YoHo Rum & Tacos

YoHo Rum & Tacos operates as a waterfront taco bar inside The Wharf in Orange Beach, serving a menu built around tacos, rum drinks, and shareable Tex-Mex-leaning appetizers under the tagline “Bold Flavors, Laid-Back Vibes, Waterfront View.” The restaurant is one of several concepts run by The Wharf Catering Group, the same locally based operator that also runs Villaggio Grille, Ginny Lane Bar & Grill, and Mile Marker 158 elsewhere in The Wharf complex, giving it sister restaurants nearby rather than a national franchise network behind it.

The taco menu is long and varied, ranging from a classic chicken or beef taco to more specific preparations like a chimichurri skirt steak taco, pork carnitas simmered in peppers, onions, and tomatoes, and an al pastor taco built on marinated grilled pork with sauteed onions and mango relish. A blackened fish taco comes with spicy slaw and cilantro cream, while a BBQ chicken taco pairs grilled chicken with golden barbecue sauce, jalapeno, and red onion, and a crispy calamari taco adds Mexican slaw and a spicy sweet chili sauce.

Raw and seared tuna also make an appearance, with a tuna poke taco built on yellowfin marinated in soy, lime, and sweet chili and served with red onion, edamame, arugula, and guacamole, and a seared tuna taco offering a more traditional preparation with mango aioli and pineapple mango relish for guests who want their fish barely cooked rather than raw.

Beyond tacos, the menu covers appetizers like chips and queso, skillet corn hushpuppies served with chipotle aioli, jalapeno poppers, a four-way guacamole sampler, and a lobster and shrimp quesadilla with tomatoes, onions, and cheese. Salads and soups include a loaded black bean soup, a grilled shrimp salad with pineapple, mango, and a lemon poppy seed vinaigrette, and a jerk salmon salad tossed in a honey lime dressing, alongside sandwiches such as a Cuban built on Cuban bread and a spicy honey fried chicken sandwich on a brioche bun.

Main dishes round things out with Key West shrimp and grits made from Gulf shrimp sauteed in a cilantro key lime garlic butter sauce over cheese grits, blackened salmon topped with a mango pineapple relish and roasted vegetables, and a chimichurri-marinated skirt steak served with roasted Yukon gold potatoes and a horseradish cream sauce, giving the kitchen range well beyond a typical taco stand.

YoHo is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., matching the extended hours common to restaurants inside The Wharf that need to serve both lunch crowds visiting the shops and late dinner guests heading to a show or the amphitheater. Happy hour runs every day from 4 to 7 p.m., with three-dollar beers, five-dollar cocktails and wine by the glass, and twenty-dollar cocktail pitchers, along with a Mexican pizza offered at half price during that window.

Dessert options lean tropical as well, with a tres leches cake, dessert nachos, and a plantains foster dish, plus a rum sampler for guests who want to taste through several options at once. The overall menu reflects a broader Latin and Caribbean influence rather than a strict Mexican focus, which sets it apart from more traditional Tex-Mex restaurants in the wider Orange Beach and Gulf Shores area.

For visitors spending an evening at The Wharf, YoHo offers one of the more distinctive Latin-leaning menus in Orange Beach, built by a locally rooted restaurant group rather than expanded in from an outside franchise system. Takeout and delivery are both available through Toast Tab pickup and DoorDash, and the combination of a long taco list, a full rum bar, and hours that stretch from lunch through late dinner makes YoHo a flexible stop for groups with different appetites and schedules.