Savannah Restaurant Guide

Please open a Hilliards in SouthWest Orlando !! We miss Hilliards so much !!!

I've been eating at Carey Hilliards for the past 25 years...the food and service is ALWAYS great. And now they have the "value" menu so I can eat for about $5....and not be miserably full when I leave there. We ate at the one in pooler last night and it was awesome! I've eaten at Hilliards hundreds of times and am always ready to go back!

Carey Hilliards is an excelent place to eat. Dont listen to all of the yankees above they dont know what they are talkin about.

i love their chicken fingers they are way better than applebee's come in close competitin with spanky's their bbq,brunswick stew and onion rings are super good ik like their salads and their tea is 100xs better than mcdonald's!!

Hungry and weary from long drive for a funeral we expected a decent lunch. 11:30 09/27/09, my husband, sister, mother and myself (63, 49, 82, 62 respectively). Ordered 4 BBQ plates w Brunswick Stew, pulled pork & slaw. Brunswick Stew? We could not eat the vinegary, spicey concoction that did not resemble Brunswick Stew. Pork was smoothered in cold sauce. Loaf bread had the cut edges only dunked/saturated in "butter". Cole slaw was dry. Within 30 minutes of leaving restaurant onto I 95 south, two of his were sick with diarrhea and had to make multiple stops. 3rd was sick before arriving home. The WORST restaurant food I've ever encountered! Pitiful. More attention to the food and less to decor would be in this business' best interest. NEVER again. Were we local I would have called the health department. I would not offer a single star for food, 1 was the only option.

Went to drive through ordered a salad and received hard lettuce. Worst salad I have ever had from this restaurant.

I have visited the Carey Hilliards many times. Every time I go the food gets worse and worse. They served my family re-fried fries “horrible”. I do not understand what kind of establishment would do such a thing. Nevertheless they even sold me some so called fish bites, which I have eaten before and now it’s a different fish and breading; but yet they charge more for a worse dish. The fish was thin as an Au Gratin potato, not to mention it was hard and inedible. It took nearly 30 minutes for them to cook my food, and then it was bad food when they finally brought it. The Mac & Cheese simply tasted cheap, pretty sure its powdered cheese, not quality...!!! They have a big sign that says no cell phones and I walk in and the hostess that should be greeting us is texting her boyfriend. This restaurant has poor quality food, inconsistent service and food, and an unprofessional staff. I would advise anyone, do not waste your time or money on Carey Hilliards.

I have been eating here since I was a child. I now live in Fl. Recently was in Savannah for vacation. I love the BBQ plate, but for the first time, I could not eat the Brunswick stew. It was so spicy and hot I was unable to eat it. It was NEVER this hot ever before. You have lost several loyal customers in Savannah because of this. I wish you could make the stew like you used to and you would have all of us come back.

I always thought CH has one of the best shrimp salad's around, after tonight I won't eat them any more and may not eat there at all. The shrimp salad tasted like it has minced canned shrimp, it was eatable but barely

I grew up eating at carey Hilliards. The service is fast and the food comes out quick. My mom worked for The original Mr Hilliard in the 60s on Skidway Road. My Favorite is the Bq Plate. I alway's order the same thing. I love the sweet tea.. I also like the hamburger steak and club sandwich. I will continue to eat there until I am dead and gone. I eat once a month. We need one in Richmond hill, Ga. I would eat out more often. Consider one closer to the Hill.

Sincerely,
Loyal customer

I've eaten at Hilliard's on Skidaway (and all other locations) since it opened. I also ate REGULARLY at Bill Hilliard's in Thunderbolt.

I give ALL 3's because Hilliard's, once "Savannah's Favorite" is no longer consistent. You simply take "pot luck" when you go to ANY of their locations. Sometimes food is good, sometimes service is good, sometimes the restaurants are clean, etc.

Maybe Timmy needs to look real hard at his establishments and CLEAN HOUSE...........Savannah deserves better!

This place is stuck in the 70's. The owners are so out of touch. This is the type of place that I go when I have been doing yard work or cleaning fish and havent had a shower yet. The music that they have playing is enough to make you puke.

Horrible place to eat! My boyfriend and I wanted to try something new today so we decided to try one of Savannah's well known restaurants. Needless to say, i was not pleased.I guess our waitress was new cause she sucked ( coming from a waitress myself). Our appetizers took forever to come out, and when they finally appeared our waitress informed us that our food was ready! REALLY! how long does it take to scoop some soup in a bowl and chill some shrimp with cocktail sauce? My crab stew had obviously been sitting out for a while cause a film had covered it, so we sent them back. The food was cold and HORRIBLE. You could tell it had been sitting under the heat lamp. But the real sad thing was..people around us were also complaining how slow service was, and it was not even busy.. here is a good tip, if you want good local food, eat at the SHELL HOUSE.

savannah restaurant on Waters Ave needs new waitresses to brighten up the place. The food is no good... it's just sad.

