Panama City Beach, Florida
Bay County · 421 restaurants
Panama City Beach is the Panhandle's tourism powerhouse, and its 350+ restaurants are built to serve the massive seasonal influx of spring breakers, summer vacationers, and snowbirds. Front Beach Road and Thomas Drive are lined with Gulf seafood restaurants, beach bars, and familiar chains. Beyond the tourist strip, the area's growing year-round community is slowly pushing the food scene toward more diverse, locally rooted dining options.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
How to use this city page
Start with the citywide grade mix, then use filters to narrow by category, grade, or inspection dates before opening the full restaurant record.
What the citywide data means
Panama City Beach's grade mix looks fairly mixed, so this page is best used to narrow the list before checking each restaurant's full record.
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About Dining in Panama City Beach
Of Panama City Beach's 420 graded restaurants, 64.8% earned an A grade — roughly in line with statewide averages. Currently, 0.5% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 2 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Panama City Beach is 95.0 out of 100, based on 819 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Restaurants
Page 13 of 17WAFFLE HOUSE 1953
22913 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY
BEEF O'BRADY'S
11226 HUTCHISON BLVD
FORD'S GARAGE
601 S PIER PARK SR STE 103
WINDSOR WAFFLES LLC
606-B COMMERCE DR
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL #2280
100 PIER PARK DR, SUITE 100
NEW JIN JIN BUFFET
23038 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY
PIZZA HUT 2050
17292 FRONT BEACH RD STE 104
CAFE DE PEARL
204 BLUEFISH DRIVE
DAVE & BUSTER'S
600 PIER PARK DR
DOS AMIGOS
606 COMMERCE DR
CAPTAIN ANDERSON'S MARINA
5550 N LAGOON DR STE 2
HIBACHI EXPRESS & SUSHI
9956 HUTCHINSON BLVD
TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE
11260 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY #101
MCDONALDS 14489
2319 THOMAS DR
JIMMY BUFFETT'S MARGARITAVILLE
16230 FRONT BEACH RD
PIZZA HUT
9952 HUTCHISON BLVD STE 200
BEACHCOMBER TIKI HUT
17101 FRONT BEACH ROAD
DA SHRIMP PIMP
606 COMMERCE DR STE B
MCDONALD'S
10628 W FRONT BEACH RD
MARCOS #8666
9722 FRONT BEACH RD UNIT D
PANAMA PIZZERIA EAST END
3123 THOMAS DR
JIN JIN 88 CHINESE RESTAURANT LLC #88
11560 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY
DUNKIN DONUTS
11150 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY
NELSONS CATERING
606-B COMMERCE DRIVE
AUTENTIKA EXPRESS
8711 THOMAS DR
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
