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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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.
Fishbar opened in December 2025 in the former Squirrel's Pizza space, a few doors from its sister room Ukiyo. Owner Anthony Debreceny of Southern Cross Hospitality first planned another pizzeria because the oven was still there, then the team turned it toward wood-fired seafood plates. Chef Charles Alexander runs the kitchen and Maren Gudmondsson the bar. Savannah Magazine readers voted it best New Restaurant in 2026. Guests can use a monitored private lot at 2302 Bull Street.
Husk Savannah is the Savannah room of the Charleston-born Neighborhood Dining Group, which also opened Marbled & Fin on East Oglethorpe in April 2026. The kitchen names its suppliers, including Tybee Oyster Company, Chatel Farms and Gannon Organics, and reprints its menu daily ... the files online on research day were dated October 4 and 5, 2026. The indoor rooms seat up to 200 and the patio seats 18.
La Vetta opened on August 17, 2026 as the eighth restaurant from Southern Cross Hospitality, the Savannah group behind The Collins Quarter, The Fitzroy, Ukiyo and Fishbar. Executive chef Michele Minchillo comes from Puglia; his former restaurant Vitium in Cremona, Italy held a Michelin star. Savannah's Studio THO designed the room, with a blue sky gradient painted by local muralists Hugo Aguilera and Adolfo Alvarado and an 18-seat bar. An underground cocktail lounge called V and a private room for 50 were announced as coming.
Late Air describes itself as a neighborhood restaurant and wine bar on the corner of Bull and Victory. It pours a rotating list of natural wines beside seasonal menus by chef Daniel Harthausen, from small snacks to plates for sharing. The same team opened Specials Pizza nearby in September 2026. Savannah Magazine readers placed it runner-up (tie) for Wine List in 2026.
Sea Wolf sums itself up in three words on its site: oysters, dogs, fancy cocktails. The kitchen serves oysters, sausages and vegan food alongside house and classic cocktails, and it runs weekend brunch. The site says plainly that the bar has no telephone and takes no reservations. The same team runs the Cobra Room inside Lone Wolf Lounge in Savannah.
A neighborhood restaurant and wine bar in the Starland District. Ryan Ribeiro and Jason Restivo became partners here in September 2023 ... the site says Ryan had been one of the most loyal customers at Jason's restaurant Atlantic, which closed in 2020. Ryan, who is of Portuguese descent, chose the name, a word for the time spent lingering at the table after a meal. Savannah Magazine readers voted it best wine list in 2026.
A dock bar at the end of Livingston Avenue that Connect Savannah readers voted the city's best outdoor bar in 2022. It takes cards only ('NO CASH ACCEPTED') and rents the whole place out for weddings and private events on a full buyout model with seasonal pricing.
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