The Pearl - Gulfport

Moroccan Throwback The Pearl has been around for many years, previously on Treasure Island and now in Gulfport. The menu seems to be a mix of Moroccan and French food. It feels a bit like traveling back to the 1980’s. There’s no way to make a reservation online, checks are handwritten, servers aren’t covered in tattoos… Some throwback practices are great here like bread service and completely composed meals with a protein, starch veg. Happy hour wine is only $5 for a generous pour. We compared the $5 happy hour Cabernet to a $10 Cab on the regular menu and liked the happy hour one better. We started with an appetizer of the fig with cheese wrapped in bacon with a balsamic drizzle. I would have preferred Manchego cheese rather than the cream cheese that was a bit overwhelming, but it was still very good. There’s an early bird menu that is quite nice for $15. My wife ordered the Chicken Marsala with couscous and veggies off that menu. It came with a nice salad. For my main I had the Lamb Tagine off the regular menu which also included a salad. The tagine was a large portion with coucous, a wonderful gravy and lots of veggies. I would have preferred lamb pieces instead of the lamb shank that was served which was a bit fatty and a pain to cut the meat from the bone. I hope that they’ll bring back a chicken tagine. Overall, it was a very good meal for a reasonable price. I’d recommend and return.

Very friendly service, great food. Highly recommended!

Was there for a special engagement dinner… with a four hundred dollar bill thought they could have offered up at least a bottle of wine for the table. Not to mention the lobster bites for 22 dollar were barely a bite.. the moroccan flounder wasn’t all that either. To much red sauce covered up the taste of the fish and everything else in the dish . The stuffed pork chop was the high light of the night. That was great.

We had the “early” menu for 15 bucks , great prices for a great meal! Looking forward to eat from the full menu next time !

Coquille St Jaques was not good, Veal Picatta was tough. Overall the consensus from our group of ten was very mediocre for the price. Was much better before the move from Treasure Island.