Ike’s Beach Service

We stayed at Gulf shores west Beach in a condo Ocean House II. We rented 2 sets of chairs with Umbrellas for 6 days… the service was AWESOME. On Sunday June 5, Alex was our Beach attendant and he was so very nice and helpful. then for the next 5 days we had Denton taking care of us! These young men worked so hard to make us comfortable!!! I want to give them a very good compliment!!! It was so nice to not have to tote chairs and umbrella’s out to the Beach… we just walked out to the beach and there our chairs were waiting for us!
Thank you Andrew and Denton of Ikes Beach service for making our vacation on the beach comfortable! Ms Willey

I had a great experience — paid with a credit card right on the beach, had my choice of loungers, and Shawn was helpful and attentive without being in my face all the time. Moved the umbrella when I wanted, always ready to grab trash, and super nice. Exactly what I wanted and the convenience was well worth the price.

I was hesitant at first and didn’t want to pay for an umbrella and chairs, but then our shelter blew away and I decided it was needed.
We rented the cushioned chairs with umbrella, 4 days, $ 90. Brad is very attentive and checks on guests frequently. He moves the umbrellas several times per day to make sure it is shady according to your preference. He even moved our umbrellas closer to shore, at our request, where we were building sand castles.
Great Experience and fantastic customer service by Brad!

Ike’s called the police because my husband moved one of their beach chairs about 8′ in the sand so a grandmother could enjoy the beach. The chair was not rented — umbrella’d — or occupied — it was just taking up beach front space. They became aggressive and condescending in their conversation with us — and left. We dealt with the police, and no citations were issued. We cancelled our parasailing trip with them because of the poor experience and customer service. When your business relies upon tourists to stay in operation — perhaps customer service and GOOD service should be the priority. Will never do business with Ike’s and don’t recommend them to anyone that wishes to have a good experience and affordable experience at the beach.

We headed to the beach and unfortunately didn’t have enough room for our chairs and tent. Pricey option to rent chairs and umbrellas but the service was outstanding. Nice chairs and umbrellas! Helpful to have a space to leave some things down on the beach and not have to bring them back and forth every day. Corey was friendly and very helpful!

Great beach service. We went parasailing and had a blast. The boat crew were very knowledgeable, friendly. For an extra fee they take photos of you parasailing. If you are looking for something fun, I would highly recommend their parasailing service.

Worst experience ever. The guy that is in front of the Phoenix 2 is the rudest guy I’ve ever encountered. We went to rent a chair and umbrella and he was talking to 2 guys. He told us hold on I’m talking to these guys, they were here first. Finally he stopped talking to them and was like ok I can help you now. My mom was with us and asked if he was doing business and he said oh no we work on commission and tips only. If you ask me he doesn’t deserve either.

We were originally booked with another parasail company. We were walking the beach and this friendly girl at the Oceania kiosk told us how you get a longer ride and Ike’s was the most reputable parasail co. We cancelled our original reservation and booked with Ike’s and boy were we sorry. First of all they did not have our reservation when we arrived. We finally got our forms filled out and paid. They asked that we go to customer waiting area because a storm was off shore and they wanted it to pass. The storm passed and other companies were parasailing. The other party with 1 pm reservations asked the skidoo driver for the banana boat how much longer until we could go out and he said he had to check on something. He walked away. We kept waiting and the sky was clear blue. The young girl working the kiosk stated that they were waiting for the skidoo captain who was 2 minutes away. Pretty soon here comes the same guy back on the beach that was originally asked. We finally rode the banana boat out to the parasail boat. The parasailing was not an issue. However after our last group parasailed the parasail cord wrapped around the boat propeller. We were way way off shore. The crew could not get the cord loose so they anchored out there and sent the banana boat out to get us. We were really too far out to have to ride a banana boat back in but we had no other option. The gulf was rough and it was hard to stay on. About half way in (but still far out) the banana boat hit a wave and turned at the same time causing the banana boat to tip which threw two of us off and we went under. Two of us stayed on and one was hanging off and being dragged. The two of us who fell off were trying to swim to the banana boat but with the tide it was hard. The skidoo driver just watched us struggle. We finally got to the banana boat and got in. While we were trying to get out of the water the skidoo guy takes off pulling the banana boat The Orange cord of the banana boat was around my leg and scraped a cross it. The girl (who was rude to us and her co workers before we even went) working the beach didn’t even ask us if we were ok. Do not use this company!!!

We rented loungers and umbrellas from Ike’s at Orange Beach in front of the Romar Place condos. The young man who helped us was VERY professional and very personable. They were not cheap ($ 30 per day), but worth the splurge on a hot day.

Nice to have Loungers & umbrella (when need a sun break). Then men working were extremely nice, had our Lounger ready early in the day, checked on us often and moved the umbrella if requested. Definitely makes the week on the beach more relaxing.

Needed beach sets/​umbrellas for three days. Ike’s took care of everything… including adjustment of the umbrellas to protect my fair skin. The attendants used their manners, were personable with me and my children, and also knew how to step back and just let me relax!
Why only four stars? Technology exists today to accept credit cards on the beach, yet Ike’s does not. Taking time to make a phone call the office (while fairly quick and easy) was a bit of a hassle.
Great attendants. Great service. Thanks, Ike’s!

