So You’re Staying at Blooming Bungalow… Now What?
Your insider guide to East Nashville — from the saltwater hot tub to the last call at Schulman’s.
Blooming Bungalow
East Nashville, Tennessee
East Nashville Vacation Rental: Blooming Bungalow Guide
You could have booked anywhere. A downtown high-rise with a Broadway view. A cookie-cutter short-term rental near the airport. Instead, you picked a maximalist bungalow in East Nashville with a saltwater hot tub in the backyard and an EV charger in the driveway. Good call.
East Nashville — “the East Side” to locals — has been its own thing for a long time, and it’s staying that way. This is where Nashville artists, chefs, musicians, and independent thinkers actually live. The neighborhood pulses with dive bars and cocktail dens, coffee shops that feel like living rooms, food halls tucked into old car washes, and live music venues built inside former K-Marts. It’s funky. It’s layered. It’s specific.
Blooming Bungalow sits in a quiet pocket off the main corridors, close enough to Five Points and Gallatin Pike to walk or take a quick rideshare to almost everything on this list. Downtown Nashville and Lower Broadway are about 10–15 minutes away via Lyft or Uber, making this a smart base for anyone who wants the full Music City experience without the full Music City noise.
This guide covers everything within reach — where to eat, what to drink, where to catch live music, and how to make the most of a stay at a bungalow that was clearly put together by someone with strong opinions and excellent taste.
Best for: Couples, solo travelers, EV drivers, design lovers, music fans, anniversary stays, intimate getaways, and anyone who wants to experience Nashville like someone who actually lives here.
Blooming Bungalow Nashville: A Home Away from Home
The first thing you notice is that this place has a point of view. Blooming Bungalow is owner-occupied — meaning the host actually lives here, and rents it out when away. What that translates to in practice is a home that someone cared deeply about. The maximalist, eclectic design isn’t a decorator’s shortcut; it’s a genuine aesthetic built over time. Layered colors, unexpected textures, things that shouldn’t work together and somehow do.
Two queen bedrooms sleep two comfortably. A queen Murphy bed in the living area means the space can flex for a third or fourth guest without it feeling cramped — though honestly, this property hits differently as a couples retreat or a solo sanctuary. One full bathroom services the whole house, which is worth knowing before you pack six people in. This is a home for four, best enjoyed as a home for two.
The garden is private and feels genuinely removed from the street. This is where you’ll spend more time than you expect — especially once you’ve slipped into the hot tub with a cold drink and realized you haven’t checked your phone in forty minutes.
⚡ EV Charger — A Rare Nashville Amenity
Blooming Bungalow has an on-site EV charger in the driveway, making it one of the very few Nashville vacation rentals where you can arrive, plug in, and not think about range anxiety again until checkout. If you’re driving electric from Atlanta, Knoxville, Chattanooga, or anywhere in between — this is your base. Wake up every morning with a full charge and the entire city at your fingertips.
The Saltwater Hot Tub
It’s out back, it’s private, and it’s saltwater — which means no chlorine sting, no chemical smell, just warm water and a quiet garden and whatever you brought to drink. The hot tub is the anchor of an evening at Blooming Bungalow. You come home from dinner, maybe stop at Schulman’s for a nightcap, and then the hot tub calls. It’s an objectively good night.
A note on expectations: the yard is private and designed for relaxation, not parties. Blooming Bungalow is the right place if you’re looking to decompress, not blow things up. The neighborhood is residential, and the host’s request for consideration of neighbors is part of what makes this a place people actually want to return to.
Best Restaurants Near Blooming Bungalow in East Nashville
East Nashville’s food scene isn’t trying to impress you with national chains or tourist bait. It’s local, specific, and often genuinely great. Here’s where to go:
Photo courtesy Hunters Station / huntersstation.com
Coffee & Breakfast
East Nashville takes its morning routine seriously. The coffee culture here is independent, unhurried, and worth building your day around.
Local tip: East Nashville’s café scene is walkable if you’re near Five Points. Ask the host for their current favorite — owner-occupied rentals tend to come with genuinely useful local intel.
Best Bars in East Nashville Near Blooming Bungalow
East Nashville bars aren’t trying to out-honky-tonk Lower Broadway. They’re trying to be good bars. Most succeed. Here’s the neighborhood drinking guide, in rough order of vibe escalation:
The Corridor
Gallatin Pike and Gallatin Avenue are the twin spines of East Nashville’s bar and restaurant scene. Most of what’s on this list is accessible within a short rideshare — or walkable if you’re staying close to Five Points. Rideshares from Blooming Bungalow to Lower Broadway run about $12–$18 one way, depending on surge pricing. If you’re heading downtown, go later and come back later — the East Side is a far better place to start your evening than to end it.
