PM

With a name like PM, I was expecting the restaurant to be one that specialized in food that was best served during the «PM» hours of the day. You know, food that comforts the soul after a long day of working, drinking or somewhere in-​between. You can imagine my surprise when we walked in and it turned out to be a somewhat trendy Asian Fusion restaurant.
The staff at PM were spot on. Our server was patient, knowledgeable and was not in any sort of rush to get us out the door. Our meals were mainly a combination of Japanese and American: sushi and hamburgers. While I didn’t partake in any burger-​chomping, I will say they looked excellent and if I were to make a return, I plan on making that my meal. Instead, I went with an appetizer of cold sesame noodles and sushi. The cold noodles were to die for. You might be reading this and thinking, «Cold noodles?! That sounds lame!» Trust me, they are sublime.
My sushi didn’t fare as well as the noodles. I went with the unagi, which is my go-​to. It was fine. It wasn’t good, it wasn’t bad. It was fine. I think my biggest gripe about it was that it wasn’t filling and not priced appropriately. I ended up picking food from the rest of the party’s plates. For what it’s worth, everyone’s food was tasty.
I think my biggest problem with PM was their seating. We entered the restaurant during a slow afternoon and we were given a table that was not only by the restroom, it was on a part of the floor that was warped and angled. Sliding glasses and awkward seating were the least of our worries. PM enjoys finishing their dishes with some sort of sauce. Normally, sauces belong on the plates. Due to our table being at an incline, the sauces slowly but surely dripped onto one of our party member’s clothes. So, my question to PM is… why? Why would you sit our party of four in the worst section of the restaurant when there were plenty of other options available? That table should be the last place they seat their guests.
I doubt they’ll be fixing their floors anytime soon, so my advice is to check out PM if you like the appropriately named Asian Fusion style restaurant. The food is good, even if it doesn’t fill you up and the service is excellent. Just be cautious of where you’re sitting; lest you suffer the same fate as one of my friends and her pair of white pants that will never be the same again.

Mediocrity at best! Waited 20 minutes for a waiter to come to our table. We each ordered 2 rolls and they all came out on one plate but we clearly ordered them separately. The rolls that came out were not served as the menu described. Come here if you want less than average rolls

The Asian fusion at PM is more about form than substance. The concept is there but the bold flavors, refreshing citrus notes, and contrasting textures are not. The food here is the equivalent of a tchotchke in a pan-​asian market and best left to culinary tourists. My friends and I ordered a smattering of shared plates followed by some of the main plates. Each and every one was extremely disappointing. The only redeeming item was the PM Burger: juicy and decidedly non-​fusion.
Perhaps PM should reinvent itself as a burger joint; I would certainly come back for that. Until that happens just head across the street to International Market across and ask for Nashville’s open secret: Patti’s House Salad.

PM has the best wine special in town, $ 12 for a red or white wine of the moment. Top that off with some pretty decent sushi and some good friends and you’re in for a great night. I enjoy the San Francisco Roll and the Canada Roll and my fiancé loves their burger. It’s a great compromise when you want sushi and your dinner companion wants a delicious burger or something else off their varying menu. Parking is questionable and it’s on Belmont’s campus.

Great place for sushi and drinks! Recently went by and ordered a meal for the first time. It wasn’t mind blowing, but will be trying another option soon.
As for sushi, no roll has disappointed. I highly recommend trying out every roll on the menu.
Drink wise, they have great cocktails! The options will fit any taste. I’ve tried them all and love them.
Great place for a sushi date night.

We ordered about half a dozen plates so we could try a variety of items. The gyoza were delivered cold on the inside and they looked like pre-​made, frozen from a bag. Perhaps Trader Joes? Spring rolls were barely warm and had no duck to speak of. Tempura vegetables also were tepid and appeared to be from frozen as well. The calamari was so fishy it was inedible. I’d go on but what’s the point.

Great people, fantastic food, AND dog friendly! You really can’t go wrong here. If you’re in the Belmont area and not sure where to eat, but you know you like sushi I would definitely recommend checking this place out.

