Josephine

This was my first time at Josephine’s and I’m glad I made it before they closed their doors! The service was impeccable, the food was superb, the atmosphere was warm and inviting, and the restaurant itself was quite spacious. I was so sad to learn that Josephine was closing their doors this month after a decade in business, so I’m glad I made it in for the first time! I ordered their happy hour double cheeseburger with a glass of wine and shared the duck fat hash browns and cornbread. Delectable! For such a nice restaurant and prime location, the price tag was more than reasonable and absolutely matched the service received. If you have a chance to visit this 12 South staple before they close their doors for good, please go!

Just visiting from out of state but I am so disappointed that they will be closing due to forces outside of their control. The pork chop and duck breast entrees were easily the best cooked, tastiest versions of those dishes we've ever had. And that comes from my partner who usually doesn't enjoy pork/duck. The ambiance and service are top notch, and you can tell this place is a Nashville staple right away. Hoping to catch them in a future endeavor

One of my favorites. I have been lucky enough to enjoy this place for years. Not every visit, but most of the times I have been there, I get one of the specials that features beef heart or beef tongue or some other yummy bits from the cow turned into a fantastic dish. Excellent food. Great service. This restaurant and Urban Grub are my two favorites in 12 South and have been my favorites there for years.

I love this restaurant! I've been probably 7 or 8 times, and they never miss! Josephine has some of the best food in Nashville. They have a small menu that changes every season. Every menu item is always excellent, and the service is great. The only reason for the 4 stars on atmosphere is that they completely black out the windows facing 12th Ave. This makes it feel weirdly formal in a way I don't believe they intend. Without the weird blacked out windows, the atmosphere is 5/5. Would recommend to absolutely anyone.

A great experience. Host and server, and other staff as well, were all very nice. Cornbread was quite rich and not as sweet as I'd expected it to be - which turned out to be a nice surprise, the complex flavor had us speculating! Was it brown butter in the recipe? We devoured it 😂 I had duck breast with truffle vinaigrette and my date had the ricotta gnocchi. Every bite was heaven! And while we were already full, we got the peach cobbler anyway. No regrets, it was delicious. Can't wait to go back here.

This place was excellent. It was much quieter than I anticipated. The ambiance matches the cuisine. The salmon was perfect. The duck was phenomenal. The ravioli was succulent & elegant. (The best dish in my opinion) The most enticing part about this restaurant is that it was off the beaten path from downtown. If you're looking to get away from the hustle & bustle of the nightlife, this is a great stop. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The food here is unreal. They say they make everything in house and you can taste it. We had the burger and the blt, both outstanding. Sounds weird to say, but the veggies on the burger were so fresh you could taste them. Don't recall thinking that on any other burger ive eaten recently. Just a great spot.

Oh-kay! I'll explain more detail below .... But we had.... Cornbread 🌟🌟🌟 Heirloom tomatoes🌟🌟🌟 Crabcakes.🌟🌟🌟🌟 Peach cobbler 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Let me go into more detail. 1. Cornbread is a buckwheat base Cornbread. It's good (not amazing). It's dense and oily. I'd say vegetable oil but I am hoping olive oil. Our Cornbread was a bit overcooked so it was more dry. I was super disappointed in the butter that was served. We are butter snobs. So we were so disappointed that it was just regular ol butter. I was hoping for some farm to table butter, honey butter, truffle butter, chive and fig butter... something! So that's why 3 stars. 2. The Heirloom tomatoes were also good buy not amazing. It needed more salt for sure and some freah cracked pepper wouldn't hurt. And it was totally crying out for some acid. This dish desperately needed a drizzle of balsamic dressing. In fact it's asking for it. Just my 2 cents. 3. Crab cakes. Were served over parsnip puree, grilled asparagus and a blood orange brown butter hollandaise sauce. I can tell you I've had a blood orange browned butter sauce before that was not good at all. This was the star of the show. I'm still feeling like lemon made its way in there instead of blood orange, but what do I know. The brown butter hollandaise was the best tasting thing we had. I do wish the crab cakes were cooked way crisper. Like the pan wasn't hot enough and needed more oil. The asparagus was also cooked well. Still crisp which is nice. You forget there is parsnip puree cause the hollandaise is so good. 4. Peach cobbler Don't be confused. You will expect a cobbler but technically it's a pie. The topping is a pie crust not a crumble like you'd expect. The vanilla mascarpone ice cream was really good. The Peach filling was also amazing. However. The crust was not cooked all the way so that was a bummer. For sure everyone was nice. Our server was great.