My mother and I were traveling from New Jersey and we pulled over at Carey Hilliards in Pooler. We ordered the seafood platter and the shrimp platter. This was tv dinner food absolutely the worse food at a restaurant we have ever eaten at. The shrimp were about a 1/4 inch tyre the type you would use in a shrimp salad. It was pathetic! We were laughing and thought we were on candid camera. We got up, paid our bill and left! Learn how to do it right Carey!

I will never eat at this place again.

I'm from Savannah and recently moved to Pooler. The past few times I've ordered 'to go', either the order was wrong or food tasted terrible. I decided to give it one more chance and ordered a BQ plate with cheesy potato..which was an extra charge. The BQ tasted like it had been sitting in water (mushy) and the potato dish consisted of a cheesy paste and was not served it a potato shell. I called to complain and got an 'I'm sorry'. If the weather was better outside, I would have returned. The manager told me I could bring it back tomorrow and they would exchange. Right...

I like all of the Carey Hilliard's, but I especially enjoy the one in Pooler. You want some really good food, go there and order the chicken and ask for it to be "made from scratch." Best dinner ever!!!

great place to just ask for your food to be freshly cooked.

HAD THE SEAFOOD PLATTER, EXCELLENT!! A FAMILY RESTAURANT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT IN THE 60'S AND HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE. NOT A FANCY PLACE BUT I ENJOYED VERY MUCH. EVERY ONE WAS VERY COURTEOUS. GENUINE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. SEAFOOD WAS TOP FLIGHT AND VERY REASONABLE. OFTEN EVEN IN THE FANCIER RESTAURANTS THE SEAFO0D TASTES "FISHY", NOT SO HERE AND MY PLATTER ON THE MENU GOES FOR $12.59, I THINK IT WAS ON SPECIAL FOR $11.50.

I am from Savannah but for the past 10+ years have lived outside of GA. Anytime I go to Savannah, I eat at Carey Hilliards. Usually once a day, though I have found myself eating lunch and dinner there. I am always telling my family to UPS Carey Hilliard's to me. They can put it on dry ice and send it to me in TX. If I were able, I would buy a franchise and open a CH in Plano (people in TX DO NOT know good seafood!)

Carey Hilliards is easily the best restaurant in Savannah!! Everytime I eat there the food and service are both amazing. I have never been dissapointed. I highly recommend Carey Hilliards if you are looking for fast, friendly service.

The Carey Hilliards Restaurants used to be good restaurants, but have gone down in quality in all areas. The Waters Avenue location in Savannah is especially bad.

Me and my family always come to carey hillard`s to eat they have some good shrimp and french fries!!!!

In the past I have eaten at Carey Hilliards and was sad to find that the food and service was not what it use to be. We ordered the crab chowder and for almost $10.00 a "CUP" you would think they would remove the bones from the crab meat. It was terrible having to pick stuff out of your mouth with every bite. Service was extremely slow and the waitress never came to check on us. We were there over an hour before they brought out our childs plate, BarBQ plate and a BarBQ sandwich. The brunswick stew that came with that food tasted old and burned. No waitress to complain to and when we did get our bill from the waitress we told her and her answer was oh you should have flagged me down and told me. I am sorry to say we were Very Unhappy with our visit.

WATCH YOUR CHANGE!!!!!! When you pay your ticket at Carey Hilliard's the waitresses will short change you to get their tip before you can leave them one. I've had this happen to me repeatedly!!! I WILL NOT be eating at Carey Hilliard's again.

We live in Effingham county just outside Savannah, Ga. We have eaten at the relatively new Carey Hilliards in Pooler several times. Each time the food and service gets worse. The restaurant looks like its been open for years(dirty,rundown). Yesterday we waited 20 minutes to sit down and it took over an hour to get our food after we ordered. The burgers and fries were cold, the salad small and tasteless, and the pork sandwich also cold and poorly assembled. The couple next to us left after an hour without getting their food. The waitress apologized as if it was common affair there. It is! Save yourself, eat somewhere else or don't eat at all , you'll be better off! We will never go there again. I can't say eat there again because you can't call what you get there food! Shameful establishment.

This is the best "southern" cooking restaurant in Savannah! There are several locations. Very kid friendly, but can be noisy and crowded. Very good chicken!! Good service, too. I have been back to Savannah several times, and each time this place has been very good! Very popular!

