3,180 reviews
#12 of 306 Restaurants in Panama City Beach$$ - $$$, American, Bar, Vegetarian friendly+1 850-235-3555+ Add websiteImprove this listing
Hours
Sun
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Mon
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tue
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wed
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thu
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Fri
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sat
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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Travelers' Choice 2024
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PRICE RANGE
$8.00 – $28.00
CUISINES
American, Bar, Seafood, Soups
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
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About
Open 7 days a week. The food is awesome. The beach is awesome. The sunsets are awesome. As a matter of fact, this just might be the best place on earth.
PRICE RANGE
$8.00 – $28.00
CUISINES
American, Bar, Seafood, Soups
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Discover, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Waterfront, Beach, Gift Cards Available
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4.5
3,180 reviews
Excellent
1,704
Very good
936
Average
330
Poor
131
Terrible
79
Geri O
Plainfield33 contributions
Jan 2024 • family
I love Schooner’s!! Our whole family loves this place! We’ve been coming here for 30 some years. Here’s what we love:
Pros:
1. It has great food ( I usually order the blackened grouper and my husband likes the shrimp) We recently ordered the Mahi Bites and they were delicious! Lightly breaded and not greasy; a great snack.
2. wonderful staff, even though they are busy, they have time to chat and make sure your visit is good.
3. lively atmosphere during their happy hour 3-5pm Monday-Friday; we wait only about 15 minutes, though they tell you about 45 minutes
4. Decent wine list
5. During off hours you can get a seat by the window overlooking the gulf
6. We’ve been here for the bands and they are also great!
7. Nice sunsets
Cons:
1. They have high and low top tables and the stools have no backs to them, so if you want a low table you’ll wait a bit longer for it.
2. Stay clear from the cannon when they fire it off at sunset or you won’t hear yourself or others for awhile!
3. I think they have draft beer, but they didn’t offer my husband’s favorite on rap, only in a can.
Overall, we love this place and even like it during happy hour!!! You just can’t beat 1/2 off everything on the menu, including a nice bottle of wine. That deal, though, is good till end of February, 2024.
Written January 31, 2024
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Kimberly W
Jeffersonville46 contributions
Jun 2023 • family
We had really good food and loved the atmosphere. Go early so you don’t have a long wait. The banana pina colada is really good! Did find it odd that to add chicken to my sons salad was a $10 up charge. Server wasn’t very attentive but things happen. We will be back on our next trip.
Written June 15, 2023
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PawCane
Jackson305 contributions
Jul 2023 • family
Good food, par for the location. Victoria did a good job of getting drinks and apps.
1st night on PCB so we will be looking for local seafood fare after today. Overall the fam was happy. Fried crab claws $28, mahi bites ($12-13) and the bang bang shrimp (12-13) were all apps for a party of 4.
We love apps and think it’s a direct reflection of quality to come. We thought claws were good but shrimp was our favorite.
Ordered grilled grouper and mahi baskets along w a popcorn shrimp.
Grits were the best side, hushpuppies were not a bell ringer and fries were…..well fries.
Wife’s grouper was better than my mahi.
Daughters popcorn shrimp were some kids menu grade crap. Fresh shrimp was expected, maybe we expected too much from a basket.
Kids had a desert each, neither are made on site.
I would say par for the course and for mass feeding and beach fare. Have a week here and it’s not bad at all just for the masses and we prefer the local fresh small name big flavor restaurants that are the hidden dive bar foodie joints.