I especially like the peanut flavored chicken dish. It is excellent and it is a dish not many people know of at this location.
Of course the burgers are great as well.
The only drawback seems to be that the place could use some patching up and fresh paint on some of the walls.
Everyone likes the sushi here and it is good but be sure to try some of the other menu items as well.

A great menu with many options, including a good selection of vegetarian options. The appetizers are yummy, and the cocktails offer a nice balance to the beer selections.

I really like this place but I was a tad bit disappointed last time. I ordered the Gyoza pot stickers. The last time I order them they were perfect. This time they were really bad. It tasted like there was some mystery meat in them. I’m not vegan but the menu said vegetarian. They said there wasn’t any meat in it and I never said I didn’t believe them. They went so far as to bring out the bag that they were in. That disappointed me a little more because I thought they made them but they don’t.
Needless to say, the sushi is always good and the servers are super cool and laid back. I recommend this place because they are open late, the sushi is cheap and really good, and it’s a cool place.

Wondering around the Belmont area looking for a dinner spot, my hubs and I sought out PM for dinner last week. I’ve been a fan of Chef Myint’s food for a long time, but never had a chance to come in this restaurant. The food was incredible. I slurped up my chicken/​vegetable lo mein noodles with delight while trying to ignore the warn/​dingy atmosphere of the restaurant’s interior. I felt as though I was eating in a college bar and the students were about to arrive and order their round of shots. My hubs didn’t mind as he raved about the beef phở. Had the patio not been full, maybe that would have made the experience a little better. But I can guarantee we will be back to order take out!

Based on the website, I was expecting something much more elegant. It felt like a dive bar, which wasn’t the vibe I was looking for for a business lunch. And the pad thai was the worst I have ever had. We were also disconcerted by how often our waiter ran his hands through his hair. I hope he was washing them afterwards, but I would be surprised if he was. Cringe.

How have I not reviewed this place yet! My wife and I have been coming here for years and it is hands down the best sushi in Nashville overall. Tack on great (AMAZING) prices w/​fantastic customer service and it really can’t be beat.
Service is always quick; we’ve ordered pretty much everything off the menu and all tastes amazing and the staff is very nice.

It was a Sunday afternoon at 11:30pm and we were craving a burger from PM. We entered the restaurant and saw no one. No customers, not staff, we though they might not be open yet, but soon a server came out and sat us. We picked the outside-​ish patio that used to be open air but they’ve since enclosed it and it has garage door windows that can open if the weather is nice. Today was sunny and about 91 at 11am, so a HOT day. We skimmed the menu. I almost always get the burger with bacon and mushrooms. I was trying to decide between sushi or burger. The burger won out and we ordered a crunch shrimp roll to split as an appetizer.
About the patio. It’s nice if the windows are open and the weather is nice. They’ve got ac inside it, but there always seems to be a lot of flies in the patio. Those big, slow moving flies that always want to land on you, your food, your everything. I asked the server if we could go in and he said it was no problem. We picked a table up front. Our server was very friendly, which kind of surprised me. I’ve never had a rude server at PM, but my experience with PM and Blvd (another Arnold Myint establishment) is that the servers are always so blasé and act like they really don’t want to be there.
It didn’t take too long for our sushi roll to arrive. It was good, the amount of Panko crumbs in it is a lot. Like, you need to dip it in soy sauce or have a glass of water ready because it’ll make your mouth dry and you might have difficulty swallowing. Reminded me a little of the saltine cracker challenge. The burgers arrived soon after. The burger is $ 9 and each topping is .50 cents. So my burger with bacon and mushrooms was ten bucks. I got the fries, which are huge steak fries with flake salt on them. So yummy. A side comes with the price of the burger.
If you’re looking to spice things up, order the red curry ranch with the burger. It goes well with it and it’s even good to dip your fries in and it’s no extra charge.
My visit today was pretty good. The bacon on the burger wasn’t warm, which was kind of a bummer but I guess it was prepared the day before seeing as how we were the first customers. With Blvd looking so nice and new, it kind of makes PM look like it could stand to use a facelift.

Pretty decent phở.
What’s up with the loud TV?
Phở-​king distracting!

