Nashville's Best Sports Bar

This bustling downtown bar is home to sports fans and pool players.

Reviews:

• “The food and the service were great. They also have 3 pool tables, and plenty of tv’s.”
• “Best bartender I have ever seen.”
• “Great food and atmosphere!”
• “Terribly rude servers”
• “Give us another dive bar…”

Tips: Late-night diners can order pub grub until 2:30am.

Bailey’s Sports Grille

Nightly drink specials and a fun crowd attract Vanderbilt students to this sports lover’s haven.

Reviews:

• “The smoke ruins the whole place”
• “Good bar food & lots of screens but very smokey.”
• “Helpful hint to take care of bad service”
• “Horrible management Sadly the Bar has gone down horribly”
• “Best Sports Bar in Nashville!!!!”

Sam’s Place Sports Bar & Grill

New-York style pizza and pasta available at a low-key, family-friendly spot.

Reviews:

• “great neighborhood place”
• “Awesome”
• “WORST PIZZA I HAVE EVER TASTED !!!!”
• “great bar & atmosphere, average pizza”
• “good pizza, good atmosphere, good service”

Tips: Call ahead for reservations for the exclusive Mafia Table.

Mafiaoza’s or email Mafiaoza’s

This sports bar and grill offers a casual, fun dining experience with beers and well-sauced wings.

Reviews:

• “Good for sports fans, except on karoake nights”

Tips: Most locations offer Wing Tuesdays and Leg Wednesdays, which feature weekly discounts on selected menu items.

Buffalo Wild Wings

Hang with a 20-something crowd at this Western-themed pool joint.

Reviews:

• “The friendliest bar in Nashville”
• “Good bar”
• “Best After Sporting Event Spot”
• “Good pool tables”
• “Englishcouple”

Tips: If you don’t like cigar smoke, reserve a table in the early evening before the smoking crowd takes over.

Buffalo Billiards

Where catfish and cornbread compete with burgers and fries.

Reviews:

• “Pleasant Enough”
• “Best burger anywhere”
• “Best neighborhood bar in Nashville”
• “Bad Apples and Good Apples”
• “Miserable, terrible and pathetic”

Tips: Go for one of the coveted tables looking down from the end of the bar.

Sportsman’s Grille in the Village

What’s the score? Find out here, or shoot pool or the breeze.

Reviews:

• “Official meeting place for Cleveland Browns Backers in middle TN!”
• “They Have the best bike night in Nashville.”
• “Some of my best rib dinners were at at the Scoreboard!”
• “Avoid at all cost!”
• " The best Fried Pickles in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Tips: The bar features the NFL Season Ticket as well (when they can operate the satellite).

Scoreboard Bar & Grill

Deep within the Embassy Suites, the Athletic Club is a first-class sports bar that allows fans of any team to feel at home.

Reviews:

• “Prettiest waitresses in town!!!!!”
• “This place is great!”
• “Best Sports Bar in Nashville”
• “I love this place!!”
• “Absoultley the best sports bar!”

Tips: There is a side entrance that allows local patrons to slip in and out and avoid the main hotel entrance.

The Athletic Club

Crowds turn up for big sporting events at this Green Hills hangout.

Reviews:

• “Darts, bowling, and beer. "
• “square chair”
• “Box Seat over-rated”
• “The Best Place To Watch The Game”
• “ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!”

Box Seat

Extreme sports-themed bar serves apps and wraps and “extreme” salads.

Reviews:

• “Can’t recommend it.”
• “great staff,emo52 is crazy”
• “Rude Staff”
• “Good food, bad service.”
• “Best casual hangout in East Nashville”

Tips: It’s located next to Alley Cat and on the opposite side of the lot from the now-defunct Slow Bar in East Nashville.

Beyond the Edge Bar and Restaurant