McElroy's Harbor House — Gulf Seafood / Casual, Biloxi
McElroy's occupies the Back Bay waterfront — the sheltered body of water behind the Biloxi peninsula that the local community has always preferred to the casino strip facing the Sound. The views are different, the clientele is more local, and the seafood comes from the same waters with less ceremony.
The boiled shrimp — Gulf shrimp cooked in the seasoned boil pot that the Gulf Coast tradition developed, served with cocktail sauce and drawn butter — is McElroy's most popular preparation and the most direct possible engagement with the Gulf's most abundant crustacean.
The raw oysters from the Back Bay oyster beds — the specific micro-environment that produces oysters with a different character from the open Sound varieties — are served with the casual efficiency of a kitchen that processes them daily.
The Back Bay setting, removed from the casino strip's intensity, provides the most specifically Biloxi dining environment available — the working waterfront where the shrimping boats dock and the pelicans wait.
Best Occasion: Great for Group Birthdays
Boiled Gulf shrimp by the pound, Back Bay oysters, and the local Biloxi waterfront that the casino strip doesn't provide.
Best Occasion: Perfect for Solo Dining
Back Bay oysters and boiled shrimp at the working waterfront. Solo dining's most specifically local Biloxi experience.