Mama’s On Dauphin
220 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL, 36602
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Address :
220 Dauphin St
Mobile, AL, 36602 - Phone (251) 432-6262
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Street
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes
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Meagan P.
Oh Mama! This is great southern comfort food and I love taking our family here to eat so they can feel at home. If you want to experience a fusion of southern and creole, go here! The po'boys (of any kind) are super delicious and come with a real down home side to choose from. You may walk right past this place when strolling through the downtown area, because to me it looks like an odd space. If you go on it you'll find that is a super neat place and you can even dine in the front window, which tells me that this may have been a department store at one time. The service is quick, almost too quick it seems. During the lunchtime hours, you'll see all types of Mobilians and tourists coming in to enjoy a very filling coastal Mobile experience. I highly recommend it to see how a true southerner eats!
(4)Matt B.
I don't know why but for some reason i thought this place would be too fancy. Maybe it was the picture of the plate on the yelp review... but I was wrong this is a down-home place with simple food and good service. Tons of locals were packing the place during lunch. We enjoyed fried chicken and it was excellent.
(4)Leonard W.
If you're a health nut, you probably shouldn't eat at a place like this. But if you're about to fall off the wagon AND you're in Mobile, Alabama, Mama's On Dauphin is a good place to do it. I was in Mobile for a week and decided to try out some soul food based on a local's recommendations. I went to Mama's for 3 days and every visit was a positive one. Despite being filled to capacity nearly every visit, service was fast yet courteous. The food was sinfully good comfort food. Collard greens, pudding, and fried everything else was the order of each lunch. My personal favorite: chicken fried steak. By the way, if you're not from the South and you're ordering ice tea be sure to specify whether you want "sweet" or "unsweet" rather than "unsweetened" or "sweetened". Recommended. Now hit the treadmill and run 12 miles!
(5)Scott S.
This is my kind of place. I was in town for a conference and was looking for a place to have lunch with good home style cooking. A place in the old historical district named Mama's sound like the right place, but could it be too good to be true. Nope, it lived up to name. I had a great meal and really enjoyed the atmosphere. Also, while you're there be sure to buy a Mama's T-shirt.
(5)Becky S.
Great food that didn't leave us needing a nap. We had jambalaya and chopped steak with okra black eyed peas yams and greens... and banana pudding!!!
(4)Lyssa C.
Meal was underwhelming. Atmosphere is simple and clean and country. Service was quick and efficient. We came at an odd time. I guess they were open late on a Monday for a convention. This does not excuse my flavor less smothered pork chops, overcooked collard greens, and dry and burned cornbread.
(2)Michael C.
Refer to the picture I took of the closed sign. Came in to town from Mississippi on my birthday and found it closed during business hours with no note on the door as to why. Highly disappointing, and despite being less than an hours drive from here I won't be returning. Obvious suggestion: Call ahead to make sure they are actually open and serving food.
(1)Marisa S.
This place came highly recommended, so we decided to grab some lunch here. We were seated promptly and the menu looked great! We ordered several recommended items off the menu. All the dishes were great!!! I loved the side of squash casserole! Great southern sweet tea. The service was helpful and friendly! It is easy to walk to from most hotels downtown. It is not a fancy place. So, if you are big into ambience and décor, just know this is not that place. But, if your are a foodie and appreciate good southern cooking, come on in! We saved the best for last...banana pudding! Oh so good!
(4)Suely C.
A staple lunch spot for our office. My favorites are the Fried Green Tomatoes, the Vegetable Plate & lunch specials.
(4)Ellen Y.
Great food! Gumbo, crab cake platter, and fried shrimp platter were all wonderful. I got a side order of fruit for my toddler and the grapes were bad. You'd think someone would notice that when they were filling the fruit cup. We were a party of three and it took a long time to get our food, but didn't appear to take as long for other people. I had gotten a cup of gumbo and was thinking it would come first (attempt at holding the toddler over), but it was forgotten and didn't come until after our meal was out and i reminded the server. I couldn't say anything earlier because no one came by our table between when we ordered food and when it arrived. Food was delicious though and the servers were very polite and nice. It was busy busy at lunch. Will be returning!
(4)Ozzie T.
Don't know if I caught Mama's on a bad day but I had the Monday's special which was Meatloaf and mash potatoes and the sides were okra and butter beans and for me it was just average at best. The service was just okay. I will not come back again.
