The Stillery

Their hot chicken, baked mac and cheese, and pretzel burger are all worth trying. Their chicken is not super hot, but very moist and flavorful with crisp skin– while the pretzel burger is a mix of chuck, pork belly, and brisket. It is delicious, especially when considering they put bacon atop the meat and it has a salty pretzel bun to top it off.
Service is fast and friendly. Prices are reasonable for downtown ($ 11 – 17 per plate).

So excited to be in Nashville for a business trip, we came here after deciding the first 3 choices weren’t suitable.
I don’t eat meat or poultry, so the choices weren’t plentiful but I was able to put an awesome and filling meal together.
Started with the Brussel sprouts. They are absolutely delicious. For my main course I had the strawberry and Gorgonzola salad. I hate Gorgonzola and was able to substitute the mozzarella instead. It was very tasty and fresh. The candied pecans and sweet strawberries made the salad. I also had the pretzels. They could have been a little warmer, but they hit the spot.
Services was very good. Our server knew the menu well. Our large group had a lot of questions and she was knowledgable about the menu and the drinks.
At the end she also asked if we needed to split the check (there were 8 of us) and that she could do it any way needed.
Only downside was that every time the door open we were frozen.
Happy we got to try. Would definitely return.

I can honestly say that I never liked hot chicken until I had The Stillery’s mac and cheese with hot chicken. It’s one of the most delicious meals I’ve had in Nashville! Even though it was spicier than I’m usually comfortable with, it was so rich and flavorful. Totally worth it. The jalapeño-​bacon rangoons were amazing as well. What’s not to like about cream cheese and bacon?

We started with the siracha deviled eggs and our server Kristin recommended the Mac and cheese with hot chicken and it didn’t disappoint. This may be the best Mac and cheese I have ever tasted. I would definitely come here again. Kristin was great also!

We opted to eat at the Stillery during our Nashville visit after consulting the reviews. We were not disappointed by any measure.
We were seated right away, even though the place was pretty packed. There was a singer/​songwriter on stage playing original stuff and taking requests. The stage is a little weird… sitting behind the bar. The music wasn’t so loud as to be overbearing, but loud enough so everyone could hear clearly.
No draft beers, but a good selection of cocktails in mason jars and some local bottles mixed with some good imports.
The menu reads like a «best of» list of Nashville/​standard southern dishes, making me very happy to be home again. We started off with the deviled eggs with sriracha. The wife is a big egg fan and quickly ate most of them. She opted for a pizza with meat and greens and I had to get the mac and cheese with hot chicken. Her pizza was really good. One of the best crusts I’ve had recently. The mac and cheese was good by itself. Rich and creamy, served in a cast iron skillet. Add a piece of hot chicken on top and you’ve got an amazing meal. It is extremely filling, so be sure you are hungry. The mac and cheese provide a nice salty and creamy counter balance to the heat of the chicken. I’ve had a lot of hot chicken when I lived near Nashville, even before hot chicken became synonymous with Nashville, and this was some of the better hot chicken I’ve had. Nice buttermilk batter and the chicken was very moist. That dish alone will make me search out the Stillery next time I’m in town.
Two reasons I didn’t give it 5 stars: 1. The layout is fairly small, so they pack in as many tables as possible. If you don’t get a booth or larger table, expect to be eating pretty much right next to your neighbors. Luckily we had nice people around us. 2. The service was a little slow. We waited a bit for drink refills with empty bottles. I’m guessing this was due to the number of tables our server was responsible for.
The food was good enough that it’d be worth a longer wait to get a comfortable table with adequate service. I’ll be back next time I am back in town to give it another try.

Great location for a late night dinner. The wait staff was on their A game and able to provide recommendations which suited us. The steak sandwich was excellent even though the bread wasn’t my personal favorite. The hot chicken was amazing. To compliment this the live music made this an enjoyable experience.

This place deserves all 5 stars because I’ve never tasted anything as good as the food I had here. Last night was all about BBQ for me, but today I had to get my hands on that famous hot chicken from The Stillery. I decided to order the Mac & Cheese with Hot Chicken and not only did it live up to the hype, it blew the hype out of the water. Truly an incredible dish and I have a feeling this will already be the food highlight of my weekend and it’s only Friday. If you’re ever in the area and you stop in for food I honestly couldn’t recommend the dish I had enough. Compliments to whomever came up with this recipe because it is truly outstanding.

Trying to create the perfect bar, that special blend of despair and hope that can only come from years of spilt beers and broken dreams is rough. Trying to do it in a «Tourist» area where you must have a hook just to lure in the masses of corn-​fed Mid-​westerners is damn near impossible.
The folks over at The Stillery are giving creating something special in only that way a good bar can be special a run for the money. They have the hook for the rubes — moonshine. That mythical elixir made by men with bloodhounds, no shirts, and few teeth that has somehow come to be associated with family outings of music at The Ryman and T-​shirts from Cotten Eyed Joes.
When you take your out of town cousins Downtown, take them here for drinks and pizza to get away from the boots and hats. You’ll be surprised with the drink selection. The beers includes local favorites like Fat Bottom and Yazoo and imports like Hoegaarden. The cocktails made with local spirits from Corsair are especially tasty. Make sure and try either the Smokin’ Mule or the Cor-​basil
Don’t forget the ‘shine. They have several varieties on the bar, so that even the biggest moonshine poser can look like a connoisseur.
And if moonshine isn’t your drink you can always get The Macallan 12.

