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E3 Chophouse is the rustic-chic second location of a Colorado restaurant. One of the main attractions in bustling Hillsboro Village, E3 has an alluring rooftop patio featuring cocktails, live music, and steakhouse winners like a huge tomahawk rib-eye, Dijon-crusted lamb, and bison meatballs. The vegetables demand attention, too, from roasted acorn squash to creamed corn gratinee.

Urban Grub

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Urban Grub converted a former 12 South car wash into a stylish destination for seafood, charcuterie, and dry-aged steaks. Stake out a seat at a fire pit or in a private cabana and order a filet with caramelized shallots and Worcestershire butter, then add sides like smoked gouda chipotle grits and ham-hock collards. Finish strong with anything pastry chef Alyssa Gangeri turns out, from banana pudding pie to peanut butter cheesecake.

Sperry's Restaurant

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Sperry’s Restaurant is a bona fide Belle Meade classic, serving steaks, prime rib, and bacon-wrapped filets stuffed with blue cheese for five decades; the restaurant also has a sibling in Cool Springs. Nostalgia adds a certain seasoning here, though it’s not the only reason to come. Be prepared for a crowd at the salad bar (get that green goddess dressing), and don’t miss the bananas Foster — prepared table-side, of course. You can also take home prepared foods, house seasonings, meat from the butcher, and other groceries from Sperry’s Mercantile next door.

Cork & Cow

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As the name of chef Jason McConnell’s swanky downtown Franklin steakhouse suggests, Cork & Cow focuses on wine and meat, serving cuts like bone-in filet mignon, a rack of lamb, and a massive tomahawk grilled over hickory and oak and topped with lemon butter. Pile on the extras like garlic shrimp, sweet scallops, and a Maine lobster tail.

Serrato's Steakhouse

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Chef Jose Serrato and his wife, co-owner Elizabeth, opened Serrato’s in 2021, a standout steakhouse tucked away in Franklin’s Parkway Commons Shopping Center. Pair chophouse beef from New York strip to bone-in rib-eye with the likes of Cajun-style shrimp fondue with cremini mushrooms, fried calamari with both aioli and marinara, and crab bisque. From 3 to 5 p.m. every weekday, you’ll also find some meaty happy hour snacks like filet mignon on tacos or bruschetta.

Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse

Nashville’s downtown location of Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse, a Cincinnati-based chain, evokes old Vegas with its over-the-top interior and nightly live entertainment. It’s a lively setting for sushi and raw bar treats like a seafood tower; Nashville hot oysters; USDA Prime and wagyu steaks; sides such as sweet potato mash and grilled asparagus; and even a couple of classic steak preparations like Steak Diane, served with mushrooms and brandy cream.

Deacon's New South

Deacon’s New South claims to have the largest dry-aging facility in the Southeast; take a peek at the meats maturing on-site then taste the exquisite results in the form of a porterhouse, Kansas City strip, or even a 48-ounce tomahawk. Other entrees at the attractive downtown restaurant show off local ingredients and Southern influences, from country-fried eggplant to spicy crawfish noodles.

The Twelve Thirty Club

The glamorous Justin Timberlake-backed Twelve Thirty Club sprawls across several floors, as do many of its Broadway neighbors. Aside from a honky-tonk and a rooftop lounge, the supper club has 400 seats and thousands of bottles of wine, stored on a head-turner of a glass wall. Sink into a plush red velvet chair to catch a live show and indulge in butter-poached king crab, a regal seafood tower, and steaks like a grass-fed, dry-aged rib-eye.

Eddie V's Prime Seafood

This posh Texas-based seafood and steak chain turns heads with oyster platters, shellfish towers, and steaks aplenty. A generous happy hour includes filet mignon sliders with onion jam, kung pao calamari, and a selection of classic cocktails like a spicy margarita, while the V Lounge hosts live music.

The Southern Steak & Oyster

Per the name, the Southern Steak & Oyster puts a distinctively Southern spin on its menu, from deviled eggs dripping with Louisiana hot sauce to barbecued shrimp to a burger topped with pimento cheese. This downtown gem also serves meaty options such as grilled beef tenderloin biscuits and the Nudie Suit entree, which lets diners choose their own custom-cut steaks.

