A series of mixed‐ligand M(II) complexes containing 1,10‐phenanthroline (phen) and 3‐methylpyridine‐2‐carboxylic acid (3‐mpaH) or 6‐methylpyridine‐2‐carboxylic acid (6‐mpaH), namely [Co(3‐mpa)2(phen)]·3H2O (1), [Hg(6‐mpa)2(phen)]·2H2O (2), [Mn(6‐mpa)2(phen)]·2H2O (3), [Co(6‐mpa)2(phen)]·H2O (4) and [Ni(6‐mpa)2(phen)]·H2O (5), were synthesized for the first time. Among them, 1 was obtained as single crystals. The structural characterization for 1 was conducted using X‐ray diffraction and that for 2–5 using mass spectrometry. The IC50 values for α‐glucosidase inhibition of 1–5 were obtained as 0.161 to >600 μM. The spectral properties were also investigated using Fourier transform infrared and UV–visible spectra. Furthermore, to investigate the geometrical parameters, spectral and electronic properties and second‐ and third‐order nonlinear optical parameters for 1–5, density functional calculations were applied.