Welcome dinner and rehearsal dinner restaurants in Savannah

Booking a group dinner in Savannah

• Ask for a private dining room or a prix fixe menu for groups over 10.
• Dinner usually from 6 to 9 pm. Popular restaurants book up weeks ahead.
• Tipping: Expected: 18 to 22% in restaurants. Large groups often get an automatic gratuity.
• Book two to three months ahead for groups over 20, especially in high season (March to May, October to November).
• Ask about deposits, minimum spend and the cancellation policy in writing.
• Plan transport back to the hotels. Tybee Island is a 30-minute drive. Use rideshare or a group shuttle.

For a splurge night

• The Grey Historic district
  Inside a restored 1938 Greyhound bus station.
• The Olde Pink House Reynolds Square
  Elegant dining in an 18th-century mansion.
• Elizabeth on 37th Victorian district
  Refined Southern cooking in a 1900 mansion.
• Husk Savannah Historic district
  Strictly Southern ingredients, from the Charleston original's team.

Or make the welcome night an activity

• Ghost tour of America's most haunted city. Haunted houses, cemeteries and legends after dark.
• Haunted pub crawl. Historic taverns with ghost stories between drinks. Great for a wedding crew.
• Riverboat sunset dinner cruise. A paddlewheel boat on the Savannah River with dinner or drinks.
• Evening horse-drawn carriage ride. A romantic ride through the lamplit squares.