(2)Tameka H.
Love love love this place. It is located in historic downtown Mobile. Come on down for lunch and grab some parking so you can stroll the area. The food was delicious. It is true Southern Cuisine with the sweet tea to wash it all down. The service is friendly and you feel right at home. After eating here head to the park to enjoy the 100 year old oak trees. Grab some peanuts and popcorn on your way from the Peanut Shop. Old Mobile makes you feel good and is full of Southern Hospitality!
(4)Serena D.
The best home cooked southern cooking in Mobile in a super casual setting. Their red beans are delicious. There are always more adults than families but we did bring the kids once and they ate well and the wait staff was super friendly to them.
(5)Ally S.
Top 3 high/lowlights 1) good location on Dauphin 2) great food 3) fast service I went to Mama's today for a quick lunch before heading to the airport. Mama's was less than a 10 minute walk from the Hampton Inn - downtown, where I was staying. The atmosphere is very casual and it's clear the owners care more about the food than the ambience. Don't come here if you are looking for a fancy, top notch restaurant but if you are looking for great tasting soul food this is your place. I had the jambalaya which came with two sides (all side options were very traditional soul food options). I chose the candied yams and the squash as my sides and I also received a complimentary corn muffin (unfortunately couldn't try it as it's not gluten free). The service was really quick, I had my food in about 5 mins. Everything was delicious and the portions were very generous. The candied yams weren't warm enough but everything else was great. I tried a bite of the squash and it tasted like it might have been cooked in a flour/cheese (aka gluten-y) sauce so I didn't eat anymore. My entire bill was only $9.35. Overall, great place if you are looking for some authentic soul food.
(4)Liz H.
I went here yesterday for lunch with my friend and it was pretty good. I always heard good things about this place so we gave it a try. The rice and gravy is OK. The fries were awesome and my croissant chicken salad was bomb! They closed at 2:30 on Monday and we got in at 2. We felt so bad! Also they ran out of a lot of food. We wanted fried chicken and mac n cheese but they ran out of that. Sucks! But probably bc we came in late. But give it a try if you like local small businesses! Oh and veryyyyyy cheap!
(4)Andy D.
Just comfort food, nothing elaborate, or complex. The chicken and dumplings were good, lots of dump, Iittle chic! That was about sums up how my chicken and dumplings were. I was good, but I thought I'd have to order a side of chicken to go with it. My butter beans tasted canned, and the fried okra was eeehhh ok. Service was very good and efficient. again I reiterate that the issues weren't service, ambiance, the food was just about average, there was nothing that "popped"! I don't really think that Mama's is deserved of two stars, a weak three star though. If I worked in the area I'd go here occasionally, as the food was acceptable and well guarded by police diners, who apparently frequent there :o) But, to go here because your looking, I say look somewhere else. Don't get me wrong, it's good, but would go out of my way.
(3)Will T.
This is a real good restaurant. You can get you a hamburger. You can get you chicken and dumplings. Don't nobody care. I got me a thing called the country style steak. And a cokecola. It was pretty good, and I was not ready for that because this restaurant is in the city. It is not as good as Morrison's.
(5)Michael E.
Your basic meat and three. Unusual to have one in a downtown city, but it fits into the neighborhood nicely. Nothing fancy, just good home cooking at a reasonable price. Their lunch plate is around $10, including drink, if memory serves me correctly. They have daily specials so keep an eye out for your favorite southern dish and it will probably be there.
(3)Justin G.
Cracker Barrel is better... I don't understand Mama's--it's usually crowded, but not that impressive. This place has a lingering, unpleasant odor. Not the way a restaurant should smell. That being said, it seemed clean. The food itself was thoroughly mediocre. Everything I had was bland. I've had macaroni and cheese out of a box that was better. What really puzzles me is that this sort of southern home cooking food is not that hard to make. If it's your specialty, it should be better.
(2)Peter H.
Some of the best Soul Food I've ever eaten. This place rules. Affordable, fast service, but most of all, just delicious. I had the chicken fried steak with collards, fried okra and brown gravy.
(4)Sonya V.
This is the old "meat and three" sort of place. It had a good vibe and I love downtown, but was not blown away. HOWEVER, I don't think this sort of food has caused me to gasp since my Grandmother's dinner table on Sundays. The veggies were good, but not seasoned correctly - even when cooking for guests - and there were too many heavy entrees as the "meat". It isn't on my list of places to return, but don't discount it if you are hungry in LoDa at lunchtime.
