Grabbing a bite to eat before I leave Nashville. Restaurant looks to be half full. I notice 1 manager and 1 server. Three tables that still need bussed. Six top walks in, they're waiting at the host stand, where the sign states clearly, "Please wait to be seated." Server and manager are in the kitchen. After (no kidding here) two minutes, six top decides to seat themselves. And not just any old table will do either! Nope! They all sit at one of the dirty tables. Yeah. Manager comes out running food. Table stops him, while he has a tray of food, to ask if he can clean the table. He asked if they were ready for their check, not knowing they just sat down. After their total confusion he explained that they're currently on a short wait because they are understaffed and was trying to apologize. You can guess how that went! "Look at all these empty tables!" "How hard is it to do your job?!" " I don't understand why you can't just get someone to clean the table!" Etc. As they left, he politely killed them with kindness with the "Thank ya'll, come back again!" Btw, service and food were fantastic! I had the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and tots with Dolly Parton 's Banana Pudding! Chefs kiss! Take it easy on the service industry folks, we're all doing the BEST we can! And, if you don't like it, grab an application! read more

Food was pretty good, pretty average. Our waitress was friendly and fast. The live music was a nice touch. Parking was easy to get to.

Advertising at our hotel said live music - ends up that's only 2-3 days a week and not on the night we were there. We knew right away it wasn't going to be good when we were sat at 6pm (peak dinner time) and we were only 1 of 3 tables occupied. We ordered the appetizer sampler to start, and two meals - the Diamond Rio BBQ trio and the Trace Adkins Just Fishin Fried Catfish. All the food tasted like it came right off the generic equivalent of a Sysco truck. The most redeeming part of the meal was the cheese triangles on the appetizer we ordered. The fried catfish was mostly breading and what little fish that was there was detached from the breading. Aside from the texture and the obvious visible cues there was no discerning between the ribs, the pulled pork, or the brisket. It all tasted the same sadly. Our server took a 20+ minute break during our meal - the host did come by once to check on us and to let us know that our server had, in fact, decided to take a break. No drink refills. She came to take our order. Disappeared. Came back with the check at the end of the meal. I would not recommend this place to anyone. read more

The place was close to my hotel. And it was a great choice. My Nashville visit was very satisfying with this restaurant and service. I'll definitely plan to come again read more

Back in June, I was visiting Nashville for Crime Con, and I stayed at The Inn at Opryland. There was a minor mishap that took place, partly fault of my own, and both Nicholas and Pola of the Opry Backstage Grille went above and beyond to make it right! They were extremely responsive, caring, and understanding, and I could not thank them enough. They deserve all the positive praise and maybe even a raise!! 5 stars. read more

Where to begin, we talked in and there was no one there... when we were seated right away since no one was there....we ordered our sweet teas... we got 1 drink a piece until the last few bites of our food were almost finished leaving me parched and frustrated to see our server just standing around instead of asking if we needed anything and also visualizing our empty drinks. My girlfriend got the steak and shrimp and said it was eatable... mashed potatoes for both of us was terrible and had zero seasoning or flavor. My pulled brisket tasted like shoe leather however I've not had shoe leather before but that is what comes to mind when I think of it and how it would taste. It was also highly priced to be so terrible along with the service and overall regret in choosing to eat here. I hate to be negative but also don't want you all to waste money like we did! read more

Food was great, and a very good value. Had a good sized brisket sandwich and fries for a very reasonable $12. And it was delicious. Service was great too as our server even sang a song for us after our meal! read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Tennessee-Style Brisket Sandwich - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

This is my first visit to Nashville and I wanted to taste some uniquely Tennessee food, since I was staying here at the Inn it was convenient to also eat here. My waiter suggested the fried green tomatoes so I ordered the appetizer sampler that also has deviled eggs, ham and pimento cheese and crackers, and it was a delight. The burger I had was cooked to perfection and the claw slaw was creamy and flavorful. Don't skimp on dessert, try the banana pudding. I was stuffed and had mine to go, and it was a welcomed tasty midnight treat. If you stay here at the Inn at Gaylord, or in the area, stop in for a bite, this place is not to be overlooked. The food is top quality and the staff is friendly. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Dining room stage - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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longest wait of my life, but they gave us free dessert ig. asked for my burger medium and every single burger was well done.

