Good, fresh seafood well prepared. Great views of the Fowl River from the outside seating area. Nice place for lunch with several lunch options. read more

Usually go here about 1 every 2 months when my girlfriend's family comes to town. Good Southern Seafood. Fresh as can be. Never had a complaint from me. Like the dockside seating. Very dated decor but it's nice to eat and look at the pictures of local anglers and their monster catches. read more

We love this place. They have porch seating over the river, and the food is darn good. I especially like the Mahi melt po' boy, the burgers, the steak po' boy, and the garlic crab claws. read more

Great waterfront atmosphere. The snapper deluxe was fantastic. Screened porch on the dock was a great seafood eating atmosphere. Service was great. We will add this to our coast stop list! read more

At first sight it is very homely and old. But the waitress is super nice and sweet. The kids menu is priced perfectly! 5$ for two medium sized sliders with fries and a drink! Can't beat that. We ordered fried pickles and the batter was light and they tasted phenomenal!! Then my friend ordered the seafood nachos from the appetizer menu and they were HUGE for 12$ and it was enough for a meal! I ordered boiled shrimp for my meal and the shrimp was ginormous!! Priced at 19$ for a pound but I'm not complaining... the only complaint I have is the new potatoes were soggy. But I'd def come back read more

Poor quality food and worse service. One and done, will not be back. 18 dollars for 12 oysters smaller than a quarter and the lowest grade food I've seen in the area. Servers are rude and very short, and can't even do there job of clearing the table or getting orders right. Only thing I can recommend are the fried onion rings. read more

Came here on a Sunday afternoon with some friends. The place was pretty empty, but the service was great! My friend and I ordered the flounder fillet, baked, and it was super fresh tasting. My other two friends ordered the seafood platter and they both said it was pretty good, but they especially loved the deviled crab. Small place, but great quality food and very fresh tasting. It also had a beautiful view of the river and we would definitely go back! read more

Went in here a few minutes before closing on 4th of July when most restaurants had closed early. They were extremely nice and were glad to serve us. The food was great! read more

Service is extremely slow, after we got our drinks we didn't see our server again for 25 minutes. Finally after we ordered and food was served ... never saw her again ! Had to flag down another server for our check. Food was not good, our seafood was fried in old oil ... YUCK !! read more

We went here on this past Sunday after a long hike. I really think we got a server who was sweet but totally incompetent or the kitchen was totally off. We waited forever for food then watched as our waitress put out orders down en route to our table to take 2 other table's orders. The fries were cold and inedible the burger barely warm. I would never go back. The waitresses also bus the tables adding to delays. They really need someone coming around checking on tables but since they can't afford busboys I'm not optimistic. read more

Not impressed at all. Clam chowder was terrible. Fries cold and soggy. However, crab claws were good. Wouldn't recommend.

This place has great food and the service was great. The inside had a smell of cigarettes and that is something I'm not very fond of. Also, there was mildew on the chairs out side. read more

Great casual atmosphere! Prices were very responsible and staff was very friendly. Awesome burger and baked potato! Say hey to Popeye and his little dog when you go! read more

I'll give this a two because the food was good. We came here on two separate nights. The first night, we sat for more than an hour to hear that our food was not coming out and had not even been started. We left. We spoke with the manager and decided to give it a second shot on the same vacation. This time, our appetizers of gumbo and cornbread took 35 minutes. Our meal took 55 minutes to come. By the time we were served, we were pretty done and hungry, but happy that the food was at least a good product. The waitress was apologetic and seemed like she had done all she could. The kitchen was unfortunately too slow on the product. I suggest you drive past the Pelicans Reef unfortunately. read more

Close to home and not many choices out here. Overpriced and small portions. Food is not worth the money.

My 13 YO daughter has celiac disease and thus we are very careful when we go to resturants. We decided to eat here prior to going to Bellingrath Garden's Christmas light show. We were pleasantly surprised to see GF chicken bites on the menu and double checked with our waitress that they were both GF and fried separately. She assured us that they were. We ordered those with corn on the cob for a side. My daughters reaction to gluten is to become violently ill (vomiting and diarrhea) about 2 hours after ingesting something with gluten. This dinner at The Pelican Reef is the only thing she ate this afternoon. We had to leave in the middle of a a Christmas outing as she started feeling ill just outside the Bellingrath house. We had to leave. When I called to talk to the management of this resturant I got little response. The manager was "unavailable". Obviously they couldn't care less. I will never set foot here again and would advise anyone else needing GF for any reason to steer clear. read more

Our waitress Jennifer was amazing. Food was awesome, everything is fried although the menu didn't specify. A bit pricey but large enough portions that you will need a to go box. Crab claws and fried pickles are really good. read more

Took my son there for his birthday!! It was 6 of us and we ate the seafood buffet!! The service was awful and the food was nasty!! It was the worst food I ever ate!! Will never go back there!! We couldn't even get refills on our water or tea!! Needs to hire some decent help!! Please close the seafood buffet!! Not worth the $87.00 don't waste your money!! read more

Group of 11. Took 1 hour to be seated. Another 30 minutes to order and 1 hour for food. I will say the orders were correct ( 1 star). The staff was apologetic about waiting to be seated (1 star). The meal was not good. Fish was OVER COOKED. And the facility automatically adds a 20% tip. We will not be back. read more

This place has gone down hill. Over priced and the new cook is no good. Tried to send back the stuffed mushrooms and the nice waitress tried to, but the manager refused to comp it. Don't eat here unless you want to eat your money. read more

Great superb food! Service was very good the restaurant seemed very clean! We love the food for it was very fresh and hot!

The waitress we had was amazing!!! Very good sweet tea wonderful service and great food! Highly recommend if your in the area!

