Restaurants in Orange Beach, Alabama

Orange Beach is a resort town on Alabama's Golf Coast, with a population of just over 3,000. Whether swimming in the ocean, surfing or scuba diving is your preferred sport, you can do it all at Orange Beach. The area also offers a myriad of quality restaurants, with an large number of seafood establishments.

Cosmo's Restaurant & Bar

Cosmo's Restaurant & Bar offers a variety of seafood specialties in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. It also offer fresh sushi each day after 5 p.m. Signature dishes include crawfish tails, sesame seared tuna, catfish, soft shell crab, salmon salad and calamari. The roasted red pepper Caesar salad is a meal unto itself. Cosmo's has an impressive wine list, with several dozen bottles.

Cosmo's Restaurant & Bar
25753 Canal Road
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 948-9663
cosmosrestaurantandbar.com

Tacky Jack's

Don't let the cheeky name scare you---Tacky Jack's has a relaxed, friendly atmosphere that is far from tacky. It is situated right on the bay, and the food comes in massive portions. Popular meals include the tuna steak sandwich and huge breakfast omelets.

Tacky Jack's
27206 Safe Harbor Drive
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 981-4144
tackyjacks.com

Geno's Fresh Catch Grill

Geno's Fresh Catch Grill is located right on the water, next to the docks at Zeke's Landing Marina, making it a good choice for visitors to Orange Beach who plan on doing a lot of sailing or yachting. As the name suggests, Geno's Fresh Catch Grill offers a range of fresh seafood options, including catfish, snapper and mahi mahi.

Geno's Fresh Catch Grill
26619 Perdido Beach Blvd.
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 975-1388
genosfreshcatchgrill.com

Cobalt

Situated next to the Caribe Resort, Caribe is one of the area's newer restaurants, having opened its doors in 2008. Caribe offers such dishes as Lobster Rangoon, smoked pork tamales, lobster cakes and roasted vegetable hummus, along with regional seafood favorites.

Cobalt
28099 Perdido Beach Blvd.
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 923-5300
cobaltrestaurant.net

Rafters Restaurant & Sports Bar

Rafters Restaurant & Sports Bar serves up all-American cuisine in a typical sports bar environment. Try the Louisiana-style gumbo, royal red shrimp, oysters or spinach dip. Vegetarians don't have a lot to choose from here--even the salads seem to have meat in them. But there is a children's menu.

Rafters Restaurant & Sports Bar
4725 Main St. Suite 228
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 224-6900
rafterssportsbar.com

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Article Written By Zach Feral

Zach Feral has been writing and editing professionally since 2003. He has a B.A. in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York and pursued postgraduate studies at the Open University in the U.K. His writing has appeared in numerous international publications, including "Dazed & Confused," "Artforum" and "Think Again."

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