Ate lunch here on a Sunday afternoon. This place does not have a separate brunch menu, just fyi. They also do not take same day reservations. They have an upstairs area that opens at 6pm that is first come first serve, if you’re feeling lucky!
We arrived just as they opened and were the first ones in, sat at a prime booth spot.
We started with the sriracha devil eggs that came with crispy prosciutto and chives, the group really liked them, personally I wasn’t a fan. For drinks I got the Southern Peach that came with ‘shine, peach liquor, sweet tea and sour… oh…my…god this drink was good! I also got the Hunch Punch, which we all joked was a much more sophisticated version of the batches you would mix in large coolers in college. This one came with ‘shine, house sour and lemon lime soda… both of my drinks were absolutely delicious! My husband got the Blackberry Lime that was delicious, we also tried the Smokin’ Mule and Blueberry Smash, all were great and I can’t wait to try to make these at home!
For food I got the All American Burger with fries, as simple as it was it was done perfectly and it was delicious! All around, a great burger! My husband got the Grilled Chicken pizza that he loved, I tried a piece and was not disappointed! The crust was phenomenal! Someone else in our group got the Brussel Sprout pizza that they also loved!
This place was so great, it would definitely be on our to do list should we ever visit again!
As we were leaving around 12:30pm a guitarist was setting up to play live music!

This place is awesome!!! We went there to eat and they have THE best Mac ‘n Cheese ever! We ordered the hot chicken on too and… OMG… All that! The bar tender, Rob, was super super awesome and we hang out with him for a while.
Happy to have tried it and would definitely come back if we ever have another opportunity to come back to Nashville.

Great spot located right off Broadway! I had the hot chicken salad which was out of this world! It’s not the typical hot chicken most are used to, they use a wet sauce with siracha. It’s not to hot and gives the perfect kick.
The mason jar mixed drinks are AMAZING and dangerous (or the perfect start to a night out on Broadway).

Great food, great service, great live music.. a must stop. The only place open during a snow storm. Commuted

Very cool place just off the main Broadway strip. This place might initially go unnoticed, but I am glad to have paid it a visit. Like many places in Nashville, they had live music but it was more subdued and guy played a mix of his original songs along with covers from mainstream artists.
The cocktails focus around moonshine which isn’t exactly my favorite, but they are original and overall pretty good. Our bartender was very friendly and let us sample a few before we decided on our poison for the afternoon.
As far as the food, the burgers are delicious. Do yourself a favor and upgrade your fries to the baked mac and cheese. Soooo good! If I had stayed in Nashville for a few more nights, pretty sure I would have visited this place a few more times.

The shining star of Stillery for me is the MC burger with the Mac n cheese side for a $ 3 surcharge.
Just follow my lead and chow down! It’s two pattys of Porkbelly and beef, melted cheddar, bacon, prosciutto, a runny egg, and garlic mayo! This thing was a salty dream! Along side the burger you can pick a side or pay a measly 3 bux for some of the best Mac n cheese you’ll find, so do it!
The perfectly al dente cooked pasta, and ooey gooey cheese sauce, combined with the nicely broiled breadcrumb top was truly decadent and delicious!
Now, their little brick oven attempt at pizzas, I’m sure is great for the average joe, but not this well seasoned New Yorker and pizza aficionado; unfortunately upon ordering the hot chicken pizza I realized it wasn’t really the best idea. Someone here on Unilocal seems to think similarly but calls this a flat bread, which isn’t really true, it is indeed a pizza, just not one of ever order again, the ingredients on it were great, the hot chicken was nice, the cheese was gooey, the crust super garlicky, but unfortunately it failed with the sum of its parts. To me, it was an upscale and fantastic version of a dominoes fast food chain pizza.
Whatever you decide to get, be sure to wash it down with one of their mason jar served cocktails, I highly suggest the strawberry rye! Ask for a heavy pour and be sweet about it.
The burger and drinks get five stars, service was sweet but not overly, and the pizza for me takes a star away.
Oh! And don’t forget the devilish deviled eggs! Those are an easy starter, you’ll devour the plate, six halved deviled eggs served up in quite the appropriate plate for around 6 or 7 bux.

