Capt. Jack's Family Buffet - Front Beach

Reviews

• CG

  Charles Gillison

  6 days ago
  1.0
  Food was low tier, the reviews stating this place has no flavor are correct. Unsure where the 5 star reviews are coming from. For $50 a person it is not at all worth it. Sanitation levels are very poor. They expect you to tip their servers as well, to take your plate and bring your drinks, which they charge for as well. This place is a cash grab and not much else. Please heed the other low reviews and STAY AWAY. You’ll leave regretting your visit
• LM

  Lydia E Manns

  Jul 4, 2026
  5.0
  We ate at this buffet on 4th of July and I could not believe the speed of service and quality of food. Everything was excellent. The best clam strips I've had in awhile and all very fresh seafood. The fried oysters were sweet and tender. The steak was also delicious. They have both sides of the buffet open, which keeps things moving. And although we did not choose to have crab legs, I really appreciate that there is an attendant serving that station. It not only keeps things moving, but I believe it reduces waste. Something else I appreciated was not only the variety of food & dessert choices, but the desserts were portioned perfectly. We were very pleased and will return when back in this area.
• CP

  charleisha parrish

  Jul 2, 2026
  1.0
  The food was definitely not worth it for the price they are too expensive then they have two separate prices for an all you can eat buffet which is one line of food to choose from not many choices very disappointing with and without snow crab legs you pay an extra 20 25 bucks for what it supposed to be all you can eat crab legs but they have someone standing there serving you two at a time no butter no seasoning never going back a waste of money
• PA

  Penny Adams

  Jun 29, 2026
  2.0
  I drove 2 hours to come and see my brother in Panama City while he was on vacation with his family there, they had just came to eat at this buffet the night before, and he absolutely loved the shrimp and knew that I loved crab legs, so he said, I definitely needed to try it. So we decided to go that night for dinner. The price to me is severely over the top. For the limited amount of products they have on their small buffet. There's really only 4 sides to the buffet. That's no longer than your standard picnic table. And one of those is the dessert buffet. The other is the salad buffet, so you really only have two table size areas with actual dinner food on it. While some of the shrimp did have some seasoning to it, the rest of the shrimp and other food options had no seasoning at all. The crab legs had absolutely no seasoning to them at all. They just tasted like frozen crab legs that had been boiled in plain water. So to pay over a $100 for two people to eat on this buffet, to me, was absolutely absurd and definitely not worth the money. Now, the waitresses that were in there. I will say was on top of everything. We never went without a drink. They were always cleaning the tables that was absolutely awesome. I did also like the fact that they had somebody there, handing out the crab legs so that people were not coming up and clearing the entire tray at 1 time, leaving everybody was left standing waiting on crab legs, however, they only gave you 2 clusters at a time when you went to the buffet, but you could go back as much as you wanted after you ate those 2 clusters. The place was packed but definitely eat over priced for nothing but frozen pain water boiled crab legs i could make at home. But the pineapple icecream oh my lord that was amazing so if you so waste your money going then definitely get the ice cream it will make you feel a little better about the money you just wasted!!
• G1

  georgiaboy 1991

  Jun 26, 2026
  1.0
  First off, they charge each bill a 10% gratuity and we had a party of 6 not 9! Complete opposite of what they say on the sign and the bill. So they basically stole $20 from us. Second the crab legs are garbage. They are so over cooked you can't even get the meat out. There is hardly anything to even chose from especially for $60 a person. All of the tables are so close you aren't even comfortable. Again, I can't express how awful the crab legs are. The Mac and cheese taste so bland and fake it made me sick. They have a huge ice cream machine with only vanilla. You do NOT get your moneys worth here especially since they STEAL from you and don't even care. I told the manager and he argued with me saying that's not on the sign up front when it clearly is it's even on the receipt.

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