Dirty Dick's Crab House - Panama City Beach, Florida
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Exceptional! We aren't the easiest crowd to serve as my wife and I spent years in the restaurant industry. This was a top notch experience from beginning to end. Our youngest child is autistic and basically non-verbal. She's not patient to say the least. They accepted a reservation for our party of 6 due to these special circumstances. They were on quite a wait when we arrived. We were seated immediately and our server, Cameron, was on top of everything. We never once had to ask him for anything other than the check when he checked on us mid dinner, we take the check early so we can make a quick exit if necessary. Now, the food. It's above standards as far as local restaurants at comparable prices. The complimentary hush puppies were home made and delicious! We ordered the gator bites as an appetizer, they were freshly prepared and very well seasoned, not too salty which so many places achieve by just dumping seasoning salt in the breading. The kids loved them. My wife had the Mariner and we ate it all. Everything was so well seasoned and perfectly cooked. I ordered the beef tenderloin tips, rare, which were spectacular and the portion size was much more than I expected. My oldest daughter had the Monster fish sandwich which was named appropriately. The filet dwarfed the bun 4x at least. It was huge!!! My oldest son had the fried chicken club sandwich but subbed out the jalapeno cornbread for toast, I wouldn't have but... It was amazing! Not too sweet but very savory! Perfect flavor profiles from quality ingredients all around. My younger two had the chicken finger baskets with fries. They were fresh, hand breaded. I don't think we were served anything frozen, just fresh made food although I didn't try the fries, they looked home cut. I appreciate a restaurant that trust in the quality of their product and service and doesn't automatically apply a gratuity to a party of 6. We will definitely be back!!! My daughter took a picture of her sandwich and I took my food to go, everyone else just dug in so no pictures there lol. There are restaurants where you have an exceptional experience and make them a family vacation tradition. Add this place to the list!
Evan Wainwright
70
Dirty "D's" All you can eat fried special All I can say is when we visit Panama City Beach we come to Dirty "D's". This vacation we visited 3 times. I have always enjoyed the food, and has never given a review. The All you can eat, is my best order, and the wife gets the 1/2 lb crab legs. The shrimp is my fav, with crinkle cut fries, but the order came with steak fries the 2nd, and 3rd trip. I could have sworn in years past I had fried scallops, and fried clam strips on the All you can eat menu, but I did not see them. I have always came back every year, for this. I was not happy, and failed to mention this to the server. On the 3rd trip, I saw the owner sitting at the bar ordering food. I caught his attention, and mention this to him, he was super polite, and stated how hard certain food has became to order. I am familiar with the current state of the economy, and totally understood. Had he not been polite, and explained this, I felt comfortable we will be back.
Chuck Strong
50
Absolutely never again. I’d almost be willing to give you 2 stars since the drinks were good, but cannot since I never got to talk to anyone about my experience (my waitress didn’t return after dropping the food/condiments). I literally ate 1/2 my side dish and the bread since my entree was not good. My boyfriend had to go and find the waitress because we were ready to leave. She yawned in his face and said she would get our ticket. She never came. When he approached another waiter to advise we just wanted to pay our check and leave, we were told we just had to wait. Tables near us were waiting to return food and also being ignored/ avoided by the waitstaff. The bathrooms were in terrible condition and mostly unusable. We finally just went to the front, the waitress come with a ticket, and were grateful to just pay and leave. $113 and the only person who finished their meal got kiddie pasta- and she picked the chicken out because it was “weird.” Even when it was obviously a problem, no one attempted to get a manager, instead they laughed. When told the food was not good they were “oh, sorry.” Yeah, save your time and money. Unless you just want drinks, then carry on. 🤷🏼♀️
Alicia Richardson
00
Stopped by before leaving town to have lunch with my boyfriend and ordered the Trinity Platter. When we got there midday it was pretty empty. Food was pretty good, shrimp tasted a bit off but generally we enjoyed what we could. My bf and I asked to step outside to smoke a cig & I left her both my debit card + my drivers license. When we came back in, they bussed our table! The waitress ran back and informed the other staff and another woman emerged from the back (whom I believe to be the manager) came out to apologize. They offered to salvage half the tray & cook up the rest which was reasonable but we lost the rest of our appetite & asked for it to be boxed up. The waitress must’ve felt bad because she didn’t charge for our sodas. We got our leftovers, paid (with normal tip), and left town. Some 600 miles later I noticed they didn’t replace the sausage, corn, or prawn/shrimp kabob which was sad :( I know they apologized but I don’t see why there was a lack of communication in a place that had maybe 3-4 other small parties there. Not sure if I would want to return next time I’m in Florida.
Sonja Serrano
00
Came here tonight because I've had a crazy craving for crab and just drove straight from New Orleans. Got seated right away (party of 1) and had a huge table! Server was good, a little *too* attentive but rather have that than no service! Ordered 1/2 lb of king crab 🦀 legs and French fries 🍟. The crab legs were not that warm at all. They had flavor but the temperature threw me off. Fries were like steak fries. Some were cooked very well, some needed more time. After I consumed the 1/2 lb, I ordered another 1/2 lb. I asked for the same price as a whole pound...I'm used to bigger king crab legs but it was fine. The 2nd order was super hot and great!!! Definitely loved them the 2nd time. For dessert, I ordered a shot of Jameson with a coke back. The shot was at least 2...👍😂 Overall, good experience here. I would order the crab legs hot next time tho!
Marsha Talbot
150
Came here for a late lunch on a rainy day, wasn't real busy. Got the fried boudin balls for app and the trinity platter w/o dungeoness extra order of snow. The kids all got a kids plate and a little "mud & worms" dessert which they loved. For the price of the platter with the snow upgrade it came put to about $90 which was about 3lbs of snow crab a butt load of shrimp, 2 jumbo dancing shrimp, 2 corn, 4 potatoes and 2 sausages. So was pretty decent given everything that it came with. The peel and eat shrimp were a little hard to get peeled and weren't de-viened for the price I would expect at least that. Other than that we had a good time and ate plenty! *note the picture is only half the crab we got they brought the other half out on another tray so we got double tue crab you see*
Jacob Thomas
10
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Address
9800 Front Beach Rd, Panama City Beach, FL 32407
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(850) 230-3425
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dirtydickscrabs.com
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Casual, locally owned restaurant for fried & steamed seafood, plus BBQ, burgers & Southern sides.
attractions: Laketown Wharf Resort, WonderWorks Panama City Beach, Shores of Panama, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Boardwalk Beach Hotel & Convention Center, Race City, Coconut Creek Family Fun Park, Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf, Cobra Adventure Park, Long Beach Resort Condo Rentals, restaurants: Pineapple Willy's Restaurant, The Wicked Wheel, Angelo's Steak Pit, Gulf Coast Burger Co., Jin Jin Super King, The Wharf Buffet, Coyote Ugly Saloon, Hibachi Express & Sushi, Best Pizza on The Beach, Juan Taco
