gooroo's grill

this place is great. we ate at the gulf shores location one day for lunch and then hit the robertsdale location on the way out of town for lunch.

adam bomb hamburger is unreal. fish tacos are great. jalapeño hush puppies and cheese sauce are excellent. maybe the best i've ever eaten.

if you're on the fence and looking for great food, eat here.

best hamburger!. we ate about 4 o'clock on tuesday ordered seafood gumbo and i asked for six oysters which were not on the appetizer menu but they were very happy to oblige and they were delicious lightly breaded fried perfectly. i love a good hamburger and we ordered the gooroo burger it was very tasty cooked to perfection cannot complain at all. their seafood gumbo was better than king neptunes which we had on monday. we will go back next trip.

don’t know which was better, the service or the food. we had been on the road all day from saint augustine and were dying for a burger and this has to be one of the best roadside burgers i’ve had in a long time. the side of grilled vegetables was the perfect complement. clean too.

great little burger joint. excellent service. clean, fast, big selection. we are visiting and were looking for a place for lunch. so glad we stopped in.

a new review for 2015.. the last time i reviewed this place was in 2011, so how are they holding up 4 years later? good, but could be better. the menu's changed a bit, not necessarily for the good. my dining companion gave the adam bomb burger (with jalapeños) a thumbs up, and it was big enough for the price to be considered a reasonable value. but it's obvious that portion sizes elsewhere have shrunk, as other reviewers have noted. the value wasn't so great back in 2011 and it's no better today. my party had a fish basket, a fish & shrimp basket and the aforementioned adam bomb, with drinks and a hushpuppies+cheese app, the total before tip was just over $51. that's a lot when the sides are served in skimpy little bowls and the fish is "whitefish of indiscriminate origin". the hushpuppies app was served with a bowl of cheese dip, which is actually a lot better than it sounds. but it was $6 for 7-8 puppies and a small bowl of cheese. on a positive note, the fried and blackened seafood got high marks from everyone on the table. the fried fish's breading is light and crisp and the blackening seasoning is not spicy by any stretch but does at least have flavor, which is more than i can say for competing restaurants down the road. the baked potato salad was also a personal favorite.

in conclusion, i'm letting them keep the "like it" rating, but be sure to read the other recent reviews because many of them are spot on about value and portion size.


-----28 jul, 2011-----

nice little place in robertsdale.. stopped in for a bacon burger recently and was pleased to see the atmosphere inside is casual and contemporary despite the small dining room area.

the bacon burger was very good, but expensive ($8 for a ½ pounder with fries). it had a nice griddled flavor and was much better than most fast food versions. the bacon was thick and flavorful and the patty well done but still moist-n-greasy.

the fries were forgettable, but soft inside and crispy outside. they seemed to have no salt at all on them.

still, it's worth a trip if you don't mind spending a little more to support a local owner and restaurant.

no, no, no!!!. they've increased their prices and changed their menus (taking off items that i did like and reducing portion sizes, for example) at least 4 times that i know of since their robertsdale location opened. it's your typical greasy spoon seafood restaurant. nothing special to write home about. i'll save my $$ for a healthier, less expensive option. such a shame - they started out so well and slowly, turned into the worst! even when i had an issue and confronted management i was made to feel like i was in the wrong. thank you but no thank you. it's apparent their opening of a 2nd location in gulf shores and a pick up option on the eastern shore has taken priority and customer service, quality of food and prices have all gone out the window!!! very disappointing.

the food was excellent and the service was great! our server was gary and he was very attentive and a super nice guy. very impressed.

it has some of the best burgers, seafood, and gumbo in baldwin county.

my wife and i tried gooroo's grill for the first time and were very surprised. customer service was good and the food was great! they were busy but our waitress never neglected our needs, and it helped she looked like maria sharapova. we started with two draft beers and the fried mushrooms. beer was perfect temperature for draft and the basket full of shrooms were great. the main course i ordered the grand gooroo and my wife ordered the ed's classic. we also ordered a small order of wings. my burger was huge and delicious! i consider myself a burger connoisseur and this was a top ten burger for me. fresh made and the fresh cheddar cheese sets it off! wife's burger was smaller but she experienced the same results. wings were pretty good but then again i'm not a huge wing guy. both burgers came with large crinkle cut fries lightly seasoned. this is not a fast food joint so don't expect fast food prices. very reasonable for the quality and quantity.

don't miss the fried dill pickles!. great consistent sandwiches here but my wife's preference is an order of fried dill pickles. in fact, we get those and often can't finish our sandwiches. consistently good service and terrific prices.

just finnished my family had a great time here service was so good the blond girl who took care of us was great food was the best we have in town in the past week.

terrible customer service. after attending church, my family and i decided that we would go to one of the local restaurants. we went to gooroo's grill in robertsdale and as we walked in, we were pleasantly greeted and invited to sit where we liked. the atmosphere seemed nice and we chose to sit in front of one the tv's that had the alabama vs. virginia tech game on. we ordered our drinks and was looking over the menu when half time started. a staff member came over and asked if we would mind if she changed the tv to the auburn game during half time and that she would change it back to the alabama game when half time was over. i inquired as to why and was told that her boss had called and said that one of the tv's had to be changed to the auburn game because some people had called and wanted to make sure the game was on. i knew that once the tv was changed, there would probably be a problem changing it back. i asked an adjoining table if they wanted to see the auburn game and they responded that they weren't interested in either game. i asked our server for the check to pay for our drinks, paid and we all left. i will not go back, and will not recommend anyone to eat there. we eat out several times a week and now this one is off the list! a restaurant in foley got our $58.56 check.

sure "best burgers around" if you like your meat to taste like bland grease patties. our waitress kept cutting us off when we were trying to order and gossiped to her friend instead of getting us refills. if she would have just listened maybe the order wouldn't have been wrong and have to be sent back. bottom line, the food sucked and the service was awful. "where we give a shrimp" sure ok.

i love gooroos grill! the chicken club, tuna, cheese steak, and gumbo are amazing!! the adam bomb is fantastic!!! great service and food!!!

wow! local gem!. excellent service!!! the food was great! friendly atmosphere!! will be back regularly!! they know how to treat their customers! bravo!!!