⚓ Mobile Meal Deals

Best Cheap Eats in Mobile
Two People, Under $20

⚓ Mobile  ·  11 verified deals  ·  Updated August 2026

Mobile is the Gulf Coast’s oldest city and the birthplace of American Mardi Gras, and it eats like a place that has had three centuries to get comfortable. Port-town seafood, Creole-tinged soul food and a 1924 hot-dog stand all share the map with scratch-made banh mi and a Mexican market taquería. Two people can pull up to an oyster counter, a cafeteria steam table or a paper-wrapped dog stand and eat genuinely well here for about $14 to $18.

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Dew Drop Inn

Mobile’s Oldest Restaurant — Dogs Since 1924

Mobile’s oldest restaurant has served its signature slaw-and-sauce hot dogs on Old Shell Road since 1924 — a paper-wrapped rite of passage generations of locals grew up on. A loaded dog runs $4.30 and a chili burger $4.60, so two people can split a few dogs and a basket of steak fries for around $14. Lunch only, and worth the line.

📍 Mobile, AL (1808 Old Shell Rd)  ·  ⏳ Mon–Sat 10a–3p (closed Sun)
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Pho 88

Scratch Vietnamese — Banh Mi $5.99

A bright Vietnamese spot on Azalea Road ladling steaming bowls of pho and pressing banh mi at honest prices. A grilled-pork banh mi runs $5.99 and a brisket pho $9.99, so two people can grab two sandwiches for around $12, or split a big pho and a banh mi for $16. Start with the fresh spring rolls.

📍 Mobile, AL (395 Azalea Rd)  ·  ⏳ Tue–Sun 11a–9p (closed Mon)
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Foosackly’s

Mobile-Born Chicken Fingers — The Box $7.91

Born in Mobile and beloved across the Gulf Coast, Foosackly’s does one thing — chicken fingers — and does it right. The Box (five fingers, fries, garlic toast, slaw and that famous sauce) runs $7.91, so two people each get a Box for around $16. Several locations around the metro.

📍 Mobile, AL (multiple locations)  ·  ⏳ Daily (varies by location)
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Taqueria Mexico

Authentic Tacos $3.59 — Mexican Market Too

An Airport Boulevard taquería with a Mexican grocery in back, slinging real street tacos — asada, al pastor, barbacoa, birria — for $3.59 apiece. Two people can build a plate of tacos for around $14, add a chorizo fundido ($7.99) to share, and stay under $20. Open late, seven days a week.

📍 Mobile, AL (3733 Airport Blvd)  ·  ⏳ Daily 10:30a–9:30p
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Mary’s Southern Cooking

Cafeteria Soul Food — One Plate Feeds Two

A cafeteria-style soul-food kitchen on Airport Boulevard piling plates with fried chicken, oxtails, neckbones, greens and cornbread. The portions are famously enormous — regulars swear one meat-and-three plate (about $18) easily feeds two — so a couple can share a plate and a sweet tea and still come in under $20.

📍 Mobile, AL (3966 Airport Blvd)  ·  ⏳ Lunch (call ahead)
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Wintzell’s Oyster House

Oysters Since 1938 — Po’Boys Around $8

An only-in-Mobile oyster house shucking bivalves “fried, stewed and nude” since 1938, its walls papered in wisecracks. Skip the pricey platters and come at lunch: a shrimp po’boy runs about $8, so two people can each grab one for around $16 and still soak up the old-Mobile atmosphere.

📍 Mobile, AL (605 Dauphin St + Airport Blvd)  ·  ⏳ Daily (lunch + dinner)
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MOD Pizza

One 11" Pizza Split Two Ways — $14.19, Unlimited Toppings

MOD fast-fires an 11-inch build-your-own pizza in about three minutes, and the model is one price however many of the 40-plus toppings go on it — the chain's own words are "the price always stays the same." The 11-inch MOD-size with unlimited toppings reads $14.19 at the 3980 Airport Blvd store on MOD's own ordering system, August 2026 — $7.10 a head when two people split it, which is the cheapest honest way through the door. MOD sizes a salad it labels "Mega (Feeds 2)" outright at $15.44, so one order is dinner for both of you without touching the pizza menu. Want your own pie each? Two 6-inch minis with cheese run $14.38. Worth knowing before you go: your first purchase as a MOD Rewards member earns a free MOD-size pizza or salad, which makes round one genuinely two for the price of one. The trap is drinks — two 16 oz fountains add $6.78 and put the loaded 11-inch at $20.97, past the line, so drink water or drop to the $10.99 cheese build. MOD prices by store, so confirm at yours — the spread across the cities we checked runs $11.89 to $16.59 for the same pizza.

