merchants restaurant

i went here for lunch in november 2018 while in a trip. i lovenashvilleand i love the area where this old restaurant is. my friend and i ordered a working lunch. we both had an appetizer and fish. everything was absolutely excellent. the wine i ordered was divine! -the server was very knowledgeable about the wine, and the specials. i highly would recommend this place.

it was over six months ago, when we purchased tickets to see bugs bunny at the symphony ii. little did i know at that time,nashvillewould be holding the annual cma fan fair x week. everyone was in town for the annual wednesday night filming of the cma awards.  wow.....this was like mardi gras. too many people....too much noise and a whole lot of fun.   in spite of it all, we found parking within a reasonable walking distance to everything that we needed to see. luckily, i made my dining reservations with open table for 3:30pm after the matinee performance featuring thenashvillesymphony.

we had a wonderful meal here. our server, sarah, was outstanding-even went so far as to provide us with a list of local attractions! downtownnashvilleis vibrant and, as it was saturday evening, very loud! merchants provided an oasis of quiet. add to this the outstanding cuisine and you will be grateful you dined here!

in the middle of the action. merchants inhabits a beautiful old building in the heart of nashville's touristy downtown, and so if you can land a table looking out at the intersection of 4th and broadway, you can't help but enjoy all the people watching that will go on! merchants is, as many other reviewers have pointed out, very popular, and it is quite loud and energetic. this is not the place to go if you want a quiet dinner, because you will find it necessary to speak loudly to be heard, and with so much going on in the restaurant and out on the streets, the atmosphere can be distracting. but if you are looking to get together with a group of friends for terrific cocktails and excitement, this is the place.

service tends to be on the slow side, but the waitstaff was competent and friendly. my blackened catfish sandwich was spicy, tender, and flaky, and it arrived hot to the table. the homemade chips were boring--they remind me of the homemade chips i see popping up on menus everywhere. fries are out of a bag and into the fry basket, not hand-cut. the chicken fried chicken is delicious, but the mound of smashed yukon gold potatoes they sit on are bland and under-seasoned, and there's no salt and pepper on the table to perk them up. a favorite at our table was the mac and cheese, minus the bacon and the tomatoes. it was absolutely delicious: steaming hot, infused with the flavor of aged cheddar, and oh-so-creamy.

if you are innashvillefor a convention and don't want to get your car out of a parking garage to go farther afield, i recommend merchants as a viable downtown option. just make a reservation!

hello lilyonthelam.com readers! merry christmas eve to those who celebrate it and happy tuesday to those who do not.   last month i traveled tonashvillefor a quick visit.  not counting the airport, it was my first time innashvilleand i have to say i very much enjoyed it.  i planned on blogging about all the places i went to individually but it is the holiday season and my procrastination is running on an all time high.  so instead i am borrowing a format i saw a dc food blogger (whose name and blog i can't remember - sorry!) do for a quick travel blog highlighting 10 things she did in a city.  i couldn't limit it to just ten, so here goes … "twelve things to do in nashville" - in no particular order. proof thatnashvillegift shops love me and want my money 1)  see live music. you can't go tonashvilleand not hear live music.  it is everywhere and it is wonderful!  the purpose of my trip was to see kelly clarkson perform an acoustic musicians on call benefit at the hard rock cafe

average at best. arrived innashvilleeaster sunday expecting little to be opened. quickly came across merchants and decided to try. upon entering the restaurant had a really pleasant feel. we asked for a table and were told if no reservation to head to the bar and eat from the counter. fair enough. we ordered devilled eggs, wings and fried green tomatoes to share. all were ok with the eggs probably the winners. the service was quick but a little impersonal, probably cos we were at the bar. overall, i thought for what we got it was over priced, and probably would reluctantly recommend. can't say i like or dislike this venue.

i gave the chef a high five!. for one of downtown nashville's best meals, dine on the second floor (different menu than first floor) of merchants. from start (fried green tomatoes) to finish (chocolate torte with peanut butter banana ice cream), our meal was off the charts good. i usually don't order steaks in non-steakhouses but the ribeye was the best i've had innashville(except maybe kayne prime). also highly recommend their specialty drink called the moscow mule. all said, i was so pleased after the meal that i went in the kitchen (with permission) to give the chef a high five.

merchants restaurant went through some hard times, but the goldberg brothers have turned it into something special. they're doing their best to make it a destination for not only the tourists, but to bring back some of the locals who have gotten away from the downtown area for being too touristy. if the food and service is any indication,nashvillehas a gem of a restaurant in merchants.

nashville restaurants and food merchants-downstairs 401 broadwaynashville615-254-1892 www.merchantsrestaurant.com this building at the corner of fourth and broadway downtown has seen its share ofnashvillehistory. the former hotel was the occasional crash pad of hank williams and patsy cline. it's been a popular restaurant since 1988 and just last year merchants had a reboot, thanks to ben and max goldberg. the goldberg's are known for paradise park, a completely different tourist joint down the street, and the high-end cocktail bar patterson house. what does this mean for you, the discerning diner? cocktails, of course, at least on the bustling first floor. you'll find suspendered bartenders shaking up all sorts of concoctions. we're in favor of the cocktail trend, just as long as it stays reasonably priced and relatively unpretentious. merchants walks the line carefully. this is an important restaurant for downtown- as there's little playing up to the tourists. merchants focuses o

skip it. over priced and service is so-so. of course, i'm not surenashvillehas many restaurants that would satisfy a true foodie, but this certainly isn't one of them. the babyback ribs were good but the crawfish ravioli was too small a portion ad i eat like a bird. they didn't even give us free bread for pete's sake!