The Sound Wave — Restaurant in Gulf Shores

As west beach locals who have watched this hotel being built from the ground up, we were so excited to try this new spot for live music right in our neighborhood.

My first issue is there isn’t clear signage for how to actually get to this bar. This seems a simple enough fix. After finding the bar, we loved the atmosphere and music! They had the Braves playing on the big screen which was really fun exciting and a great new way to watch sports. Great views and cool vibe. I felt like we were in for an elevated Hangout experience. Unfortunately the atmosphere is about all that is different from a Hangout experience.

The food choices aren’t much of a step up from the mediocre offerings at The Hangout and worse are the actual anlcohol options. We never go to the Hangout, even just for drinks, because the menu is so limited and we are avid wine and bourbon drinkers. The wine options here are really awful. Worse yet it’s served in plastic cups. My husband ordered an old fashioned which came watered down and also in a plastic cup. I opted for bubbly rose which tasted like a canned rose and was hardly palatable (as an aside, most Rose drinkers prefer flat Rose to bubbly). My daughter ordered a Chardonnay and found hers to be just ok.

Service was also an issue. There was one waitress for the entire roof and she seemed to be doing all she could to keep up. She was good and friendly, there should have just been more than one of her.

I’m truly hoping this menu improves because I could definitely foresee this becoming a new favorite spot to watch sports and have a great experience. Would love some higher end alcohol choices, and for the love, put it in...

What a let down. Drinks were mediocre, felt like more soda water than anything. Food was pretty bad. The bulgogi fries were smothered in way too much sauce and the meat was almost too salty to eat. The ahi tuna nachos were lackluster. I’ll take the ahi nachos from Coastal down the road any day. We also ordered the short rib sliders, again the meat was way over salted, over cooked and I’m almost certain they were pulled pork, not short rib. There are so many better places in Gulf Shores, we definitely won’t be back. I will say, the atmosphere is pretty great. Watching sunset from the second story with live music playing was...

This place is amazing! We tried so many other places around here that were so busy and crowded with subpar food. This place just opened so we gave it a try and the food was so good! I got the smash burger and my boyfriend got the shrimp tacos. By far the best food and service we have got in this area. I definitely recommend stopping by and...