The Best Indian Food in Nashville
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The best Indian food in Nashville, according to the experts: Bon Appétit, the Michelin Guide, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Tailor comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Tailor
Indian
Vivek Surti grew up eating Southern food and Gujarati home cooking, and this tasting menu restaurant in Germantown is where those two things finally sit down together. The open kitchen and plush, jewel-toned room feel more like a dinner party than a restaurant, helped along by the kitchen sending courses to every table at once. The Michelin Guide has it selected, and a James Beard Semifinalist nod for hospitality tracks with the room's warmth.
The awards
- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: #7 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #10 · The Best Restaurants In Nashville
- Bon Appétit #7 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #10 · The Best Restaurants In Nashville
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Rank 2. Cafe Babu
Indian Coffee Shop
Concrete walls, a neutrals-only palette, and an LA sensibility that landed in Wedgewood-Houston: Cafe Babu is a coffee shop that knows exactly what it looks like and leans into it. The chai runs strong and spicy, and the signature latte gets a hit of cardamom syrup. Pastries and sandwiches carry the daytime shift; by evening the menu pivots to cocktails and small bites, which makes the patio, a Nashville Scene Best of Nashville winner, work a little harder.
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Green Chili is a casual Indian spot in a Rivergate strip, beneath Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, across from a Hooters and next to a church that used to be a Circuit City. It's easy to miss, which is how Nashville Scene ended up naming it the Best Tucked-Away Indian Restaurant. The servers will joke with you about the spice levels, and the owners also run the Japanese steakhouse in town, so apparently they just know hospitality.
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