Nashville has 4 eating places on Yelp’s nationwide “Prime 100 Locations to Eat” listing for 2026. After I first heard the information, I reached out to ask what kinds of standards are concerned in being chosen, as a result of a few of these lists could be a little opaque about how they resolve who’s included.
I used to be impressed to listen to that there isn’t any pay-for-play aspect to Yelp’s rankings, however each the amount of critiques and the rankings are taken under consideration when choosing the highest 100. In a shocking however welcome element, all eating places on the listing are additionally checked to verify they’ve a passing well being rating. That’s at all times good to know.
With an distinctive Asian-inspired menu and nice service, Noko leads with its coronary heart
So with out additional ado, right here is the quartet of Nashville eating places that made the listing:
I’d say that’s a stable listing of regionally owned favorites, and it’s fairly spectacular to notice that they characterize 4 % of the nationwide listing — tied with New York and trailing solely Las Vegas and Houston within the variety of listed eating places.
However earlier than we break our arm patting our personal again, I’d level out that Noko — our top-ranked restaurant — completed one rung under Rock N’ Potato, a Vegas meals courtroom spot that brags of its “celebrity-inspired baked potatoes” that embrace the Fleetwood Macdaddy and Chuckberry Fried Hen.
So. Yeah, that places it in perspective.
The Nolensville Pike spot affords genuine, fiery Thai entrées
In different listicle information, native meals author and content material producer Matt Moore scored a dream gig — compiling an inventory of the highest 20 hen wing eating places within the South for Southern Dwelling — and he acknowledged the house group benefit when he selected two Nashville spots for the listing.
Noble’s East truly scored the quilt shot of the January-February challenge, and Moore waxed rhapsodic over their model of tiny scorching hen: “Their model is smoked low and sluggish, hit with their proprietary dry rub, flash fried, and dunked in home made mud. They serve it correctly: over Bunny model white bread with dill pickle chips and a home ranch that’s adequate to bottle.” I concur that these are some fairly particular wings, and for those who haven’t tried them but, recover from to Noble’s East Nashville or Central-Metrocenter areas quickly!
Moore additionally known as out Brother Z’s Wang Shack on Dickerson Street — he’s not unsuitable about that Honey Gold sauce!
