Dew Drop Inn Restaurant

Damn I miss this place!
Sorry for the language but I truly do long to eat at Dew Drop at least 2x a month.
The place is unchanged from the 80s but still clean (including the bathrooms). In ’84 I ate here at least once a week. Two drop dogs, One onion ring, two Budweiser’s. That was lunch and I was stockbroker! The tab was $ 6 with a tip.
Now I go after a few tests at Mobile Infirmary. 1 drop dog, water and maybe a few onion rings. It is still about $ 6 and not a thing has changed (except for my crazy self).
This is way up on my «to see» list for my friends out of town. it just sort of gives a glimpse into who I really am — red dye and all.

The Dew Drop Inn! My husband has been wanting to eat there since the first time he passed the place. He likes the Charlie Daniels song, Uneasy Rider, where he gets a flat in Jackson, Mississippi on a Saturday night… ends up at a little redneck lookin’ joint called the Dew Drop Inn… kicks olé green teeth right in the knee. You may or may not have heard it. Anyway, we finally went. No green teeth in sight, thank goodness.
I ordered the special of the day, which was hamburger steak, mashed potatoes and banana pudding. My husband ordered a hot dog po’ boy. This was right after my newsletter on po’ boys came out and I was seriously wishing someone had reviewed that so I could’ve put in there. Where else can you get a hot dog po’ boy? My hamburger steak dinner was delicious! I love some good home cooking, and while this isn’t the best I’ve ever had, it was a darn fine meal. The meat was good quality and the brown gravy was from a mix. The banana pudding was good, but not spectacular. The hubs loved the hot dog po’ boy. He even took a picture to send to my dad. The hot dog was the red weeny kind, not something like Nathan’s all beef. It had chili flavored meat on it and pickles. I tried a bite, but wasn’t as infatuated with it as he was. What made the experience even better was the price. We both ate for about $ 20.
This is definitely a place to visit, and don’t worry about getting in a fight. It seems like a calm and laid back crowd. The place has been around since 1967 and the folks have mellowed out. The décor is from 1967 too, so don’t expect anything fancy. Just good food.

We drove from Chattanooga Tn to Mobile just to eat at the Dew Drop inn. After a 6 ½ drive we arrived just before the lunch crowd. I will say this is truly a good hot dog. If you are ever in Mobile give the Dew Drop Inn a try.

Claims to be the oldest restaurant in the state. If the food has always been this good, that’s no surprise. Decided to drop in for a couple of their legendary hot dogs for lunch. No disappointments here! The dogs were loaded with all the good stuff! To be honest, I could have eaten more than two, just because they’re so good. Ambience is great– décor from days long gone, but everything is kept very clean.
Many more temptations on the menu I need to try, so I’ll be back!

This is a great old spot for some cheap comfort food. I recommend a cheeseburger with chili, and ask them to add slaw. The fried okra is really great, too.

Mobile Legend! First time here, open early for lunch. Great hot dog and service. Will be back to try some more of Ernests good food!

The food was good but the staff and management needs a refresher course on customer service. I think they have become very complacent.

Dew Drop Inn is a must when traveling through Mobile, I have lived here my whole life and am still a regular customer. Go in there sit down in a booth order a Sweet Tea or a Coke in a bottle and get ready to settle in, because your not moving after this meal. The hamburgers and seafood are very delicious, but where The Dew Drop stands alone is with its onion rings and Dew Drop Hot Dog. Do yourself a favor and go there as soon as possible. Tell Powell Guy Etherton told you to come.

Cold burger and onion rings, 6 dollar cup of just average gumbo. Oldest restaurant in Mobile and looks it. Dirty floors and ceiling, hate to see the kitchen.

A pleasant and historic atmosphere, it’s a great place for a quick lunch. Service is always good and food is tasty and simplistic. I recommend the hot dog sandwich and potato salad.

