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Best Rooftop Bars in Nashville (Away from the Broadway Crowds)
Lower Broadway's rooftops are loud, packed and aimed at bachelorette parties. A few blocks away, Nashville's hotel rooftops are where grown-ups go for a sunset drink before dinner or a nightcap after a show. These four are the ones we'd send you to.
- Highest
- Harriet's Rooftop, 19th floor (21+)
- Best sunset
- L.A. Jackson, the Gulch
- Before Printers Alley
- Rare Bird at the Noelle
- Most fun
- Elevate at The Nash (the bus bar)
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The Gulch and SoBro
Harriet's Rooftop on the 19th floor of 1 Hotel Nashville is the most polished rooftop in town and one of the few that is strictly 21 and over, which keeps the crowd grown-up. L.A. Jackson on the Thompson hotel has an indoor room and a terrace facing the skyline; come at sunset, before the weekend DJs. Both are a short walk from the Station Inn and Rudy's Jazz Room, so a rooftop drink turns easily into a night of live music.
Harriet's Rooftop
1 Hotel Nashville, 710 Demonbreun St (19th floor)
An upscale rooftop lounge on the 19th floor of 1 Hotel Nashville, with bespoke cocktails, light bites and tableside service. Strictly 21 and over. Open from 4 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. at weekends.
Tip: Reserve through the hotel's SevenRooms page; walk-ins are easier early in the evening.
L.A. Jackson
Thompson Nashville, the Gulch
A polished indoor-outdoor rooftop on the Thompson hotel with skyline views and a Southern-leaning drinks list. DJs on some weekends; sunset is the calmer time.
Dress: Smart casual
Downtown and Printers Alley
Rare Bird is the rooftop bar on the Noelle, next to Printers Alley, with craft cocktails and views over downtown; it pairs perfectly with dinner and jazz at Skull's Rainbow Room below. Elevate on The Nash (the hotel that used to be Bobby) is the playful one, with lawn games and a 1956 Scenicruiser bus turned into a bar.
Rare Bird
Noelle hotel, 4th Ave N (Printers Alley)
The rooftop bar on the Noelle, a design hotel beside Printers Alley: craft cocktails and light bites with views over downtown. A calmer rooftop than anything on Broadway and a short walk from Skull's Rainbow Room.
Elevate rooftop at The Nash
The Nash (formerly Bobby Hotel), 4th Ave N
A ten-storey open-air rooftop on the hotel formerly called Bobby, with lounges, lawn games and a vintage 1956 Scenicruiser bus turned into a bar.
Skull's Rainbow Room
222 Printers Alley
A 1948 Printers Alley supper club, revived: dinner with a pianist, live jazz every night and a late burlesque show on Friday to Sunday. The most grown-up night out downtown.
Tips
- Go early. Rooftops are calmest in the early evening; on Friday and Saturday nights they fill up and get louder.
- Check the age policy before you go if you want an adults-only room: Harriet's admits 21 and over only.
- Summer afternoons are hot. Spring and autumn evenings are the best rooftop weather.
- Keep the rooftop and the night's music in the same neighbourhood; see Nashville beyond Broadway for the listening rooms.
Everything here was checked in September 2026. Line-ups, hours and ticket release dates change, so confirm before you go.
Questions people ask
What is the best rooftop bar in Nashville?
For grown-ups, Harriet's Rooftop on the 19th floor of 1 Hotel Nashville (21 and over) or L.A. Jackson on the Thompson hotel in the Gulch, which is best at sunset.
Are there adults-only rooftop bars in Nashville?
Yes. Harriet's Rooftop at 1 Hotel Nashville admits guests 21 and over only.
Which Nashville rooftop is near Printers Alley?
Rare Bird, on the roof of the Noelle hotel beside Printers Alley, and Elevate at The Nash a block away on 4th Avenue North.