Gator’s Dockside Baldwin Park

It’s a place with a good vibe to eat and have cocktails while enjoying college football. Our server, Emily, was attentive and humorous. She frequently checked to see if we needed anything. The drinks were delicious. The fish and chips were flavorful, just too much coating. Our order of parmesan garlic wings was slightly overcooked. The sweet Thai Chili was cooked well.

Visiting from out of town on vacation. I searched for restaurants specifically ones we did not have up in the midwest where we live. This one came up and had items that sounded great to try out! The drive was nice and the area was easy to get around and view very beautiful. Thought maybe it was not busy because it was a weekday so I imagine they may be more busy at night and weekends. The service was decent. The main waitress was Rileigh and she was very polite. There was another one that also drifted by. By decent she took the order, everything was received, refills were received, everything that should be done….however not the wow service. I had two daughters that were prior waitress plus I was prior too so I know this is probably how I would be as well sometimes but to get the extra higher tip you have to be extra bubbly, what I call the waitress voice that you pretend you are happy lol. But as I mention the service was decent good. The lower score is due to the food. The smothered cheesy chicken…..you would expect to be smothered cheese that is like melted and running off, however it was a paste instead. Daughter did not end up liking it unfortunately as wanting the mouth watering melted cheese. The Gators Nachos looks like it just drizzled some of the sauce barely there. Jalapenos were like a small pile. We had tons of chips with not enough cheese/etc to go with the chips. I don’t recall the waitress telling my husband sauteed onions on his burger was additional fee so fyi if you get that. The fish and chips for decent. To be honest we just went to Harry Potter and Universal and had their fish and chips which actually had more fish than this plate. The wingers special were basically chicken fingers that were dipped. If you look at the picture you can see where it was not even dipped all the way. So for nachos, 3 drinks, asiago bagel, build your own burger, fish chips, wingers special and smothered cheezy chicken …came to $84.43 before the tip. For the price, if the food was spot on with those changes than it would be well worth a higher score!