Very convenient if you are staying at the hotel. We were hungry after arriving in to Nashville and were happy this place was open. We were able to call from our room and order food for takeout. It's literally downstairs, so again, very convenient. We ordered kids chicken fingers with fruit cup, and it was very good. Fruit cup was real fresh fruit, not a del Monte/full of sugar. The chicken fingers were not homemade but still very good. We were also to order a beer for takeout which was a huge plus! read more

We are visiting with tickets to grand ole opry. Backstage was a convenient place o meet for our two couples. First issue was they couldn't get the drinks right. Moonshine lemon drop on the menu, no one knew how to make, Manhattan did not come out well and had ice cream cherries, gin and tonic had home made tonic. Food was mediocre and bbq overdone, chops were wafer thin. Spinach salad was decent. Maybe a bad night with a large group coming in off a tour bus and limited servers. But that dose t account for the drinks and food. This place needs a new manager, training and staff. read more

Had lunch here yesterday. Service was inattentive. I ordered the Cobb salad. Less than impressive. Iceberg, tomato wedges , some hard boiled egg wedges and a bit of shredded cheese. Not a lot of grilled chicken and a little dry. The blue cheese dressing was very good though. We had the fried green tomatoes which were very good! Husband said his fried chicken sandwich was good. read more

Decent food, satisfactory service, convenient if you're staying at the Inn but it's nothing to rave about. The live music was very enjoyable. We would eat here again. read more

Good food. Friendly, helpful and efficient staff. Nice atmosphere. Good music. Great place for a date or a gathering. The loaded tator tots is a huge plate that is filling and delicious can be shared with others. The shrimp and grits are tasty. read more

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Fried Green Tomatoes are just a greasy mess. Farmers burger with an egg on top was pretty greasy and the egg was cooked to look like leather. Should have taken a picture. read more

We were seated at a dirty table. Coffee was so bad that we couldn't drink it. We had to get silverware off of a nearby table. The food was awful. We left without eating. Overall, I would not recommend. read more

Disclaimer: I'm no barbecue connoisseur. I haven't eaten enough of it in my West Coast, kale loving, quinoa influenced life. So take this review for what you will. Yes, this place is within a hotel, so I was suspect on how good it would be. I really enjoyed my dish though. I got the Diamond Rio's BBQ Trio. Usually it's for 2 people, yet if you're a Marriot's Reward member, they'll half it and make it a solo portion. So, I paid $16 for 1/4 pound Low and Slow Pork Shoulder, 1/4 rack Tennessee Wet Ribs, 1/4 pound Tennessee-Style Beef Brisket, and one side. Of the meats, I liked the ribs and brisket the best. The pork shoulder was a bit flavorless, but no worries, that's why there's the BBQ sauces. I got the three different BBQ sauces on the side, so I could distinguish between them. I like sauces that have a bit of tang. For the side dishes, I got the green beans cooked in bacon. For any side dishes, it's an extra $3. The highlight of the meal was the service. Very friendly and helpful. Really appreciate it. So, I imagine this isn't a high, in-demand restaurant. Yet, for traveling to the area and being in a hotel, It was pretty good. So for that, I say I appreciate you and give you four Yelp stars. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Garden Side Salad - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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This restaurant was okay. The food was okay. The live music was not great. I did enjoy the fried green tomatoes a lot and have not had them before. Typical BBQ menu. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Live music - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Table I was sat at wasn't clean, the spoon that was in my mash potatoes when it arrived to my table was sticky on the tip of the top so I didn't eat the potatoes. Server was nice I don't have much of anything else to say. read more

Diamond Rio's BBQ Tri, Omg the Beef Brisket is so tender but too hard to chew, The Rib is so Tasty and tender too 。And the pull pork is tender and delicious 。And Also Tarter Tots and Coleslaw also my favorite side dishes。(*¯¯*)、The Pork Chop and Drinks are great too 。Most exciting thing that you can enjoy the music together 。Their waitress and Waiter will come on stage perform music with You-tuber。。So happy that day !!! read more

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Nabil and his staff are wonderful. Great food and service! I worked at Disney for almost 10 years so I know food and service

I understand that staffing is very hard and unattainable. But I had the worst service and food honestly i have ever had at a restaurant. We ordered simple and 80% of it was awful. My brisket sandwich was extremely grizzly the Mac n cheese was dry and tasteless. My husband's burger Bread was old and fell apart, to the point that he never took a bite of it. The ff were the only truly decent part of the meal. "Good money spent on bad food and service ". They also advertise live music and there was none. Poor choice ! read more

Service and music were great! Food especially "smoked brisket" were questionable. Brisket tough and when I made the comment waiter said .."well it was smoked all da" and he walked away. Mike Columbus Oh read more

Service was awful and slow The food looked like straight out the microwave although that might have tasted better .. Pepsi was gross the ice tasted funny .. My children did not even like the food .. .. don't bother eating here .. even the entertainment was a joke !! read more

