Stephanie Tyson McCugh
+5
Tried it on a whim before our flight out. Best decision of our trip!! Sat at back bar and watched them shuck oysters while we ate and visited with them. Ordered chicken fingers and pound of peel n’ eat shrimp. Amazing!! Even the chicken fingers were great! Can’t wait to visit again on next trip.
Loved it! I’m always on the hunt for a good dive bar- and this definitely delivered. It has a unique atmosphere for sure- and our food was awesome. Came with a big group, and everyone left happy. Tried cooked oysters for the first time, and I was pleasantly surprised. I highly recommend the crab claws! Will definitely be back on my next trip to PCB.
Good, decently priced food. The atmosphere is definitely interesting. The oysters were pretty good, and the food came with huge portions. Overall, it was a good dinner.
We got two dozen oysters at Dusty's: 12 steamed and 12 Rockefeller. This was my first time having oysters and they were AWESOME! Carrie was our waitress and she was super fun and nice. We want to come back tomorrow!!
We had fabulous meals, two days in a row! Best food in town. Fresh oysters and seafood, the blackened scallops are to die for. The nicest most professional staff, come see Mama for a full belly.
Yummy!
Delicious food, fairly priced, great service, laid back atmosphere👍🏽👍🏽 Try the burritos, wings, raw oysters- the back deck is nice to sit on when the weather is great.
Amazing little place to grab lunch and drinks.. there is always a long wait but it is definitely worth it. Food is perfect and can't forget about the drinks. Friendly staff and a great place to enjoy the day with friends and family.
I do not go to PCB without going here several times while I'm here, the oysters are the very best and the atmosphere is awesome. Just know you have to try the raw oysters.... Love this place...
Kellie Teas Stepnowski
+5
A fabulous unpretentious hole in the wall. Great place for fresh oysters , a beer, a lively waitstaff and just a great time. Belly up to the bar , order a dozen and watch them be shucked fresh.. It's definitely a no frills place.. So leave the attitude and expectations at the door. Always a 5* in my book.
We had gone there for lunch yesterday (8/4/16), Although it was packed, we were seated promptly at the bar, where Nicole took care of us immediately. We had fish and chips ($8.99), crawfish sandwich ($8.99) and grouper sandwich ($9.99) and tea. The wait was not very long, considering that there were a lot of people. But when the food arrived, it was hot and fresh. The sandwiches were huge and came with a generous side of fries, which were equally fresh and hot. The total bill for the three of us came to less than $34.
Absolute biggest and freshest oysters I've eaten. From Seattle to Nola to Miami. It doesn't get any fresher than watching them shuck them and then serve them.
Came here to escape hot afternoon on the beach. What an awesome experience! My husband and I sat at the shucker bar. It was neat to watch them shucking oysters. Everything tasted so fresh! We had the jalapeños and seafood oysters as well as blackened crab claws. All was delicious!
First off, this place is a dive and proud of it. Seemed to be a good mix of locals and tourist there indulging in drinking, feeding the turtles, and singing bohemian rhapsody at full volume. Oysters were huge and the shrimp po boy was nicely seasoned. Appetizers sampler needs work, no salt and bland. But, you shouldn't be going for the jalapeño poppers anyway... I'll be going back.
Husband and I ate here today. Our waiter, Jameson, was attentive and had an excellent personality. Shrimp better than Red Lobster. Would eat here again.
I can not go to Panama City Beach and not go to Dusty's! If you like or love oysters, then you will not be disappointed. I believe they shuck more oysters then any other restaurant in the Panhandle and they are brought in fresh daily from Apalachicola! I get mine raw, but they come steamed, fried and baked (probably 8-10 different ways) with delicious toppings. They also have crab claws (fried are awesome), shrimp, all kinds of seafood, burgers and chicken. I also highly recommend the smoked fish dip, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and fried green tomatoes.
We have not a single complaint about this place! By far the best oysters in the area, best I've ever had. Very fresh. Everything in the seafood adventure was delicious. The scallops and clam strips are amazing. Our server was very very good and super friendly. We actually didn't mind sitting at a table across from others, aside from the couple across from us talking about whether or not my sister was ours or adopted.. pretty rude as we were sitting only 4 feet apart. But that is not their fault. (: No doubt we will be returning every year when we come home for vacation!
