The food is good, the staff is very nice, and the atmosphere is friendly. Â I have enjoyed their oysters(both raw and cooked), chicken wings, and a few fish dishes. Â I did not however enjoy their seafood gumbo. Â As a Cajun, it just wasn't right to me.
You cannot beat their Happy Hour! Â $1.50 draft pints and $5 appetizers. Â You can seriously make a meal for less than $10 easy.
Out of town, looking for a place in Alabama to watch playoff Hockey and ave a beer, I found it here! Â Good service and good food.
Bacon wrapped shrimp, oyster sampler, fried green tomatoes were all very good.
If you are looking to watch the New York Rangers while traveling in Alabama, go here and ask Maggie to put on some Hockey. Â Good luck during college football season though!
I've eaten at Wintzell's when it was family owned. And yes it was much better. Now corporation has it , we'll you  know the story. Which is better family owned Pizza parlor or Corporation?  Now the food is good  BUT  taste, quality, suffers. If you've eaten good sea food for a while you'll know what I mean.
Review Source:Try the oyster sampler, it's only $21.99. Â It has a mix of all there different style oyster preparations, so a little something for everyone.
I got the Low Country Boil and I loved it! Â It was dirt cheap too, only $14.99! Â The flavor was perfect! Â Other menu favorites were Honey Citrus Chicken and Cajun Seafood Fettuccine. Â For dessert, try the BTYM Chocolate cake served with ice cream. Â By the way, BTYM stands for "Better Than Your Mama's!" LOL
The service wasn't bad either. Â Our drinks stayed full, and meals came timely and fresh.
We had great service tonight. Â We came in with a party of 20 and the hostess and staff worked us in very quickly. Â Unfortunately the food was not good. Â The seafood pasta was the consistency of thin soup, hush puppies were burned, and the fried food was obviously not drained at all before plating. Â Definitely not somewhere I would go out of my way to eat again.
Review Source:The location is pretty hidden, but the food was great! Contemplating between the crawfish pie, seafood au gratin, or crab omelette po-boy - finally the host recommended the crawfish pie. Needless to say, it was great - a pot pie with crawfish, boudin sausage, okra, and creamy sauce filling.
Review Source:Not super impressed. We stopped here on our way to New Orleans, hoping for some decent seafood. It wasn't bad, but certainly wasn't great. The fried oysters on my salad were pertty good. The salad part though was very standard with a standard bottled vinaigrette on it. My husband's oyster po boy and fries were edible. Our server was nice and speedy enough, though it was a little odd she didn't like seafood and didn't know what some of the items on the plates were (at the table behind us: that might be a scallop? A scallop might be similar to a shellfish?).
Review Source:I'm fairly new to Mobile and everyone recommended Wintzell's for a casual place to have a beer and some oysters. I'm a fan of oysters, but I can't really eat too many of them at once. A dozen is my limit and then I probably need a couple months off before my next oyster experience. Having said that, Wintzell's has some pretty average oysters at a pretty average price ($5/dzn for happy hr). I can't complain about it, but I've had better. I can't say I've been thrilled with any dish or appetizer that I've had here, but I haven't been disappointed either. The happy hour has some good deals and that's a big draw in and of itself.
This Wintzell's is particularly convenient for after work, since it's on the way home. All the waitresses are cute and do a fine job with service. I'm pretty low maintenance; some of my friends aren't too thrilled with the service here, but I'm easy. You kind of have to stay on top of your bill however. We've caught a number of mistakes where the server forgot to charge the happy hour price. It happens, but too often for my taste. They seem to have moderate turnover with their wait staff, so it's hit or miss at times.
All in all this place is average. I have to go here since it's convenient for myself and my coworkers. We need to expand a bit...