The negative: the lady who seated our group of 5 asked if we had more coming. We said we did not know for sure. She stated, "if you move our tables or chairs you will be kicked out of the restaurant and possibly the hotel!" in a rude tone. Almost wanted to walk out. We hat two friends show up a little late and they had to sit at a separate table. 15 minutes later a large group showed up and moved their own tables. Such hypocrites. The 2nd negative: I ordered a simple salad and wanted red onions, salad was delivered w/o them w/o explanation until I asked, then they stated they didn't have them. The good: the waitress and food were good. The prices were reasonably priced but was overshadowed by the threat when seated. This was at 1900ish on 25 Jul. read more

We turned in "early" for the night & decided to order room service. Since we were staying at the Inn - we could order from here, pay a fee & have it brought upstairs to the room. The prices seemed kinda normal/decent.. we weren't worried about. We ordered about an hour before closing. The lady on the phone was friendly and took our order with ease. Our food came upstairs maybe 15mins later. The beverages were missing and we were given water instead. Our special requests were ignored. There wasn't any mayo on the green tomato BLTs. Everything was thrown together - quickly. We had to request the beverages and the attendant went to grab them for us. In the end, the food was fairly pricey for what we got. But we expected a little better quality & quantity really. The stew seemed to be the best. The whole process was rushed and very much a hassle. read more

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Awful in every way... don't be fooled...it has nothing to do with the Opry. Terrible drinks...left 90% of our food on the table...yes...it's that bad. read more

After visiting Downtown Nashville I thought I was going to eat lunch somewhere there. But the restaurants were all quite loud with very loud music and my kids don't like such loud music. So I new I wanted to check out the Backstage grill as they have kids menus here. First it is quite nice inside and well decorated it's really like you are backstage. I haven't been to the Opry but was glad to visit here. They feature some great videos of recorded artists on the screen and probably have live music too but not at lunch which actually worked out well for me. The food is a great array of southern cuisine. I went for a brisket sandwich and added the pimento cheese spread. The pimento cheese spread on the sandwich was a great and unique addition. The brisket was excellent with nice sized pieces. The BBQ sauce complimented the sandwich and was quite good as well. You can get fries or chips with sandwiches and I opted for the house made chips. Service was very friendly and efficient. I saw home made pecan pie for desssert on the menu and decided to get a piece. It was fantastic. The food here is great and that is unusual for the restaurant in a hotel but worth visiting. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Bar area - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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5-18-23 Came here for lunch on a Thursday. I honestly wasn't expecting much based on some of the Yelp reviews. Luckily for us, we had an amazing server named Shahd. She was very sweet and was probably the nicest and best server I ever had. She alone made our visit to this restaurant totally happy and would return for sure. She even got on stage and sang a couple songs and gave us a shout out. Made us feel welcome and special. She's definitely a gem! The fried green tomatoes were really good. The brisket sandwich was good not great but I did enjoy it especially if you throw on some coleslaw and plenty of BBQ sauce. Thank you Shahd!!!!! read more

Decided to go ahead and order some food to go. Wanted something relatively quick and easy to make so I ordered Baby Kale and Spinach Salad w/ salmon. Well I was super excited for the salad because it was 25$ (must be amazing right?). Sadness ensued when I open it up and see that there is no salmon in my Baby Kale and Spinach Salad w/ salmon. Guess I'll just have to use my imagination. Edit: guess it's just best not to order at the end of the night. I also ordered strawberry shortcake and it literally came shoved in a soup container filled with whipped cream and nearly no cake. No salmon in my salmon salad and no cake in my strawberry shortcake. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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12/19/18 - Went to the Opry Backstage Grill for live music and had some pretty darn good food. My wife had the tomato basil soup that was thick and flavorful. Way above the average (I swear others just open a Campbell's can) that many restaurants serve. Daughter had the mac/cheese bacon burger. Cheese was oozing off of it. She said it was really good. I had the fried bologna and 'Alan Jackson' Pimiento cheese sandwich. The bologna was cut at least 1/2 inch thick and was perfectly caramelized on both side. The combination of lightly salty bologna, just a bit sweet and tangy cheese, and sweet acid from the pickles made the perfect sandwich. If you have not tried one of these you have been missing out and need to put it on your 'next time' list. We got to listen to multiple songs played by Brassfield. They are a trio who did covers and some original songs that we enjoyed. To me the real treat was Mark Irwin. He has been on the music scene for about 30 years and songwriter who has written several #1 country songs and been nominated for the CMA song of the year. He has written for Tyler Farr (Redneck Crazy), Alan Jackson (Here in the Real World), and Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift (Highway Don't Care), etc. He played several of his songs for us. It was really amazing to get hear the songs exactly the way the writer wrote them. You never know who you might run into and possibly hear playing at the Opry Backstage Grill. They also have a cool collect of country music memorabilia. read more

I was there for lunch. The food was fairly standard, not bad, but nothing to rave about. A solid lunch place.

