Savannah Blue
1431 Times Square, Detroit, MI 48226
The Shooki Review
SavannahBlue is downtown Detroit's standard-bearer for contemporary soul food — "Northern Soul" cooking tucked up two flights of stairs off Times Square, right by the People Mover. Honey-butter corn muffins, shrimp and grits, catfish, proper cocktails, and a room reviewers keep calling a date-night lock, with hospitality so warm people name-drop their servers in reviews. Nearly 2,800 Google reviews sitting at a 4.3 back all of it up.
Now, the restrooms. Here's a rarity: the bathrooms keep coming up in reviews — in a good way. Reviewers consistently describe them as strikingly decorated, to the point that people actually take photos in them before heading back to the table. When a restaurant's restrooms show up in reviews as a photo op instead of a warning, that tells you the care that went into the dining room made it past the restroom door too. One reviewer did catch them short on paper towels once, which is about the only reason this isn't flirting with a higher number — but by all accounts, this is one of downtown's better pit stops. Dress nice, budget for the stairs, and don't be surprised if you leave with a bathroom selfie.
Savannah Blue lands at an 8/10 on Shooki.
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Accessibility & Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible restroom — unknown
- Step-free entrance — unknown
- Gender-neutral restroom — unknown
- Baby changing station — unknown
- Key or code required — unknown
What Google Reviewers Say
4.3 on Google · 2,758 reviews · Read on Google →
Reviewers celebrate SavannahBlue as downtown's contemporary soul food standard-bearer — 'Northern Soul' cooking where the honey-butter corn muffins, shrimp and grits, and catfish arrive with a soundtrack and a room built for date nights. Warm hospitality is the through-line, with servers praised by name. Two practical notes that recur: entry is up two flights of stairs, and the strikingly decorated bathrooms are a running theme in reviews — people photograph them.