We dined here on a Thursday evening around 7PM. Place was crowded. We had the dog so we asked to be seated on the patio. The first table we sat at had a few extra guests already dining on it. (Ants) We moved to another table and it was really wobbly. I stabilized it by leaning on it. We had the Reel Deal (listed on the back of the menu). That deal is hard to beat. You get a drink, app and entree for a really good price. Tea was great as always. Gumbo was hot and tasty. I had a half popcorn shrimp basket. I had about 15 nice sized shrimp, two hushpuppies, corn nugget, new potatoes, and slaw. Everything was great. Service was a little slow but they were crowded, our waiter introduced himself as being on his first day on the job and we were outside the restaurant on the patio with one other couple. No complaints there. Food was worth the wait. Maybe not choose the patio. On this particular occasion we had been out of town for three days and felt like we should take the dog to dinner. So we were looking for outside dining. We have limited outdoor dining in Gardendale and I'm not into picnics. read more

My server, Lydia was absolutely great during my recent visit. I already kinda knew what I wanted, so I was READY! She took my drink order and shortly after my food order. The Reel Deal is Forreal! You get a drink , starter and entree (staring at 11.99). I selected seafood gumbo as my starter and the chicken finger basket as my entree. The seafood gumbo was very delicious! I added a little hot sauce for some kick. The chicken finger basket with fries, coleslaw and hush puppies was freshly prepared and fried beautifully ( the coleslaw wasn't fried)! I left Shrimp Basket feeling full and satisfied. I really appreciate being able to get a reasonably priced meal in a nice, clean, casual restaurant. read more

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Friendly reminder that the Shrimp Basket is the perfect little break from all the rich, holidays foods you've had the past few weeks! A little mini vacation, if you will. We started with raw oysters, onion strings, and fried crab claws and all were delicious. I love adding a little horseradish in my cocktail sauce for a little kick (it's literally my second favorite food). My Mom got the blackened redfish with seafood cream sauce (she subbed the rice for the shrimp slaw and was very pleased). She also got the Mermaid Water to drink and loved how it tasted like she should be on a beach. Dad got the seafood basket, which includes fried shrimp, popcorn shrimp, whitefish, oysters, stuffed crab, and fries and had no complaints. David got the pick two combo, and got grilled shrimp, grilled catfish, fried okra, and cheese grits (they're so good y'all). I got the shrimp and grits and the New Orleans BBQ sauce is what really sold me on it! It added the perfect, tangy aspect to the creamy grits. It was such a huge portion, I had the other half for brunch the next day! We dined at the Gardendale location and parking was no issue at all. Kristy was our server and so helpful and kind. Would request her every time! It's less than a 20 minute drive from downtown Birmingham, so y'all don't overlook it bc it sounds far away. They're running all sorts of specials right now! If you sign up for their rewards program, you get a free app. And right now, if you buy a $25 gift card, you get $25 gift card free. Would make a perfect dirty Santa gift and then you keep the free card . We loved it here and will definitely be back! read more

Shrimp Basket - Shrimp and grits - Seafood Near Me - Gardendale, Alabama

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Food was good. But service was horrible. Has potential but needs to be managed better

We ordered Pick two combo platter and chose 1/2 flounder and 1/2 catfish for this. Both were nice , liked the fried catfish and the hush puppies. Coconut shrimp was crunchy and flavorful, my husband liked the orange marmalade dip too much, he dipped fries in that sauce. The inside atmosphere was nice and cozy. Server was sweet and attentive. Good experience I would say for a person from out of that state. read more

Shrimp Basket - Pick Two Combo Basket - Seafood Near Me - Gardendale, Alabama

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Traveling south and stopped for dinner. It is a quaint place with a bar. The server was busy with dining and the bar. The flounder dinner with sides was great. We ordered grilled and side order cornmeal. Hush puppies were great and loved the fried okra. read more

Not impressed all the servers where at least on heavy sedative tranquilizers with bad attitudes

I ordered the firecracker fries which were so good. As an entree, I ordered the grilled platter with shrimp, broccoli, and fries and it came out fast and really fresh tasting. I have been there before at the beach and wasn't sure if it would be as good, but it absolutely was. The service was great as well and the atmosphere was really pleasant. read more

I really enjoyed my meal at The Shrimp Basket. I got coconut shrimp and it was the perfect mix or sweet and savory. My server was also so nice and very attentive to my needs. I really had a great time! read more

Pricey, but the food was good oysters were small service was ok. The food overall was ok it didn't suck the prices need to go down read more

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Service was good the food was excellent with a laid-back atmosphere a comfortable place doing joy seafood. How do you recommended.

The service was great! Everyone was so friendly and quick to make sure I was taken care of. If I could take these severs with me to every restaurant, I'd be happy. The food was not great. It's fast food. Nothing was exciting. Just frozen, then fried, and too salty. It's the type of place you leave feeling heavy but not satisfied. read more

A favorite place of mine! The AYCE popcorn shrimp is my favorite. It's quite a good value. Perhaps it's a good thing I live hundreds of miles from one of these, as it might spell trouble for me. read more

Food portions are disappointing, taste is good but that's what you expect. Paying almost $20 for a platter, having nothing left over like most places you go to eat. The pick 2 platter did not fill the take out bowl. Shrinkflation is fine but $20? 2 small pieces of catfish and 5 small shrimps. I could see the bottom of the plate when I opened it. There wasn't even a handful of okra for the side. Spending $60 on dinner for my wife, I, and our son who is 4. Made me wish I wouldn't have tipped. (It was to go by the way, tipped to be generous) Won't go to this store unless I'm not very hungry or just want to be taken advantage of read more

We had lunch here for the first time. The service from Alexis made our experience even better. The food is so delicious. We were wishing we had one in our area! read more

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Boom boom fries were delicious. Good casual quick dinner spot. Decent sweet tea too. Servers were very kind. read more

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Today's lunch was 1/2 pound of shrimp, key lime pie for dessert. I was welcomed in and asked what my order was. The shrimp came up so quickly. I was thinking, is my shrimp done that quickly. My server was Katie ***** read more

Great restaurant with great food. We got the fish basket with sides and enjoyed everything. Give them a try for amazing service A+

Fun little restaurant. Food was great and the service was friendly. Definitely will return.