Live Music, Bowling, and the Opry
You’re in Nashville. Live music isn’t optional — it’s infrastructure. East Nashville has its own scene, distinct from the Broadway tourist circuit, and the Grand Ole Opry is closer than most people realize.
Photo courtesy Eastside Bowl / eastsidebowl.com
On Eastside Bowl: The venue hosts everything from honky-tonk Tuesdays to rock shows to wrestling events. Check their show calendar as soon as you book your trip — tickets sell out, especially on weekends. Bonus: the diner, Chark’s Laneside Diner (LSD), is open from 6am for the early birds and late-night crowd alike.
Getting Around, Parking & Groceries
EV Charging
The bungalow has an on-site EV charger in the driveway — a genuinely rare amenity in Nashville short-term rentals. Arrive with whatever charge you have left, plug in overnight, and start each day full. If you need additional charging elsewhere in the city, Nashville’s charging infrastructure has expanded significantly along Gallatin, Charlotte Pike, and near the airport corridor.
Parking
Guest parking is in the driveway. The owner’s vehicle may be covered and parked away from guest spaces during your visit. Street parking in the neighborhood is generally available but confirm specifics with the host upon booking. For trips to downtown, rideshare is strongly recommended — parking near Broadway is expensive and often unavailable on weekends.
Getting Around
East Nashville is a rideshare-friendly neighborhood. Lyft and Uber are consistently available and downtown is $12–$18 each way in normal conditions. The WeGo bus system also connects East Nashville to downtown, though rideshare is faster and more reliable for most travel patterns. For the East Side itself — Five Points, Gallatin Pike, the food halls — you can often walk or bike if you’re staying close to the center of the neighborhood.
Groceries
East Nashville has solid grocery options within a short drive. The Kroger on Gallatin Avenue handles full shopping trips and is open late. The East Nashville Farmers’ Market (when in season) is one of the neighborhood’s weekend rituals and worth building a Saturday morning around. For specialty items, Whole Foods in nearby Green Hills is about 20 minutes away via Uber.
No laundry: The property does not have guest laundry. If you need a wash during a longer stay, East Nashville has a few laundromat options on Gallatin Pike and in the surrounding corridor.
Day Trips & Nearby Nashville Attractions
Blooming Bungalow is a smart base for more than just the East Side. Here’s what’s within easy reach:
A Weekend at Blooming Bungalow
You don’t need to follow this. But if you want a framework for two days on the East Side, this is what a good one looks like.
Day One
Arrive, plug in your EV, and let the bungalow orient you. Walk the garden. Make coffee. Get your bearings. The house has a personality — spend a few minutes appreciating it before heading out.
Head to Bite a Bit for a slow coffee and something to eat. Then walk Five Points — pop into the boutiques, get a feel for the neighborhood, maybe pick up something at the farmers’ market if it’s the weekend.
Lunch at Hunters Station — let whoever you’re with pick their own kitchen. Easy, no-argument meal. Then, if you want to do something genuinely Nashville: go get Opry tickets for tonight. Book at opry.com if you haven’t already.
Happy hour at Coral Club (daily until 7pm — that rooftop is excellent). Then the Grand Ole Opry for the show. This is the kind of night you’ll describe when people ask how the trip was.
Come home to the bungalow. Saltwater hot tub. That’s it. That’s the move.
Day Two
Weekend brunch at ML Rose (until 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays). Get something off the brunch menu, order more beer than you planned to, sit on the patio.
Wander Gallatin Pike. Stop into Lost & Found for a drink in their open-air space. Browse the local vendors. If the weather’s right, this is the best version of a Nashville afternoon that doesn’t involve a bar wristband and a mechanical bull.
Pre-dinner drinks at Tiger Bar — you’ve earned a proper martini. Then dinner at Bad Idea for the full wine-and-Lao-cuisine experience. Reservations recommended.
Check the calendar at Eastside Bowl — if there’s a show tonight, go. Bowl a few frames if the music hasn’t started yet. This is the East Nashville experience distilled: a former K-Mart full of people having the best night of their week.
Nightcap at Schulman’s — open until 2am, unpretentious, reliable. Then back to the bungalow and the hot tub for the last time. You’ll want one more soak before checkout.
The Rest of the Lineup
East Nashville has more bars per square mile than most cities twice its size, and we’d be doing you a disservice to leave these off the list entirely.
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