food and service were good. But would not correct or even acknowledge an error in the food order.

Terribly expensive for low quality food. We got a seafood platter and a chicken sandwich, the sandwich was small, tough, and flat. The platter was smaller than expected, the stuffed crab had imitation crab! So wrong especially for it being $35! The fish was even tough and I've never had tough fish. Overall bad and way too expensive for fake and tough food. Will not be coming back. read more

Great atmosphere, live music was a definite hit. Food was served extremely fast, standard fried food, but was good. Service was attentive and pleasant. Wouldn't be first on my list for dinner, but definitely wouldn't be last. read more

Geared towards tourist crowds, not to quality food. Fried food is good, not "wow" worthy. Restroom and table not cleaned up to par.

My experience here was just awful. I am not sure what these folks are thinking but I really would be surprised if they are there when we return next year. Let's start from the very beginning. Our Hostess was kind enough and promptly sat us at our table. Within a few minutes we were greeted by our waitress. I will not use her name but it is safe to say she was on some heavyweight medication. She had difficulty placing our order. We were a party of two and stopped for a quick lunch. It literally took ten minutes to send a hamburger, cup of gumbo, half a pound of shrimp, and 2 sodas through her hand held. She asked me three times if I wanted cheese to which I answered yes 3 times. Now, I wish I could say that's where the bad part stops. The food was absolutely disgusting. I believe my burger patty was a frozen precooked patty or one from the day before. The fries were definitely refried when I ordered them because they were chewy and inedible. My partners shrimp was served with a congealed fake butter sauce of unknown origin. We would have sent it back but our server never returned until she picked up the plates. By this time we just wanted out. We asked for the check as well as the woman next to us. She was by herself. Our server confused the checks between the two of us and had to ask what we ordered once again. If this place wants to be a steakhouse, it's got a long road ahead. Thanks for the bad lunch guys! read more

The shrimp was ok. Nothing special, hardly seasoned & somewhat greasy. Service was very good.

We were so blessed to go to Doc's for dinner. With severe allergies in our family - they were able to accommodate this. Perfectly! We partnered with the manager Tylor to start and he set the stage from start to finish. The food was outstanding (grilled shrimp amazing), service by Kelly was flawless, and the Blue Hawaiian was to die for. The blue shark, Henry, is the perfect souvenir for this day. Thank y'all for everything!! We appreciate it!! read more

I could eat nothing but their hush puppies and be happy. The bang bang shrimp were delightful and split between 4 people was not overwhelming. Lightly breaded, crispy, and delicious sauce. Got the oysters of the day, they were fresh and superb. The shrimp po'boy was delicious and the shrimp was huge! Catch of the day, got it fried and blackened, both were phenomenal. read more

Stopped in for lunch, we both had the fried shrimp w 2 sides lunch special. Excellent - big shrimp, hot crispy coating. Perfectly cooked! Hush puppies were good. Fries - hot crispy and plenty of em. Servers err attentive. We will go back! read more

Crab legs were cooked perfectly and the filet my husband ordered was huge! We recommend!

Well, where do we start. We thought Doc's would be wonderful because of the 45 minutes we waited and the line out the door. However, our server knew nothing about the menu when we asked questions about the featured meals and lunch specials. The server took our orders wrong. When the food arrived it was cold and the fried fish we ordered was like rubber. We ordered a burger and it was a pre frozen patty that wasn't seasoned. The over all experience was underwhelming at best. Enter and order at your own risk. Would not recommend!!!!! read more

I was going to give 3 stars but gave 4 because they are dog friendly. To give the bottom line up front, this is an average place with average food and below average service. We brought our small dog and they welcomed him as an extra member in the party. We went on a Monday but yet the wait was still 40 minutes so you really need to arrive early. Next there is limited parking. We drove around for 5 minutes waiting for someone to leave. We ordered our food right away and our salads came immediately but we waited another 20 minutes for our appetizer. Our waitress never even came back to check on us during that time. When I finally saw her and got her attention I asked about the appetizer and she acted like she had no idea. Then a couple of minutes later she comes out with our appetizer but no small plates to split the dish. After 45 minutes our food finally comes out. The shrimp was very tasty but just a tad over done. I also got the 14oz ribeye and it was cooked to my order but the cut seemed to be less than quality such as one of those bulk order meats from a chain restaurant. It had a lot of gristle and just not what I expected from the previous reviews and advertisements. Then after our food was delivered our waitress checked on us and said she would be right back to check if the steak was done correctly but sadly we never saw her again until about 10 minutes after we finished our food and asked for the check. From our arriving until we walked out was 2 hours and 10 minutes. I guess this is what you get for a tourist location. read more