If you decide to give the shrimp basket a try - just remember it is better at the beach. The only reason I eat here is the potato salad. I know that sounds weird but they have the best potato salad. This time we stopped in on Saturday night and the place was not busy. The staff tries but each time we go we have strange incidents with servers. This time the server told me not to order the fish sandwich because the fish had to thaw and it would be 30 mins. While I appreciate the honesty - this is a seafood place so that makes no sense. I ordered the shrimp po boy instead and as you can see they are tiny shrimp with little flavor abd a little overcooked. This place is just not worth the price. Next time I will pick up potato salad and take it home and make my own fish sandwich or eat at the shrimp basket on the gulf beach highway ! read more

Shrimp Basket - Grilled shrimp po boy - Seafood Near Me - Gardendale, Alabama

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It was Friday and approaching rush hour. We were starving and, although there are so many great places to eat in Birmingham, we wanted to get out of the city while we could. Now if you look between Birmingham and Huntsville, you'll find some fast food but not much else. Scrolling through Yelp, I saw Shrimp Basket and we thought we'd "take the bait" and "catch" dinner on our way up 65N. Upon entering, there was no one up front and we weren't sure if it was seat yourself or wait to be seated. We stood there looking around and finally a host showed up and seated us. Once seated, no one waited on us. We finally asked a server if she could send over our server. We finally got some water, ordered and talked about our crazy day (it was beyond cray-cray, oh my gosh, you wouldn't believe me if I told you about it. Anyway, I digress). Since I wasn't driving and needed a drink to unwind from this insane day, I ordered a "cat 5" bushwhacker. The bushwhacker is a frozen concoction of rums and creams and other good stuff. The cat 5 was a float of 151 and gave quite the kick. I got a little ahead of myself and got brain freeze - the drink was awesome! We didn't wait long for our food. I had the combo basket with flounder and shrimp. It came with 5 decent size shrimp fried perfectly and several very thin and over fried flounder. Rounding out the meal was a pile of fries, creamy shrimp coleslaw, two hush puppies and a corn fritter that I really was excited about but was super disappointed with. I brought home most of the flounder and a pile of fries. I can't remember the name of my husband's meal, it was off of the special menu. I think it was mango shrimp but I could be wrong. Anyway, it was three skewers of grilled shrimp, a cup of the shrimp coleslaw (just regular coleslaw with a couple baby shrimp mixed in), grilled bread and the biggest serving of rice I have ever seen. We could have fed a family of 4 there was so much. He really enjoyed his meal (and brought home a big container of rice). I'm out of town for the week and hubby is fending for himself. I'm not sure the flounder is going to heat up well but he has rice for days! read more

Food was second rate. Seafood gumbo was terrible no seafood just rue and small amount of rice. Gumbo comes in a bag from who knows where. Waitress was the bar fly. Phone rang constantly but they could not answer due to it was messed up. Nice place but needs management to step up and tell corporate that they stink. read more

Always love the Shrimp Basket. Excellent food and service. Whenever I see at Shrimp Basket I must stop!

It's good if you're not at the beach and have more restaurants to choose from. if your in north Alabama you can go there and close your eyes and you'll think your still on vacation at the beach read more

Great, fresh seafood served in a quick, service restaurant. The waitress/bartender was friendly and attentive and the food was really good. read more

Shrimp Basket - Catfish, shrimp, oysters, crab - Seafood Near Me - Gardendale, Alabama

The food tasted great. Maddie, our server was very polite and helpful. Nice clean restaurant.

Everything else we got was pretty good but $27 for BURNT crab claws?!?! Burnt as in there was no meat, just breading and stringy blackness under that. Kitchen should have known better than to send this out. read more

Shrimp Basket - Fried Crab Claws - Seafood Near Me - Gardendale, Alabama

Probably has some of the nicest staff I've ever had the pleasure to be around. The food was great as well!

I know it is a chain..but better than fast food taste with just a little more cost? All you can eat special's throughout the week. Atmosphere was Pub like? Service was nice but a little shorthanded like all places are? My chances I would eat at one of these again is it is convenient and not too far off my beaten path I am there! read more

This was a by- chance find. We saw this spot from the road on our way to the hotel. So like everything else I consulted Yelp. Wow it was awesome. The server was as sweet and so helpful. We ate so much and my Cat 5 Hurricane was delicious. read more

Friendly staff, great food, nice and clean inside, one of my favorites. I ordered the flounder basket and it was just the kind of fried seafood I like most. A gem in Gardendale. read more

Great lunch experience. Good food good service quick lunch on our way to the south.we enjoyed the food thanks to a recommendation from a friend in the Midwest n read more

The grilled shrimp was really good! The fried shrimp was good too but a little greasy. Service was excellent!

Great Service!! Delicious food and enjoyed the Frozen Hurricane! Highly recommend if you are in the area.. the coconut shrimp was absolutely amazing. Corn fritters were very nummy!! read more

Brianna was the best. Thank you for an excellent experience and delicious food. I'm love Shrimp Basket Gardendale.