I’ve always felt PM is very overrated. All of my interactions with the staff have been very… blah. The food is also blah. I’ve never had an eel roll that was bland before.
My experiences with PM have always been below average but I would go there if someone else insisted or picked the place. However, the cockroach in the restroom was the final straw for me.
There is an abundance of better sushi options out there than this place.

Sushi here is pretty average, and portions are extremely small for the price. I would skip the sushi and go for their other menu items. The original chicken sandwich is pretty good, especially with the sweet potato fries. The tuna salad was very disappointing. They should use mixed greens and not just iceberg lettuce. The tuna also did not taste very fresh. The service was good, but very slow. Don’t expect this place to knock your socks off.

Okay… people need to understand PM for what it is and what it isn’t:
What it isn’t: This is not your place to relish in Asian food if you are remotely concerned about authenticity. I made the mistake of bringing my friend who has a thing for Thai after frequent business trips there. So basically anybody who has expectations of genuineness might not find this the most savory.
What it is: an oddball eclectic menu of sushi and random Asian dishes that are enriched with some extra seasoning and flavor to fulfill the college student/​young adult/​soccer mom palate.
So basically, this isn’t a cultural experience, more like an opportunity have any sort of Asian food and mix it together.
I mean the food is good… just not great. Its kind of fresh, but not scream out your mouth freshest thing on earth with some super creative work behind it. The service is attentive, but just okay. Oh and god save you if you need to park.

PM was a definite regular spot for us years ago and always fit the bill when in the mood for sushi. We were in the hood for the evening and were on the lookout for something vegetarian and, of course, up pops PM on our Unilocaly radar. It was a pretty busy night but we were sat immediately inside at a table. There’s no mistaking that most are looking for an al fresco dining experience in Nashville. It’s gorgeous.
I think we missed the boat a bit with our order, unfortunately. I do remember loving their sushi and especially going nuts over their veggie burger. We went a bit of a different route –
Veggie Fritters — These were a little bland on our end. Not sure if we just got a weird batch? They did have some visibly delicious veg within, but the flavors were a bit flat. The dipping sauce was interesting, too. A different take on honey mustard. Not my favorite.
Veggie Mu Shu — Where the veggies were pretty good, the crepes, which are typically softer, chewier, and a bit more structured, were pretty bad. They fell apart and had a really bad texture altogether. I forewent them and just ate the veggies, which again, were fantastic.
Veggie Lo Mein — Holy sesame oil, Batman! That’s really all I can say. It was so overwhelmingly sesame-​laden that it was a bit hard to eat bite after bite. My wife only ate about ¹⁄₃ of it.
The setting of this place is just awesome, though. Killer place for a drink on the patio or even at the bar. I’d definitely recommend the sushi and veggie burger, but the items we had are a little less-​than passable. Either way, still a huge fan of PM!

We ate here a few nights ago with some friends who have lived in Nashville for a while and frequent PM. My husband and I really liked this place! We sat down first and ordered a drink. I was so excited when I saw they have ginger beer! So far, so good!
For starters, we ordered the sesame and coconut rice tofu pouches. Theirs was a really good version of inari that we both always order if it’s on a sushi menu. They were so large that after having 2 of them, I wasn’t as hungry as I thought I would be when our entrees came out.
For our entrees, my husband ordered the veggie burger with steak fries and the summer sushi roll. I ordered the tofu thai wrap with sweet potato fries and the PM sushi roll. Our food came out quickly.
The veggie burger was GREAT. Possibly one of the very best veggie burgers I’ve ever tried. It was covered in a delicious Asian BBQ sauce. I will order it next time. I didn’t try his fries but he said they were good. The summer roll was good though. Not out of this world, but good sushi.
The wrap I ordered was really good but I wish I had requested no onions. They were really potent and I picked them off. The peanut sauce that came with the wrap also came on the PM roll. It was really good. Thick and peanuty! The roll itself was good but I wish I had ordered something different because it tasted too much like the wrap because of the sauce. The sweet potato «fries» were more like a huge sweet potato cut into thick slices and baked with a little sea salt. They were good but nothing great and I wouldn’t necessarily call them fries.
We will definitely be back. The food was really good and for a beer, an appetizer, a burger, a wrap, and two sushi rolls, our bill was around $ 47. Not too shabby!