There has been a significant rise in the use of stainless steel structures, especially because of its improved corrosion resistance properties in natural water when compared to carbon steels. However, also there has been reports of corrosion failures in these steels especially at weld points and other heat affected zones, some of which can have large scale socio-economic consequences. Coatings with nanomaterials have been proposed to stabilize the surface and prevent the failure. 2 dimensional (2D) materials e.g. graphene has recently elicited a lot of interest due to their improved corrosion resistance properties. This work investigates the corrosion resistance properties of a commercial grade stainless steel in 3.5 wt. % aqueous NaCl solution, coated with 3 different types of 2D nanomaterials; molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), boron nitride (BN) and tungsten disulfide (WS₂). Coatings of these materials on the tested stainless steel were made via drop casting method from a previously prepared slurry of each. The electrochemical behavior of the coated stainless steel was studied with bare stainless steel as control, using open circuit potential and Tafel plots. The MoS₂ coated stainless steel displayed a superior corrosion resistance than the BN and WS₂ coated stainless steel samples. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images demonstrate uniform coating for the MoS₂ coated stainless steel sample, which provides a reduced number of defect sites for diffusion of corrosive ions and explains its superior corrosion resistance compared to the other coated samples It is postulated that MoS₂ showed a higher corrosion resistance vis-à-vis the bare sample due to its higher open circuit potential as well as a lower corrosion rate.