Gospel Dinner Cruise on The Savannah River

On Monday evenings in Savannah, you can be uplifted and filled with the sounds of gospel music and delicious soul food.

During a two-hour dinner cruise on the Savannah River, both tourists and locals can enjoy a spirited evening hosted by Savannah RiverBoat Cruises .

Last Monday, I was invited to go on the dinner cruise and I had a wonderful time.  The ship itself is spacious, so this is a great way for big groups to gather together and eat dinner.

The food is plentiful, so there’s no need to bum rush the chafing dishes. It’s a buffet that will appeal to Southern soul food lovers. Vegans need not apply.  The menu includes macaroni and cheese, greens, fried chicken, candied yams and squash casserole. I especially liked the pulled pork. I went for seconds and ate it with some cole slaw and the cheddar biscuits. Yes, I said “cheddar biscuits”. These are not the ones from Red Lobster, but more like ones your grandmother made with cheese in them.  Yum! For dessert, there’s peach cobbler and banana pudding. The cobbler is worth the calories.

The food is good, but the gospel choir is great.  The Mass Production Ensemble sang familiar gospel songs that are American folk songs like “Amazing Grace” and “How Great Thou Art” as well as contemporary gospel like Hezekiah Walker’s “Every Praise“.  They also sang the “Happy Birthday” song (which is now legal to do) as well as love songs to the couples on board the ship who were celebrating wedding anniversaries. One couple had been married fifty years. Golden!

The season for the weekly riverboat dinner cruises is ending at the end of October, so you have three more weeks to indulge.  At 45.95 per person, the Gospel Dinner cruise is a great value for dinner, music and scenic views of the Savannah River.