(3)T B.
Real hole in the wall, which should make it good local fare. I arrived maybe just ahead of the lunch hour rush, was seated at the counter which I do not like. There were plenty of tables available. I had their special of chicken fried steak, normal portion size and I was disappointed with their sides. I think I would pass on this restaurant, there are much better places to eat downtown.
(2)Phillip A.
The food is great and so are the people who run it! I would definitely go back and recommend this place to everyone. The food is true southern home cooking!!
(4)Joshua M.
If I had to use one word to describe mama's it would be disappointing. The service was terrible! Our waitress was inattentive and obviously unhappy to be working. The food was cold, flavorless, and not what we ordered. I had requested the red beans and rice special. My girlfriend ordered the fried chicken. I don't know why the waitress asked what sides we wanted because she obviously just brought us whatever was lying around. If we were not in such a rush to get back to Texas we would have complained. To top off our experience at mama's, we were joined by another diner towards the end of our meal. As I took a sip from my coffee, I turned my head to see a roach crawling along the wall next to us. We settled our bill and left.
(1)Kelly M.
Actually would go 3.5; but didn't have that option. We stopped by for lunch while travelling. We ordered po-boys and the po-boys were great. The sides on the other hand were not as impressive. The fried okra looked like it came from the frozen foods section. Turnip greens were good. Fries were good as well. Only dessert available was the banana pudding, which we skipped. Small, narrow building kind of like back East and space is a bit tight.
(4)Janice W.
Came in based on rave reviews and found it to be average. The fried fish was slightly under cooked, the sides were not served as hot as I like. The butter squares dessert bar was a tasty ending.
(3)Karen B.
Love this place and wish I had not waited so long to enjoy lunch there. I heard about this place almost 1 year ago. I live in Mobile and it took me that long to get there. I would have given 5 STARS but the lunch only Mon- Fri. time frame is why I rated it 4. The lovely painted murals on the wall are from places around Mobile and it gives it a warm - feeling. Last few pics uploaded are mine. I loved my BIG bowl of chicken and dumplings...and the mashed potatoes WERE just like like homemade. I tasted the yams on the veggie plate and they are sweet with a few nice lumps in them. Co-worker also let me taste her Pork Chop..I was shocked at how tender and yummy it was...I will order that too next time. I just had to get the coconut cake to go due to being so full and I am so glad I did as I take a break to type this and eat it now as I go...The cake is so much like my grandmother's. Just a few doors down from Three George's ...but take note...the tables can not fit more that 6 - so if your party is larger you will need to sit separate like we did. Not open weekends or nights. My complete meal with unsweetened iced tea and a large slice of cake came to $15.02. I will be BACK...soon.
(4)Glo F.
We were in downtown Mobile and was looking for a place to have lunch. Mama's came up on my mobile Yelp. Both reviews were great, so we decided to stopped by and give it a try. I had the Cajun turkey special and my friend had the seafood platter both were very tasty. I thought the Cajun turkey was seasoned well but to some it maybe a bit salty. The mac and cheese was good. All entrees are served with two sides of your choice. What really hit the spot was the delicious banana pudding. It was not too sweet...more like eating ice cream than a pudding. Mama's have daily specials and this place gets really busy at lunch. So arrive either before the downtown work crowd or after. Friendly services. And the sweet tea was delicious, they gave us refills with to-go cups to take with. This place is across the street from the A&M Peanut Shop, so check it out if you're in the area. Street parking only.
(4)Court F.
So I loved this place! You really get bang for your buck. If you are looking for a fancy pants dining establishment this place is not it. What it does have a large portions, lots of verity, a family friendly atmosphere, and great food. This was my first trip to the south, and I am glad I started out my southern dining experience here.
(5)A J.
Just ok. Food was average, nothing to rave about. Gumbo was decent. One waitress was great! One waitress was crap! Haha...
(3)Antony C.
Talk about some serious comfort food! Decor is simple but the food is great. I had the fried pork chops with mash potatoes, collards, fried okra and corn bread. Food came quick. Service was friendly. I'll be back.
(4)Jorge V.
Banana Pudding Baby...
(3)Julie D.