Written July 17, 2023
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clrcheryl1
Panama City Beach16 contributions
Apr 2024 • friends
This place doesn't allow dogs. Even emotional support dogs. I've gone here for 12 years. I am a local. Food is mediocre nothing to come back for. But the atmosphere is cool. Have been here several times with dogs in tow. Never been a problem. Been given iced water bowls for the dog, enjoyed hanging with friends, looking at the water. Yet I bring in my gorgeous, non aggressive, Pomsky puppy, who was not making a ruckus, people were in aww of her beauty. She is a registered emotional support dog. Sever asked if we needed a water bowl, I said no I bring my own. We got drinks and was about to order food. A manager type person came and told us, no dogs allowed. I told him she was a registered support dog. He asked what support does she offer. I replied , you can't ask me that. He said yes I can. I said emotional. He said they don't support that and said we had to leave. It was the most embarrassing moment. My friends and I had to leave . I do not recommend coming here. We went down to Patches where all dogs are allowed and had excellent service and amazing food. I as a local have informed many people to not eat here. It's not good food and management will make you leave for being emotionally disabled. I have turned them in to the animal registry.
Written June 11, 2024
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Mark S M
3 contributions
Apr 2024 • couples
You’re paying for the atmosphere, which is fantastic. The food was good but you don’t really get much for the money. $23 for 1/2 lb grilled shrimp with cole slaw & two small hush puppies. $16 for a Mahi basket w/fries & two hp. Of course it’s right on the beach - but so is Pineapple Willie’s - and they have a pier over the water. Service was decent. No draft craft beer. $8 for a can & a plastic Schooner’s cup.
Written April 17, 2024
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fjones
Osprey102 contributions
Oct 2024 • family
A loud sports bar with mediocre food. Not bad, but not worth a rave. The service was good and the food came out quickly. The fish tacos had a nice chunk of Mahi that was a little dry and the tacos only had chopped tomatoes that were runny and caused the tortilla to be soggy. It could have used a sauce and or a little cabbage slaw. My husbands fish basket had the fish served on tip of the fries, which made them soggy and taste like fish. The hush puppies were bland and not served with any butter.
Written October 24, 2024
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Eddie B
1 contribution
Dec 2024 • friends
I made my yearly trip to PCB last week from big apole and had a blast at schooners! Wait… no.. really it was actually the worst trip I’ve ever had. First our family car had issues connecting to the Bluetooth so we didn’t have any tunes for the whole trip. Bummer! Then we hit massive traffics running down I32…. Once we finally got to Florida we decide to stop at Schooner for lunch.
This club is very nice. But I didn’t know they were so enthusiastic about racist. Eddie was extremely stinky and rude to us. He even insulted us for being Kamala fan. Once our food got to us the plates tasted very salty. Thankfully we only had to wait 63 minutes to get all our meals. Schooner zero stars from this guy. At the table next to us a family was watching the popular film Daddy’s Home 2 on full volume. We ask our server to turn it down but they said we would have to deal with it! Rude!!!! Anyhoo once we paid and generously tipped then leave we realized that there was POOP on seats. So we had to get new pants.
Written December 20, 2024
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Cosmos Mariner
Kenai385 contributions
Feb 2024 • couples
Enjoyed our lunch with a window seat looking over the beach. April was an excellent server - attentive, walked by, looked, and on occasion asked if needed anything more. The seared crab cakes were a cut above as I appreciate alternatives to fried.
Written February 11, 2024
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Roxanne G
Fountain City180 contributions
Mar 2022 • couples
We don’t mind waiting but after 30 minutes and they put you with 4 on a 24 x 24 inch table? I requested a larger table there were plenty larger empty not sure why they’d put us in the way of bar service as well. Two ordered beer at the bar two ordered ice water the Ice water never came and she didn’t offer bottled if cost was the problem.
Well then our food came blackened Grouper was so fishy I think they must have served me the brown filet. And the burger was so over cooked it was like eating leather no flavor. only reason to go is the view and French fries. Head to grand marlin if it’s quality food and service you are looking for
Written March 22, 2022
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sam clayborne
Clarksville836 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
I don't know what has happened to Schooners but it has been a family favorite for years. We come here every trip.
A couple of years ago, we came and it was terrible but we have to acknowledge that sometimes places have a bad night. Next time we came, we ate there and it was wonderful however things had changed and the portions shrank.
