Catalina Ice Cream Shop

We are staying on Dauphin Island but heard this restaurant is very good. We took a little drive to try it out. Definitely glad we did. Worth the quick drive from the island. We had 3 kids and 4 adults. The kids had cheeseburgers and fries. The adults had fantail shrimp, shrimp po boys and chicken tenders. The shrimp was fantastic! My sister said the chicken tenders were so good. Not frozen ones. 😄 The staff was very friendly and took care of us. The decorations and environment is welcoming and fun to look at. We will definitely be back.

Fantastic place to eat. Crab cakes are the best by far and the service is great.

Cool retro style decor and music makes you feel like you are traveling back in time.
Strawberry and deep dish apple pie flavor ice cream was super delicious, scoops are huge....really enjoyed this place and will be back...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

wonderful tradional Bayou food.

I love Catalina Ice cream but just not today, I was craving for banana split and decided to drive there before they close today, we saw there was a party going on, the cashier was open for walk in customers, the girl took my order and I noticed they were distracted while preparing for my order, she handed to me the banana split without the banana in it and I told her, she said sorry and she sliced the banana and just put it on top that all the cherry sauce and ice cream were overflowing. The cherry on top even fell but she just tried to avoid not looking at me after giving it, the whip cream was falling too we left with the overflowing ice cream and sauce on our hands, it was very messy. We just surround it with tissue paper to prevent from spilling more in the car. Just not happy with it as she was not even feeling sorrry at all.

I tried to understand that the employees are teenagers but I just hope they get trained with the proper SOP.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 1

We stopped in after looking for an ice cream place while on vacation. I will say it is a must stop place. It's a cute little place with and old time feel. The ice cream was amazing. I got a scoop of banana pudding and it tasted just like the real think. My son got a milk shake and the other got 2 scoops. All was amazing and worth the little drive to try.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was absolutely delicious! The owner and staff were so friendly! We will definitely be back! I didn’t take any pictures of the food because we ate it too fast! The Hurricane shrimp appetizer was really good! We got fantail shrimp, oysters, catfish and one burger. Everyone really enjoyed their food!

We enjoyed our stop, ice cream was good, friendly employees.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Positive experience! Loved everything except for the burger smell coming from next door

Kid-friendliness: High chairs!!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love. It great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is such a cute ice cream shop! It's really spacious and has a retro style. There is a room for parties. The ice cream was delicious,

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Catalina did a wonderful job with my brother’s Retirement Party last night!!! The food was delicious and the service was AMAZING!!! Definitely will be visiting again!!!!

Loved the friendly staff.. great food… a great place to eat

The blackened Mahi-mahi was delicious, so was the sweet potato. Eat here!!

We had a great little trip here. We are out not locals we were just driving around the town to look around. We stopped here to enjoy some ice cream, which we got, it is Hershey’s hard ice cream which is great and we noticed they also sold beignets which we ended up getting an order then another order. While the ice cream was good, the beignets were so delicious, melt in your mouth. If time permits driving down I10 again we would stop again. Service was great, it was a fun family atmosphere. There is a steak and seafood restaurant on the other side of the building that smelled amazing, we will try that next trip.