Bourbon Steak

The Nashville location of Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak chain boasts 280 seats on the 34th floor of the JW Marriott hotel downtown, so the views are top-notch, especially from the outdoor terrace. The more-is-more approach carries through one of the city’s most extensive whiskey lists and opulent dishes ranging from black truffle mac and cheese to lobster pot pie to a tomahawk rib-eye carved table-side.

Hand-selected steaks at Bourbon Steak.
Bourbon Steak.
Bourbon Steak

Kayne Prime

Kayne Prime is the chic Gulch steakhouse from M Street, whose other luxe properties include sushi spot Virago. This date-night favorite’s takes on classics include a tasting flight of New York strip steaks from different sources, cream corn brulee, and the ever-popular popcorn-buttered lobster.

Oak Steakhouse Nashville

Adjacent to the Westin hotel downtown, Oak Steakhouse’s Nashville location incorporates regional ingredients into entrees like a heritage pork porterhouse with a veggie medley and a half chicken with aligot potatoes and dandelion greens. Naturally, the high-profile Charleston-based chain also offers plenty of steaks and sauces, like dry-aged bone-in rib-eyes and horseradish cream.

Carne Mare

When Italian American chophouse Carne Mare opened in New York City, Eater named its gorgonzola-cured wagyu strip one of the city’s greatest steaks. Just months later, lauded chef Andrew Carmellini opened a second location of the handsome restaurant in the Gulch, where you can watch the team prepare that fabulous wagyu strip and other impeccable steaks in the glass-walled show kitchen with a wood-fired grill. Save room for dessert, anchored by a 17-layer chocolate espresso cake and baked spumoni for two, flambéed table-side.

The interior of Carne Mare in Nashville.
Carne Mare.
Sam Angel Photography/Eater Nashville

Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse

A West End landmark where political power brokers cut deals over stiff martinis, Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse has served crowd-favorite blue cheese-stuffed filets and corn cakes since 1934. Much of the staff has been at this stately steakhouse for decades too, putting diners in especially adept hands.

E3 Chophouse

E3 Chophouse is the rustic-chic second location of a Colorado restaurant. One of the main attractions in bustling Hillsboro Village, E3 has an alluring rooftop patio featuring cocktails, live music, and steakhouse winners like a huge tomahawk rib-eye, Dijon-crusted lamb, and bison meatballs. The vegetables demand attention, too, from roasted acorn squash to creamed corn gratinee.

Urban Grub

Urban Grub converted a former 12 South car wash into a stylish destination for seafood, charcuterie, and dry-aged steaks. Stake out a seat at a fire pit or in a private cabana and order a filet with caramelized shallots and Worcestershire butter, then add sides like smoked gouda chipotle grits and ham-hock collards. Finish strong with anything pastry chef Alyssa Gangeri turns out, from banana pudding pie to peanut butter cheesecake.

Sperry's Restaurant

Sperry’s Restaurant is a bona fide Belle Meade classic, serving steaks, prime rib, and bacon-wrapped filets stuffed with blue cheese for five decades; the restaurant also has a sibling in Cool Springs. Nostalgia adds a certain seasoning here, though it’s not the only reason to come. Be prepared for a crowd at the salad bar (get that green goddess dressing), and don’t miss the bananas Foster — prepared table-side, of course. You can also take home prepared foods, house seasonings, meat from the butcher, and other groceries from Sperry’s Mercantile next door.

Cork & Cow

As the name of chef Jason McConnell’s swanky downtown Franklin steakhouse suggests, Cork & Cow focuses on wine and meat, serving cuts like bone-in filet mignon, a rack of lamb, and a massive tomahawk grilled over hickory and oak and topped with lemon butter. Pile on the extras like garlic shrimp, sweet scallops, and a Maine lobster tail.

Serrato's Steakhouse

Chef Jose Serrato and his wife, co-owner Elizabeth, opened Serrato’s in 2021, a standout steakhouse tucked away in Franklin’s Parkway Commons Shopping Center. Pair chophouse beef from New York strip to bone-in rib-eye with the likes of Cajun-style shrimp fondue with cremini mushrooms, fried calamari with both aioli and marinara, and crab bisque. From 3 to 5 p.m. every weekday, you’ll also find some meaty happy hour snacks like filet mignon on tacos or bruschetta.

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