1540 Room is the dining room of The DeSoto hotel on Madison Square. The name points to Hernando de Soto's expedition through the Southeast in 1540 and the spice trade that followed. Chef Collin Clemons cooks seasonal Lowcountry menus from local farms, and the hotel says he was named the city's best chef less than a year after opening. Savannah Magazine readers voted it the best fine dining room in the city for 2026.
An inn with a dining room and a separate tavern that keeps its own hours. The inn says the tavern opens daily at 4pm and closes by 11pm, with food during kitchen hours.
A Bay Street wine bar named for its street number. The bar adds that 208 'symbolizes manifesting wealth and abundance' and then admits, 'It's also our address.' Wednesday nights are Bubbles & Blues with singer Laiken Love, and Tuesdays bring five dollar tapas toppers. Readers voted it best wine bar in Connect Savannah (2022) and in Savannah Magazine (2026).
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
45 Bistro has been the dining room of The Marshall House hotel since 2001, the third home of a restaurant Sandy Hollander has run since the mid 1980s. Eat It and Like It reported on September 14, 2026 that it will leave the hotel when the year ends ... the last service is December 31, 2026. The hotel sold on June 1, 2026 and its new owners plan to remake the space in 2027. The team has said it hopes to reopen elsewhere in Savannah. 45 Bistro is open now and has said it will leave The Marshall House on 31 December 2026.
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Good places to eat and drink in Savannah, minus the nightclubs. When a spot gets loud later or draws a lot of kids, the card tells you.
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A Starland wing shop founded in 2011 by Savannah resident Gary Gordon and named for his birthday, May 20th. Savannah Magazine readers voted it Best Wings in 2026, as they did in 2024. A local notes it stays open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
A burger shop on Habersham that calls itself Savannah's late-night burger spot and posts hours until five in the morning. It is the first local name people give when someone asks where to eat after midnight. Opinion on the food is split ... fans go for the oddities like fried sandwiches, and a few commenters are blunt that they do not rate it.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Betty Bombers is a counter-service diner inside American Legion Post 135, just south of Forsyth Park. The room is done up in what the venue calls a WWII inspired atmosphere. It offers counter service, delivery and takeout, and the kitchen runs until 2am Thursday through Saturday.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
A bar, kitchen and ten duckpin lanes in the basement of the old Woolworth's building on Broughton Street. Savannah Agenda reported it opened on 7 March 2025 under Harley Krinsky and Chris Godfrey, who also own Congress Street Social Club and Sorry Charlie's Oyster Bar, with food from the Sorry Charlie's kitchen. Garden and Gun (April/May 2026) called it 'one of Savannah's welcoming small concert venues' for regional rock, funk and blues.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
A Wilmington Island neighborhood bar and grill on Johnny Mercer Boulevard that opens at 10 in the morning and pours until 2am on weeknights. Savannah Magazine readers voted it runner-up for best dive bar in the 2026 Best of Savannah list, behind The Original Pinkie Masters. Happy hour runs Monday to Friday, 4pm to 7pm.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Hitch is the sister room to Treylor Park, the Savannah-born group that also runs Double Wide Diner, Pizza Party and Beach Party on Tybee. The group describes the room as reminiscent of a whisky library or a chic, modern saloon, with wood ceilings and copper accents. It stays open until 1am every night and has its own brunch menu.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Savannah's karaoke pub. McDonough's says it has been voted best karaoke in the city for more than a decade, and it runs every day starting at 9pm. Savannah Magazine describes the shamrock green awning, two bars, 32 televisions and decades of guest photos on the walls. Visit Savannah counts 'three unique destinations under one historic roof': the bar, a steakhouse called Billy's Place and The Inn at McDonough's. The kitchen cooks until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Nickie's is a bar and grill on Butler Avenue at the south end, one block from Tybrisa Street. The Main Street directory posts it open until 3 a.m. every night, which makes it one of the latest kitchens-and-bars on the island by posted hours. It took part in Tybee Island Restaurant Week in August 2026.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A 21-and-over bar on Abercorn whose kitchen runs until midnight six nights a week. It comes up in both 2026 late-night food threads; one commenter calls the burger and fries the only answer, another says to order the fried chicken and wait the half hour. Locals argue over whether it is a real dive or a clean bar dressed like one.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Specials is a pizzeria and bar from the Late Air team ... Colin Breland, Madeline Ott and chef Daniel Harthausen. It opened in September 2026 on a side street off Bull, selling slices and whole pies, calzones, meatballs and a chopped salad. One of its four specialty pies is mushroom, garlic and creme fraiche.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
A counter on West Broughton that serves twice-baked potato bowls and stays open until 3:30 in the morning Thursday through Saturday. Locals name it in both of the year's late-night food threads.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
The Black Rabbit is a sandwich shop with a full bar on Barnard Street, across from the Streamliner diner car. The short menu is six sandwiches ... Smoked Turkey, Cubano, Three Piggies, Van Gogh, Club and an Eggplant Stacker ... plus a salad. It stays open until 1am most nights.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
The Grove calls itself a 'sophisticated casual restaurant & rooftop bar' in City Market and a 'Savannah home away from home.' It serves Southern-leaning lunch and dinner, then stays open as a bar until 3am on Friday and Saturday.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Brothers Joshua and Michael Sexton opened this Irish pub on 10 October 2025 in a 1930s house that used to hold Troupial Cafe. The kitchen cooks Irish street food ... fish and chips, bangers and mash, sausage rolls, pasties and a spice bag of fried chicken, fries and vegetables tossed in a curry five-spice mix. There is a smaller room upstairs and a big backyard. The pub says it cooks without seed or vegetable oils.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
This is the original Treylor Park, the Bay Street room that grew into a Savannah-born group with Hitch, Double Wide Diner, Pizza Party and Beach Party on Tybee, plus rooms in Florida. The bar top is made from reclaimed bowling lane wood, and there is a beer garden out back ... the site's line is business in the front with the party out back. No reservations. Savannah Magazine readers voted its fries the best in the city in 2026.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Wind Rose is a bar and grill on Tybrisa Street, a few doors from the Tybee Pier and Pavilion. The Main Street directory posts it open until 2 a.m. every night. It took part in Tybee Island Restaurant Week in August 2026.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
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