Flying Harpoon - Gulf Shores

Service was a 1 or 2 but everything else was a 5. So I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because the food was so freaking good! Our server was super nice but never told us anything. We waited and waited. Finally ordered drinks. Waited again. Finally ordered food. Waited and waited again. After about 90 minutes from us walking into the restaurant, we finally got our food. Staff just needs to learn to communicate with its patrons. We were seated at a table right when we walked in, but the wait at the table was brutal! Anyway, the food was worth the wait. Everything was incredible. We got the swamp dip with chips- delicious Founder basket- amazing. Probably the most tender fish I've ever eaten. The breading was fried to perfection. Fried shrimp basket was also fried to perfection; so tender. We'd come back here again for sure; we'd just mentally prepare for a long wait at the table.

This tiny little dive bar is a great place to go if you want to burn a few hours. It is mostly a bar with a few tables inside and out on the deck. Every time I've been here they have been crazy busy, and service is slow. They have live music, the bar tender and servers are all really nice, and it is a great place to kick back for a few hours and enjoy music, drinks and the view. They have a mixed drink menu with their own take on things, nice selection of appetizers and entrees. We ordered some buffalo shrimp to start, which was great, and everything else we ordered was great too.

I'm eating and YUM!!! Fresh great taste. Good vibes good people!! come on down!Fried

In general, we listen to local recommendations and we make reservations, but today has been an adventure; the first 3 places we called didn't accept reservations (after 6:00 pm) so we decided on the one with the shortest wait time. We ended up having a delicious fried food dinner (not at all healthy) but very fresh and delicious, also with a priceless view. Very good brewery, suitable for all audiences. Test the crab and crawfish cake, fresh and amazing.

Thank you Yelp! Happy we made the drive to try this place. We bypassed flying harpoon 2 to come here. Happy we did. Great service. The drinks were strong and tasty. We had the flounder basket with shrimp, Wow! The portions sizes were huge. The shrimp was not over breaded or over cooked. We can't wait to come again!