We throughly enjoyed the food here! We ordered the shrimp platter, the white fish platter and the half and half shrimp platter. The shrimp and the white fish were fresh and fried to perfection, not too hard and not dried out. They were some of the best fried shrimp I've ever had! The half fried, half boiled shrimp platter was good as well. The boiled shrimp was purposely served cold. They were ok, but we enjoyed the fried way more than the boiled. Our waiter was good. He was knowledgeable about the menu as well as attentive and efficient. There was indoor and outdoor seating. We sat inside. It is a fried seafood place, so there was a smell of fried food in the air. It smelled delicious to me. When we're in the area we will definitely return. read more

Great service. Great food. I had crab legs. We had fried shrimp, which I agree is the best in the world. Great beer selection. Clean restrooms (kind of a major point with me). Crab cakes. Fish. What else can I say? It was great. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

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Excellent food, the shrimp is amazing and the crab cakes were good also. Quite a long wait but they give you things to do while waiting outside. I think it would be better if they texted you instead of beepers. Loved the horseradish on the table to make your own cocktail sauce, this way you can make it the way you like it. read more

Nothing special about this place including their "world famous shrimp" that I found to be only standard. The shrimp dinner I ordered was supposed to come with hush puppies but it did not. After mentioning this to the waitress she repeatedly promised to bring them but she never did. We did see our waitress dump a pitcher of tea on a customer seated near us. My wife's very expensive steak filet was tender and was quite good. Despite the large crowd the staff handled them and seated everyone quickly. We had tea only, no alcohol so our meal was about $67. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Small UN shrimp plate - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

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This was a typical beachy seafood restaurant. Prices are fair and the food was decent, but everything was fried and greasy. The sweet tea was off the chain though! read more

Great staff and very accommodating. Food was very good. Recommend it highly! Shrimp PoBoys are great. read more

This is my first visit the The Gulf. Our waitress (Christy) was really nice . She was attentive and made sure we had everything we needed . The food was very good . Although my.hubby didn't like the cold slaw . The fried fish , shrimp and oysters were perfectly fried . We had way more than we needed to drink. The atmosphere was layed back with casual attire . They have a nice bar area . We enjoyed draft beer and pina colada. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

Very packed place. Food was so so. Not worth the price. There's a lot going on so it's a good place for having kids.

Not sure if this is a common experience at Doc's, however the other night we came here for dinner. But of a wait, around 45 minutes. Grabbed a drink at the bar and hung out outside. Waited probably the full 45. Get in, order. Our app came out within 2 minutes of ordering, no cap. Steaming hot. Placed our meal order. Came out within 5 minutes of ordering, I'm not even joking you. Hot, fresh, steaming. Service was top tier. Food was excellent. Waited to be seated but man were they on top of their game for food and service. Also, the bushwhacker was one of the best I've had. I swear it's a soft serve icecream. Not very strong, add a floater. But man it's tasty read more

It's not often that you do take out for six folks and everything is right.... Plus everyone loves what they got. Everything was ready when they said and the staff was awesome. Great experience! read more

Best seafood shack and agree with their claim of best fried shrimp in the civilized world! Everything was delicious!

Yes, the shrimp is very good. However this establishment has a sneaky way of collecting additional money from their customers I ordered the winter special which was 6 prices of shrimp and a baked potatoes for $12.99. I also ordered a cup of gumbo that was listed on the winter special menu for $.99. When I received my bill I was charged $6.99 for the cup of gumbo. The Manger informed me that the special price is only for a certain dish on the winter special menu. That menu was very misleading. No where did it say the gumbo was only for a certain dish and the server didn't bother telling me that either. I would not have ordered the gumbo if I knew it was $6.99 Very disappointed in the way Doc's Seafood misleads patrons. read more

Excellent! Best food in Gulf shores! Great service. Great atmosphere! Can't wait to go back!

Walked in and it smelled like old fryer oil. We were seated immediately in a not so busy restaurant and we sat at the table for 10 minutes and no one came to greet us. We then left, so I cannot speak as to how the food tasted. read more

Great meal, try grilled oysters for the first time. They where awesome, our first gulf shore vacation. And this place didn't disappoint.

