Visited The Local last week with some friends for drinks and bites, and we had such a great time. I'd heard that Tuesday nights are the best for live music -- and it did not disappoint. The musicians were incredible, playing nonstop and bringing some of the best country vibes all night. They've got a great variety of bar food and drinks. Food was okay, but drinks were great... and music, I've said it: fantastic! What really surprised me was how packed the place was for a Tuesday night... clearly a local favorite, and now I see why! Definitely planning to come back again soon. read more

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The sweet potato fries are AMAZING. Service for lunch was not good at all, water was never full. They had maybe 5 tables in the whole restaurant and the bar had guests at. I just wish it was a better experience overall. read more

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The setup is great with classy touches for an approachable local music bar & restaurant. Added bonus of great food! Huge selection of beverages. Our server let us know about additional apps they had for their updated menu coming out, and we had the southwestern egg rolls from that. Really great and the sauce that came with them is perfect flavor. The sweet potato waffle fries were nice and crispy with a extra kick of sweetness. Package deal of awesomeness here. read more

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The service here is amazing. We had a little double date here and the ambiance was great for that. They had attentive and quick service, good music and a comfy layout. It's fun, casual and spacious. The downside... the food and drinks fell a bit short. We're not picky people but everyone found their food to be a little disappointing. Our least favorite was probably the street corn side. The texture was off/mushy and the flavor was pretty tart... not like cilantro lime in elote, but really rather sour. We got a few Old Fashioneds and they tasted very watered down and as if it had the neon red maraschino cherry juice in it. I am absolutely going to try this place again because the people there are awesome. I think it's a newer establishment, so Im sure they're still working some things out! read more

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Great new venue that Hendersonville has been waiting for. If you're looking for a Nashville feel, along with live music and a fun vibrant bar atmosphere this is the spot. The sign by the door says come a stranger and leave a local... I'm told the menu is a smaller modified bar menu until they get fully running, but the food I ate and saw coming out of the kitchen was great. The nachos were plenty and somehow managed to stay crispy but still had enough cheese and pulled pork, delicious. The burgers looked great and were huge. Come check it out and leave a local! read more

Outstanding food, generous portions, and a brand new menu with lots to choose from. Service is fast and friendly even when packed. And the bonus? Live music everyday turns a fantastic meal into a fun night out. read more

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Food was good. The service was good and the music. I really liked my mushroom burger. My daughters had the fish and chips. read more

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Waitress was very nice. Menu was very limited and food was just okay. We had chicken tenders and sweet and spicy wings. Wings were not spicy. I did like the fries. Wasn't too impressed by the Styrofoam cups but maybe they haven't received their cups yet. read more

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We went around opening time on a Saturday and the place was pretty empty, but I'm sure it gets crowded later in the day. The food was good. However the fish and chips portion was tiny for $16. 3 little pieces of fish and a handful of fries. read more

The Local - Sports Bars Near Me - Hendersonville, Tennessee

I went here a couple weekends ago with two of my friends from out of town. I was really hoping to have appetizers and drinks and upon getting there the atmosphere was just very bland no music just loud drunk people sitting around tables. We were told that there was no food served at that time just bar service. Instead of being welcomed in the waitress that was cleaning the tables told us oh if you want anything go to the bar, not welcoming or anything. Needless to say we left immediately and will not be back if you're looking for somewhere boring to go to then this is the place. read more

We love this place!! The food is awesome! We have tried several items on the menu and everything has been really good. It's the best place in Hendersonville for live music! The servers are very friendly and check on us quite often. read more

I frequent the original Local quite a bit which I love. It's one of the hidden gems in Nashville. I was eagerly awaiting the new location opening. Its a beautiful building both inside and out. The staff and food are excellent just like the other location. Where it falls short for me is the layout and configuration of the stage and tables. It's like the stage was an after thought and not the primary focus of the room. I sat at the bar and there is a sea of hightop tables between the bar and the stage that sits very low. You can barely see that anyone is even onstage because you have to look through all the people in between. If they just had hightops on the perimeter and low tops in between it would be a great improvment. They should also raise up the stage as well either way. read more

Service was amazing. Food good and well priced. The band James Caruthers was awesome. He can really sing and the band played great harmony. Highly recommend!!! read more

This place is a cool vibe and the music is awesome. For the burgers we ordered we have no complaints they were really delicious and the service was awesome. The "seat yourself" arrangement is poorly designed; given their high volume of customers, it doesn't quite work. The tables are too close together, making it difficult to navigate when needing to go to the bathroom without bumping into other patrons' chairs. Other than that we will definitely be back! read more

