Best Barbecue Restaurants in Nashville

We were super excited to get a reservation at Noko because our friends (who are serious foodies and excellent home chefs) recommended Noko as their favorite restaurant. Noko did not disappoint! The welcome as we entered was warm and generous, they took my coat and hung it for me. : ) we had a small table in the dining room that was reserved, but opted to sit at the bar! It was fantastic! Our bartender Jena was super knowledgeable and so kind. She had many diners at the bar and took great care to engage with everyone. We started with sake and beer, a very interesting sake selection, and had spicy tuna crispy rice & hamachi crudo to start both so flavorful and delicious, then moved on with burnt ends with lettuce both of us LOVED this dish and really enjoyed the delicate crab fried rice! We had the Caesar salad which we shared but could have had my own it was so tasty! Our meal was so delightful we didn’t save room for dessert! We might try to go back tonight for dessert to try the coconut cake with wood fired pineapple or the brookie with Chocolate brownie, black sesame cookie, miso caramel, vanilla gelato! Our only missed opportunity due to dining so late is we missed the dumplings!! No doubt they are as fantastic as all the dishes we tried! Make a reservation ASAP, the food, drinks and staff are⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent southern food and charm. We love the chicken fried chicken, Nashville hot chicken sandwich, and, of course, the southern fried chicken. There is plenty of food, so we recommend you consider sharing a plate. Plus, it will save you room for their delicious desserts, especially their Cobbler of the Day. We also highly recommend the Fried Green Tomato appetizer - YUM! Our only complaints with the Nashville location are parking (good luck) and noise (this restaurant is VERY loud). Otherwise, you can't go wrong with the food or drinks!

Food was awesome - amazing musician - great service.

Our waitress was truly wonderful. The food runner was extremely nice. The food was great. The beer selection was superb!

The host staff was good, the ambience was fun (loud), which we expected, food was good, line dance instructor was good, restroom attendant was very friendly. The big let down was that our server did a minimal job at best. We sat with empty beverages for too long and had to seek her out to get service.