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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A-J's is on the Back River, the quiet side of the island away from the ocean. Visit Tybee describes sunset views over calm water and suggests sitting on the back dock 'to really get a glimpse into island life'. It is a dinner house, closed Tuesday and Wednesday by the hours the Main Street directory posts.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
A Congress Street live music bar. Visit Savannah says it books 'regional and touring bands every Tuesday through Saturday night', from blues and country to funk and jam bands, shows games on a 25 foot projection screen and serves Mexican food from Orale Tacos. Connect Savannah readers voted it best overall bar, best downtown bar and best bar for live music in 2022.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
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.
Castaways is in the Shops at Sandfly, recently renovated and built around executive chef Kirk Blaine, a Savannah native who trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. The menu is seafood, wings, sandwiches and burgers with Lowcountry touches. Dogs are welcome, there is indoor and outdoor seating, and solo acts and small bands play. Its line is 'Where Everyone is Family'.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Social Club sums itself up as 'Good Vibes. Great Bites. Bourbon Wall Worth Climbing.' It has a large outdoor area with live music, a late-night grill and a dog friendly patio, and calls itself 'one of Savannah's preferred independent concert venues.' It posts some of the latest hours downtown, open until 3am six nights a week.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
The Savannah Jams guide (24 March 2026) describes a classic Tybee dive, 'loud, salty, no-frills', with blues and rock bands on Saturday nights from 9pm to 1am and no cover.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Driftaway has been in Sandfly since 2001, run by the husband-and-wife team of Robyn and Michele Quattlebaum. They call the cooking 'Casual Coastal Cuisine' ... fresh catch specials with some Caribbean influence ... and the motto is 'good food, good company, Savannah style'. There are patios, live music, brunch, and a private room for gatherings.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Fannie's is the pink-roofed building across from the beach on the Strand, which Visit Tybee describes as three floors of oceanfront fun. You can sit inside, streetside or upstairs on the open-air deck, where there is live music on weekends. The site calls it 'a funky little restaurant across from the beach' and says its Sunday brunch and Bloody Marys return in the fall.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Savannah native Mike McMahon opened the Flying Fish in 2007 after years in the seafood business, aiming for local traditional flavors in a relaxed room. It sits on US 80 on the way to the beach with a patio and live music on weekends. Savannah Magazine lists it for families whose children are happy with fried shrimp, the screens and the patio.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
A pizza bar set back from Highway 80, nowhere near the beach strip. Savannah Magazine readers voted it the Pizza winner in Best of Savannah 2026. The Savannah Jams live music guide (24 March 2026) lists bands in 'the backyard courtyard' on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm to 1am.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A below-street-level tapas and martini bar near Ellis Square that calls itself 'swank, sexy & sophisticated.' Live music runs Fridays and Saturdays ... blues, swing, jazz, classic rock and Americana ... and the bar says it plans to add more nights. Connect Savannah readers named it a finalist for best martini in 2022.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
A Habersham Village sports bar that sums itself up as 'Cold beer, legendary Bleu Chips, and every game on the big screen.' The kitchen does burgers, wings and fried crab claws, and there is live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. Savannah Magazine readers voted it runner-up for best sports bar in 2026.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
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.
North Beach Bar and Grill sits between the Tybee lighthouse and the beach, and Visit Tybee describes it as mere feet from the sand, a place that welcomes sandy toes. The cooking is seafood with a Caribbean lean ... fish and chips, shrimp, tacos and fish bites ... and the site says it buys local, sustainable seafood. There is a full bar with craft beer, patio seating and live music.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
A Tybee sports bar with 16 HD TVs, a projection screen, pinball, air hockey and video games, plus wings, burgers, seafood and gator bites. Visit Tybee lists it among the island's nightlife stops for 'Karaoke, neon lights and hip music', dancing, darts and pool. First responders and military get 10 percent off.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A dive across Butler Avenue from Nickie's with a game room: pool, pinball and arcade machines. The Savannah Jams guide (24 March 2026) lists a Wednesday open mic from 8 to 11pm and says it is known for wings.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
A dueling piano bar that calls its nights 'a Rock-n-Roll party.' Two players take requests, joke with the room and keep the singalong going. The room holds nearly 500 people with seats for more than 250, nobody under 21 gets in, and Monday to Wednesday it is rented out for private events.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
Sting Ray's is on Butler Avenue, Tybee's main strip, with what Visit Tybee describes as a spacious outdoor deck shaded by colorful beach umbrellas. The DMO lists fresh seafood and live music.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
The Rail Pub says its building 'has been everything from a watering hole for railroad laborers, to a boarding house and a brothel since its opening in 1890.' Karaoke runs, in the pub's words, 'every damn night @ 9pm.' Fridays are Free Fried Chicken Fridays with live music in the yard, and the website counts down the days to St. Patrick's Day. Happy hour lasts all day on Monday.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A River Street dive that advertises the 'Coldest, Cheapest Beer in Town.' It has live music every weekend and an open mic night every Thursday. Connect Savannah readers named it a finalist for best River Street bar in 2022, and the bar's site now carries a Connect Best of Savannah 2026 badge.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
The Wormhole calls itself 'your favorite neighborhood dive and music venue', a casual place 'with an artistic flair and charm.' It says it may host 'a concert of any genre you can think of (metal, swing, country, punk, electronic, flamenco...)', plus stand up comedy and a long-running open mic that Connect Savannah readers voted the city's best in 2022.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
Beach Party is the Tybee room of Savannah's Treylor Park group, opened in 2024 in the building that held the Tybee Island Social Club. Cofounder Trey Wilder lived on Tybee for four years and told tybeeisland.com he did not want to lose any of the old club's character. The renovation added a bigger deck, a longer bar, more parking and a walk-up window for people coming off the beach. The patio has a sandpit for kids, and the week includes trivia on Wednesdays and live music.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Tubby's sits on River Drive in Thunderbolt, looking across at the Wilmington River where the shrimp boats dock. The kitchen is known for fried shrimp and fresh catch done grilled, fried, blackened, broiled or steamed. The week has a rhythm of its own: live music Thursday through Sunday, line dancing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5, bingo on Wednesdays at 7. It belongs to Savannah's Live Oak Restaurant Group, which also runs Molly McGuire's on Wilmington Island.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
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