Best Thai Restaurants in the Nashville Area

Long gone are the days when people think of Nashville as just a hick burg where Dolly Pardon and Hank Williams, Jr. hang their hats and Opryland lures yelling kids to carnival rides. Oh yes, the Grand Ole Opry still attracts the top headliners on the country circuit and the hotels still do a booming business centered around the fact that Nashville is both a recording magnet for performers and a top place for new country-western talent to get into the spotlight. 

But Nashville, like its sister cities of Memphis and Knoxville, has been slowly transformed by regional demographics. Over the past 15 or so years the entire state has seen a tremendous influx of Latin Americans and Southeast Asians who have migrated here because of the low costs of living and doing business in this state (one of a handful that has no state income tax). 

There are discreet areas in the Tennessee countryside where Vietnamese and Hmong populations have settled. More and more Southeast Asians have come to the area for its mild climate. And they have also migrated to the urban area.
Because of this influx Nashville has been the beneficiary of some wonderful Thai Cuisine. There are five Restaurants that are highlighted on the Internet and which have brief information about the food and amenities. Let’s take a tour of them now. Many do not have their own web sites yet but I have retrieved as many available reviews as can be found.

Royal Thai
120 19th Ave. N
Nashville, TN 37203
615-321-6104
Royal Thai serves traditional Thai recipes like Thai Chicken soup with coconut, Thai stir-fried noodles, “Pad Thai,” Thai Sticky Rice, and Green Curry. The one review I found said that the food is excellent and the service is very attentive. It is centrally located and may be well worth a visit.