Great atmosphere. Great food. You can put a dollar on the wall with your name and read all the other names that people have left which is super fun.
Love the baked oysters (which version? ALL of them!). The raw oysters are good too. Their fried mushrooms rock. I'm a ranch dressing snob, but theirs is tasty. The beer is ice cold and the service is always great.
I have so much love for this place! Oysters are amazing raw or baked with toppings. The tuna dip is excellent. My family goes here at least twice every PCB trip. Go here if you're looking to have some good food and a good time.
Love the oysters. We were told that everywhere get the same oysters but Dusty's does something to them. The environment is kid friendly unless 2-4pm (happy hour) and post 8pm because it's a bar.
Best oysters in town For Sure!! Apalachicola-- the best. Also had fried oysters and Dusty's Baked. Fried were best we have had. Going back ASAP!
Dusty's Oysters (Baked with Parm Cheese, Bacon Bits and Onions). Delicious the best flavors
Great place that even the locals enjoy. Clean nice atmosphere and great food. Oysters are phenomenal.
Love the oyster bar dive atmosphere. Raw oysters were little small but good. Shrimp were huge and the seafood adventure was huge but little too much breading on fish for my personal taste but still great. Great server. Worth the visit.
Great little place. The food prices are great. I tried the fried pickles and po boy which was wonderful. Be wary of the drink prices, other than that we had great service.
Sat at the bar to reduce wait time. Great service, big oysters. Great price. 9.99 for a dozen. Labor day weekend
BEST Oysters on the beach!
Loved the Fun atmosphere.. No wait ..we sat at the bar & they shucked oysters right there! Good fresh oysters!! Good hot wings!
We never leave PCB without eating here!
Frog legs!!!!!! And the oyster po boy! Great food, great service and reasonable prices.
Waited for an hour for a table but the wait was worth it. Small space but good food and great oysters. Our waitress, Eliza, was attentive and very nice. Great place to go at PCB!
We just tried Dusty's this past week after many visits to PCB. We will definitely eat here many more times when we return. One of the best priced places we have been to. The Dusty's Baked Oysters, fried scallops, and seafood nachos were delicious. And you have to try the pecan cobbler. Amazing. We ate there again our last day just so I could have dessert again.
Couldn't get seated. Standing 6ft from the checkin said they called us twice...they did not. Food was expensive left still hungry
My wife and I love thus place. Located on the West end of PCB this little jewell has good oysters but some if the BEST fried shrimp! I always order up a dozen baked casino oysters and a pound of fried shrimp. Very relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommend.
I came into Dusty's memorial day 2014 and Brittany was our server. Our food took a little while because of how many people were there but Brittany was awesome! Probably the best server I've ever had. As a server myself she did a great job making sure we were taking care of and happy, she was extremely friendly and made us feel very welcome. Would definitely recommend her!
Damn good beach place. Go to have fun,food is great when ya get it,stop bitching about the wait ,you are part of the reason ,too many people want in.......no other place down here is like it,,,,,,go straight to the bar ,fine a seat....work the system......
For Oysters, go here. This place is great and so much fun.
Try the wings, they are excellent. Oysters are cheap. Soft Shell crab po-boy is a treat. Best of all- the smoked tuna dip. Everywhere on the beach buys their dip from one person, Dusty's makes their own and by far the best.
Loved the food...especially the oysters Rockefeller, service was great, and it has a really fun atmosphere was lots of fun. Our 1 year old danced the whole time we were there!
Freaking awesome food!!! The fried scallops are amazing! I could've ate here every night for the rest of my vacation just for the scallops! This place is a hole in the wall and there's not a lot of parking around it. The music is extremely loud and our waitress wasn't very nice but the food is worth going for! I ordered the 1lb of scallops its only $2 more than the scallop sinner since I don't eat Cole slaw and fries and the scallops are large and you get a TON of them!!!!! Trust me you want to try this place if you haven't!
Love this place!! Thank you Eliza for such great service!
