Best Hotels in
Nashville

Nashville's finest hotel is also one of the great American art hotels — a 297-room tower with an extraordinary permanent collection of works by Kara Walker, Ellsworth Kelly, and Kehinde Wiley, anchored by the exceptional L.A. Jackson rooftop bar and Yolan fine dining restaurant. The design by Deborah Berke Partners sets a standard for Music City luxury.

• The Gulch
• Luxury
• Art

The tallest building in Nashville (43 stories) anchors the Convention Center complex with panoramic views from its upper floors and three restaurant concepts including the acclaimed Etch restaurant by Deb Paquette. The location above the pedestrian bridge over Broadway makes it the most conveniently placed luxury hotel in the city.

• Downtown
• Business
• Views

Tennessee's only Forbes Five-Star hotel, opened in 1910, with a Beaux-Arts lobby of breathtaking grandeur — green marble columns, barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the original Art Deco mahogany check-in desk. The Capitol Grille restaurant and the Oak Bar are Nashville institutions, and the ladies' lounge (open to all) is one of the most celebrated Art Deco interiors in the South.

• Downtown
• Historic
• Luxury

A genuinely fun boutique with a retro-Nashville personality — named for Bobby's Idle Hour Tavern, the rooftop bar with Airstream trailers as cocktail bars, mid-century-inspired rooms, and a lobby that feels like a design magazine shoot. Steps from Broadway's honky-tonks but manages to feel detached from the tourist frenzy.

• Downtown
• Boutique
• Rooftop

The Louisville-based contemporary art museum hotel brand's Nashville outpost occupies a restored 1905 building with rotating contemporary art exhibitions accessible 24 hours a day, the excellent Gray & Dudley restaurant, and rooms that double as gallery spaces. The best hotel in Nashville for serious art lovers.

• Downtown
• Art
• Design

A 1930 Noel Hotel converted into a stylish boutique with Tennessee whiskey-barrel–staved headboards, local artist installations, and the destination Makeready cocktail programme in its lower-level bar. The rooftop Denim bar is casual and genuinely fun, with some of the best Broadway-adjacent views in the city.

• Downtown
• Boutique
• Rooftop

A sleek Gulch tower with the best hotel pool in Nashville on its eighth floor, a partnership with culinary icon Sean Brock's Audrey and June restaurants, and rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows capturing the downtown skyline. The food programme alone — one of America's most anticipated restaurant openings — makes it worth the premium.

• The Gulch
• Food
• Design

The academic-nostalgic hotel brand done Nashville-style — rooms decorated with Vanderbilt University and country music memorabilia, a rooftop bar in the shadow of the Parthenon replica, and rates significantly below the downtown luxury tier. The Centennial Park and Music Row locations make it ideal for visitors interested in the city beyond Broadway.

• Midtown
• Value
• Rooftop

A 13-room luxury inn on the 130-acre estate of late country legend Barbara Mandrell, surrounded by rolling Tennessee hills and forest trails. The nature-immersed setting, fire pits, and genuinely warm Southern hospitality offer an antidote to Nashville's increasingly urban downtown hotel scene.

• Whites Creek
• Nature
• Couples

A cheerful, affordable Marriott lifestyle brand targeting younger travellers, with a ground-floor bar and social spaces designed for mingling, compact but smartly designed rooms, and rates that are among the best value for a well-located Nashville stay. A short walk from Music Row, Centennial Park, and Vanderbilt's campus.

• Midtown
• Budget
• Solo

Nashville's original and most iconic boutique — eight rooms above The 404 Kitchen restaurant, hand-curated by owners Matt and Jessica Bolus with furniture sourced from the world's best flea markets and antique fairs. Booking one of the eight rooms requires planning, but the personality and culinary quality make it the most genuinely original hotel in Music City.

• The Gulch
• Boutique
• Food