Having recently moved to the area, I am still hunting out the good places to eat. So far, I have not had much luck. I've been relying on the recommendations of people from the area, and also yelp. My mother had come to town, and we were looking for a place to eat lunch. I am from the north, and only know good soul food. But, soul food seems to have originated in the south. So, I was looking to be impressed. When I walked up, I saw the board with the specials on the sidewalk in front of the door. I don't remember everything that was written on it, because once I saw meatloaf and pork chops, nothing else mattered. We walked in and were seated right away. We were given menus, but I already knew that I was going to get the pork chops (although meatloaf is one of my very favorite things). I had to look at the menu to see what sides I wanted. I was surprised when the waiter asked me what two sides I wanted, because the pork chops come with mashed potatoes and gravy, so I just assumed that was one of the sides. I was wrong. I still got to pick two sides. I chose mac n cheese and turnip greens. My mom ordered catfish, which came with french fries, and she chose sliced tomatoes and fresh fruit as her sides. My food was good. I would not rant and rave over it, but it was equally as good as any soul food that I would get back in Milwaukee. I was happy to see that there were two different types of greens offered (turnip and collard), but I am a fan of mustard greens. I know, you can't please all of the people all of the time. I'll get over it. The pork chops were breaded and fried and covered in a flavorful brown gravy. The mashed potatoes tasted like real potatoes, and not the boxed kind. It came with a cornbread muffin. It was the sweeter Jiffy-esque type of cornbread that I love, and not the hot water kind. My mom said that the catfish was the best catfish she ever had. She said that it was perfectly cooked. She said that the breading was very thin, but it was so crispy. If the tastiness of the food was not enough to earn this restaurant some points, the prices were very reasonable. I think that each plate was under $8. Mobile scores one more point in my book, for a total of two points (and I've been here for almost a month).
(4)Julia S.
Good "home cooking". Their chicken n dumplings and shrimp étouffée were very good. They serve their meals on these cute old porcelain plates which is a nice touch.
(4)Martha B.
My movie group has lunch before matinee and we've gone to same restaurant on Dauphin St. for 3 years. Recently we decided to check out Mama's. Now our first choice for weekdays. Entrees never disappoint, favorite sides are fried okra, turnip greens, squash casserole. Especially appreciate the recommendations of servers. Best meat + three restaurant I've found in the area. Restaurant full of locals everyday maybe its highest compliment.
(5)Jerry H.
Get there early or you're going to wait! It fills up quickly for lunch. The service is quick and very friendly. I ordered the country fried steak & mashed potatoes with Mac & cheese and candied yams for my sides. The Mac & cheese was fairly bland and watery, while the candied yams were very "candied". The country fried steak with white gravy is terrific, and the mashed potatoes are down home great. Definitely a must visit while in Mobile.
(5)Jennifer C.
I love coming here, the people are great, the prices are fair, the food is yummy (especially the candied yams and fried chicken). Try to get there before NOON with the lunch rush. Take a stroll along downtown after and see some of the cute shops!
(4)Michael C.
If you are in the mood for wonderful comfort food at a great price, you cannot beat Mama's. I wish they would serve brunch on the weekend. I think I have now tried everything on the menu, and I have enjoyed it all. I take all my out of town guests here and they all have loved it. You may have to wait a few minutes to get a table due to its popularity with the downtown lunch crowd.
(5)Teresa R.
Having recently (recently - 4 days ago) moved my office to downtown Mobile - I am excited about the opportunity to reacquaint myself with the fantastic food available at the local restaurants in the downtown LODA area. So look for reviews on downtown restaurants as the days go by! We had lunch at Mama's yesterday (11/29). WHAT A DEAL!!!!!!!!! Two HUGE fried pork chops (smothered with gravy and onions of course); mashed potatoes (the REAL thing); collard greens (I'm pretty sure they were picked yesterday morning); macaroni and cheese (tangy - sharp - perfect); and the biggest cornbread muffin you can imagine! How much was all of this??? $6.95!!! My dining companion had the meatloaf and allowed me to trade a taste of the meatloaf for a taste of the pork chops. The meatloaf was "jump up and slap yo Mama" good as well. I'm not sure they can do anything BAD here. If they do - I've never had it. We're going for fish & chips at the Hurricane Brewing Company (across the street from Mama's) today. I'll try to write a review on that after lunch. I'm pretty sure I'm going to gain weight. It is the sacrifice I make for being a food reviewer - LOL!
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