Service was good! The food was mediocre for the price and it was a Saturday but the stage was empty so no live music. All in all disappointing and would not go back with so many other wonderful food options in Nashville. read more

NOPE!!! Go elsewhere. The service is awesome. Such nice folks. They had a singer who is one of the servers that was excellent as well. The food was fair at best. The only shining star was the fried green tomatoes. The rest, not so much. We had the fried chicken. Tasted like frozen chicken ..... think Swanson TV dinner. I could use the Mac n cheese to plug a leak. The grits and shrimp had an awful sauce on it. Like BBQ gasoline. The beans were good. I wanted to like this place, but feel like a wasted a meal in a land of awesome southern cooking. Sorry. read more

Opry Backstage Grill - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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watch you receipt charged double gratuity ordered shoulder and received pulled pork they are not the same and server was uninterested in doing her job because she knew she was going to get 18% gratuity read more

The food here is super flavorful and a little edgy. Hotel restaurants like these are what make Nashville, Nashville. They know they got it and that's a mighty tasteful and rich meal for your fine ass. The smoked wings were great. read more

If your staying at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and looking for somewhere nearby to eat that wont cost you an arm and a leg your search is over because this is the place to go! I must add .... also a great place to go wherever your staying in Nashville! The location of this place is right across the street from the Gaylord Opryland and is at the sister hotel os the resort, its called the Inn at the Gaylord. Shuttles are available to take you there if your staying at the resort. Great friendly service, great food, great drinks and great prices! Came here about two months ago with my boyfriend from New Jersey while staying in Nashville and absolutely loved it! We first ordered two Tennessee ice teas to drink before the Jet Titan game . Pretty much, it's a Long Island with moonshine in it. Fantastic! Perfect to drink before heading to a game because this sure will get you pretty buzzed! You won't be disappointed! Our waiter made the drinks himself, when we told him this was our first time in Nashville and never tried moonshine before, he made us the Tennessee teas and then poured the moonshine in last on top without mixing it so we can taste the moonshine without having it already mixed into the drink. Super nice of him. During the course of our meal he came and checked in on us and also gave us great advice about the best places to go during our stay in Nashville. We then had the BBQ Nachos, and I must say, my nacho eating experience will never be the same after this place! This is the true definition of foodgasim! It's nachos with beans, sour cream, peppers, cheese, and pulled pork full of the most delicious bbq I have ever had! The pulled pork here is soooooo tender and perfectly cooked. We got this like three times during our stay here, yea it was that good. Since we loved the nachos we also ordered the pulled pork sandwiches which were also just as good. The place was very clean and the ambiance was very country but like classy country. Beautiful decor. It's also a very space restaurant which is great for large groups as well. It had both tables, booths and a bar to sit drink and eat at as well. This will not be the last time I come here! I will be back and highly suggest others to go here as well! read more

Opry Backstage Grill - Tennessee Tea (long island with Moonshine), Opry Backstage Grill - American Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Food only ok and staff mediocre. Not sure how clean the place is. Maybe I caught them on a bad day.

We stayed at the hotel and the restaurant was suggested to us. We were overall happy with the experience. The service was excellent. We enjoyed the bbq. Brisket was tender. The pulled pork had great flavor. We thought the ribs were ok. Coleslaw needed a bit more flavor. We would go back. read more

A colleague and I were in town on business and stayed at the attached hotel. We stopped in here on two occasions during our stay. The first experience was great. We wanted a quick appetizer before meeting friends. The BBQ nachos were delicious. A decent-sized portion. Not too large and enough "stuff" to make your tastebuds happy. I also tried their in-house beer. It was pretty good. I was surprised. Our bartender, Kevin, was very friendly. Turns out he's also a damn fine musician too! Now, our second experience was quite the letdown. We popped in for lunch. I tried the fried bologna sandwich. I was intrigued by something new. I shouldn't have been. It was a bit too fried for me and on plain old bread. I opted for American cheese, which looked plastic-y and didn't cover the entire sandwich. I felt slightly ill afterward, perhaps from the grease? My colleague had the brisket sandwich. She said the flavor was okay but that it was super fatty. She also didn't feel great afterward. So, maybe stop in for an appetizer and music, but then head out? I was disappointed that lunch wasn't as positive of an experience as lunch. Whomp whomp. read more