Cocktail barWest Nashville$$$$
Otto's Bar
A converted auto garage on Charlotte Avenue that readers voted the city's best neighborhood bar. Order a $7 teeny martini on the patio.
#7 in Dives + karaoke#8 in Cocktail bars#11 in Happy hours
What to get
- $7 teeny martini
- $5 house wine
- Taco Tuesday: 2 tacos for $5 plus half-price margaritas
- $7 teeny martini (2.5 oz)
- Tacos: 2 for $5 on Taco Tuesday, plus half-price margaritas
When to go
Martini Monday ($7 teeny martinis all day) or Wine Wednesday ($5 house wines all day).
Insider tip
Free parking in the front lot, back lot or side street; dog-friendly patio (Infatuation).
Happy hour
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 678-4086
- Website
- ottosnashville.com
- Reservations
- n/a
Recognition
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Neighborhood Bar (winner)
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Cocktails (winner; Attaboy 2nd, Coral Club 3rd)
- Nashville Scene 2025 Readers' Poll: Best Bar, 2nd place
- The Infatuation: The Best Happy Hours In Nashville
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Cocktails and Best Neighborhood Bar (also Best Neighborhood Bar 2024)
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
Eat & Drink
More in Cocktail bars
-
#1Cocktail bar · The Gulch
The Patterson House
The bar widely credited with starting Nashville's craft cocktail scene in 2009, now on the fifth floor of a new building on 8th Avenue South.
-
#2Cocktail bar · East Nashville
The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club
An Art Deco-styled cocktail bar in Inglewood that makes big-format drinks for the table.
-
#3Tropical bar · East Nashville
Coral Club
A tropical-themed bar on Gallatin Avenue that readers voted Nashville's best happy hour in 2025.
-
#6Circus-themed gin bar · East Nashville
Tiger Bar
Circus-themed and gin-focused, open Thursday to Saturday on Gallatin Pike. Get a G&T, a cotton-candy Negroni and the Flamin' Hot mozzarella sticks.
-
#7Cocktail bar · Edgehill
Old Glory
A cocktail bar in a former boiler room in Edgehill, open 5 PM to 1 AM every night.
-
#9Basement cocktail bar · Germantown
Close Company
From the Death & Co. team: a basement cocktail bar in a former slaughterhouse. Bring a group for the conversation pit. Cashless.
The NashvilleTN Insider · 10K+ readers
The best of Nashville, in your inbox.
The shows worth buying tickets for, what just opened, where happy hour is good right now, the weekend plan, and a heads-up before we go live.