Ruby Slipper is a scratch-made Southern breakfast and brunch cafe inspired by Gulf Coast and New Orleans hospitality, and the Orange Beach location sits on Perdido Beach Boulevard on the west end of town, an easy run from the state line. It’s part of the Ruby Slipper Restaurant Group, which started in New Orleans, so the menu leans that direction — biscuits, benedicts, pancakes, and seafood-forward brunch plates, with a cocktail list to match. Breakfast, lunch, and brunch are all served, so it works as the first stop on a late-start day.
What to order
The signature biscuits and the benedicts are the reason the group has a following, and the seafood plates make more sense here than they would at a landlocked brunch spot. Pancakes for the kids, something with shrimp or crab for the adults, and a handcrafted cocktail if the day’s plan is a beach chair and not a boat.
When to go
Brunch is the busiest meal on this stretch of Orange Beach, and a scratch kitchen that takes reservations and runs a waitlist is telling you something: on a summer weekend or a holiday morning, get on the list before you leave the condo. Weekday mornings in the off-season are the relaxed version. Check their site for current hours and the reservation link.
Good to know
Online ordering is available if you’d rather carry breakfast back to the room, and they do catering for larger groups — a rental-house crowd on a rainy morning, say. There’s a rewards program if you plan on becoming a regular. If you’re staying on the Florida side, it’s a short drive across the line. The rest of what’s worth eating along this road is on the Perdido Beach Boulevard page, and the flag report will tell you whether to linger over a second coffee or hustle to the sand.
What's on the menu
A few things worth knowing about before you go — taken straight off Ruby Slipper Cafe (Orange Beach)'s own menu.
- Chicken St. Charles Benedict $17.00 Fried chicken breast over a buttermilk biscuit, two poached eggs, pork tasso cream sauce
- Bayou Shrimp Benedict $17.25 Gulf shrimp, pork tasso and Creole tomato sauce over poached eggs, fried green tomatoes, biscuit
- The Trifecta $22.00 “Taste of Ruby” featuring our signature egg benedicts: Cochon, Chicken St. Charles and Bayou Shrimp
- Shrimp and Grits $17.50 Gulf shrimp, pork tasso, bell pepper, red onion, beer & rosemary butter reduction, stone-ground grits
- White Chocolate Bread Pudding Pancakes $14.00 Filled with white chocolate bread pudding and cinnamon sugar, topped with white chocolate whiskey sauce
- Bananas Foster French Toast $14.00 New Orleans-style French toast with rum-flambeéd bananas and raisins
- Costa Rican Breakfast $13.00 Two eggs any style, spicy chorizo, black beans & rice, tomato salsa, crispy plantains, avocado
- Pig-Candy Bacon Bites Starter $6.75 Applewood-smoked bacon bites with candy glaze
- Beignets Starter $6.00 Fresh handmade New Orleans-style beignets covered with powdered sugar (6 per order)
Prices as published by the restaurant on September 17, 2026. Menus change and ours is not the register — treat these as a guide, not a quote. See the full current menu ↗
