Sober Travel Guide: Where to Drink in Savannah Without Alcohol
Savannah is a drinking city — it is one of the few places in America where you may legally carry a cocktail down the street — which makes the depth of its zero-proof drinking genuinely surprising. The city has exactly one fully alcohol-free room, Kava House on Bull Street, a veteran-owned kava and botanical tea café that stays open to 8pm every night. Everything else is a licensed bar that prints a real alcohol-free list. Husk Savannah runs a section headed SPIRIT-FREE on a menu it re-dates every few weeks, pouring Lyre's, ISH and Giffard non-alcoholic spirits and a South African sparkling Pinotage rosé. Peregrin, the rooftop at Perry Lane Hotel, lists four Seedlip- and Lyre's-built mocktails at a flat $12. Bar Julian, the tallest roof in the city, files its four under Booze-Free. Water Witch Tiki keeps a standing Non-Alcoholic section of tiki builds with house bitters, and Ardsley Station heads its own Zero-Proof. Alley Cat Lounge, the basement bar under Broughton Lane, keeps at least ten low- and no-alcohol cocktails on a menu that changes constantly, plus alcohol-free beer and cider. One caution worth carrying into any Savannah guide, including this one: drink names here rotate fast. Three of the venues below have replaced every zero-proof drink the city's own tourism guide credits them with, so the lists here come from menus checked this month.
Historic District
7 notable spots in this area.
Husk Savannah
★★★★★?Husk Savannah is the Georgia outpost of the Southern restaurant group founded by chef Sean Brock in Charleston, occupying a restored…
Order: NA Espresso Martini — Lyre's NA coffee and rum spirits, vanilla, coffee, NA bitters · In the Clear — ISH NA Caribbean spice spirit, Seedlip Grove, coconut, lime
Full details →Peregrin
★★★★★?Peregrin is the rooftop bar on top of the Perry Lane Hotel, an all-weather open-air lounge with a year-round pool, tropical planting and long views…
Order: Lilypad — Seedlip Garden, cucumber and mint simple, lemon, club soda · Sav Spirit — Giffard non-alcoholic elderflower, Lyre's NA brut, club soda
Full details →Alley Cat Lounge
★★★★★?Alley Cat Lounge is a basement cocktail bar reached from Broughton Lane, the service alley behind Savannah's main shopping street, in an 1870s brick…
Full details →ARCO is a cocktail lounge and coastal-seafood room set inside an 1860 Victorian building on Bay Street, entered off Factor's Walk and framed by the…
Full details →Repeal 33
★★★★★?Repeal 33 is a bar and restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, named for the amendment that ended Prohibition and built around an inventive…
Full details →Savoy Society
★★★★★?Savoy Society occupies the ground floor of Drayton Tower, the mid-century modernist apartment block on Liberty Street, and runs as a late-night bar…
Full details →Zunzibar
★★★★★?Zunzibar is the coastal American restaurant and bar attached to Zunzi's on Drayton Street, with a large outdoor patio, live music programming and a…
Full details →
Thomas Square
2 notable spots in this area.
Kava House
★★★★★?Kava House is Savannah's first kava and nootropic tea café, a locally and veteran-owned room on Bull Street in Thomas Square that serves no alcohol…
Full details →The Perch
★★★★★?The Perch is the rooftop bar above Local 11ten Food & Wine, a fine-dining room on Bull Street just south of Forsyth Park, set among the oak canopy…
Full details →
Ardsley Park
1 notable spot in this area.
Ardsley Station
★★★★★?Ardsley Station is a neighbourhood restaurant on Victory Drive at the edge of Ardsley Park, away from the tourist blocks, serving Southern plates…
Order: Cit-rus Got Real — rosemary, orgeat, lemon, soda · Downshift — Amethyst blueberry-ginger, seasonal fruit, lemon, mint, soda
Full details →
Eastern Wharf
1 notable spot in this area.
Bar Julian
★★★★★?Bar Julian is the rooftop bar on top of Thompson Savannah in the Eastern Wharf development, the tallest roof in the city, looking straight down the…
Order: Perfect Timing — zero-proof agave spirit, acidified pineapple, agave, saline · Turning a Page — zero-proof London dry, clarified chai concentrate, raspberry, lemon
Full details →
Starland District
1 notable spot in this area.
Water Witch Tiki
★★★★★?Water Witch Tiki is a 21-and-over tiki bar in the Starland District, a dark, densely decorated room on Bull Street that takes its rum programme…
Order: Fountain of Youth — chamomile tea, green cardamom, sage, lemon, plant-based foam, grapefruit bitters · Tarmarindo — tamarind-mango-mint purée, coconut, toasted rice syrup, pineapple, lime, Thai bitters
Full details →
Plan your visit
Best day for sober nightlife
Fridays and Saturdays bring the strongest crowds at most NA-friendly venues. For quieter experiences and easier walk-in seating, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are ideal.
Combining venues
Most Savannah venues in Historic District are within walking distance of each other, making a 2-3 stop evening on foot realistic.
NA brands available across Savannah
Verified from individual venue menus. Not exhaustive — house-crafted programs without commercial brand assignments are common.
Frequently asked about visiting Savannah sober
Savannah is a drinking city — it is one of the few places in America where you may legally carry a cocktail down the street — which makes the depth of its zero-proof drinking genuinely surprising. The city has exactly one fully alcohol-free room, Kava House on Bull Street, a veteran-owned kava and botanical tea café that stays open to 8pm every night. Everything else is a licensed bar that prints a real alcohol-free list. Husk Savannah runs a section headed SPIRIT-FREE on a menu it re-dates every few weeks, pouring Lyre's, ISH and Giffard non-alcoholic spirits and a South African sparkling Pinotage rosé. Peregrin, the rooftop at Perry Lane Hotel, lists four Seedlip- and Lyre's-built mocktails at a flat $12. Bar Julian, the tallest roof in the city, files its four under Booze-Free. Water Witch Tiki keeps a standing Non-Alcoholic section of tiki builds with house bitters, and Ardsley Station heads its own Zero-Proof. Alley Cat Lounge, the basement bar under Broughton Lane, keeps at least ten low- and no-alcohol cocktails on a menu that changes constantly, plus alcohol-free beer and cider. One caution worth carrying into any Savannah guide, including this one: drink names here rotate fast. Three of the venues below have replaced every zero-proof drink the city's own tourism guide credits them with, so the lists here come from menus checked this month.
New venues in your area
Tell us where you are and we'll email you when we add or verify a great non-alcoholic spot near you. About one short email a week. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.