Tours That Know the City Cold
Savannah Taste Experience runs four distinct walking routes, and each one is built around a real point of view about what makes the city worth eating through. The Historic District food tour puts six handpicked restaurant stops across 1.25 miles, including places that don't show up on any tourist map. The First Squares Food Tour anchors every bite to the city's founding squares, pairing cheese straws and shrimp and grits with the neighborhood stories that give the food context. The cocktail and food tour threads through the city's best bars with four signature drinks and three paired small plates over 2.5 hours, starting at the American Prohibition Museum and finishing near Chippewa Square. And for groups who want the whole experience to themselves, the private cocktail and appetizers tour takes over Savannah's most atmospheric speakeasies and cocktail lounges with a route shaped around your crew's taste preferences before you even show up.
Tybee Has Its Own Tour, and It Involves Bikes
Twenty minutes east of the Historic District, Tybee Island runs on a completely different energy, and the Tybee Island Food and Bike Tour leans into that fully. Guests check in at TIMS Bikes, hop on beach cruisers, and spend 3.5 hours riding the island's coastal streets with a guide who knows every stop personally. The route passes the Tybee Island Lighthouse, hits Salt Island Fish and Beer for two pounds of fresh local shrimp, swings through Back River Brewery for a craft beer tasting, and wraps up at Zunzibar for nachos and coconut cocktails. Three alcoholic drinks are included, the bike and helmet are covered, and the guide handles every detail. One reviewer from a corporate group summed it up well: the guide was outstanding, the food was all hidden gems, and they'd recommend it to anyone. The tour ends just up the street from where it starts, so your afternoon stays intact.
For Groups That Want to Eat Without Planning
Savannah Taste Experience was built for group travel, and it shows in the details. No one has to manage reservations, split checks, or coordinate twelve people through a door at peak dinner hour. You show up, your guide has the route, the stops are reserved, and the food is coming. Bachelorette weekends, milestone birthdays, corporate retreats, and friend reunions all move through these tours with the same easy rhythm. The format naturally brings groups together because everyone's reacting to the same bite at the same time, and the guides are genuinely funny, the kind of person you'd want showing you around a city they clearly love. For groups that don't want to touch down in Savannah and immediately start managing logistics, this is how you skip that entirely.
Local Flavors You Can Take Home or Unwrap the Moment You Check In
Not every part of the experience has to be a walk. The gourmet goodie bags are filled with treats from Savannah Candy Kitchen, Hale Tea, Savannah Rae's, and other local makers, and they come in Basic or Deluxe options with custom curation available for larger groups. If you want something waiting at your rental when you arrive, the Southern snack basket delivers pecan pralines, cheese straws, pickled okra, artisanal popcorn, and a welcome note from the Savannah Taste Experience crew directly to your door, no errand runs required. Both options are shelf-stable, carry-on friendly, and built to feel like Savannah in a bag rather than an airport gift shop afterthought.
👉 Book the Savannah Food Tour: Historic District Walks + All Tastings
👉 Book the Tybee Island Food and Bike Tour - Bars, Bites & Beach Cruisers
👉 Book the Savannah Cocktail and Food Tour - Historic District Bar Bites
👉 Book the First Squares Food Tour
👉 Book the Private Cocktail and Appetizers Tour in Savannah
👉 Book the Gourmet Goodie Bags
👉 Book the Southern Snack Basket Delivered to Your Rental