Harpoon Harry's - Panama City Beach

This was a yummy, cool spot for dinner. We were here for a week and went twice for dinner! Great service and the food was delicious. Sitting outside by the beach with a nice ocean breeze and good music was great! The drinks were some of the best I?ve ever had! And you get to keep your cup. Definitely recommend. The only reason I didn?t give a 5 star review was the hostess on our first night was not as friendly as the wait staff and bar tenders.

Our food was phenomenal but oh my gosh, the wait, it was nearly unbearable. It took us 18 minutes to be acknowledged by our waiter for just a drink order, which was two sodas and a Lemonade...after we got those and he took our order, it took 62 minutes to get our food. It wasn't even that busy. It was 1:15pm on a Thursday, neither inside nor out were busy with people. I've never had to wait so long for a lunch. While the wait was long, the food was really good. It's just the service was far too slow. We got: shrimp quesadilla, ahi shrimp appetizer, grouper, and the island chicken burger.

I sat inside because it was too windy outside. The drinks and appetizers were ready fairly quick but the entrée took a while. The restaurant was clean, staff was friendly, food was well seasoned, and the cups were souvenirs. I asked for grilled grouper but my waiter was so nice that I didn't want to cause attention to the fact that it was fried. It was still good but the frying took away from the natural grouper taste. Steak was flavorful but the crab cake was pure cake, little to no crab. Warning: be prepared if you're going to order a 32oz drink. Our only issue was that the supervisor was rude to the server in front of us. The waiter forgot to bring utensils and the supervisor told the server in a condescending tone that she could have brought it.

We were excited to try this local establishment. We arrived and the hostess seemed as though she would prefer to be anywhere else. She never smiled, barely spoke and moved at a snail's pace. We were the 3rd party in line and she had no sense of urgency whatsoever and everyone noticed. Once seated, our server greeted us and he was friendly. He took our drink order and then someone else finally came over to get our dinner order. I tried the Harry Cane cocktail and it was quite good! My husband ordered bottle beer because they had none on tap. He ordered the blackened grouper sandwich and said it was good. I ordered the seafood platter. The shrimp and scallops were of good size but everything fried tasted the same. The stuffed crabs were mostly breading. It wasn't a bad meal but felt it was lacking compared to the price. Our server also did the bare minimum. I had planned on trying another cocktail but he never asked if I would have liked another drink. In addition to the meal cost, there was a 3% tourist area charge. This was posted at the front so it wasn't something we weren't aware of. If we had known the quality of the meal ahead, we would not have stayed. We recently moved to the area and have been trying different places. It was an experience but definitely one that is a once and done for us.

Not bad but lacking. It was kinda of a tough night to come in as it was very could out which would have made me think the help would have been consolidated but it was just average. The shrimp app was pretty good but the seafood bucket was pretty average and I'd say over priced for what you get. Typical tourist seafood trap. I'm sure the views and locations would have been great if the weather was better.