The Southern Steak & Oyster 🥩

What People Are Saying 💬

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Customer Praise

• "The Southern Steak & Oyster is the premiere oyster bar in the Davidson County area. Everything we experienced here was above and beyond my expectations."
• "You'll be hard-pressed to find a better place to eat in Nashville."
• "First of all I really loved this spot."
• "Overall, I would give this place a 10/10 and would come back for sure."

Atmosphere and Service

• "Every little thing about this restaurant, from the bar, to the atmosphere and decor are top notch."
• "You can really feel very relaxed here, even if they're busy."
• "Derick, Karen, and Andrea took such good care of us, you'd have thought we were family!"
• "The waiter was coo. He talked a tad bit too much. Felt like he was over selling himself."
• "Our server was not friendly at all, you could tell she was strictly there to take our order, nothing more."
• "The service was good, just found it weird that the hostess gave me a time limit to be finished at my table."

Food Quality

• "The drinks were excellent, but the food surpasses all expectations. Everything I tried was fantastic."
• "The Southern Grilled Oysters what a great app same goes for the shrimp sauce was so good mopped it up with the bread nothing left."
• "The steaks were done to perfection. My opinion the wife’s Belle was much better than my Dry aged strip."
• "The food was good. The flavor was good. The day aged steak was a tad dryer than I felt it should be, but still a good cut."
• "Fortunately for the restaurant the food speaks for itself. Everything we tried was very good."
• "I enjoyed some tasty oysters 🦪 and delicious steak 🥩."

Overall Experience

• "It's a nice spot overall."
• "It’s a bit loud inside but other than that the steaks were done to perfection."
• "Made the mistake of not making a reservation on a Tuesday night, as I didn’t know when my group's flights would all get in. The hostess made my party of 2 wait for 45 minutes, just to seat us outside, which was empty the whole time."
• "Nice experience. The day aged steak was good."