You can walk past some of the best rooms in Savannah and never know they are there. The old city was built with lanes behind the streets and basements under the shops, and bars moved into both.
Here are the ones we could source, with how to find each door. Every direction below comes from the place itself or from a named local source.
Savannah bars below street level
| Place | What it is | How to find it |
|---|---|---|
| Alley Cat Lounge | A cocktail bar in an 1870s basement | It is in the lane behind West Broughton Street, not on Broughton. Go down a flight of stairs |
| The Hot Eye | A bar under the Municipal Grand hotel | Enter from East Congress Lane and go down a flight, or go downstairs through the hotel |
| Jazz'd Tapas Bar | Tapas, martinis and live music | It is below street level at 52 Barnard Street. Take the stairs down |
| Broughton Street Bowl and Brew | Ten duckpin bowling lanes and a bar | It is in the basement of the old Woolworth's building at 129 E. Broughton Street |
| The Bootlegger | A bar inside the River Street Inn | Go into the River Street Inn at 115 E. River Street |
| The Peacock Lounge | A dressed-up cocktail lounge | It is below street level at 37 Whitaker Street |
Savannah bars hidden inside something else
| Place | What it is inside | How to find it |
|---|---|---|
| La Aparicion | A mojito bar | Walk to the back of Mint to Be Mojito Bar at 12 W. State Street, past the bathroom doors. The way in is a bookcase |
| The Hideaway | An escape-room business | Walk into The Escape Company at 30 Montgomery Street. You do not need a booking |
| Congress Street Up | The American Prohibition Museum | It is upstairs in City Market, next to Ellis Square. At night you do not need a museum ticket |
| American Legion Post 135 Lounge | A veterans' post | It is at 1108 Bull Street, just south of Forsyth Park |
| Betty Bombers | The same veterans' post | It is the diner inside the American Legion building at 1108 Bull Street |
| Perch | On the roof of a restaurant | It is above Local 11ten at 1110 Bull Street |
Savannah rooms you reach through a courtyard
Garden Square opened in November 2025 behind 2400 Bull Street. You reach it through a courtyard off 40th Street. At The Rail Pub in City Market, the courtyard is out the back, through the bar.
The American Legion bar is the one locals name first
When someone on Reddit asked for a dive bar near Forsyth Park in 2026, American Legion Post 135 was the runaway answer. A local food site called it the most overlooked dive in town. Bring cash.
One hidden bar looks closed. Mata Hari's, the speakeasy on Lower Factors Walk, is marked closed on two map listings and has had no event listed since December 2025. A local magazine left it out of its April 2026 speakeasy roundup. The city's tourism site still sends people there. We could not confirm the closing date, so check before you go.
Not open yet: a lounge called V was announced for the space under La Vetta on Broughton Street. La Vetta opened in August 2026. We found nothing that shows V has opened.
Know a door we missed? Tell us. That is how this list gets longer.