Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row anchors the corner of Broadway and 4th Avenue at 400 Broadway, a three floor country bar the singer opened in January 2018 inside the late 1800s building that once held Gruhn's Guitars. Nashville Guru notes the top deck is the highest rooftop bar on Lower Broadway, which is the reason most repeat visitors climb straight to it.
It works for a group that wants live music, a real whiskey list and a rooftop in one stop. It works less well for anyone after a hidden, locals only room, because this is a celebrity branded venue on the busiest corner of the strip. The trade is scale and a view for intimacy.
The building reads as a Western saloon stretched over three levels, with a stage on the ground floor, a middle bar and the open air roof above the Broadway neon. The whiskey program is the differentiator against the beer first honky tonks nearby, with a bourbon and rye list that rewards a slow pour over a quick longneck. Bands run through the day and into the early morning, so the soundtrack rarely drops.
Order a bourbon flight or a neat pour of Tennessee whiskey rather than defaulting to a domestic beer, since the list is the point of the name. The rooftop is the seat to ask for, and weekday afternoons are the realistic window to claim a rail spot before the corner fills. Yelp reviewers, who have left more than 700 ratings, consistently single out the rooftop view and the live bands as the high points.
Expect a tourist heavy crowd that peaks on weekend evenings, with the rooftop turning over fastest once the sun drops. For a calmer pour, arrive before the early evening bands change over.
The corner location is part of the appeal and the crush. Sitting at Broadway and 4th, the bar catches foot traffic from the honky tonk strip and the walk up from the river, which is why Nashville Guru and Nashville.com both flag the queue for the rooftop on peak nights. The reward at the top is the clearest high view of the lights on the lower strip.
Google Maps reviewers cluster around a few repeated points across recent ratings. The rooftop view, the bourbon selection and the house bands earn the steadiest praise, while the common gripes are weekend pricing and the wait to get upstairs. Several reviewers suggest the middle floor as the overlooked seat when the roof is full.
On the food side the kitchen runs a full Southern leaning menu rather than snacks alone, which makes the venue a workable dinner stop on a crawl. Pair a plate with a rye flight to use the whiskey list as intended rather than treating it as a beer hall. The bands lean contemporary country, so expect current radio sets alongside the classics.
Timing matters more here than at a single room honky tonk. A late afternoon arrival lands a rooftop rail before the corner fills, while a weekend night after nine means committing to the line for the view. The lower stage stays open throughout, so a group split between levels can regroup at the ground floor bar.
It fits a Broadway crawl that wants a whiskey angle, a group chasing the highest rooftop on the strip, and country fans who follow the venue for occasional artist appearances. Pair it with the honky tonk classics at The Stage on Broadway in Nashville and Honky Tonk Central in Nashville, or compare rooftops in our roundup of the best rooftop bars in Nashville.
Sources: Whiskey Row official site (2026); Nashville Guru venue feature; Nashville.com opening report; Yelp reviews (n=773+).