Virgin Hotels Nashville

Checking In Where Nashville's Music Business Lives

Music Row has produced more hit records than almost any street in America, and Virgin Hotels chose 1 Music Square West to put guests inside that history rather than near it. Designer Mark Zeff, working with local firms Hastings Architecture and Blur Workshop, built 262 rooms around black-painted brick, natural oak, and plush velvet — an industrial frame softened enough to feel like a stay, not a studio tour. It's the brand's third U.S. property, and the first to fully lean into a neighborhood's working identity instead of its postcard version.

Why It Works

We chose this address for committing to Music Row as more than set dressing. The hotel's public spaces — the Commons Club restaurant, the Funny Library co-working café — are designed to pull in neighborhood regulars, not just hotel guests, which keeps the energy real rather than performed. Add a 14th-floor Pool Club with sunset DJ sets and skyline views, and the result reads as a genuine Nashville address that happens to have great rooms, not a hotel chain dropped onto Music Row.

Why This Location

Music Square West sits inside Midtown's Music Row, a few blocks from the publishing houses, studios, and label offices that built Nashville's sound — RCA Studio B, where Elvis once recorded, is a short walk away. It's close enough to Vanderbilt and Midtown's restaurant strip to feel like a neighborhood rather than a tourist district, and a quick rideshare from both downtown's honky-tonks and the airport. For a music-focused stay, no other Nashville address sits this close to where the songs actually get made.

Fast Facts

• Price: Luxe

• Vibe: industrial-chic, music-business energy, social

• Rooms: 262, black-painted brick, natural oak, velvet furnishings

• Best For: music-industry travelers, rooftop-pool seekers, guests who want a social hotel

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: the 14th-floor Pool Club's sunset DJ sessions

• Dining: Commons Club (indoor/outdoor, live bands), Funny Library café

• Amenities: rooftop pool, pet-friendly, fitness centre, golf course nearby

• Attractions: Music Row's studios and publishing houses, RCA Studio B, Vanderbilt University, Midtown restaurant strip, downtown honky-tonks a short ride away

The Pool Club and the Commons Club

The 14th-floor Pool Club is the property's social center, a rooftop space built for watching the sun go down over Midtown with a DJ running the soundtrack rather than a playlist on shuffle. Downstairs, the Commons Club carries the brand's signature format — a restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating that occasionally turns into a live-music venue, fitting for a hotel on Music Row. Between the two, the hotel's public spaces do as much work as its rooms.

Rooms Built for a Working Stay

The 262 rooms lean into the industrial-meets-comfort formula that defines the hotel: exposed brick and natural oak paired with velvet upholstery and thoughtful lighting. For travelers in town on music-industry business, the Funny Library co-working café downstairs doubles as a proper workspace, a detail few Nashville hotels bother with. Guests chasing their own slice of Music Row history can book Richard's Suite, a two-bedroom penthouse with a private pool table, a vinyl record player, and skyline views — the hotel's signature splurge.

Before You Book

Virgin Hotels Nashville leans social, with a rooftop pool and restaurant built to draw a crowd, so guests wanting a quiet, low-key stay should request a room away from the Pool Club or visit midweek. The hotel accepts pets and welcomes families, and its Midtown setting means a car or rideshare is useful for reaching downtown's honky-tonks, even though Music Row itself rewards walking. Book well ahead during CMA Fest or the fall convention season, when Music Row rates and availability both tighten fast.