Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill - (Near Edwardsville, IL)

1 /5 Nick Osborn: This is a stern warning to anyone coming here: Dont come during rush, and dont bring friends or family that you need to impress. I came here back in April of 2025 and just realized I never left a review. We brought a party of 10 at 5pm on a Saturday. I called ahead to notify and asked them if they could take our party. Got an iffy response but she said to come on over. We got there and waited 15 minutes for her to come around to take drink orders. The rest of our party arrived at about 20min in. By 30 minutes we had drinks in hand but the other half of our party that had been there 10 min didnt get to place any orders. By about 50 minutes she had come around to take another set of drink orders and food orders. It took almost 1 hour to get the food. By about 1 hr 20min we had gotten our 2nd round of drinks. And around 1hr 45 minutes we had gotten our food. Everyone asked for checks when the food arrived and some ordered drinks when the food came, but nobody got their drinks. The fish was all grossly overcooked and burnt. The waitress appeared to be the bartender. No idea where management was. The waitress looked incredibly overwhelmed and they seemed understaffed. I have lost my rights to pick the restaurant and nobody in that group will ever be returning to a Gulf shores. On top of the overcooked food, horrible service, and extreme wait time, our bills were crazy high. This place isnt cheap.

3 /5 Jessie Johnson: This is a place we used to frequent often. The last few visits have just been OK for the price point I was expecting more with my meal service was decent always feels like the place is understaffed. I ordered the shoreline sampler and lobster Alfredo the sampler was decent got a few onion rings some shrimp a couple scallops small salad came with the pasta Ill have to say the pasta wasnt what I was expecting at all more cream and cheese than anything I found 2 chunks of lobster for 29 bucks I expected more for 78 bucks

1 /5 Arizona Mom: The first Gulf Shores experience was in Creve Coeur and everything was delicious. The husband and I came to the Edwardsville location thinking the food would be delicious here too. We were so wrong. The food was very bland nothing like the Creve Coeur location. We didnt finish our food it was a waste of $100, including a tip. The waitress was excellent though! I did post pictures of the food on my social media page, but I did recommend the Creve Coeur location.

1 /5 Sylvia Baker-Harris: My family and I went last night to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. She really wanted to go here for her birthday dinner. Our server was good. I forget the young lady’s name. However, the wait for food and the final presentation was HORRIBLE! My father-in-law got the cod meal and like one of the other reviewers stated. You get more food at Culver’s for much less. His meal was the size of a toddlers. I had the shrimp and grits. It was HORRIBLE. I had to ask for my honey corn muffin that came with the meal. But was told they didn’t have any. One of our group members had their order taken by our server but was later told when all the other food came out that the cook never dropped hers. So she didn’t couldn’t get anything because they shut down the kitchen. Oh and the cook. We only saw one person. He did what he could. However, it wasn’t that busy on a Wednesday but everyone who came in after us seemed to get their food before ours. We were not a super large party - 8 adults and two toddlers. To the owner, Your food is too expensive to be this bad. I see why you’re only open limited hours. Just shut down and try again! If you’re reading this go somewhere else where you get more food for less money.

5 /5 Becky Blake: Katie was our server on a Sunday afternoon. She was an awesome server. She was helpful when I was torn between menu items. She kept our drinks full and was super pleasant. The food was really good too! The red beans and rice, seafood lasagna, hush puppies were exceptional. The portions were just right. We will definitely tell our friends and return soon.