Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Nashville by diners

Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.

There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.

Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Nashville, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.

Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of Nashville were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.

Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!

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Bojangles

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#14. Bojangles

- Rating: 2.9/5 (43 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 7000 A Charlotte Pike Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch
- Read more on Yelp

Minerva Avenue

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#13. Minerva Avenue

- Rating: 3.4/5 (66 reviews)
- Address: 1002 Buchanan St. Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, Comfort Food, American
- Read more on Yelp

Bailey & Cato's

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#12. Bailey & Cato's

- Rating: 3.6/5 (95 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1130 Gallatin Pike South Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Soul Food, Southern, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Elliston Place Soda Shop

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#11. Elliston Place Soda Shop

- Rating: 3.7/5 (407 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2105 Elliston Place Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

JWB Grill

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#10. JWB Grill

- Rating: 3.7/5 (75 reviews)
- Address: 425 Rep John Lewis Way South Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, Comfort Food, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp

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Mallard's Restaurant

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#9. Mallard's Restaurant

- Rating: 3.7/5 (21 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 3803 Dickerson Pike Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch, Sandwiches
- Read more on Yelp

Suite Twelve25 Urban Hang Suite & Bistro

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#8. Suite Twelve25 Urban Hang Suite & Bistro

- Rating: 3.8/5 (90 reviews)
- Address: 1225 Meridian St. Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Bars, American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

55 South

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#7. 55 South

- Rating: 4.0/5 (276 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 7031 Executive Center Drive Ste 101 Brentwood, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, Bars, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

H & T's Homecooking

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#6. H & T's Homecooking

- Rating: 4.0/5 (170 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2264 Murfreesboro Pike Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, Soul Food, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

The Bridge

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#5. The Bridge

- Rating: 4.1/5 (33 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 611 Commerce St. Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: New American, Cocktail Bars, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Doughbird

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#4. Doughbird

- Rating: 4.1/5 (200 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 4031 Hillsboro Pike Ste 901 Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Comfort Food, American, Pizza
- Read more on Yelp

Ramzy's Meat & Three

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#3. Ramzy's Meat & Three

- Rating: 4.2/5 (40 reviews)
- Address: 306 East Thompson Lane Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Comfort Food, Soul Food, Fish & Chips
- Read more on Yelp

Doll's Family Cafe

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#2. Doll's Family Cafe

- Rating: 4.2/5 (50 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2501 Gallatin Ave. Ste C Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, Soul Food, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Arnold's Country Kitchen

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#1. Arnold's Country Kitchen

- Rating: 4.4/5 (1275 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 605 8th Ave. South Nashville, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, Desserts, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.