The Joseph, A Luxury Collection Hotel

The Hotel

The Joseph opened in 2021 as part of the Luxury Collection, Marriott's portfolio of destination hotels with an explicit cultural mandate. The hotel was built around a permanent art collection of approximately $8 million, commissioned specifically for the building and drawn from Tennessee artists alongside international names. The result is a hotel where the art is not decorative but functional, it shapes the quality of attention the space demands and distinguishes the Joseph from the Nashville hotels that put reproductions on walls and call it character.

The 297 rooms occupy a purpose-built SoBro tower adjacent to the Music City Center convention complex. Room design is executed with a restraint that allows the art to lead, quality materials, thoughtful lighting, and a colour palette derived from Tennessee's landscape rather than a generic luxury template. Upper-floor rooms look north toward downtown Nashville and the Cumberland River, a view that improves as the city's skyline develops around it.

L27 rooftop bar operates on the 27th floor, glass-enclosed with views across the full Nashville skyline, and has established itself as one of the city's better elevated drinking experiences. The bar programme reflects the hotel's character: considered, not performative. Fable restaurant occupies the ground floor with a Southern-inflected menu that treats Tennessee's agricultural heritage as a starting point rather than a theme.

The hotel's location in SoBro places it within a short walk of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Broadway honky-tonk strip, close enough to access the city's entertainment energy without being inside it, which is the correct positioning for a hotel with the Joseph's design sensibility.

Best for Honeymoon

The Joseph is Nashville's best honeymoon hotel for couples who want a city stay with design and cultural substance. The art collection creates a shared point of engagement that makes the first day of a marriage feel like an introduction to something worth paying attention to. A suite with skyline views, dinner at Fable, cocktails at L27, the hotel's programme is complete without requiring additional planning.

Best for Anniversary

For anniversaries where the couple wants Nashville's energy alongside a hotel that takes the occasion seriously, the Joseph is the correct choice. The rooftop bar at sunset, the art collection walkthrough, Fable dinner, these constitute an anniversary programme that requires nothing beyond the booking to execute correctly.

From $349 / night. Check availability directly.