Jeff L.
Yelp
The Hamilton-Turner Inn is a historic inn located on a beautiful quiet square in the heart of Savannah's Historic District. While we stayed only one night, I watched multiple trolley tours stop in front to mention this place. For an old grand Southern mansion, it's remarkably well maintained.
We stayed in the Juliette Gordon Low room, located on the third floor. As others have mentioned, if you have heavy luggage or for other reasons don't want to take stairs, this might not be the best room. They appear to be multiple first floor and basement level rooms as well. But we found the Juliette Gordon Low room to be clean, cozy, and comfortable. They have wifi throughout the building and DirectTV in the room. Checking in on Yelp got us a bottle of Cava which was nothing special but still a much appreciated gesture.
Other amenities include a large first floor dining room, where breakfast is served but which we also commandeered at dinner time to finish off our lunch from earlier in the day. They also have baked goods in the afternoon, a wine and appetizer social in the early evening, and Port at night.
The people who took care of us at Hamilton-Turner Inn were outstanding. The guy who handled our check-in helped us find street parking around the corner and brought in some of our groceries from the car, before eventually escorting us to the room and bringing leftovers to the basement fridge. The innkeeper, who we met the next morning at breakfast, was also a very gracious host.
My only issue was with the breakfast, and this may be a matter of personal preference. They have a breakfast entree each morning (which they post the afternoon before) and during our stay, it was a described as a "Southern-style Croque Madame." While other guests appeared to really enjoy it (one asked if he could lick the plate), I found it to be insanely salty. It's as if they poured salt on the ham, the eggs, and the Hollandaise sauce before putting it on a biscuit. I could only eat about a quarter of the dish before giving up. My g.f. was equally unable to tolerate more than I few bites. Thankfully they also offer homemade granola, yogurt, and fresh fruit so we sated ourselves on that before leaving.
Overall, a great place to stay, quiet and comfortable, easily walkable to all of the major sites in historic Savannah. High marks for the service, particularly the guys working in the afternoon and evening. I'd stay there again, but maybe request a lot less salt in the breakfast.