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Restaurants

The places we send guests to first. Organized by where you are on the map.

This is the actual list. The places we send Sundial guests to first. We have lived three minutes from this property for long enough to know which ones we still go to.

If you only have time for one thing on your first trip, walk to Mike’s Seafood. Two minutes from your suite door. The fish sandwich is the move.

Walking distance from Sundial

2-minute walk closest

Mike’s Seafood

The closest real meal to your suite. Walk out the door, turn the corner, you are there. Casual, no-pretense seafood. The fish sandwich is what we order. Beer. Friendly staff. This is the one we tell every guest about first.

Mike's Seafood & Oyster Bar exterior in Panama City Beach
Photo: Mike’s Seafood
5-minute walk

Salty Sue’s

The other walking option from Sundial. Easy stroll, casual feel, the kind of place you end up at because you do not want to drive. Worth knowing about before you arrive.

Salty Sue's restaurant exterior in Panama City Beach
Photo: Salty Sue’s

Worth driving for

20 minutes by car classic PCB

Schooners

The oldest beach bar in PCB. Picnic tables in the sand, live music most nights in season, fried seafood baskets, sunsets that put themselves on a postcard. It is a longer drive than it sounds from Sundial (closer to 20 minutes than to “just down the road”), but worth the trip at least once.

Schooners beachfront deck overlooking the Gulf in PCB
Photo: Schooners
15 minutes by car date night

Firefly

The nicer pick for a real dinner. Bigger wine list, the kind of menu that has thought put into it. Make a reservation in season. Good for couples or for the night you want to dress up a little.

Firefly dining room with the signature lit tree
Photo: Firefly
10 minutes by car unique

Boondocks

Worth the drive. Marina-side, casual, the kind of spot where you might watch a boat pull up. Excellent food. Tell Reanna you are going if you want her tips on what to order.

Boon Docks restaurant exterior, Panama City Beach
Photo: Boon Docks
7 minutes by car cocktails

The Craft Bar

Good craft cocktails and a real menu, not just bar food. Better than most “craft” places in PCB. Date-night or grown-up-meal territory.

The Craft Bar tap list and bar in PCB
Photo: The Craft Bar
11 minutes by car worth it

Idyll Hounds Proper

Worth the longer drive into 30A. Phenomenal food. Excellent beer. If you are doing a 30A day trip anyway, build a meal here into the back end of the day.

Idyll Hounds Proper interior with signature dinosaur mural
Photo: Idyll Hounds Proper

What we are not listing (yet)

PCB has dozens of restaurants we have eaten at. Some are fine, some are tourist traps, some have closed since the last time we ate there. Rather than list every spot in town and risk sending you to a place that has changed hands or shut down, we keep this list short and updated.

If you want a specific recommendation not covered here, text Reanna at (360) 865-9888 and she will give you the live answer.


The simple ordering

Walking from Sundial: Mike’s Seafood, then Salty Sue’s.

Short drive worth it: Boondocks, The Craft Bar.

Drive a little farther: Firefly, then Schooners if you want the classic PCB beach-bar experience.

30A drive once during your stay: Idyll Hounds Proper.

That covers a week of dinners without repeating yourself.

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