Capt. Jack's Family Buffet - Front Beach

Never visit Panama City Beach without eating here! Their breakfast is the best!!

Awesome place to eat if you love seafood. The customer service was great! The food was delicious! Cooked perfectly! I will return again.

This seafood buffet has everything you want for an amazing experience. The crab 🦀 legs are amazing. The fried oysters are out of this world so good. I go to this restaurant 1st thing when I get to Panama city Beach ⛱️. It's my favorite place to go to.

Awesome! This was a great buffet. They had so many good options, kid friendly options and yummy options for people who like more than French fries 😅. The crab legs were amazing, salad bar was great, the dessert was what you would expect from a buffet. I love that kids under 3 are free. The service was perfect. All the staff were friendly and hard working. I recommend this to anyone who likes buffets.

We ate dinner here twice, both meals (2 adult & 2 children) were nearly $300. The adult meals included all you can eat crab legs and several orders of alcoholic beverages (this impacts price) They have a great selection of different drinks, buffet choices and a dessert bar. This place stays packed, if you want to be seated promptly and not wait in line after the building fills then prepare to arrive a little early and get in line at the door. The food is hot, delicious and abundant. Both times we ate here, no one ate quickly, so if you are stuck waiting outside it could be a while. The service is on par! We had different servers each time, they watch you like a hawk. Empty plate? ..it’s gone before you can find a place to put it. There’s enough staff in this restaurant for a broadway show! The rules: if you do not order the all you can eat legs and wish to sneak some crab to someone else you can think again. They may be a buffet on the outside but secretly it’s a security firm for crab meat. Watch out, your on camera! 😉 Don’t worry they won’t make a fuss, they just adjust your bill accordingly. We watched a nearby table enjoy their experience Lol The food, entirely enjoyable! Of course there’s all you can eat crab legs and the juicy butter to go with. Their buffet offers a section for fresh salads with all the fixings. The main entrees (more or less) Mashed potatoes, gumbo, jambalaya, seasoned green beans, loose corn, whole potatoes, sirloin steak, hush puppies, fresh baked & buttered rolls, corn bread, cheesy grits, whole boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, cooked carrots, whole corn on the cob, crab cakes (very good), Cole slaw, macaroni salad variety, seasoned & cheesy spaghetti w/ meat balls, fried scallops, baked cob, and probably ten or so other dishes I just can not recall! Desserts! Ice cream is probably the most popular, they have vanilla, pineapple and a vanilla and pineapple swirl- no chocolate people! #1 most popular question asked while we were there. They also have Chocolate Oreo chunk pudding, banana pudding, brownies, banana nut bred brownies, cookies (large variety), cheese cake(s), and several fresh fruits. The second most commonly asked question is where is the butter for the crab meat. If you find yourself reading this review then save yourself the trouble of asking. It’s on the small wall stand to your right when collecting your crab legs at the buffet. Fun fact from waiter #1., Capt. Jacks is the second largest consumer of crab legs in the world. The first is the whole country of Japan. 🥈 Overall our experience was great, the food was perfect and the service was exceptional. 🌟

Everything is delicious not salty…Packed of people inside to dine in because it’s cheap and healthy foods served…we paid 34$ for 2 plus coffee of 5$ each bottomless! It’s normal to come here with empty stomach so it’s worth the money you paid. Exercise your jaw(bottom up) as much as you can so you will have more energy exploring places around…

Honestly, I went in with the expectations of a typical buffet. I was not expecting the food to be great by any means, but with a quantity over quality mindset. HOWEVER, the food was top notch! If they served it on a rectangular plate, and made the atmosphere not feel like an outdated casino, then I wouldn’t bat an eye at paying the same price for just ONE serving!!! I went back and forth countless times in a two hour period. Don’t get the crab legs if you aren’t going back for seconds, but there are so many seafood options. Several types of shrimp to get your fix with the butter kept warm at a serve yourself station. Thinking about this place makes my mouth water just writing the review, honestly. The dessert options as well as the non seafood options make it worthwhile for those who don’t partake in all you can eat seafood and kid friendly. I will be returning next time I’m in the area.