I am a Native of Savannah, and Carey Hillards has always been a very nice place to dine, but lately, it has gone down hill. I am so upset because I eat out at least 2 times per week, and I use to frequent Carey Hillards alot. Today I went there and the sweet tea was awful, it use to be the best in town. The waiter was new. He did not tell us he was new, but you could tell because he took our order, and then repeated it back wrong, re-took our order, repeated it back wrong again. We went back and forth from the begining about 3 times. I don't see a four piece chicken finger plate and brunswick stew being that hard to write down. We ordered appetizer's, and they ended up coming with our meal about 30 minutes later. This normally only took Carey Hillards 15-20 minutes in the past. It was only myself and my husband. After telling the cashier about our terrible experience, she just said she was "sorry", and we paid. I told her that I would call corporate (Abercorn) because that was my worst experience ever. I am the person who usually ask for the manager to compliment people because they deserve it. I don't recommended anyone go to Carey Hillards until they get back to the old ways. They need to remove their employees who don't care about their job, and get the ones who care about the customer back.

3rd straight dinning experience where our food quality was horrible and the service was really bad. When I told the waiter and cashier / manager I was dissatified with the quality of food they replied "that they were sorry". In other words, its the normal news to them. No big deal, just pay and move along. Additionally, the booth area where we sat was filthy. I will not eat at this restaurant again. Its over for me after 20+ years of dinning at Carey Hilliards. Barnes here I come.

I am originally from Savannah Georgia and I grew up eating at this fine resturaunt...but as of late as they keep expanding their quality is going DOWN HILL! I recently ate at the one in Pooler, GA (which is a suburb of Savannah.) and my seafood was so greasy I had heartburn for the rest of the day. My waiter was a RUDE German kid...I could barely understand what he was saying because his accent was so thick, and I actually saw a roach crawling on the wood on the booth. The only thing that is good anymore is they still give you crayons and a placemat to color! I say stay away until they clean their act up!

The fish and shrimp platter is delicious!

Good family resturant with excellent prices for the value. Ask for the Waiter "Bill" he was friendly and efficient.

I always like eating at Hilliards when I come into Savannah from Columbia, SC. The seafood is great. I especially enjoy the shrimp and oysters.

I am originally from Savannah but have lived in NC for the past 20 yrs. I plan trips to Savannah for one reason only ... to go to Carey Hilliard's!! In fact I'm headed down again in April 06 for several days and I anticipate that I will eat there 4 or 5 times during my stay!! CH has always had great food at a great price and their tea is absolutely the best on the planet!!

WOW! HEAVEN ON EARTH!-JUST WHEN YOU THINK THE UNIVERSE IS AGAINST YOU, WE STUMBLED UPON THIS AMAZING RESTAURANT! SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! SEAFOOD, BBQ, BURGERS, CHICKEN, EAT FROM YOUR CAR, OR DINE INSIDE (W/AMAZINGLY CLEAN WINDOWS! FROM THE CEILIN' TO THE FLOOR!). AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT MISSING IT, JUST GO DOWN 95 AND LOOK FOR THE NEON LIGHT BOARD! HAVE YOUR CAMERA'S READY! DEFINATELY AN EXPERIANCE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET! THANK YOU CARY HILLIARDS, FOR CHANGING MY LIFE! THAT DAY SURE WAS STRONG!!

we visited this restaurant while on vacation one year and this is the only restaurant that we really ate at. the food was great as well as the service

the only thing good about this place is nothing small portions on the boiled meat they call BBQ but the parking was ok i used to always go they in savannah but now since they are getting so cheap and sloppy on portions i can only afford to visit there when i get my bonus check

Hi I live in Effingham and have had a pretty good experiance with all of the carey hillaiards. But I visited the one in Pooler, Ga Thursday, April 14 and had chicken. That night I began having stomach cramps and vomiting. I must have vomited at least 8 times. This was caused from food poisining from the chicken. Just as a precation if you go there stay away from the chicken!!

I am not sure about this carrey hillards but they have one in pooler. Let me just say dont pay with your debit card. The food was good and the service was good but when you pay with your debit card they automatically take out 20% for a tip without telling you. So if you leave a cash tip on the table you will also be charged for one on your bill. This happened to me technicaly left a 40%. I will never go back!!!!

While the food was good and the restaurant obviously cared for, the waitress was terrible. She knew little English, her hair was an oily mess and was slovenly in appearance. What a disappointment.

The food is always excellent and served in a timely manner.They have some of the leanest pork b-b-q I have ever had, and it is really tasty.

My family and I come to the Savannah area twice a year. Every visit we make sure to stop at Carey Hilliards for the best bar-b-que around. They are reasonably priced, child friendly and the food is great quality for the price. I fed a family of 5 for under $40.00 WOW!!!! If you decide to stop make sure to try the Brunswick stew it is spicey but excellent!