8 Best Southern Restaurants near Gulf Shores

“We love this place. We come often with friends or just us since it’s right outside our neighborhood. When it opened, service was top notch. Lately - not so much. We come about once a week (this is second time this week) and have only ever seen the same server more than once maybe two times. The food is always great! The pickle burger is my favorite! Love the cheese curds too. But the service has been seriously lacking and it is becoming harder to want to come or suggest it to others (which we always do). Almost an hour and a half to get your food out (and not bringing two of the orders), having to ask for drink refills or fresh drinks, waiting 10 minutes to even be asked what you want to drink, or bussing your own table because nothing gets picked up and you need room for the food coming - it all adds up to a poor service experience. The wait staff we’ve had has always been really nice and friendly, they are just not very good about visiting your table to check on you. I’m a diner who only wants the waiter/waitress to come occasionally and even I think they are almost like ghosts here - invisible. I gave an overall 4 ⭐️ because our visits together rate that, but if I were going just by tonight, it would be a 1⭐️ because service has steadily gotten worse.“

“Highly recommend this location! Adrienne was a life saver for me, and was so nice and helpful! I needed a catering order that I placed way too late for the time frame I needed it, and Adrienne brain stormed with me to make it work, and it turned out perfect! Thank you again!!“

“One of our favorite restaurants when vacation to Gulf Shores! Great food, great service, & off the beaten path so usually not much wait time! Our only complaint is that we didn't eat there more! ❤️“

“Lamberts Cafe is the absolute best restaurant in Foley, Al. Every time my family and I travel down to visit family we have to stop here. Food is amazing. The pass arounds are delicious and the whole family can't wait to hear HOT ROLLS being yelled out. We also had the opportunity to visit the one outside of Branson Missouri it didn't disappoint either can't wait to be back!“

“The food & service was great!“

“Exceptional. Holiday weekend. Positive and great service from the host to the servers to management who you could see was actively involved. As somebody who worked in the restaurant industry it literally makes me happy to see that. The food was ready quick, hot, fresh, and delicious. The space was clean as clean can be. We will always come back here. Kudos to this place because they are doing it right. Rare to get both good service and good food from a restaurant these days, but the folks on this shift nailed it.“

“We stopped here for dinner after shopping. Service was spot on with friendly service from entering to our exit to make us feel welcome. The food was delicious with perfect portions. If we didn’t live in Virginia we’d definitely frequent this restaurant.“

“service, food, atmosphere, all were great. Really enjoyed our visit. We will be back soon.“