You can tell that I didn't really have time to snap pictures of the food because we all dug in right away. This is one of my BIL's favorite restaurants his favorite burger is the G off burger. I am sooooo picky about my pulled pork and this is some of the best I've had in awhile... besides my favorite bbq in Alabama. 100% get the jalapeño ranch.... For anything. The live music is SO fun and cute. Service was amazing, you won't regret coming to the local that's for sure read more

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The Local had everyone thinking this is going to be a great spot and maybe in time they will be. The service was bad. Ordered a beer and 10 mins later asked the server again and she stated the bar is backed up. I looked over and could see the beer sitting in the well. I went to the bar ordered a beer and brought back to my table as the server walked back over she stated let me check on your beer and asked if anyone else wanted another drink. They all said no. She then brought us the beer. I get this place is new and it's a holiday weekend but being prepared starts from the top. Where was management presence. The menu was already limited as it was but then they ran out of fries by 3pm well before the dinner rush. To top it off the place was wall to wall of ppl around 6 and the bathrooms were closed which I do believe you can't be open or you have to close if there is no restroom for guest or employees. I truly wanted this place to be great but it will be a while before we return :/ read more

Busy , so don't be shy seating yourself. Food $$ bit diner quality. Noisy, so be prepared for talking over people or listening to live bands. Great hangout before or after movies , hard day etc read more

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The Local is exactly what Hendersonville needed. Love the Live music, it was at a normal volume, loud enough to hear bur still able to hear people I talked with. The food was tasty, I had the southwest chickeb wrap and sweet potato fries, friends had smash burgers and bbq nachos which they enjoyed. The service was perfect, no issues! I will be back! read more

Strange visit. I understand this is a new place but I am amazed on the overall dining experience. Walked in and just kind of awkward. Seat yourself. OK, no big deal. For a new place, may have been good for a host/hostess to help explain things. But they are new. It is really a bar with only 3 or 4 sit down booths, the rest are high tops. It was fun watching everyone come in and just try to figure things out. Server took our drink order, all good. No beer or drink menu but they are new. Food menu is small and very limited. But they are new and the server said it will expand in time. After that, kind of slow. Had fun watching couples standing by a tables with dirty dishes for quite some time. Like 5 to 8 minutes. I really hate being that person waiting for a table to be cleared as I am sitting down drinking a beer watching them. But, they are new. Food was good, one burger came out correct, one had extra mayo when it was asked for no mayo. No bathrooms and had to go across the street due to a plumbing issue. So my point, they had all this time to get things right but so many things were not. Saw the same thing with Pucketts. All I saw was bad first impressions by everyone around us. Just a little surprised that more effort is not made to make an amazing first impression. read more

The first time I went there the food and service was amazing, unfortunately the second time, my burger was tasteless and the service was horrible, there was only 8 tables in the restaurant and the servers were sitting around chitchatting away, didn't get a second drink, matter fact we had to ask another server for our Bill, the only thing that was good was the entertainment, Not the way I wanted to celebrate my birthday. read more

Why is the temperature in this venue low enough where I need to wear a couple of layers and a quarter zip in August?

Saturday Birthday Party around 5:30, place was BUSY! Well Managed, Great PRICES on Drinks and Food, Fun live Music, Good Server and Tasty Food. Gastro Pub Food means just that, nothing fancy, but prepared well and ample portions. Fun Atmosphere read more

Not impressed-- tried to go this weekend which we knew we would probably have to wait and were fine with that. What we did not realize is there's not even a hostess and it's just first come first serve completely which would be fine with a better system. However there were people hovering over/stalking tables and snatching them as soon as others left, and then there's two different doors that people are coming in from so you don't even get the next available table because someone might come in from the opposite door and grab one. It was extremely annoying and frustrating. We will never try to go again. read more

Came to The Local with my husband and a friend visiting from out of state. I wanted to impress her with a fun night out where we didn't have to drive to Nashville to listen to good music and enjoy a good meal at the same time . The musician was playing when we came in. Good song, but way way way too loud. We tried to talk to each other and found we were yelling at each other. Luckily it wasn't too too hot outside so we asked if we could eat outside. The food was great. The service was great and the we could hear the music well from outside. We have come back once since that time and again we had to go outside because the music was ridiculously loud. Someone in management needs to turn the volume down as you're losing customers because we're losing our hearing!!! read more

