Where to eat in Savannah
The Olde Pink House
The Olde Pink House is a very popular dining destination on Savannah, and since it was highly recommended, I decided that was where we would dine for our first night in town. I highly recommend making reservations well in advance or show up right before they open and eat in the bar.
Located on Reynolds Square, it’s easy to find, as it is literally, an old pink house. Lit up at night and surrounded by lush plants, it’s very grand looking. The dining area is spread throughout the house and is pretty fancy.
Once we were seated, we started with fried oysters and fried green tomatoes with sweet corn cream. I particularly enjoyed the oysters as the breading was very nice and light and crisp.
Next up was the bread basket, and the biscuits tasted like they were soaked in butter, which I did not mind at all.
For my entree, I went with the Crispy Scored Flounder with an apricot shallot sauce and then it came with collards and grits. It was A LOT of food, but really tasty. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a whole flounder like this, and there were quite a lot of bones involved. And then after all that, there was no room for desert.
The Grey
Our second dinner in Savannah was at The Grey, which I was super excited about. It was the first thing I planned for our Charleston-Savannah trip. Reservations should be booked as far in advance as possible.
The restaurant is in a converted bus depot and has a fun atmosphere.
The menu is 3 courses selected from four different categories, dirt, water, pasture, and pantry. You can stick with one category the whole time or mix and match. There are also a few snacks and so we started with the fish dip.
For our dinner, we went with dirt and water. The first course for water was a tuna crudo with cucumber and tomato and for dirt it was beets with whipped feta.
For the second course, water was potato and grouper and dirt was sweet potato with quinoa and frisee.
And for the third course, water was striped bass with mushrooms and bok choy and dirt was pumpkin and swiss chard with berbere spices, which I thought was a very creative vegetarian main dish.
After that, we had a fun popsicle palate cleanser.
And for dessert, a very nice chocolate cake.