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Four Seasons Hotel Nashville Review

Nashville's first true luxury flagship: river views, a resort-grade pool deck and Broadway two blocks away, on your terms.

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Overview

The Four Seasons Hotel Nashville opened in late 2022 as a 40-storey glass tower in SoBro, two blocks from the Broadway honky-tonks and facing the Cumberland River. It gave the city something it had not had: a true luxury flagship at the centre of the action, with 235 rooms and suites whose floor-to-ceiling windows frame either the river and Nissan Stadium or the downtown neon.

The seventh-floor outdoor pool deck is the signature, a genuine resort spread of cabanas and loungers with the skyline stacked behind, and it earns its keep from spring through October. Mimo Restaurant and Bar handles coastal Italian cooking built on Southern produce, with a bar that mixes well above hotel standard, and the spa and fitness floor is large, new and rarely crowded. Service is young, warm and eager in the Nashville way, still sharpening its edges but generous with them.

Light sleepers should note what two blocks from Broadway means on a Saturday; the glazing copes, but ask for a river-facing high floor to be sure. The bachelorette energy stays outside the front door. For music pilgrims doing the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ryman, for anyone with tickets at Bridgestone Arena, and for couples who want the city’s noise available but optional, this is now the obvious first choice.

The Four Seasons Hotel Nashville opened in late 2022 as a 40-storey glass tower in SoBro, two blocks from the Broadway honky-tonks and facing the Cumberland River.

— Luxury Hotel Reviews

Why We Love It

New, bright and quietly energised, with guitars in the art and a young team delivering hospitality that feels Southern first and corporate second. The lobby bar warms up before Bridgestone Arena events, the pool deck runs at gentle resort pace, and despite the postcode the hotel keeps Broadway's chaos firmly outside. It is polish with a sense of humour, which suits this city.

Rooms & Suites

Contemporary and calming, with pale woods, brass details and floor-to-ceiling glass; bathrooms run to marble, freestanding tubs in suites and strong rain showers. River-facing rooms watch the sun rise over the Cumberland and Nissan Stadium; city-facing floors get the neon. Go high whichever way you face, both for the views and for insulation from Saturday-night Broadway.

Dining

Mimo is Italian by way of the South, handmade pasta and wood-fired dishes built on regional produce, and its bar makes the best negroni within a mile of Broadway. Breakfast is strong, the pool deck serves a proper lunch, and room service arrives hot. For hot chicken and honky-tonk burgers, the real Nashville is two blocks downhill.

Location

The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Johnny Cash Museum are both within three blocks, and the Ryman Auditorium's backstage tour is worth booking. Walk the John Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge at dusk for the skyline shot everyone wants.

The Verdict

Music pilgrims doing the Hall of Fame and the Ryman, concert and hockey crowds with Bridgestone tickets, couples wanting Broadway within reach but not within earshot, and families around the pool in summer. Traditionalists who prefer historic bones can look to the Hermitage; everyone else will struggle to fault the location or the polish.