Heard good reviews, but we were not impressed. We were told 20 min for a table, and it took 40, and they did not appear that busy. Our food took an exceptionally long time to come out once we did order. When we got our food, it was fine, but not that great. The restaurant is off the beaten path a little bit, in the midst of a marina. It was kind of a neat atmosphere, but it was very quiet, which made it kind of weird. We are guessing things are a little more festive in the summer months. (We went in mid-May.) Overall, the food was average and the service was below average.

When we finally received our food after waiting 45 minutes it was very tasty. Unfortunately we had to ask twice for our children's drinks and none of our service request were met. Waiter did not know the menu and did not answer our questions regarding entrees correctly. We ordered a mango cocktail which tasted good but had no alcohol in it. We probably still would have returned but after discussing our problems with the manager his only response was, "sorry your ticket was lost."

We tried eating at the restaurant upstairs from Calypso Joe's but it didn't have as nice a view, so we went downstairs and got a table at Calypso Joe's right in front of the yachts in the marina. It was so interesting and the yachts kept coming in and out and it was really a lot of fun to watch everything. I had a melon martini with orange slices and when I squeezed the orange slices into the martini instead of just leaving them as garnish, it made the martini twice as good. The food was incredible; we both had the Caribbean special of jerk chicken and filet and everything we ate was above and beyond any kind of "tourist" food we'd been eating on vacation. The only bad thing about Calypso Joe's were the bathrooms---not very well kept-up, I'm afraid. All in all, we had a wonderful time and would say it's the best overall dining experience we had on vacation.

Calypso Joe's had the most festive atmosphere of the restaurants we ate at during our recent vacation to Gulf Shores. We liked getting to eat at the Marina and seeing the large fishing boats. Food was good with lots of flavor. Was disappointed that were out of a couple of things we tried to order. Service was very slow. We would go back there again though.