The food here is amazing. I would have to say the best restaurant I have had the pleasure to eat at in many years. The owner is a pleasure!! As a vegetarian eating out can sometimes be a let down. This place made eating vegetables a culinary experience of a lifetime!! If only I could get a private lesson from the Chef.
Disappointing to show up for a date night and get yelled at by owner. I would avoid this since there are many places to choose where they treat you with respect.
I had been hearing about this restaurant but reservations are soooo hard to get and I wasn’t organized enough to get them. Finally, I made it happen for my husband’s birthday. This place lives up to they hype and then some. It’s amazing. Tapas style dishes and it’s pricey, but the flavors are incredible. My husband and I kept trying to figure out our favorite and couldn’t land on one. We got full too quickly. The food and the experience are over the top amazing. The owner is really engaged and is happy to explain everything. The experience is just great. Small restaurant. Attentive, friendly staff, with food that astonishes and delights. I realize I am gushing but it’s that good. Yes, it’s not cheap but worth every penny.
We went on a date night to Peninsula and the food was spectacular! This was the best table service we have experienced ever! We were greeted by the owner who personally took us on a culinary tour through the unique menu of Iberian inspired dishes with a Tennessee flair! We especially loved the Spanish tortilla with salty smoked brûlée in too! We will definitely return for an encore.
Peninsula3/5While some items here were delicious, I feel like the meal as a whole can be summed up in 1 word: forgettable.The restaurant itself has a nice interior vibe and decoration. We were seated quickly and we were able to place an order.The main issue is that this restaurant has such small quantities for a large price. Per person you won’t even begin to be hungry if you eat 5 dishes yourself.Our waitress didn’t come to check on us besides to take our order and bring food out. It would have been nice for more attention in general.We started with the strawberry broth served in a mug. It tasted exactly like warm bone broth that had strawberries in it and strained. Interesting, but I don’t think that flavor profile really goes together. Would have been nice to have an aromatic in there.We then got the chicken skins. These were pretty plain and dry. Usually the fresh chicken skins I have gotten elsewhere had more fat on them and were juicier. These were akin more to super dry pork rinds. The sauce they gave to dip it in was nice (a chicken fat aioli).Next was smoked eggplant and salted cream. This was a really good dish albeit just 4 bites. The eggplant had a great grilled, Smokey flavor, and the salted cream was like a whipped ricotta.Another good dish was the maitake mushrooms with white chocolate. As a huge mushroom fan, these were cooked really well. The white chocolate sauce was hard to really taste, but I loved the mushrooms.We then got an off the menu trout dish cooked in chicken fat. While the fish was cooked well and was tender, this dish was just a little weird. The fish just tasted like chicken (since trout didn’t have a strong flavor). Wasn’t impressed.The last 3 dishes were my favorites of the night.The octopus dish was fried octopus served with a hot oil, a mayonnaise, and a mango purée. While the sauces weren’t the best pairing choices for the octopus, the octopus was excellent. Really soft and tender, and breaded well. Tastes just like fried calamari but less chewy.We did a late add on of a Spanish tortilla (just eggs and potato in a quiche format, no wheat-related items). It was served with a side of mayonnaise. As an egg and potato connoisseur, I loved the dish. Simple, good flavors, tasty. It was a great dish to end the meal before dessert.Now for what was the best item of the whole meal - the dessert. This was a passion fruit semifreddo. It’s essentially a passion fruit ice cream that was topped with mint leaves and then covered in a massive layer of buttercream frosting (much more butter to sugar ratio, so tasted very close to just actual butter). This dessert was excellent for those with a major sweet tooth. This is the item I would come back to eat.Overall, just an average experience and I think the restaurant should work to bringing more flavors in the dish rather than leaving them all relatively bland and under seasoned.
Gems of Nashville - PeninsulaI don't know how I've missed this place but I would conclusively say it is a must visit. For anyone watching carbs, this is the most delectable place in Nashville while keeping those carbs way down.There wasn't a single dish that was bad and the bar game was on top of things as well.Highlights? The egg Tortilla thing? I want to learn how to make it for breakfast every morning.Even the random German turnip - all interesting flavors.The star of the show goes to the Iberico ham.Why? Let me just say this, I went to Spain about 4 months ago as y'all recall. I finally let myself sit down at a place where Iberico is a specialty.After I left the restaurant, I pouted.I pouted to the gods and sky because I really really enjoyed it and thought for sure that I was never going to be able to get something that high of quality unless in NYC or Spain itself.Peninsula delivered.It's a filet, it's a damn perfect filet but it just happens to be made from a pig. They nailed it! I will be going back just to eat this dish all over again.East Nashville has been delivering some international hits with this and Once Upon a Time in France and this comes from someone who literally travels the world to eat.
Unmatched in Nashville. I love their broths! And I think they have the best custom cocktails and food in town. The food is healthy and delicious - it's more sophisticated than most places in Nashville (nothing fried!) - good for displaced Californians. They have a beautiful space with a lot of glass on a corner. I can take a while to get over there, so if you are late or to need to cancel, be sure to let them know because their space is small and they can't afford any no-shows.
I really enjoyed this food experience, from walking into the restaurant and Craig, the owner, introducing himself to the fabulous service by the bartender Callie. All of the dishes were so flavorful and tasty. Most of the dishes are shared plates. With 3 people, we ordered 7 of 11 dishes. The Iberico was a nice surprise because I expected a prosciutto type cut and it was instead roasted. Every bite was so wonderful. The Spanish vermouth selection was phenomenal.
This is one the absolute best restaurants in Nashville, if not THE best. The menu changes frequently and every time they find a new way to amaze me. The drinks are great, the service is great, and the food is out of this world.
Great, unique experience! I was a little worried about finding something I would like on the menu but was pleasantly surprised. I think we tried every item on the menu except the ham and loved them all. (I wasn’t a fan of the chicken skins but my friend loved them). Nuevo eclectic, great presentation of dishes. Staff were knowledgeable and friendly. Atmosphere was pleasant. Only thing I was a little disappointed in was the gin and tonics. I’m a huge gin fan and wasn’t impressed with the drinks. But this is a must go place to eat if you are in the Nashville area.