We dropped in on a Wednesday night and were promptly seated in the senior citizen section. Damn - it was so blatant. Discrimination maybe? Our waitress, Sabrina from St. Louis, arrived quickly and brought us draft beer and waters. She took our orders - build your own seafood platters. My wife had grilled fish and fried oysters, baked potato, and cole slaw - which was priced at 23.99. I ordered fried fish, fried oysters, grilled shrimp, crab cakes, baked potato, and cole slaw - 28.99. Both dishes came with hush puppies. My wifes dish was great. She loved it all. Mine however had those faux crab cakes/crab stuffing or whatever they were. Yuck! The fish, shrimp, and oysters were great. Sabrina checked on us numerous times. She was fantastic. The ambience was scaled way back. Maybe sitting on the other side of the restaurant would have been different. We were near the kitchen - the other side near the bar. Probably nicer over there. We will never know. When she brought the bill we had been upcharged to 25.99 and 30.99. She said it was because of market price of oysters. I worked hard and love to spend money, however, I hate to be misled about anything. That really rubbed us the wrong way. The food was 85% good. Sabrina deserves five stars. The menu gets 1 star. We will not be back. Thanks for listening - HA! read more

We had planned to eat elsewhere only to find it closed so we Yelped Doc's and decided to give it a try. We were over dressed but no worries. Seriously, rolls of paper towels on the table. The place is light and airy, the bathrooms clean. The staff is very friendly. We started with hand battered onion rings, the batter was perfect and not heavy. Hubs had a bunch of fried stuff, he liked it. I had the Caribbean Jerk mahi-mahi with the best mashed sweet potatoes I've ever eaten. Dont just go for the fried, try creative dishes. Price for the 2 of us, no alcohol, was $62. read more

Food And service were average. $66 for 2 and would have preferred corn dog from Sonic. Mahi mahi sandwich and seafood platter read more

Attached is a picture of their Royal Reds. Ours were so over cooked we could not peel them. They told us they're cooked on a timer and brought this mess back. Really!! If you come, stick to the fried food. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Royal red mess! - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

Terrible service and the food is similar to Applebee's. Waiters are sitting at the bar eating their own meal. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Prepare to clean your own table. Yuck. - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

I've had seafood from all over the gulf coast and this place should be locked up for serving what they are calling seafood. Only exception was the fried shrimp. If you order their "platter" it is the same size as all of the serving plates but charge you true platter prices. read more

Shrimp was delicious! Kelly, our server, did a great job! Will definitely be back on future vacations!

Ate here twice while we were here. We were a party of 9, only about 5 minute wait, but definitely go early. Everyone ordered something different ( so we could share). Excellent food from burgers to seafood platters! Best shrimp hands down anywhere around! Our server Sasha was amazing as well!! Will absolutely be back! read more

The best shrimp in the civilized world- (i don't know if i'd call gulf shores civilized) but the shrimp was indeed banging. $25 feels a little steep for a dozen fried shrimp to me, but maybe that's reasonable compared to most beach town restaurants. The rest of the food was, fine. Go with the scrimp! read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

Absolutely awful. I was wanting some good seafood but I left here disappointed and still hungry. Crab claws were so over cooked that I thought I had chipped a tooth trying to eat them. Grilled shrimp had zero flavor, was extremely rubbery and you can tell they are frozen. But the worst part was even though they knew I couldn't eat any of this not once did they offer to fix anything else. I left there completely hungry after waiting an hour to eat. I shouldn't have to beg a restaurant to cook me something eatable. The food was bad but the customer service was even worse. So disappointed in this experience. read more

Doc's Seafood & Steaks - Fried Crab Claws - so overcooked I thought I had broken a tooth trying to eat them - Seafood Near Me - Orange Beach, Alabama

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It was not bad but It was not the best. I was In the area for a softball tournament, . Mid week i wanted to try something different because my kids say that I am boring with food . I eat the same thing .I order the Seafood platter , not worth the money . The fish could have been a lot hotter, it felt and tasted like it had been sitting waiting on the other food to get done , the fried shrimp were the best , they could have given me one skewers of grilled and more fried shrimp. I did actually eat the coleslaw and that is usually a no no for me. Hush puppies is what made the meal . French fries should have been hot but was not and load with salt/ seasoning salt. read more

We so enjoyed our 2 visits to Docs Seafood Shack & Oyster Bar on Canal Road in Orange Beach, but you wouldn't even know this restaurant is owned by the same people. Doc's on Perdido is not worth your time or money. Server who never smiled, appetizer that never came, salads delivered without dressing and had to wait 10 minutes for waitress to check on us and bring dressing, and fatty overpriced ribeyes that weren't worth half of the $41 price. What a huge disappointment! read more

We heard a lot of recommendations about Doc's. We had the fried shrimp and grilled crab cakes. The food was good but nothing special. The service was great. But to avoid a long wait, get there before 5:00! read more