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!! Black mold on the air vent over the gum ball machine. Salad bar was sparse NO CHEESE FOR TOPPING! It is a restaurant that I will not be returning to. read more

We ate late with a party of 10. Fantastic service!. The sea food was very good. The french fries were not. Salad bar a little skimpy. Prices are within the norm. Nice older local restaurant read more

Very good food. Price is a little better than anywhere else we've eaten in the area, but the portions are also a little smaller. Didn't try the buffet. Ate off of the menu instead. Soft shell crab po boy is really good. Seafood platter is good as well. I only hesitate to give it 5 stars because I've had food just a little bit better very close by. read more

This is not a bad place to go. The food was great. My daughter got the 1 lb snow crab for 24.99....very pricy but she got more than a lb for sure. The special in March is a blackened fish tacos. My husband loved them! I had the fried shrimp. The waitress was grumpy but we have noticed that in most places down here. Maybe we are use to happier service back home in AR. I would eat here again! read more

I have to admit, i actually really like this place despite how everyone say that its "gone downhill". Went there for fathers day and got the crab sandwich- absolutely delicious. Ive also gotten poboys and various fried plate entrees there before, which all were good. the bushwhackers are pretty good and VERY large, just request that they don't put the tequila in it. Anything fried here will be good, can't really say anything about the rest of the menu. read more

Nice oysters, good variety of options. I had local oysters on the half shell, shrimp tacos and salad. Others in our group had flounder, grouper, snapper and tuna - everyone loved their meal. Our waitress was excellent and quite accommodating! We were a group of 8 so very impressed read more

Went with friends with high expectations, we had heard and read the food was great. Not so. My girlfriend and I had what was supposed to be a WHOLE flounder. What we got was two scrawny pieces of fish with very little flavor, the hush puppies were flavorless also. My friends husband had the oysters, he said the oysters were fine once he was able to locate the oysters through the all the breading. My husband had a soft shell crab po boy which he said was ok. The service was pretty good, but since we were the last guests of the evening I felt like we were being rushed to leave. All in all it was average at best, and we will not be back read more

Great food, but service is EXTREMELY slow. Waited for ever to be seated, drink orders, entrees and check. We ended up at the restaurant about 1 hour and 45 mins. Waitress acted "inconvenienced" by us even though we were one of the three tables present. If you can get passed the horrible service, the food is wonderful. Steak very tender and snow crab cooked to perfection. read more

Love the atmosphere but food is over priced and it is horrible. Great bar and staff but after complaints about the food, no change.

Your typical fried seafood restaurant in coastal Alabama. Good po-boys and fried seafood. Nice to arrive by boat and eat dinner.

Ate lunch today with my sister. Fried flounder was good, but there is not much that could go wrong with that. Now... the West Indies Salad...No mere mortal should mess with the perfected recipe of W.I.S. Using cheap Italian salad dressing on dark crab meat IS NOT W.I.S. Also charging $12 for a 1/2 cup of this stuff is ridiculous. This used to be one of my favorite places, but the great view cannot even save a "short-cut cook" (won't use Chef), Hate to loose a local favorite, but I would not take out-of-towners there again. Don't feel they are representative of the excellent local quality of our seafood, and its preparation. read more

This place has horrible customer service, I almost had to walk and get my own refill. The menu isn't labeled very detailed so I wasn't aware on what I was ordering. The juice beverages, like pineapple and cranberry juice, were only big enough to fill a toddler's sippy cup. You will never see me here again. Ps. If you want to launch your boat here, go somewhere else because it's $5 a vessel including kayaks and canoes. read more

Went to the buffet. There wasn't much choice and something was always empty. The view was pretty but I have definitely had a lot better seafood. read more

Food was good service and waitress was worst ever. Took a while to get seated then even longer to someone to just come over and take drink orders. Finally got drinks then ordered. My daughter wanted water with lemon, pretty simple but we were informed that there were no more lemons sliced. After about 20 min we asked a different waitress for lemons and she went to the bar to get us some. Don't know why our waitress could figure that out. Those were the last drinks we got until I went to the soda dispenser and refilled my own. Then another waitress got us refills. We ordered fried green tomatoes as an appetizer, they were very good, but when our waitress brought them out she had 1 small plate and told us that was the only small plate she could find. Place wasn't that busy. Thought she might bring us some larger plates but she never did. I suppose one person was supposed to eat a tomato then pass the small plate to the next person that eat a tomato then we pass down the line and just share the plate. Again I had to act as my own waiter and go to the salad bar and grab four large plates and pass them to everyone at the table again don't know why she couldn't figure that out on her own. Finally got her food it was good no offer of tartar sauce catch up we had to ask for that. Finally ask another waitress who appear to be a manager perhaps if she started to help us out. Left less than half the normal tip only because I felt sorry for the waitress probably should not of left a tip at all all. Restaurant seem disorganized unmanaged in and just disarray. Would not return their list they hire a new waitstaff that is competent read more

Arrived at 11:45 to try the buffet lunch, there were three chicken breast and the green beans had reached the bottom of next to empty! We walked in it's clean, sign says wait to be seated, three of us, we were told there were no water view seats left, there were table vacant on both sides of the buffet bar, we were seated on the side away from the rest of the patrons, between the buffet and the entrance door and the cashier. Four groups arrived after us and were asked if they wanted outside patio seating or indoor, funny not 5 minutes after us, no one had left and they had patio water view which we weren't even offered. The chicken on the buffet was never replenished, nor were the green beans. When we were leaving they put out more fish and chicken. Buffet is most reasonable priced, but they don't restock it within an hour then not worth the $30 we paid to eat. Found ourselves listening and just not at all pleased. We are new to the area and super excited, not sure we will visit there again. This isn't a fancy place and we came from work looking forward to the new adventure, let down. read more