Huck's Cove on the Bayou — Restaurant in Gautier

Despite mixed reviews, it seemed worth a shot. Quaint and attractive decor, right on the cove. Sat outside because inside was WAY too hot. But had to wait outside 20 minutes for someone to take order, even after asking twice for someone. Saw two or three other tables leave and two others have their order taken though they sat down after us. Two other tables said they are always slow but today was worse than usual. One guy said he had to go get his food himself. After they took order, they returned to say they had no cole slaw. Took 24 minutes for food to arrive. No condiments. Asked for some but she never brought them. Nobody checked on us until we were waiting for a check. On the positive side, food was good. But not worth the hassle. Too bad such a good spot is being trashed by poor service and supervision. I'd fire their manager if I owned the place.

UPDATE (response to Huck's Cove): Thanks for your reply. We visited March 25 , 2018, around 5:00. It was not 'standing room only,' esp as people were leaving due to slow or non-existent service. It was 70% capacity, if that. The problem was not with just our designated server; at least 3 other staff seemed unwilling to help, other than roll eyes and say 'they'd talk to someone' about placing our order, bringing the order, bringing condiments, or checking back with us. I went 1.5 hours out of the way to go to Huck's, so I doubt I'll take you up on your suggestion to try again. It's not worth the risk. I saw no reason to think it was just a one-time matter of working out a few 'kinks,' as the problems were distributed to other tables and several staff members, including a couple who seemed to lack much if anything to do. Honestly, I've never seen so many people leave or vocally frustrated at a restaurant in years. But good luck and thanks again...

I went to Huck's Cove recently for lunch for a date with a friend, and we chose to seat ourselves in a scenic maria with rustic decor. The shack motif is genuine and the structure of the restaurant has seen brighter weather, a "pick-a-ninny" caricature, historically identified with minstrelsy, is prominently displayed smiling broadly over a restaurant industry hit devastatingly hard by not only COVID, but the local collapse of sustainable infrastructure in light of corruption and poor resource management. The Gulf Coast fisheries are tired. The shrimp gray. The flounder thin. The crawfish are smaller. The portions are smaller than I would have been accustomed to as a local dude, but the owners are probably rubbing nickels together to keep the place going.

There are more NRA flags than servers, and the menu talking about how the restaurant is not fast food is not a joke. You can cook food faster and at a cheaper price at home. Buy a bag of frozen fried shrimp and some French fries and compare costs. Fry your own tomato and then compare the mark up. Then realize this place pays its employees barely above the lowest minimum wage in the country and the mark up is entirely for the benefit of spoiled...

Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram at SNDTRAVELS Looking for a place on the water and outside to do the distancing thing, this is one of the only places around Pascagoula we could find. Its actually in Gathier. We both had the Tuesday grouper tacos, mine to be blackened and Diane's grilled. We also started with the potato skins and they were small but good. We had asked if the taco came with fries or anything but our server said no so thats why we ordered the skins. The tacos came out looking good and they were except they blackened hers also, not enough that she went ahead and ate what she wanted. They also came with chips and salsa. Surprise! The tacos and the salsa were good but I felt that the items were overpriced. $8 for skins and around $15 for the tacos. Service was great except for the chips mistake. Not an enthusiastic recommendation but I might would...