Nine years of spice, fire and family recipes

Saffron opened in 2017 in Franklin with one belief: Indian food is only as good as its spices. We toasted and ground them by hand in small batches, cooked our kababs and naan in a traditional clay tandoor, and built every dish from family recipes passed down through generations.

Nashville noticed. In 2021, we brought our kitchen downtown to the newly opened Assembly Food Hall on Broadway. There, Chef Rahul Rodrigues and our team cook the flavors of India and Pakistan from scratch every day, a block from Bridgestone Arena.

Nine years later, the recipes haven't changed. Every meat we serve is Halal certified, our vegetarian and vegan dishes get the same care as our tandoor classics, and our curries still simmer low and slow. What has grown is our table. We now feed hundreds of guests a day, office teams across downtown, and weddings, festivals and celebrations throughout Middle Tennessee.

Whether it's your first plate of chicken tikka or your hundredth, thank you for being part of our story.