Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in Nashville, TN (2025)

Decide what you are hungry for before you pick a place. A Oaxacan tlayuda, a plate of birria tacos with consomé, Sonoran-style dishes with a handmade margarita, oysters from a raw bar, and a street taco late at night come from different Nashville kitchens, and those kitchens keep very different hours. The restaurants run from Nolensville Road and Antioch Pike to the Gulch, downtown, Wedgewood-Houston, East Nashville, Murfreesboro Pike, and Charlotte Pike.

Hours and addresses are taken from each restaurant’s site as of September 2026, and a call before a late-night visit is worth the minute.

Match the Craving to the Kitchen

You want	Restaurants that list it
Oaxacan dishes: tlayudas, mole, picaditas	El Sabor Pochutleco
Birria tacos	Calle Taco, México Típico
Sonoran-style Mexican	Rosepepper Cantina
Raw bar, oysters, and ceviche	Mercado
Mexican seafood	La Hacienda Marisquería, Tampico, Mercado
Caldos and soups	El Sabor Pochutleco, México Típico
Tequila and mezcal list	Lona
Weekend brunch	Lona
Tacos late at night	Calle Taco
A rooftop bar	Mercado
A Mexican market with a butcher shop and bakery	La Hacienda Supermercado

Regional Kitchens, in Their Own Words

Oaxaca. El Sabor Pochutleco on Antioch Pike describes its food as “Authentic Mexican Cuisine Oaxaca Style” and lists tlayudas, mole, picaditas, tamales, and entomadas. The restaurant says it serves “traditional dishes from our region in Oaxaca, Mexico.”

Sonora. Rosepepper Cantina in East Nashville specializes in Sonoran-style Mexican food. For margaritas, it says, “we skip the sour mix, use only the best ingredients, and handcraft each margarita.”

Coastal. Mercado in Wedgewood-Houston pairs a “[r]aw bar with fresh East & West Coast oysters, & ceviches” with wood-fired meats and fish tacos.

Birria and home-style plates. México Típico on Murfreesboro Pike lists “Tacos de Birria y Consome,” menudo, caldo de gallina, tacos al carbón, and torta de tamal. Calle Taco in the Gulch serves quesabirria tacos and lists birria pizza and birria nachos among the dishes it is known for.

Modern Mexican. Lona, inside the Noelle downtown, serves contemporary Mexican cuisine by Chef Richard Sandoval, created with Chef Pablo Salas. It lists 221 tequilas and 40 mezcals.

Tortillas Made Close to Home

La Hacienda, Mercado, and Maíz de la Vida each have a direct line to their tortillas. La Hacienda began when the Yepez family moved from Santa Ana, California, in 1992, planning a tortilla manufacturing plant to supply Mexican restaurants; the family opened its restaurant and plant in 1993 on Nolensville Road. Mercado makes its wood-fired tacos with “housemade flour tortillas, fresh-pressed daily.” Maíz de la Vida runs a tortilla shop in North Nashville alongside its Gulch restaurant and an East Nashville taco truck.

From Food Truck to Dining Room

México Típico and Tampico both started on wheels. México Típico says, “We started in 2017 with a Food Truck in Nashville.” Tampico Restaurant & Tienda grew out of Taco TeTe, “a food truck right here on Charlotte Pike,” and now runs a sit-down restaurant “built on the same lot,” with a Mexican market listed as coming soon. Maíz de la Vida also runs a taco truck in East Nashville alongside its restaurant.

Hours: Breakfast, Brunch, Late Night, and Sunday

Weekend mornings: La Hacienda Taquería opens at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday; its Supermercado opens at 7 a.m. daily.
Weekday mornings: El Sabor Pochutleco and Tampico open at 10 a.m., and La Hacienda Taquería opens at 10 a.m. Monday through Friday.
Brunch: Lona serves brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Late night: Calle Taco calls itself “Nashville’s Favorite Late Night Taqueria” and says it is open late every night; call for the current closing time.
Sunday: Mercado and Tampico list Sunday as closed; Rosepepper, Los Toritos, El Sabor Pochutleco, La Hacienda, Lona, and Maíz de la Vida list Sunday hours.

Happy Hour and Downtown Logistics

Mercado’s happy hour runs Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., and the specials carry up to its rooftop bar, Ramone’s, which takes no reservations. Lona’s happy hour runs Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.

Parking downtown and in the Gulch takes planning. Mercado points guests to a public garage at 715 Hagan St., just past the restaurant, and says that if you park in the garage on site and let staff know, it will provide a discount toward the cost. Maíz de la Vida validates 1.5 hours of parking in the Prima Parking Garage at 8th Avenue South and Paseo Place. Lona sits next to Printer’s Alley, two blocks from Broadway.

