Rafferty’s Restaurant & Bar

I’ve been eating at arm Davis’s restaurants for over 20 years and they are always consistent and very tasty. I would recommend Raffertys and Double Dogs!

Well this was a new chain for us to try. It is okay but, I am not overwhelmed by this place. My ribs came out cold so, I had to send them back and the replacement ribs were dry.
The chicken with cheese and bacon was better than the ribs. The hot croissant with pecan were different and good.
This would be a good place to hang out and watch sports but, I doubt if this will be the restaurant that we go to after service on Sunday.

This place was fantastic! Deserves 4 stars. Fast, accommodating staff and great food. A highlight of our Nashville visit.

The Ultimate Club sandwich is the best club sandwich in the Nashville area, period. Service can be spotty; today I was there at opening time and my server walks up with food stains all over his shirt. And, it bugs me that they always try to seat me in the bar area. But again, great club sandwich, best I’ve had, and the fries are excellent as well. I can’t speak to anything else on the menu because all I ever get is the club sandwich, but over the years I’ve had it dozens of times.

VERY disappointed in the changes to their menu. They took away the White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie and then took away their wonderful French Dip Sandwich. So unless they make changes back to the old menu I doubt I will be returning there anytime in the future.

Okay. The food was okay but there are some things every Unilocaler needs to know…
1. The service came over with a pile of dirty dishes from bussing another table and put down dirty napkins to take our drink order. He did this several times throughout the meal– checking on us with a stack of dirty dishes in his hand. Really dude? Just come back in a few minutes… Put down the dirty dishes.
2. You get one roll with your meal and then you have to pay extra…
3. The steak and potato were pretty yummy and the salad was good except…
4. They put shoe string potatoes on the salad… Hope you like the extra calories!
5. The ambiance is pretty good and there are lots of tvs for watching games!

Great service. Everyone is very friendly. Guys at the bar were very personable and attentive.

This location has a nice bar, great choice of music and a friendly bar staff. How ever something is not working with the bar appetizers. We were enjoying our time at the bar, having some drinks, expecting to eat something soon. We had been there a while and getting very hungry.
We ordered the Queso Dip & Chips. The order took a while and once it came out, the dip was luke warm to room tempature and tasted very bland. We sent back for a fresh one, it came out much faster but, still luke warm and bland as usual. We scratched that one, and decided to order the Supreme Nachos with chili on the side. It came out with the chili on the bottom dispite our request. We were so hungry we choose to try it anyway. This was dish was also luke warm to room tempature. After that we gave up and left the bar hungry.
This could be a great bar, but this Rafferty’s needs to go back to the drawing board on developing and serving appetizers.

We are from out of town, ordered salmon unfortunately my first bite was not cooked well. Sent it back to be cooked more, came back and it was STILL cold on the bottom!!! Will not eat here again.

Good food, good drinks!

So tried this place for the first time. Seemed nice. Meal started to go well. Salad was great beer was cold. Then it started. Ordered a nice steak. They brought out a steak with chicken strips. Waiter knew it was wrong. He took it back and then came back and told me that I can have the combo for the same price of what I ordered. Ok. Mistake. The chicken was cold and chewey. Then when the check came and it was wrong as well. May try them again as this may have been a fluke

It was nothing special but was good food. The salad was great and the best part with the garlic ranch dressing.

This was my first time at Raffety’s bar and Grill. I went here for a lunch meeting to meet some local dealers that sell our products. there were five people total in the group. Upon arrival there was a giant strip shopping mall center type thing. The building looks really cool from the outside there was a porch style roof over the front of the building.
When we arrive the host Sat us promptly. Someone in the group already had made reservation so it made getting a seat once we got there really easy. The place was pretty filled there wasn’t any kind of a line that I could tell but we did go around lunchtime.
Two of the people that I was with had eaten here before and they said that I would not be disappointed. We started off with drinks of course being in Tennessee I had to go with the sweet tea. We started with appetizers. We ordered two different appetizers the first one was deep-​fried pickles and the second one was butter and honey glazed croissants. The croissants came 6 in a order and I have never seen that on an appetizer menu before. The croissants were so freaking good. I also had the fried pickles and there was some kind of a sauce that reminds me of the Burger King zesty sauce. I did have their homemade baked potato soup with bacon. Oh my goodness it was so good. Definitely stick to your ribs type food. For our actual meal I ended up getting the shredded buffalo chicken salad. The chicken was absolutely doused in buffalo sauce and the plate was huge it was enough for at least three or four meals. The thing I enjoyed most about my meal was the fact that the chicken was actually crispy it had a crunch to it with all the barbecue sauce on it there was no rubbery or stringy pieces of chicken it tasted very very fresh and very very good. With my salad they put one of the honey glazed buttered croissants on the side as like a little side dish and I couldn’t even eat it I was full. The portions here are definitely big. When I go back next time I will def be splitting a salad with somebody because it was just way too much food.
The staff here was very accommodating. The waitress didn’t get one of the orders wrong. The person I was with asked for ranch dressing on the side and they accidentally put it on top. The manager came over quickly took the plate back and replaced it in no time.
Overall Raffertys is a good place to eat. The honey butter croissants are a must when eating here. Just be aware that if you do eat two of the croissant you might not be hungry enough to eat your meal. The staff is very good the location is right off the main drag. The food is very good and the portions are extremely large. I do recommend anybody eating here. I will definitely be back next time I’m in Nashville.
PROS:
— food was good
— staff was accommodating
— butter honey croissants are a must.
CONS:

I happened to come here on one of the most beautiful nights of the year. Sitting outside on their nice spacious patio was a must. Our service was outstanding, and our food was great.
An easy choice for a business lunch /​dinner, with options that will satisify a diverce group of people.

Normally we don’t go here. But we wanted to try something different. TV’s are everywhere, even in the bathroom… so as to not miss the game. So speciality item. Just regular plates done very well. Steak, chicken, salmon, soups, salads and fries. Service is very attentive. Clean environment and up to date. If your just hungry for good regular food. Stop here.

I’m in Nashville visiting and I decided to have lunch at Rafferty’s.
I ordered the olé boy cheese fries as an appetizer. They were really delicious.
I ordered the Bluegrass Chicken Sandwich, one of my favs! I LOVED IT!!! it was so delicious.
Our waitress was really nice. She and the staff there pre-​bussed like crazy! I love that bc I hate having plates in my way.
I really enjoyed the whole experience here. The managers and staff were EXCELLENT!

Rafferty’s in Rivergate is awesome. We always get great service and perfect food quality. From dining inside to their take out service — we have always received top notch food and service.
The prices are on the mark and everything is yummy. Their salads and croissants are the my favorite.
I highly recommend this restaurant for lunch and dinner.

Consistently good food with a comfortable atmosphere and friendly staff. When eating here, you must try the croissants with the honey butter… Prime Rib and baby back robs are great also!

This trip was really overwhelming. The noise was outrageous, but didn’t match what was on any of the millions of big screen TVs that were also on. We couldn’t hold a conversation among ourselves, and it was almost impossible to communicate with our waitress. What made it worse was her insistence on questioning everything we ordered. I don’t know if management told her to explain everything to her patrons, but it sure felt like she was trying to talk us out of our order. And because of the rest of noise, she had to shout to do it.
The food was OK. The rolls are very good. I enjoyed my steak more than my wife enjoyed her meatloaf, which was too dry. My margarita was pretty good, while her cosmo pretty much sucked. We won’t be going back, at least not in the foreseeable future.

Great prime rib but stay away from Curtis as a server.
Prime rib is delicious.