Tropical barEast Nashville$$$$
Coral Club
A tropical-themed bar on Gallatin Avenue that readers voted Nashville's best happy hour in 2025.
#3 in Happy hours#3 in Cocktail bars#6 in Rooftops
What to get
- Tiny Tini, classic or dirty
- Black truffle popcorn
- Classic old fashioned
- $5 Tiny Tini at happy hour
- A Negroni riff with sherry
When to go
Happy hour (daily until 7 pm). By 9 pm the lights drop so low it's hard to find the bathroom (Infatuation).
Insider tip
Reached through a candlelit passage on the second floor, with an open-air rooftop deck. Founded in May 2024 by brothers Aaron and Matthew Izaguirre, Brice Hoffman and Kristopher Esqueda.
Happy hour
- Daily 4 PM–7 PM$5 Tiny Tini (classic or dirty), $10 margarita, mojito or old fashioned, $8 Rose Paloma, $3 draft Pacifico, $6 black truffle popcorn. Venue: 'an amazing happy hour daily until 7pm'; the 4pm start and itemized deals are from The Infatuation (Sept 2026) source
Find it
- Website
- thecoral.club
- Reservations
- n/a
Recognition
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Happy Hour (winner; Lockeland Table 2nd, answer. 3rd)
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2024, Readers' Poll: Best Happy Hour (winner)
- Nashville Scene 2025 Readers' Poll: Best Bar, 3rd place
- Nashville Scene 2025 Readers' Poll: Best Cocktails, 3rd place
- The Infatuation: The Best Happy Hours In Nashville
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville, Readers' Poll: Best Happy Hour (2024 and 2025)
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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