Ike’s is decent, I don’t know that I have anything super special to say about them however I have only used their beach chair service. I really wish they had a different way of storing the chairs instead of the big containers they leave on our beautiful beaches all the time. The chairs are convenient, I believe it was $ 20 for two chairs. They come by and offer an umbrella however they did ask us to move all of our stuff about 20 minutes after we got comfortable because those two out of the 20 empty chairs were reserved. The people never showed up. I totally understand reserving seats, more power to you if you have enough forethought to call ahead but they should have at least put a sign on them so we didn’t dump all of our stuff and get comfortable first. For anyone that hasn’t used a service like this you just pick an empty chair, get comfy, and someone pops by to Take your money and see if you want an umbrella. Convenient for vacationers that don’t have their own beach stuff!

Tried to rent paddle boards. Stephanie was EXTREMELY rude on the phone, saying it wouldn’t fit in out car, or even let us try, and she would charge for delivery. I’m glad we went someplace else (PADDLED BY YOU) who was so nice and YES it fit in our enormous car like we suspected.

Had a great experience parasailing. Our captain and first mate were top notch, friendly and made sure everyone had a wonderful time.

Let me preface my review by saying this is my first time in Gulf Shores. I have been to more beaches in my life than I can count, and this beach is by far the biggest disappointment. When I first arrived at my condo and looked out my sliding glass door, the first thing I saw was large metal containers on the beach. I later found out that this is Ike’s storage for chair cushions and umbrellas. It really takes away from the beach. The wooden chairs they use litter the entire coast line. For those of us that bring our own chairs, it is an inconvenience to have to maneuver around them and find a spot. As for cleaning the beach, I wouldn’t have know it was even being done if I had not read the earlier reviews here. When I made it to the public beach by foot last night, I could clearly tell they are better maintained than the one’s Ike’s services. I actually saw one of the employee’s launch a privately owned beach chair about 4 feet across the beach the other day. I guess that is one way to increase business.

We always use these guys and the service is always excellent :)

Ma’am if you will notice. I said that I didn’t not expect a miracle, but I did expect atleast a little effort. There was no effort. Pieces of watermelon, plastic cans used for oil, huge fishing lures, these are just a small amound of the things my children brought up to me from the seaweed where the beach attendants were supposed to be cleaning… To me ma’am, the job was far from done in a professional manner.
The beach next door did have a tidal pool too. I have pictures if you would like to see. BUT MY POINT was that maybe a small pathway could have been made through the water. A couple of the attendants and a shovel would have worked fine. But they spent most of their time sitting and conversing, because the parasail wasn’t able to run… They could have been doing something constructive.
And the probable reason why more people did not make contact is because I had to make 5 different phone calls before I could even get a straight answer about who was responsible for the beach. Believe me when I say, many many people at our condo were very unhappy! I was just the one who actually decided to try and find out why. And I also found out that Suncoast Beach Services was the group with the green umbrellas. Kudos to them for putting forth effort.

I urge an absolute BOYCOTT of this service!!! Our family has been coming to the wonderful Gulf Shores area for more then ten years and these lounge chairs have always been a pet peeve of mine, as I was searching for accomadations this year, I happened upon some pictures of the beach that didn’t have any of these UGLY lounge chairs on the beach, how NICE the beach looked without the litter of the uncomfortable (even with a nice blue pad on it) lounge chairs. As a tourist we pay a 11% tax on our beach front rental, which should give us tourists rights to that whole beach, including the deluxe spot that these lounges are placed in, so who’s this outfit «JUICING» so «POOLBOY» can try to charge me or anyone else anything, let alone $ 25.00 a day to sit in the best location on the beach that I’ve already «JUICED» Gulf Shores up with my 11% tax to occupy. Why I can’t imagine puttin out $ 25.00 a day to this guy, then have to tip «POOLBOY» in case I fall asleep to adjust my umbrella. Anyone who’d use this service is mad at their money, or has a lot more of it then I do, you can get a pretty nice chair at Walmart or any number of local stores for what «POOLBOYS» gonna fleece ya. So you can obviously tell what my opinion is on Ikes Beach Service, I SAY, GET’EM OFF THE BEACH, my and all the others 11% tax ought to be plenty enough to keep Gulf Shores in tall cotton, Adiós for now «POOLBOY»!!!
P. S. Maybe ya ought to get a hot dog cart so you can sell people on the beach something they can enjoy!!!
P. P. S. We will be on the beach in the near future and I plan to keep score of just how many people use this service, that I have to give my «BEST» spot on the beach up to, then when I return home I will be letting the city of Gulf Shores know what I came up with, and express my displeasure, SORRY «POOLBOY» don’t take offense to this, I know you’re just tryin to help «Uncle Ike» make BIG MONEY!!!

I don’t know anything about «boating» as it says in the description of this place… but Ike’s Beach Service made my everyday beach lounging incredibly enjoyable.
Directly in front of our condo (and many other condos down the beach), were these huge pair of wooden lounge chairs with big blue cushions and an umbrella for shade. You could rent them for $ 25 a day/​$ 40 for two days/​$ 55 for 3 days (which is what we did). Shawn who I called our «Pool Boy», was great. Each morning I would arrive and my chairs would be set up. He would come over a few times during the day to see if I wanted more shade, less shade and would adjust the umbrella to my liking. Can we say «fabulous»? He wrote our names on the back of the chairs, so each morning everyone knew those were ours. They were ours from 7am-​5pm. On my last day at the beach, I fell asleep and Shawn came over and adjusted the umbrella (whilst I was sleeping and MP was in the ocean, being no help) so that I was in full shade. Lovely. I could tell when I woke up that if he hadn’t done that I would have been a little cherry skinned. No bueno.
I would definitely recommend getting this service. You can call the number on the big boxes on the beach that store the cushions and umbrella’s or you can just plop down on a set of chairs (that doesnt have a name on it) and Pool Boy will be by to get you set up. Say goodbye to sand everywhere and lounge around on the beach. Doesn’t get much better than that.