📍 Mobile, AL (3980 Airport Blvd)  ·  ⏳ Every day · one price, unlimited toppings
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Zaxby's

Big Zax Snak Meals ~$20 for Two · Nibblerz $5.29

The Athens, GA-born chicken-fingerz chain (~950 stores across 17 states) covers Mobile with five stores per its own directory — Airport Blvd, Spring Hill Ave, Schillinger Rd S, Cottage Hill Rd and Rangeline Rd — all open to 11pm with pickup, delivery and curbside; verified July 2026. Prices from our same-day read at the chain's Dallas store: the Big Zax Snak Meal (chicken fingerz, crinkle fries, Texas toast, Zax sauce and a drink) was $9.99 — two meals right at twenty — and 2 Nibblerz (chicken sliders) $5.29 an order, two orders feeding two for about $11. Prices vary by store, so confirm on yours in the app.

📍 Mobile, AL (5 locations)  ·  ⏳ Open to 11pm · check store pricing
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Whataburger

Breakfast Whatameals 2 for $12.78 · Burger Whatameals 2 for $17.98

The Texas 24/7 burger institution — founded in Corpus Christi in 1950, now ~1,030 stores across 16 states — where four Mobile stores: the two-for-under-$20 math runs both ways: the Taquito with Cheese Whatameal is $6.39 with hash brown sticks included — two full breakfasts for $12.78, served 11pm to 11am — and the flagship Whataburger Whatameal (burger, fries, drink) is $8.99, so two land at $17.98 any hour; the bacon biscuit sandwich is $4.49 solo. Prices read from the chain's own store-selected online menu in July 2026 — Whataburger only shows prices once you pick a store and they vary by market, so check yours. Open 24/7.

📍 Mobile, AL (4 locations)  ·  ⏳ 24/7 · breakfast 11pm–11am
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Bojangles

$5 After-5pm 2pc Dinners — Two Eat for $10

The Charlotte-born Cajun-chicken-and-biscuits chain (1977, ~800 stores) serves Mobile from Dauphin St: chain-published app deals with the price in the name: the $5 after-5pm 2-piece dinner (two people eat for $10), the Cajun Filet Biscuit with Bo-Rounds for $5, and a $19.99 8-piece family meal that feeds more than two. Cajun-seasoned chicken, scratch-made buttermilk biscuits and the legendary sweet tea; deals run at participating stores via the app or online ordering — confirm at yours. Verified on the chain's own ordering site, July 2026.

📍 Mobile, AL (3213 Dauphin St)  ·  ⏳ $5 dinners after 5pm · app deals
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Cook Out

Two Cook Out Trays — $15–18 · 40+ Shakes

The Thomasville, NC-born drive-thru cult legend (~380 stores across 11 southern states) serves Mobile from S University Blvd: the famous Cook Out Tray: an entrée (burgers, BBQ, chicken tenders, quesadillas), two sides — a whole corn dog counts as a side — and a big drink, running about $7.50–9 depending on market, so two trays land at $15–18 with room for a couple of the 40-plus milkshake flavors. Cook Out publishes no prices online and takes no online orders — tray figures come from recent store boards, so confirm at the window. Drive-thru, open past 3am most nights.

📍 Mobile, AL (116 S University Blvd)  ·  ⏳ Open to 3–4am · drive-thru
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Firehouse Subs

Two $5 Snackers — $10.75 · Born in Jacksonville 1994

Jacksonville's biggest food export reaches here too: founded in 1994 by two firefighter brothers, now 1,200+ stores — and its own locator lists 4 stores inside Mobile. The $5 Firehouse Snackers (BLT, Cordon Bleu, Sweet & Spicy Ham, Turkey Jalapeño half-subs) feed two for $10.75 all-in, and two small 4-inch Hook & Ladders run $12.78. The 8-inch mediums most people order run $10-plus — the only medium pair that stays near the line is the build-your-own ham or turkey. Priced on the chain's own ordering system at its Jacksonville San Marco store, July 2026 — prices vary by store, so confirm at yours.

📍 Mobile, AL (4 locations)  ·  ⏳ Two eat from $10.75 · varies by store
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Buffalo Wild Wings

Pick 6 — Meal for Two from $19.99

The Pick 6 lets two people build a shared meal — choose six items across wings, tenders, and sides — starting around $19.99. A reliable two-for-$20 play at any BWW. Dine-in or takeout; pricing varies slightly by market.

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LongHorn Steakhouse

Lunch Plates Mon–Sat — From $9.99

Steakhouse Lunch Plates from $9.99, Mon–Sat 11am–3pm — steak sandwich, burgers, or lunch salad combos with a side. Two people sit down to a steakhouse lunch for about $20 before drinks.

📍 6201 Airport Blvd  ·  ⏳ Mon–Sat 11am–3pm
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