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Savannah's Port City Walking Food Tour

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Savannah Historic and Secret East Side Food Tour

3 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Stroll through the east side of Savannah's Historic District to sample food at 6 restaurants on this lunchtime culinary walking tour. With a food-loving guide and a small group of 16 people or less, explore both hidden gems and well-known hot spots. During this outing, taste local delicacies like fried green tomatoes, chopped pork sandwich and en papillote chicken. Listen as your local guide fills you in on Savannah's distinctive culture and tumultuous history; the food and conversation add up to a tour that's both gastronomically and intellectually satisfying.

Food walking tour of Savannah Historic District's east side
Learn about Savannah's history, architecture and culture from your local guide
Small-group tour limited to 16 people ensures more personalized attention from your guide
Sample foods such as pimento cheese croissants, en papillote chicken sandwiches and Belgium Liege Waffles.

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

This tour sets itself apart by giving you a map of all the stops, so you can go back again and again.

What's Included

3-Hour Historic Walking Food Tour of Savannah's Historic District
Learning the true culinary identity of Savannah (not just cliche southern flavors avail. anywhere)
Food Tastings from 6 restaurants & specialty food shops
Drift through the famed, live-oak-lined squares of Savannah
Local/Professional Guide
Map of Tour Route
Water (additional Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverages are available for purchase)

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Zunzi's
236 Drayton St, Savannah, GA 31401, USA
Zunzi's is on the corner of Drayton St and Perry St. If you are running late or having trouble locating us, please call us.

End point

Savannah Taste Experience Food Tours
108 W Broughton St, Savannah, GA 31401, USA

What To Expect

Meet your local guide and small tour group of 16 people or less in Savannah's Historic District. Meander through the tranquil, elegant squares on the district's east side, learning about Savannah's southern culture and rich history as you walk past many examples of the city's elegant architecture. During the 1.1-mile (1.77 km) walk, your first stop will be at Smith Brothers Butcher Shop, which dates from 1924 and is more than just your average butcher shop. At each of the subsequent stops, taste bites like chicken sandwiches en papillote, chopped BBQ pork, fried green tomato and peach cobbler waffles. Possible locations include Zunzi's Takeout, 17Hundred90 Inn & Restaurant, Mirabelle Cafe and Wall's BBQ. Your culinary exploration of Savannah's most famous restaurants and best-kept secrets, includes all tastings, tales and plenty of fun, and ends only a few blocks from the starting location. You'll depart with a map that makes it easy to go back to your favorites later.

Savannah Historic District

Admission Ticket Free

Columbia Square (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Please included your Contact phone# at checkout as this is only used in case the Tour Guide needs to contact you.
Please advise of any allergies or other dietary restrictions in the special requirements section of the booking page. *IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the nature of Savannah's unique cuisine and the distinctive culinary dishes highlighted on our tours, we are unable to provide gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan alternative tastings on our tours. We CAN, however, provide accommodations for seafood allergies, nut allergies, pescatarian, and vegetarian options at most locations. If any of these restriction apply to you, please send us an email (info in ticket). Additionally, because our tours have such a limited size we cannot offer a reduced ticket price due to dietary restrictions. Thank you for your understanding. We can't wait to show you a deliciously fun time in Savannah.

If you are traveling with infant, please advise at the time of booking under special requirements
Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
May not be appropriate for all children; please exercise discretion as this tour requires standing, walking, and listening to history/stories for 3 hours
All tastings add up to a lunch portion; eating breakfast before attending the tour is advised
Alcoholic beverages must be in a plastic or Styrofoam cup and only one alcoholic beverage is allowed at a time; failure to comply can result in a fine by Savannah Police
A maximum of 14 people per booking
If you are running late or having trouble locating us, please call us.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Connie_W

Shannon was a very entertaining and enthusiastic guide! We enjoyed all the stops and the food was delicious! I would highly recommend this tour for anyone looking for a bit more than just a history tour!

Reviews

4.5

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Ok food tour. Not so many sports bars please

Kathleen_S, Apr 2024

I enjoyed the tour although I expected more food featuring African (Gullah) influence and seafood. Too much fried food ( every single offering was fried) and mostly “ sports bars” more designed for the drinking customers.

Glad I wasn’t hungry

Denice_G, Apr 2024

Our tour guide was most informative. The food provided was limited. Possibly the least I’ve experienced on a walking food tour. I was disappointed that the fried green tomatoes were not included as the write up said. Time to update please.

The tasting of Savannah’s delicious cuisine

Debra_O, Apr 2024

Amazing!! This 3 hour tour was a highlight of our trip! We got to sample so many delicious dishes of Savannah’s signature cuisine! Our tour guide Gail was so knowledgeable, patient & passionate about Savannah’s history & delicious cuisine! Our group was filled with such great people from all over the US that made it even better!

Amazing tour!!

Gregg_H, Apr 2024

Anne did an amazing job for our tour. She was incredibly knowledgeable, courteous and full of amazing information about the city and the places we stopped.

Wonderful food

STEVEN_G, Apr 2024

Our tour guide Brenden was great. Good we had was very good and the stories about it was grest. Highly recommended!

Really Enjoyable

Dino_C, Apr 2024

Not only was the food pretty good but Joshua explained a lot of the history of Savannah stopping at many of the squares.