Questions Before You Go

Is the dish you want on today’s menu, or is it a weekend special?
Do you take reservations, and for which rooms?
What time does the kitchen close tonight?
Is there parking validation or a garage discount?
For a group, is there a private room or an event menu?

The Restaurants

El Sabor Pochutleco

Address: 1233 Antioch Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 945-6209
Website: elsaborpochutleco.com
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

A Oaxacan kitchen serving tlayudas, mole, picaditas, tamales, and caldos.

Rosepepper Cantina

Address: 1907 Eastland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206
Phone: (615) 227-4777
Website: rosepepper.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

An East Nashville cantina specializing in Sonoran-style Mexican food, which says it has been chosen Best Margarita by the Nashville Scene’s Readers’ Poll for the past 11 years.

Mercado by Butchertown

Address: 625 Hamilton Ave, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 378-3598
Website: mercadobtown.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 4-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday dinner 4-10 p.m.; Saturday lunch 1-4 p.m.; closed Sunday

A Wedgewood-Houston restaurant from restaurateur Terrell Raley, creator of Butchertown Hall, with a raw bar, wood-fired tacos on housemade flour tortillas, and the Ramone’s rooftop bar.

México Típico Restaurante y Taquería

Address: 1084 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37217
Phone: (615) 596-4396
Website: mexicotipiconashville.com

A taquería that began as a food truck in 2017, serving birria tacos with consomé, menudo, caldo de gallina, and torta de tamal.

Calle Taco

Address: 600 9th Ave S, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (629) 465-3026
Website: thecalletaco.com

A Gulch taquería with a full-service bar, serving street tacos including quesabirria and al pastor, and open late every night; a second location is in Clarksville.

Lona by Chef Richard Sandoval

Address: 200 4th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: (615) 610-7835
Website: lonanashville.com
Hours: Dinner Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 4-11 p.m.; brunch Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

A contemporary Mexican restaurant inside the Noelle, with 221 tequilas and 40 mezcals, daily happy hour, and weekend bottomless brunch.

Los Toritos Mexican Restaurant

Address: 1302 A Division St., Nashville, TN
Phone: (615) 712-6667
Website: lostoritostenn.com
Hours: Monday-Tuesday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Wednesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sunday noon-9 p.m.

The Gulch location of a Tennessee group of Mexican restaurants with other locations in Gallatin, Crossville, Gordonsville, and Wartburg.

La Hacienda Taquería

Address: 2615 Nolensville Rd., Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 256-6142
Website: lahaciendainc.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

A family business on Nolensville Road since 1993, with a tortilla plant, a Supermercado at 2617-A Nolensville Rd. with a full-service butcher shop and bakery, and La Hacienda Marisquería at 3744 Nolensville Rd.

Maíz de la Vida

Address: 606 8th Ave South, Store 100, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (629) 288-8459
Website: maizdelavida.com
Hours: Lunch daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner Monday-Saturday 5-10 p.m., Sunday 5-9 p.m.

A Gulch restaurant with an East Nashville taco truck and a North Nashville tortilla shop, offering 1.5 hours of validated parking in the Prima garage.

Tampico Restaurant & Tienda

Address: 6014 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 290-8498
Website: sabortampico.com
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; closed Sunday

A family restaurant that grew from the Taco TeTe food truck on the same Charlotte Pike lot, serving tacos, burritos, tortas, quesadillas, seafood, and its signature Torta de la Barda.

Quick Answers

What does El Sabor Pochutleco serve?

Oaxaca-style dishes, including tlayudas, mole, picaditas, tamales, and caldos.

How many tequilas does Lona carry?

Lona lists 221 tequilas and 40 mezcals.

Does Mercado offer parking?

Mercado points guests to a public garage at 715 Hagan St. and says it will provide a parking discount if you park in the garage on site and let staff know.

Is Tampico the same as Taco TeTe?

Yes. Tampico Restaurant & Tienda grew from the Taco TeTe food truck that operated on the same Charlotte Pike lot.

Does La Hacienda have a grocery store?

Yes. La Hacienda Supermercado is at 2617-A Nolensville Rd. and is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Planning the Meal

Pick the regional style or dish first, then check the hours for the day you plan to go, since hours run from a 7 a.m. market opening on Nolensville Road to late-night tacos in the Gulch. For downtown and the Gulch, sort out parking before you leave.