Hotel cocktail barSoBro / Downtown
Four Walls
Take the elevator to the floor marked with four lines for this hotel cocktail bar, named one of America's best by Esquire. Order a Negroni.
#5 in Cocktail bars
What to get
- The house Negroni, aged in jeroboam bottles, or anything on the nine-strong Negroni list
- The Manhattan stirred with celery and a bay-leaf tincture
- Beef bulgogi jerky (served in bags and jars)
When to go
On guest-bartender pop-up nights (e.g., NYC's Please Don't Tell on Mar 26, 2026). Scene calls those 'the best drinking days on the calendar'.
Insider tip
Take the elevator to the floor marked with four little lines, then walk through the beaded curtain (Esquire). Walk-ins are welcome and reservations are available.
Heads up
Hours are limited and the posted schedule is inconsistent.
Find it
- Phone
- 629-231-3153
- Website
- fourwallsnashville.com
- Reservations
- recommended
Recognition
- Esquire, Best Bars in America 2024
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Writers' Choice: Best Elevated Bar Experience
- Eater Nashville cocktail map (2025); The Infatuation 21 Best Bars (2026) and Best Speakeasies (2025)
- Self-reported on its own site: Food & Wine 'top 10 hotel bars in the U.S. 2025'; featured on 50 Best Discovery (not independently…
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 Something out of date?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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