It’s fantastic to see another new (er) addition to Downtown (especially 2^nd Ave) that has something to offer locals rather than a business that caters to tourists. My only complaint about The Stillery is that I can’t seem to come here when there’s a perfect storm of upstairs access, full food menu and all the drinks I want to try. I’m guessing there might be some user error involved so, for now, check out this half review of The Stillery.
Luckily for me, you and everyone else, even half is worthy of your time. I first came here after a day of carousing and I didn’t want the party to end. My buddy asked me where to go and I mentioned that I’d wanted to check out the new spot on 2^nd. So, we ambled over to find a nicely remodeled (if not as big as I would have imagined) Downtown spot that focused on a lot of what’s making Nashville so desirable these days: good drinks, fun food, nice people, and live music. Since I had a wild hair to check out the second floor and it was a Saturday night, we forwent a downstairs booth in order to belly up to the bar.
Why we didn’t get something to eat, I don’t know. This would have disastrous consequences later in the evening. But, for now, all was well and I was determined to find out what this cocktail program was all about. For a place that does well by locals, I think The Stillery can lose the mason jar kitsch. BUT mason jars with Sonic™ ice… well, that’s another thing. Mason jars with Sonic™ ice filled with cocktaily things for $ 8… well, that’s an awesome thing. After a brief stint of hemming and hawing, I settled on the Blueberry Smash. The first thing I noticed was how big it was. You definitely get your money’s worth at TS. That’s reason alone to patronize it over a LOT of Downtown establishments. After noticing the size, I realized that it was a well-​made drink. Rather than being one note or cloying, my blueberry vodka (I will NOT be judged), simple syrup, smashed blueberries, lime, and soda concoction was a refreshing and boozy way to spend an early summer night. I kept ‘em coming. They were enough to make me ear blind to the fact that the musicians on stage were being drowned out by some woo-​hoo bachelorettes. The the band had the brilliant idea of incorporating the gaggle into the act — and proceeded to drown them out as collaborators rather than interlopers. Brilliant. Oh, and I got one of their numbers. What? I mentioned that there were disastrous consequences to come. AND I mentioned that I wouldn’t be judged. Come here. Drink good drinks. Listen to good music (rumor has it the space becomes a club on the weekends) and try some of the food that everyone talks about. That’s next on my list!

Scrolling through Unilocal,I was honestly surprised that I had not yet reviewed The stillery because I RAVE about it to everyone.
My first experience with the Stillery was during burger week, and I returned five times that week to try all of the burgers, then to order my favorite burger, the MC burger again. You might be one of those skeptics who claims an egg on a burger has been overdone, but you’re wrong because THIS burger is worth everything you have in your wallet. Also, who doesn’t like brinner? All of the burgers were outstanding, and you will not be disappointed with any of them.
I have also tried the jalapeño bacon rangoons, which is a great starter if you like those kinds of things. It’s not the largest portion, so i wouldn’t order it as a meal.
Service has also been friendly and great. The staff seems to really enjoys working there.
As for the beverages – just…yes. Mason jar cocktails are large and the dreamsicle is what I’ve dreamt about all my life.
It’s not the easiest restaurant to spot and can get lost in the shuffle that is Broadway, so keep your eyes peeled while looking for it!

Yummy!!! Well, the pie is not the pie I know in Oz. It was actually a pizza. It was amazing tho!
The bar seating was convenient to watch the footy.
Service was prompt & the servers were friendly.

After all of the positive reviews, I really wanted to like this place.
However, the calamari salad I ordered was not very appetizing. It was a clump of greasy, fried calamari rings on top of an overly dressed and oily bed of wilted greens. I had ordered a salad for a «lighter» lunch, but I left feeling even more greasy and gross than I anticipated.
On a more positive note, the table in front of us ordered a snack board which looked FANTASTIC. I would return only to order that item and maybe a glass of wine.
Better luck next time, but at least my dining friends seemed to enjoy their sandwiches.

Cozy place with good food and friendly service. They also had live music, though on this particular night no one was really paying any attention to the performer, which was a little tragic given that she was sitting on an elevated platform above the bar!
They have a tasty cocktail list (of the moonshine-​in-​a-​mason-​jar variety), and also have a long list of local bottled brews on the menu. Would be nice if they had a few of those options on draft.

I really wanted to try this place. So as painful as it was for a local like me to pay $ 8 for parking just to try this place, I went ahead and did it hoping and praying it would be worth it. It’s not a bad place!
What made me want to try this place was their Mac & cheese with hot chicken. It looked so good and the reviews raved about it. It wasn’t bad. It was pretty decent. There’s really nothing bad to write about it other than I just wasn’t blown away. The portion was big for its price! Only $ 9 for a big pan!
I also ordered pretzel burger. I was sooo excited because pretzel buns are pretty much the best burger invention IMO but they just didn’t do it right. The bun was so hard and densed that I had to use my knife to eat my burger. It was so sad.
Overall the service is on point. We sat at the bar and our server was so cool and attentive.
I would crave this food after a long night of drinking on Broadway!

Très bien manger dans ce restaurant. Les plats sont bons et copieux. Je dois avouer que si on c’est arrêté c’était d’abord pour les cocktails qui sont excellents.