Water’s Edge Marketplace

After reading about their Sunday Brunch, we were staying close by and decided to give this place a try. We’d been traveling and I was looking forward to a nice leisurely brunch and a break from drive thru fare. We arrived at 11am, and there was a sign advertising a barbecue plate lunch special. What we didn’t realize is that was the ONLY option, unless you love worse than movie theater nachos or a boiled to death hot dog. We’d already paid thinking there would be other stations or menu options, so we were stuck. It’s all self serve and you’re at the mercy of 2 – 3 bottled soda choices, and there’s no water available. Food was room temperature at best, and just plain awful.

I went to the Water’s edge for Sunday brunch a couple weeks ago to visit some people that were staying at Opryland. The place is hysterical because it is just so big and manufactured. I had never been to Opryland prior to the brunch, and I was surprised at the size of the place. I really had a great time, they seated us right near a waterfall and a there was a river and plenty foliage. It was great! The food was also pretty good, a good step up from many other of the other hotel brunches that I have been to in Nashville. I don’t know If I would drive all the way out to Opryland again for the brunch, but I am definitely glad that I got to see the place at least once.

One of the best meals I had at the Opryland. Simple food, and it was tasty. It’s next to the fountain so it can get a bit loud at dinnertime when the fountains will play with synchronized music.
Had a lunch buffet there and really enjoyed it. There’s several stations, cheeses and anitpasto, flatbreads and risotto, and some oven baked options (get some of the roasted veggies!). There’s also a ton of desserts. Would it be Nashville without sweet tea and banana pudding? I think not.