Tailor Nashville
Restaurant · Germantown ·
South Asian American tasting menu with storytelling
South Asian American tasting menu with storytelling
"For those who love a deep dive into specific cuisines, Tailor is perfect. The tasting menu is inspired by chef/owner Vivek’s childhood in India, with homages to street-food dishes and home cooking. And like Locust, the chef is pretty involved in explaining courses, except here it’s happening under a gigantic crystal chandelier. You’ll eat steamed coconut bread and slurp a stew of braised mutton, and once the legendary chai arrives at the end of the meal, you might decide to be a little late to whatever’s next on your agenda." - ann walczak
"People (cough cough, food writers, cough cough) love to describe just about any restaurant with a few couches and a kick-your-feet-up kind of vibe as a “dinner party.” And that’s just what we’re about to do. Because Tailor, a Germantown spot serving South Asian American plates, actually is a dinner party. And it’s a hell of a good one. The space is effortlessly cool yet approachable, the pacing of the dishes and conversation feel natural, and the food stands out in Nashville’s sea of Southern cooking. The night kicks off with farsa gathiya, small crunchy puffs made with chickpea flour, and then winds its way through vegetable, seafood, and main courses that might include squid, American wagyu, or sambhar with tamarind rice. The final course is always chai, using a recipe that the chef's dad took 10 years to perfect." - jackie gutierrez jones 2, carlo mantuano, ann walczak
"A Germantown restaurant praised for continued dazzling execution under Vivek Surti, frequently mentioned among nationally recognized neighborhood restaurants." - Missy Frederick
"Dinner parties aren’t typically the first move in our date night playbook—we’re not ready for Tom to give us flack on our date’s ridiculously huge hobo bag. But Tailor’s version takes all of the potential awkwardness out of the equation and only keeps the best parts: a menu you don’t have to think about, a host and chef with great storytelling skills, and an intimate space to really get to know your dining companion. The menu changes every season, but you can expect a multicourse lineup of South Asian dishes influenced by the chef’s Indian heritage and Nashville upbringing—like a recent burger inspired by the South Indian kerala beef fry. Two dinner seatings (at 5:30 and 8pm) make it easy to add pre- or post-dinner plans if you’re making it a full-on night." - jackie gutierrez jones 2, ann walczak
"Chef Vivek Surti’s cozy South Asian American restaurant Tailor is a “dinner party-style” dining experience, which includes a pre-set seasonal menu ($130-$150) with the option to add beverage pairings like a fruit tea punch that marries traditions from Nashville and India. Fresh for spring, the menu includes spring vegetable sakh and rotlo with rapini, ginger, green chile, peanut, and sorghum flatbread, and a kampachi aguachile with radish and sorrel . As always, the meal ends with the restaurant’s signature chai developed by Surti’s father, paired with a semolina cookie. Newly launched Sunday lunch adds a great opportunity to try Surti’s personal style of Indian cuisine, along with expanded seatings at dinner, Thursday-Sunday. —EF" - Ellen Fort