I had the steak burger, it was the worst burger I have ever had, fir the price I was expecting something way better, it didn’t even taste like hamburger meat

Do!
Dew Drop Inn is a Mobile institution. They supposedly served the first hot dogs in the region. They also call themselves Mobile’s oldest restaurant.
We had to try to the hot dog, but several other items on the menu appealed. The gumbo was good, but not great. The oyster loaf is served on a hot dog bun with ketchup and pickles. We asked for it to dressed with lettuce and tomato like a po’ boy but they messed up and we got the ketchup and pickles which we didn’t care for.
Now to the hot dog. It was great. Each component was delicious. The sauerkraut had a wonderful tang, the chili had a good richness and the wiener itself (a disconcertingly bright red color) was so tasty.
Dessert selection was uninspiring.
There are other items on the menu. But when I go back to, I’ll be getting the hot dog.

This place definite has a wispy, old-​timey feel. It is the oldest operating restaurant in Mobile, with a classic Southern retro menu and generous portions. You get the feeling that Sandy, Danny, RiZo, and Frenchy will burst into song at any moment. For comfort fried food and red hot dogs, the Dew Drop makes a stand in consistent quality. Eat here instead of a national chain. Mobile, if you don’t use it you lose it!

The oldest resturant continuously operating in Mobile — it has stayed around for a reason!
The Dew Drop Inn still serves coca-​cola in a glass bottle and prefers cash.
The dew dog“everything” hot dog is a mobile staple– a lady I know required them at her 100^th birthday party!
So order a plate of steak fries for your booth, tip your tea to the people who managed to get their names on a brass plaque (you’ll see what I mean); a wonderful place to step back in time.

Now that is one good hotdog… the food was great and the service was good. Clean homey feeling… I’ll be back

New to Mobile, but am now going to crave the Dew Drop Dog forever more, I just know it! Today I had my third and maybe that’s the charm — dee-​lish! Excellent onion rings and great iced tea. I might branch out someday to other things on the menu but… then again, might not.
Was here at lunch the day before Thanksgiving and it was totally packed.

was good the i first time i visited but i was too excited to recognized the disorganization.
Unilocal wants me to review, but not worth it. not worth going there. get red hot dogs, sauerkraut, relish and a friend to bring it to the table. same thing.

Nice burger joint. I got the hot dogs. This is not to be compared with a Portillo’s in Chicago but it is a Mobile Alabama place of history. Great service.

The Dew Drop Inn is a restaurant that many non-​locals will not understand. You develop an appreciation for certain tastes when you grow up on them, and I suspect it is this that endears this lovable hole in the wall to all of us Mobilians.
Objectively, the food is nothing special: typical meat and three fare with hotdogs (neon pink bun pals no less) and hamburgers (strange concoctions that are more chili than burger) as well. It is always packed, and you can expect to wait for your table about half the time.
Why do I love this restaurant? Because it hasn’t changed much in all the years it’s operated. Because there are plaques on the booths put there by high school classes circa 1930. Because a trip to this restaurant always coincided with a long yarn of stories from my parents. About how they went to high school down the road, and how their parents brought them there when they were kids too. I love it because I can’t wait to do the same with my kids.
A Dew Drop hamburger with a half order of steak fries (I’m not an onion ring person) and a Coke from the glass bottle is among my favorite meals and will continue to be.
I encourage anyone visiting Mobile to make a stop here. The food isn’t going to knock you out, but the history will (in it’s defense, the food is really good, but we’re not talking Michelin guide here; though I’d give it a few stars personally). I suggest ordering a hamburger and a hot dog and a half order of fries and onion rings, along with a Coke or a domestic brew (which they serve with neat little glasses). Alternatively, whatever is on the special board is usually great. Turnip greens and Lima beans are always a hit. The oyster loaf is excellent if you are partial to sea critters.
Give this restaurant a shot. Keep an open mind. Try to see folks from the early 20^th century sitting in the same booths you are (because they were). Come back again and again, it grows on you, I promise. And before long you’ll be singing it’s praises like the rest of us.

A haiku for all the poetry fans:
Boy are these dogs pink!
Their motto: «Don’t Change Nothin’!»
They didn’t change nothin’