Best Restaurants in Savannah
Savannah, Georgia — updated August 22, 2026
Six Savannah places worth planning a day around, from a family-style dining room on Jones Street to a Thursday-through-Saturday barbecue counter on Waters Avenue.
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Savannah's best eating is spread thin across the Landmark District and the neighborhoods south of Forsyth Park, and the standouts keep short, stubborn hours: lunch only, closed Sundays, closed until Thursday. The list below is ordered by how convincingly each place answers the question, weighing rating against how many people have voted. Two entries have small review counts, and that is noted where it applies.
1. Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room
The most thoroughly tested restaurant on this list: 4.8 stars across more than 3,200 reviews, which is about as settled as a rating gets. Service is family style at shared tables on West Jones Street, dine-in only, with no takeout offered. The menu changes daily and is seasonal, drawing from fried chicken, sausage, beef stew and meat loaf, so not every item appears every day. The published price is $35 per person for ages 13 and older and $17.50 for ages 12 and under, tax included. Hours run 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, and the dining room closes for St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
2. Urban Deli
A 4.9 rating held up by more than 1,600 reviews, which is unusual at that level and the reason this counter on Habersham Street ranks so high. The kitchen makes sandwiches, salads, soups and pastries daily, and the coffee, latte and chai are worth knowing about if you want breakfast and lunch in one stop. The listed sandwich and salad combo pairs a full sandwich with a side salad for $18.00; a half-pound Greek salad runs $7.50. Hours are 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Friday and Saturday, and 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Sunday.
3. Green Truck Neighborhood Pub
A burger pub at 2430 Habersham with 4.7 stars from more than 3,100 reviews, meaning the score has been stress-tested by a very large crowd. The burger board includes the Park Burger and the Rustico Burger, with veggie patties and chicken options for anyone skipping beef. The kitchen also runs specials outside the burger lineup, such as a collard greens quesadilla and a corn and Brussels sprout chowder. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 11:30 am to 10:00 pm, so plan around Sunday. Saturday lunch is served on paper plates, which tells you how busy the room gets.
4. Al Salaam Deli
A deli at 2311 Habersham Street carrying 4.7 stars from more than 1,100 reviews. That combination puts it in the same evidence tier as Green Truck: a good rating that a lot of people have had a chance to drag down and have not. There are no menu or hours details in our research for this one, so call ahead or check before making the trip rather than trusting a third-party listing. It sits a short walk from Green Truck on the same street, which makes the stretch of Habersham south of Forsyth Park a reasonable place to end up hungry with no plan.
5. SIXBY
An all-day room at 220 E 41st Street where the entire menu is served from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, so breakfast at 2:00 pm is a normal order rather than a favor. Hours are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm most days, with a later close on Fridays and a First Friday service that runs from 6:00 pm into the evening. The rating is 4.7, but from 134 reviews, so treat it as promising rather than proven: a strong early consensus from a comparatively small number of diners. Best used as a late-morning stop when the downtown breakfast spots have a line.
6. SlowFireBBQ
Barbecue at 1902 Waters Avenue, open Thursday through Saturday, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, and closed Sunday through Wednesday. Specials have included brisket, dino beef ribs, smoked oxtails and brisket cheesesteaks, and the operation also runs a pop-up schedule and catering, so the address is not always the whole story. The rating is 4.9, but from 47 reviews, the thinnest evidence base here. Go because the hours and the specials suggest a small kitchen cooking a limited amount of meat, not because the number is high. Arrive early in the day on a Thursday or Friday if a specific cut matters to you.
What we left off
Two well-rated Savannah spots came up in research and were cut for fit rather than quality: Kava House and Service Brewing Co. are both bars, and this is a list of places to eat. No chains or closed businesses were removed.