I hate to repeat everyone else, but their reviews are dead on. We were told it would be a 40 min wait. It ended up being an hour and a half wait (with a 9 month old baby). It seriously was worth the wait though. I got fried scallops. Everyone at our table love their food, including myself. I wouldn't say our waitress was rude, but she wasn't friendly by any stretch of the imagination. And oh yea, this place is extremely loud inside. With the few negatives this joint has, I will still go back every time I'm in PCB.
GREAT food. GREAT service. GREAT atomoaphere. Couldn't be more pleased!!
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Went for a rainy lunch. Me and my parents went there for lunch on July 14th, 2013.
We arrived at a little before 1 and were greeted with a slap full restaurant and a pretty healthy line, which only got longer as we waited. we ended up waiting for about an hour, but we suspect the fact that it was a bit rainy at the time made it a little worse than usual as people were looking for something to do until the rain subsided. But as usual you can't go much of anywhere in PCB without a wait.
Once we were seated our waitress was there almost immediately to take our order and was frequent in checking up on us, although it is kind of hard to avoid doing so seeing as how the place is tiny. Nevertheless we were a bit of a hassle as I was a bit overzealous with the horseradish and pestered her for refills, but she was still all smiles.
I had a dozen raw oysters, which were brought to me right away with all the fixings. The oysters were of a good size and shucked right at the oyster bar not teen feet from where I sat. My parents both had the clam chowder in a bread bowl which was scrumptious.
All in all, if you don't mind waiting (and if you're eating in PCB, you really can't mind) then this is a nice place to go for lunch, and I would imagine the same for dinner.
Food was awesome! Our "ugly waitress" Chris blew away any waitress we have ever had! Beautiful, funny, and made our experience amazing! Wish we had servers like her in the North. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone. Great time!
Not really sure why it only has one $ because Dusty's is a little bit more on the pricey side. I have been coming here for year and the wait it always long but the food is Devine! Highly recommend the Dusty's baked!!
Ridiculously happy. First ever trip to Dusty's over spring break this past week (March 28th). Place was packed so we sat on the back deck. Our server (Chrissy, I think) was outstanding, and the 2 1/2 doz. raw and 2 doz. "seafood" baked (with parmesean) oysters we downed were screaming fresh, flavorful and dirt cheap. Had a pitcher of craft ale on the side, and also blackened scallops and fried shrimp. Everything was fantastic. Cannot wait to go back.
Absolutely the Best Fried Shrimp. It's a dive but the atmosphere is lively. I would make the trip to Panama City Beach just to have another order of their fried shrimp.
Every time we are in PCB this is the only place worth going. The food is always excellent when we go cooked perfectly. The oysters are so fresh and flavorful absolutely the best.
This place is so good! I'm not a sea food person so I ordered Dusty's burger with American and cheddar cheese and it was perfect! Dessert is on the way! I would totally come back!!
I like it.. Get the chicken wings, they are awesome. Oysters not so good.
Rebecca explores the world
+4
I think everyone was tired when I arrived. It was ok service at the bar, however it was change of shift so maybe just bad timing. This isn’t your typical bar restaurant you would see at the neighboring pier park. It’s unique with dollar bills hanging and stapled everywhere.
The crab legs I ordered were over done, lacking the snap but they tasted ok. The Parmesan baked oysters were really good with a gigantic dozen portion. It was just a couple bucks more than the half dozen
This is a really intersting place with $1 bills covering the entire ceiling and all the walls. We went during off season, in Nov, so we got served pretty fast. Our waitress was really great too. The salt and pepper in thr baby corona bottles were too cute so i incuded a picture of them too! We had fried pickles, scallops, grouper, and a cordon blue sandwich. All were great. We aren't experts with seafood vs value/price, but we felt the size of the scallops and the amount were a really great value compared to other places we've been. My husband has declared this to be his official scallop place.
Tonight was our first night in PCB and we chose Dusty’s because there was no wait. Walked in and the host recommended we sit at the oyster bar. I am so glad he did. Johnson was the best oyster shucker and really put on a show for my son. The food was great and the atmosphere was perfect! Fried clam basket and baked oysters were on point! Thank you for making our first night in PCB a memorable one! Have a feeling we’ll be eating here again before we go home.
Very popular place to eat. Fun atmosphere. More $1 bills than you can count taped all over the walls and ceiling! Fun juke box. Very lively crowds. Food was pretty good as well. Service was excellent! You won’t find many other cool places like this in Panama City.
