Picnic Beach Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Gulf Shores

I came here with a couple friends and we tried a variety of the foods so I’ll talk about each item!

Mahi mahi - one of the best foods we had. The sandwich was delicious and the fries were well cooked

Buffalo chicken- was p good! As expected

Coconut shrimp- was really good appetizer! Perfectly crunchy and tasty

Fish tacos- was okay! Loved the fish but felt a little too sweet for my tasting and the chips were a bit stale

Tuna poke- probably my least favorite, my friends enjoyed the tuna but personally I didnt find the texture of the tuna appetizing and I’ve had many poke bowls before. Additionally there was like 1/5th of the bowl just cherry tomatoes and the sauce was incredibly sweet

Drinks

blood orange Paloma- the best drink, wasn’t too sweet and was delicious ! Def recommend

Margarita- absurdly sweet and not strong of like at all. We squeezed more lime and it still was absurdly sweet and we’ve had many margaritas in the past

Summer smash- I just really did not like the strawberry lemonade. It taste weird and not much like lemonade or strawberry, just sugar water.

Overall there was some highs but also some pretty lows I’d give it an ok rating simply because it especially didn’t feel...

Besides a couple of complaints, we loved this place! Cool outdoor picnic/park area with outdoor games and synthetic grass. Inside is the same theme with an assortment of seating arrangements from two people to many people. There was also a continuation of the picnic theme with synthetic grass carpet. Additional outdoor seating can be found on the covered deck. Very cool picnic concept! The food was outstanding! We shared the poke bowl which is a sushi grade tuna but is served with a very unique salad. I've never had it served like this and it was outstanding. Additionally we shared the drenched wedge salad which was also delicious! The restaurant was clean, inviting, spacious, and comfortable...we would highly recommend. The only cons were the disinterested, disengaged order taker (you can tell they're actively trying not to roll their eyes when you ask a question). And, their fountain drink dispenser does not have water so you are forced to buy expensive bottled water or another beverage. Do better Picnic, water is still cheap. Overall, really good experience...don't miss this "slightly off the...

For the price we expected better portions. The service and atmosphere were good. The food was good depending upon what you ordered. We ordered 2 baskets: the grouper and fries and shrimp and fries. It was nicely cooked but only received 1 very small piece of fish on a mound of fries and about 4 pieces of shrimp. I would’ve preferred that the cost went towards the meat with less fries. I don’t have a problem with paying $25 for fish and fries but at least give a large piece of fish. My advice is to portion the meat based on weight so that it’s consistent no matter who’s in the kitchen. I was surprised at the snack sized meat and mounds of fries that looked like the main dish. Someone else ordered the boil and a salmon bowl. Bowl was nicely portioned with plenty of meat and vegetables. The boil was just enough and that’s not a problem, just don’t expect to share. Some others in our party complained directly to management about their order. Management offered to make it right and was very polite, but the person just...