I'm at The Local, when you first set down it is great they ask you how your day is going. They ask you what you want to drink at first all is great, but when they are talking and forget about you. Now when you order food a stater and entrees you don't get the starter first they wait and bring it all out at the same time so now you eat fast to eat the hot entree so disappointed and the service eating theses cold fries. read more

I went for lunch the other day. There were 2 girls behind the bar. The first girl wouldn't even acknowledge that I was there and the second one noticed me after about 4 mins. Just not an overly friendly experience to start. I ordered a club sandwich. It was okay. I wasn't a fan of the fries although the bartender told me they were excellent. The menu seemed small as well and a Cobb salad with Chicken was $20. Yikes. This building has a long history of failed restaurants so hopefully things improve a little bit over time there! I like the concept and the live music should be their bread and butter. read more

Outside in the heat , fireplace too hot, waitress would not listen to us, to turn off!

Our first visit to the Hendersonville Local and was very pleased. We didn't come in until 9:20 pm so we didn't have to deal with the dinner crowd. Seating was available, musics was good, service was attentive, a good experience. Had fish & chips and enjoyed that as well as an old fashioned. Definitely will be back. The cream wasn't as much into the music since there was a constant conversation noise, but it was still a good vibe. read more

Walked in on a weeknight, sign reads "seat yourself." Sat down and waited about 10 minutes and saw no server even attempt to approach us. Walked up to the end of the bar obviously wearing my invisible shirt trying to inquire about a server or maybe even order drinks for our table. Nothing but eye contact as bartenders continued to tend to patrons at the bar. Walked back to our table, then we all got up and walked right out the door. With service like this, I am sure it will be vacant again soon. Drove right over to Half Batch and had a much better experience! read more

Such a great place! Live music and the Southwestern wrap was amazing. Will definitely be back!

The place is absolutely beautiful, the drink slinger ( Hannah maybe ?) Was top notch, she was super fast and extremely well versed in mixed drinks. The band they had Trey Calloway and 2 more were some of the best vocalist and musicians I've heard in a long time. read more

Understand it just reopened. So giving benefit of the doubt. But staff were wholly unconcerned with customers. Spent most of their time on the phone or grouped up talking. Hope the owner/managers fix this issue before it closes again. Lots of potential. But needs some tough love management read more

Fun local venue. Nashville vibes without the drive downtown. Especially talented musicians featured every night, too.

We have enjoyed the Hendersonville location several times. Great food and service. The smash burger is great!

Really enjoyed the kruse brothers from Arizona. Nice to hear good live music without having to deal with Nashville traffic. Service was fantastic too. read more

Sounded exciting! A new place in Hendersonville. Food Nahhhh, Very Loud Music, so you can't even hear a conversation,Yes! Just a Bar with loud music . Best wishes on them to make it though! read more

Whoever is giving this place anything but 5 stars is lying to you. You will not find a place anywhere near Hendersonville that has great food and great live entertainment all week. Best smash burger in Hendersonville as well. read more

This place is exactly what Hendersonville has been missing!! Amazing food, cold drinks, fantastic service and live music, what more could you ask for. The smash burger is insane, the best sweet potato waffle fries we've ever had, great wraps too! Please be sure to come support this gem so we can make sure they thrive in our town! read more

The hamburger was very good. The staff were great. The music was outstanding. I would highly recommend the Local.

So I had heard negative talk about the place & the situation prior to going into this place for dinner but since it is still new we wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt and eat right before a movie we were set to watch across the street. The live music was VERY loud (music was to be expected) but some of the people with us could not find any area in the entire place (as it was also smaller than we realized) to sit sort of away from the music. So everywhere was loud basically. Next our waitress straight up VANISHED after we were given our drinks and food- like nobody knew where she was. We had to chase down another waitress once we were finished just to get our check! As we were walking out we see our initial waitress literally walking around on her phone as if a personal family problem or something occurred. Which is totally understandable HAD WE KNOWN WHAT WAS UP.. the food- absolutely NOT WORTH the money we spent. I mean I love all food and by far money is never an issue- the chicken was SLIMY?! And DOUCED in salt and seasoning. My husband got the fish which was literally painful to even look at... I actually felt bad for him. lol idk what else to say but after dinner us & our friends spent even more money buying more food @ the theater just to feed our appetite as we were all still hungry... again this was just our experience- maybe I had high hopes but HOPEFULLY they will get their crap together or they'll be another empty space in NO TIME... :/ read more

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