Freakin amazing food! We ordered crab claws, peel and eat shrimp, and Rockefeller oysters. Literally one of my top meals I’ve ever had. My boyfriend normally doesn’t eat oysters but ate 8/12 of them! Our waitress was amazing too but I can’t remember her name.
Dusty’s is by far my favorite oyster bar in PCB!
They oysters are always good and not to mention the wings are some of the best I have had.
Bee prepared for a wait as they get busy as soon as they open. Enjoy a drink on the back porch and admire the turtle hanging out in the lagoon in the back!
We had to visit this place twice on our mini vacation because the food was absolutely delicious! Try the Jalapeño baked oysters, fried green tomatoes and the Crab legs, you will not regret it! 😋 The food is definitely worth the wait...(there will be a line but it moves along quickly) so do not leave! Give them your name, buy a drink and hang out until they come find you and lead you to the table.
Although the wait was long, it was surely worth it. We were able to order drinks while we waited for a table and take them to the back porch. Food is available for $1 to feed the wildlife out back. Lots of turtles out the day we were there!
The service was great, everyone was so nice! Our food came out quickly after we placed our order. Very fresh and tasted amazing.
A popular spot in PCB so if you want to wait as little as possible you'll need to come right when they open. If not you could be waiting 1-2 hours like we did. We were prepared for a wait so it wasn't an issue and visiting the dollar story next door is fun.
The oysters are GREAT and as someone who typically favors smaller oysters from the north east these were bigger and delicious. We also ordered some food that wasn't fried such as the gumbo which was also good. If in the area it's a must!
One place that definitely works up an appetite. The food is absolutely delicious. Dig in and make those oysters your friends 😆 🤣 😂
Best place for oysters on Panama City Beach!! Also the best Crab Claws we had during our time during our time in Florida!! Service was great and quality of the seafood outstanding and the beer cold. We go to Dusty’s every time we are on Panama City Beach!
Delicious. Portions on the smaller side and the shrimp could stand to be a little bigger. Clam chowder had way too much potato and very little clam... but we had no problems finishing anything! Would love to give the menu another shot.
Christian sucks!!! The worst bartender since the guy who wouldn't refill Jesus's Holy Grail! I'm mean the guy had a grueling day ahead of him and he can't get more wine?! WTH? I'll probably will go back tomorrow but I'm an idiot. Good luck! This place and Christian are great. Really fresh oysters and extremely cold beer.
Finally a place that has good service along with great food. That's a tough combo with tons of people, but this place did a great job even with a large group. Baked oysters were fantastic! Crab claws, great.... all food was great, well done Dusty's!
Loved the oysters and the oyster stew. The atmosphere is awesome. My wife got the fish sandwich. It was a very generous piece of fish. I stole a bite. It was terrific.
Just as a tip, they give a discount for cash. Almost all the restaurants have a cash price that was about 2.5% cheaper.
10/10 Recommend Dusty’s Bar & Grill!! The parking is limited and the outside looks questionable BUT inside is like a whole new atmosphere. Even though it was packed (was told a 45 min wait) we were seated within 25! The service was amazing & the food!! I had a scallop dinner and added a 1/2lb steamed oysters. Went around 6pm, had a wonderful experience.
Frequent customer over many years through owner n management changes. The last time seemed the worst. Finally tried again, not bad, but jot near the same. Shrimp were food but very salty. The ham overcooked n used to spinach being fine, not chunks on the Rockefeller oysters. And the oysters were tiny tiny.
Update Sep 30, 2023.
Went back to try once again. Old habits are hard to break, lol. Didn't do oysters or shrimp this time. We got sandwiches. My club was great, fries kinda old. Friend got the Philly and then got another batch of fresh French fries. It had a good flavor. The Dusty burger was not like the older days, but it was ok. Draft beer was... well, I ordered ice for mine. Waitress was very nice but seemed rushed.
Bartender was awesome. Great dive bar with ice cold beer and some of the biggest fresh oysters I've ever seen! Had all the fixings you could want. Shrimp burrito was more like two small tacos rolled like a burrito, but great flavor. Popcorn shrimp by the pound for the kids, which tasted like fresh breaded shrimp not just dumped out of a bag and heated up.
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