How to Book Fancypants, Nashville (2026)
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Bryan Lee Weaver, Jake Mogelson and restaurateur Michael Shemtov opened Fancypants on Dickerson Pike in July 2024, a vegetable-forward fine-dining room from the team behind Butcher & Bee. It takes bookings on Resy, runs four nights a week, and the table everyone wants is the steak dinner.
Bryan Weaver's vegetable-forward fine dining that takes steak seriously. Book the Chef's Steak Dinner on Resy for a Nashville celebration.
Fancypants is the rare fine-dining room that wants you to have fun, and it backs the attitude with a serious kitchen. The name is a joke; the cooking is not. You book it on Resy, you choose between a vegetable-led tasting and a steak dinner, and the only real trick is deciding which menu you came for before the prime Friday and Saturday slots are gone.
How Hard Is Fancypants to Book?
Moderate, not brutal. Fancypants serves Thursday through Sunday and is dark Monday to Wednesday, so the week is short and the weekend compresses fast. A Tuesday-for-Thursday plan can work in slower months; a Saturday for four around a birthday wants a week or two of lead. Counter and bar seats turn over faster than the dining room, and solo or pairs are easier to slot than large parties. Demand has held since the room landed on The Infatuation and Local Palate lists through 2024 and 2025, so book the weekend dates early and keep the off-nights as your fallback.
The Platform and the Two Menus
Fancypants books through Resy at resy.com, with tables released on a rolling four-week window and a notify list for sold-out nights. Before you book, decide which experience you want, because they are priced and paced differently. The $125 Chef's Steak Dinner is the headliner, a prix fixe built around a 32-ounce porterhouse carved for the table with grilled onions, smashed potatoes and béarnaise. The $75 three-course menu is the vegetable-forward route, and on Sundays the kitchen opens à la carte. Set a Resy alert for prime Friday and Saturday slots and watch the two days before a full night, when the cancellation-refresh tactic tends to surface a table.
What You Are Actually Booking
Weaver ran the kitchen at Butcher & Bee before this, and Fancypants is the more ambitious cousin: produce-led plates with a steakhouse swagger bolted on. The most-ordered dish is not the porterhouse but the grilled lion's mane mushroom, served as a beefy demi-glace over potato purée, which tells you exactly how the room thinks. Plates run roughly $75 to $125 a head before drinks, smart-casual dress, music up, the mood loud and deliberate. For scores and the longer write-up, see our Fancypants verdict; the Nashville dining guide sets it against the city's other rooms, and it ranks among the best for impressing clients. For the wider category, browse the best fine-dining restaurants worldwide.
Don't bother booking Fancypants if
You want a hushed, formal tasting menu. Fancypants is loud on purpose, the playlist is part of the concept, and the room is built for a good time rather than a reverent one. Diners who want silence and ceremony should pick a quieter Nashville table.
Frequently Asked Questions
How hard is it to book Fancypants?
Moderate. Fancypants serves only Thursday through Sunday, so the short week pushes demand onto the weekend. Weeknight tables can often be had within days; a Friday or Saturday for a group wants a week or two of notice. Bar and counter seats free up faster than the dining room. Set a Resy notify alert for prime slots. For the hardest tables anywhere, see our guide to impossible restaurant reservations.
What platform does Fancypants use for reservations?
Fancypants books on Resy, with a four-week rolling window and a notify list for full nights. There is no separate phone queue that beats the app. When you reserve, you choose your night and party size; the menu decision happens on arrival, though large groups should call ahead about the Chef's Steak Dinner. The app shows live availability across all four service nights.
How much does Fancypants cost?
Plan on $75 to $125 per person before drinks. The three-course vegetable-forward menu is $75, the Chef's Steak Dinner prix fixe is $125 and centres on a 32-ounce porterhouse, and a standalone porterhouse add-on runs $165. Sundays go à la carte. Wine, cocktails and tax push the total up. It sits at the upper end of Nashville dining without reaching tasting-counter prices.
What is the dress code at Fancypants?
Smart-casual, leaning festive. The room is loud and playful, so there is no jacket requirement and no stiffness, but this is still a special-occasion fine-dining space rather than a neighbourhood bistro. Most diners dress up a notch. You will not feel out of place in a blazer, and you will not be turned away in good jeans and a sharp shirt.
Is Fancypants good for a celebration?
Yes, it is built for one. The energy, the music and the table-carved porterhouse make Fancypants one of Nashville's best rooms for a birthday or a group night out. Book the Chef's Steak Dinner for a crowd and the vegetable tasting for a quieter pair. See where it ranks for impressing clients and across the Nashville dining guide.