We ate there at the end of august and it was just not worth it. We spent over a $100 for the two of us and left feeling like we ate at Captain D's. The food was nothing to brag about and the portions were extremely small.
I ordered a grouper basket and got what might have been one piece of fish and that is a really small piece cut up in nuggets. There may have been 6 or 8 little nuggets and a pile of fries. The tartar sauce tasted like kraft and there were two tiny little hushpuppies about the size of a large marble.
My husband got some peel and eat shrimp which he liked but I thought they were bland.....he doesn't like any spicy stuff anyway....but truth is mine are better cooked in ol bay.
He also got the seafood platter which had very little fish on it, 6 shrimp and I have to give credit where credit is due.....the oysters were good and there were plenty of those. they were small little jumbo shrimp.
We didn't have a wait because we got there before the crowd however service was really slow and the waitress was just over it.
This will probably be our last visit. We could have had a really good meal somewhere else for what we spent here.
Written September 15, 2022
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janice A
Acworth18 contributions
Nov 2022 • none
The food was very very bland! Lobster flatbread was greasy, lobster bisque had two tiny pieces of lobster in it. Ordered dessert, when server forgot to put the order in , I said that’s ok, just cancel it, no worries. Instead server suggested I get it to go, and charged an extra 35 cents for a to go fee….. very insulting, and petty, on top of poor quality food. I am a local, do NOT recommend this place AT ALL.
Written November 2, 2022
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Matt
I’m apologize for your poor experience. We strive to provide excellent quality in service, and food. Portion size is not a common complaint, so missing our mark more than three times is beyond disappointing, and a outlier for us. As a local I’m guessing this wasn’t your first time here, we always like to remedy any situation in the restaurant promptly. I understand the urgency to just wanting to exit as soon as you could from this below standard experience. We would ask that we may have another opportunity to earn your business back. Please contact us so we could discuss the details and options.
Written November 9, 2022
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stevenhood
Birmingham262 contributions
Jun 2024 • family
Crowded and you do have to wait in evening. However, the staff does a great job of serving when you are seated you order.
Between group we had blackened grouper, maui maui, gumbo, peel and eat shrimp and flounder. Everything was delicious. Served hot and as ordered. Waitress attentive to stop by with refills.
Written June 26, 2024
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Kelly P
1 contribution
Jun 2024 • family
We’re visiting PCB for our Anniversary vacation. We had several locals recommend this restaurant, so we chose this location for our Anniversary dinner. Food and service were great! However when we gave our Veteran ID card and payment we were told this restaurant doesn’t give military or veteran discount. Very sad that a great establishment doesn’t acknowledge the men and women who have and continue to fight for our country. We will not go back.
Written June 11, 2024
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k1986esl
Georgia139 contributions
Oct 2022 • none
We walked over from our condo for a quick dinner. We got there around 6:30 and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. We had a friendly waiter, and we were served food by the kitchen staff in a timely manner, BUT the rest of the service was pretty bad. We got an appetizer and had NO napkins the entire time we were eating it. When we got our entree, we had to ask the kitchen staff if they could get us napkins. Glasses were emptied during the meal and stayed that way for practically the whole meal. We were offered only one refill the entire time and that was at the end. Both entrees were very good and were large portions. Schooner's has a cool atmosphere, and it is a fun boisterous place to dine, but we were very disappointed in the lack of attention by our waiter.
Written October 29, 2022
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Travel1207
Grand Isle222 contributions
Jan 2024 • none
Always busy, this restaurant has lots of parking, but you usually have to circle a few times before you find one.
Ample food, their hushpuppies are amazing. We had chicken salad (huge, fresh and delicious) as well as the 12 shrimp special, also delicious.
Clean bathrooms, clean restaurant.
Quite noisy, this hopping spot is filled with people of all ages and walks of life.
Will go back, for sure.
Written February 1, 2024
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