The Craft Bar - Panama City Beach

Always good! Best craft bar in town! Tim the bartender is great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shockingly disappointed. I come to PCB for work a few times a year and I’ve always looked forward to trying this place because the menu and vibe seem great.

It was 20 minutes from the start of the NFL season opener and none of the TVs by the bar weren’t even turned on. The big sports bar style tv in the main dining area was on 4 random channels. Another customer at the bar asked for the remote and was able to log into an NBC free trial on the tv to get 30 minutes of the game. Very odd that they weren’t prepared for the first NFL game and even more strange that they present themselves as a sports type setting with big TVs but don’t seem to have cable?

We ordered some beers and decided to share a burger since we were going to have to go elsewhere to catch the game. Beers were good- great selection. $20 Burger brought out was the wrong one- no worries. Brought the right burger quickly after and it really undercooked with a crunchy top bun and soggy bottom bun. “Fresh cut” fries were visibly old and saltless. Side of mac and cheese seemed microwaved and was flavorless.

Bartender was really the only good part of the experience. He was very helpful and friendly.

I don’t usually write reviews even for a bad experience but I really can’t get over how much this place missed the mark on several levels. With so much competition in the area and the prices charged here, won’t be worth another shot.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Tim and Taylor were Great. Both make a Mean Old Fashion. Excellent service

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Looking For A Place To Watch Football?
This IS NOT it! They don’t have sound or football. Season opener and they have golf on the TV.

Not on the beach, which isn't a bad thing. 30+beers on tap, they closed at 9 on a Wednesday..... I'll go back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderfully prepared food in a nice clean place to relax and enjoy a tasty drink 😋

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I have always enjoyed visiting the bar and dining here, but recently I have been quite disappointed with both the food and the wine.
I brought a friend for lunch, and unfortunately, the food was terrible — it seemed to have been reheated in the microwave. After just one bite, we couldn’t eat any more.
Additionally, on another occasion, we opened a bottle of wine that was spoiled, with a very unpleasant smell.and I really understand about wine !
I reported the issues on the day of the lunch and again the next day about the wine, but unfortunately, no action was taken. I ended up having to open another bottle of wine myself.

Drinks ok !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Good beers and great servixe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was very slow 🐌 and Service was just not that good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Craft Bar Mac \u0026 Cheese

Excellent

Good happy hour specials. Lots of room for groups. Great Bar

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Definitely recommend, everything we ate was delicious! My husband had two of the craft beers and he liked them both. I’m not a beer drinker so I had 2 of the cocktails and they were both really good. The “what the fuzz” was a peach drink and so good. And “resting beach face” was also really refreshing and delicious. Our waiter was personable and did a great job.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Worst experience in a PCB restaurant. Have eaten often at Craft Bar. Good atmosphere, great menu and usually decent service. July 2 was an exception. Restaurant not busy but service was very slow. Food arrived for four of us. My burger was rare, not medium as ordered. Took 10 min to find someone to take it back. Took 30 min to get the same burger back, although they stated they were making a new one. Everyone else at the table was done with their meal when I got my food. I rushed to finish so people didn't have to wait for me. Server brought the bill with a 10% discount. My $16 burger should have been free! I didn't have time to have a discussion about it. Not going back!

Good selection of craft beers, flight come with 4 glasses. They do have happy hour drinks and small bites. The service was good and it was not crowded. Food was good, the Nashville hot chicken on the small bites happy hour were delicious. The steak fries were ok, steak meat needed some flavor.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Ive eaten here multiple times. It's used to be great but the past 2 times were a little disappointing. Service has declined and the food has changed on prep. The last time we went in , the fries were almost burnt and seemed to be fried in old oil, and the burger was burnt. For the appetizer we would normally get the fried green tomatoes that would have a balsamic sauce on top that they seem to have quit doing that changed the flavor all together. That could be due to a new chef or maybe management changes, but its definitely declined in the past 2 years.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3