Great guide and really enjoyed the food choices

REGINA_K, Apr 2024

Wonderful and fun food tour and great guide. At the stops, I enjoyed various foods that I may never have tried. The staff is great and very helpful.

Excellent Tour, we thoroughly enjoyed our day.

Marisa_M, Apr 2024

We enjoyed touring SAV with Shannon. She is knowledgeable, we loved her sense of humor. I have visited SAV in the past and took the walking food tour. This is a first tour for the others in my party. They continue to rave about the date, Shannon and the food selections. Will participate again.

Shannon is the bomb!

Lynn_C, Apr 2024

Shannon our tour guide was so knowledgeable and funny. She has a way of making everyone feel welcome and heard. The tour was really great. Hands down the seafood gnocchi was the group’s favorite!

Fantastic experience

Mary_B, Apr 2024

Brenden was a fantastic tour guide! We enjoyed the variety of foods sampled. Brenden made each stop unique.

History and MORE!

Connie_W, Apr 2024

Savannah foodie

Judy_D, Apr 2024

I loved walking around and hearing the history of the city while eating our way through it. Passed a lot of places that he’d stop and tell us history of. If he wasn’t with us I’d pass it and not even blink an eye. Very worth doing. Would do it again.

Unique food tour around Savannah with Country the best guide

Elaine_P, Apr 2024

We met Country, our tour guide at our first stop Zunzi’s. We loved the Ceasar chicken sandwich. Country was entertaining, funny and very knowledgeable of Savannah’s food, culture and history. At various food restaurants we sampled; pimento cream cheese on bagels, shrimp and grits, cheese straws, gnocchi’s and ice cream …all delicious. We actually went back to Zunzi’s the next day for another sandwich. We met nice people on the tour Take this tour, hope your guide is Country!

Food and fun.

Susan_W, Apr 2024

Brenden was absolutely amazing! We had so much fun. He was informative, funny, made the tour an absolute blast. Would highly recommend this tour!

Savannah hospitality at its finest

Melissa_R, Apr 2024

Loved this tour! What is Savannah without its hospitality? We got the greatest hits from biscuits, to cheese straws, shrimp and grits, along with a modern twist on culinary classics--she crab soup with gnocchi and a drizzle of truffle oil, for example. Our guide Sally was excellent. A former teacher--and as we discovered, teachers make GREAT tour guides--Sally was entertaining, personable, and knowledgeable about her culinary facts and the city's history. She spaced out all of our stops perfectly so we didn't feel taxed or overly stuffed. Just right. Highly recommend!

A must do tour of Savannah

JJ_C, Apr 2024

Sally was the most memorable part of the experience! Her personality, attitude and all around sensibility was infectious! We loved her. Enjoyed the tour. It was a great way to learn history and food in Savannah.

Highly recommend tour

Mirjam_G, Mar 2024

Shanon was an exceptional guide. Knowledgeable and funny. The food was amazing, great choices of southern delights. Highly recommended!! Thank you Shanon ❤️

Bad good. Fun tour guide.

Etisha_G, Mar 2024

Food was disappointing to say the least. The tour guide was nice though. He was funny, kind, & entertaining.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you for the vague review. It would have been nice to know what about tasting: Georgia's best sandwich (and runner-up to best sandwich in the US), award-winning pimento cheese bagels, blue crab truffle gnocchi, Savannah's best shrimp'n'grits, and world-renowned Leopold's ice cream was "disappointing". Glad that you enjoyed the tour otherwise, but this review is vague "to say the least".

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Jack_F, Mar 2024

Would like to have been exposed to more traditional Georgia foods like collards w/pepper sauce; boiled peanuts; khachapuri; peach cobbler. A chicken hogie, and gnocchi I can get anywhere. The Leopold Ice Cream was good .

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you for your review. While we do offer a tour that focuses more on "Southern" foods (those you listed are not Georgian foods, but something you can find anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line - Georgia isn't even a large producer of Peaches (California and South Carolina produce more), which you would have learned on the tour), the tour you chose is called "Port City" because it focuses on how Savannah's cuisine is heavily influenced by its Port. By taking the Port City food tour you would have learned what Savannah's cuisine really is . . . and it is not just like every other southern city. And by the way, it wasn't a "chicken hoagie", it was Zunzi's conquistador sandwich - voted best sandwich in Georgia, and runner-up for the best sandwich in the US. It is a blend of Italian flavors, Romanian cooking styles and Southern flare . . . exactly the kind of international influence on local flavors and cooking that the Port City food tour is designed to highlight. Additionally, that gnocchi you mentioned was a blue crab gnocchi using local blue crabs . . . so no, you can't get that anywhere. Nevertheless, it is clear that despite describing the purpose of this tour in every marketing opportunity we have and in every descriptive place we can, we obviously didn't make it clear enough for some guests. As such, your review has been helpful in illuminating that not all guests read the details and that we should be more blunt. Thanks again for the opportunity to address your misunderstanding of what "Port City" food tour means.

Fun Way to Experience the City

pzs66x79dc, Mar 2024

Food was excellent. Tour guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. Kept a comfortable pace. Was able to answer any questions or expand on the info shared.

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