Benny's Tybee Tavern

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  Great dive bar.  We stopped in for a quick lunch and our server recommended the fried chicken.  Hot damn that was some great chicken.  We had it with some of their homemade hot sauce on the side (so good!  we wished they would bottle it) and fried zucchini.  Yum.

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  Posted on 03.22.13 Archaeo g.

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  Okay, I have to admit that I went back to Benny's many times since the last update. The mean bartender (Lulu is her name) isn't around as much. Every other bartender has been great. The karaoke is fun. However, if you don't like smoke, don't go! They really need to do something about that.

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  Posted on 09.15.12 Dawn P.

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  I really wish I could write a review on this place however my mother always said that if you do not have anything nice to say about something then don't say it  : [  soooo..........grrrr  -1    ~~ I'm just sayin * ; |

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  Posted on 05.14.12 Lisa R.

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  True dive bar.  
  
  Visited at Noon on a weekday the weekend before 4th of July which may qualify as a somewhat off time which in turn may explain the quiet atmosphere of nothing more than a few old timers yakking it up at the bar.  
  
  Not much else to report except that the bottled beer was damn cold.

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  Posted on 07.06.11 Michael H.

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  Oh Benny's.  Where do I begin?  I went there after the Tybee Island fireworks show on the 4th and the place was packed!  A hole in the wall wouldn't adequately describe it but it's the closest thing I can think of.  I was pre-warned about the smell, but I didn't think much of it since it fit right into the place and gave it even more character...not that it needed it.  I never got to try the "coldest beer in America" because they allowed me to walk in with my tasty beverage from another local establishment (Frozen Kiwi-Strawberry from Tybee Time FTW!!)  so, unfortunately, I never got to experience the bar directly.  What I did experience was some of the most delightfully random karaoke I've ever witnessed in my entire life.  From good 'ole boys rapping "Tootsie Roll" to a biker dude with a voice that sounded like he'd been smoking a carton of cigarettes a day since the age of 5 singing Ben E. King, it was all just so wonderfully bizarre but yet perfectly right for the location.  The crowd was a random mix:  Southern-pseudo hipsters, biker dudes, good ole boys, frat boys, etc. were all out representin' for their peeps.  And the DJ, who I think may have been Benny himself, was a dead-ringer for Tim McGraw which just made absolute sense.   Sadly, the smoke did become a little too much for me, so I had to step out a lot sooner than I wanted to.  I must say, though, I won't be forgetting Benny's anytime soon.

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  Posted on 07.06.10 Sabrina M.

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  They claim to have the coldest beer in America.  That's definitely false advertising, so don't believe the hype.  This bar is divey, and has an eclectic group of people.  Young people, old people, bikers, preppy dudes, etc.  I thought the service was fine.  There were only two bartenders the night we went, and they were busting their arses all night long.  My friend and I had several pitchers of beer and walked away with a very small bar tab.  Yay for that!  And although I'm pretty sure the poles on the dance floor are for structural support, that didn't stop my friend from using it as a stripper pole.  We chatted with some of the locals, who were all nice.  I think it's a good sign if you're in a bar where locals are.  Then you know you're not in some touristy stupid bar.  Over all, good times!

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  Posted on 07.06.09 Kristie A.

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