Runaway Island

We had dinner here during our trip to Panama City Beach and had a really enjoyable experience overall. The ambience was excellent beautifully decorated with a cozy holiday feel, making it a great place to sit back, relax, and enjoy the evening. The atmosphere alone sets a very positive tone. We ordered popcorn shrimp with fries for our daughter. At first glance, I honestly thought it might be just average, but once our food arrived, that assumption quickly changed. The food was delicious. We tried the flounder topped with buttered shrimp and the blackened mahi-mahi tacos, and both dishes were packed with flavor and cooked perfectly. Even our daughter loved the food we ordered, which says a lot! The prices are on the higher side, as clearly mentioned on the menu, but the quality and tast

We went here for Valentine’s Day dinner, we actually called ahead and got a reservation for us, indoor. And when we got there, they tried to switch us to the outside. They eventually seated us upstairs inside. We ordered the oysters Rockefeller as an appetizer, they were delicious. Oysters were huge and very tasty! We also ordered from the Valentine’s Day menu the D Street Grouper and the Strip steak! Both were delicious and good size portion. The service actually could’ve been a little bit better, they weren’t as a tentative as they could have been, for a 20% tip. As a matter of fact, you never even got our servers name presented to us. They also add on some fee to the bill. She didn’t really come back by and say hello and check on us very much at all. Also, we ordered the oysters to c

Excellent food! Highly recommend this place for the food and atmosphere. Right on the beach. They have indoor and outdoor seating. Wpuld have been a 5 star rating but as nice as the waitress was we ran out of drinks and had to wait to get refills.... will come back again when i pass this way again...

Runaway Island let me down on this occasion. Valentine's Day 2026 we were excited to read they had a special menu, a small menu with only three choices but nonetheless enticing enough for us to be excited to share a sunset at Runaway, hear the sunset bell and enjoy their food. We went early with a reservation (lots of open tables so didn't need the reservation but good to have). We ordered identical specialty beach drinks, they arrived separately and tasted noticeably different, odd but not a show stopper, one tasted better than the other, slightly irritating for a specialty cocktail for $15 each. We had chosen ahead of time the Butter Poached Lobster and New York Strip, on ordering the server informed us that they were out of lobster, this is 4.45pm at the beginning of dinner service and

First time here definitely won't be the last!! World class raw oysters would be an understatement. Service from Brie and the manager Carl was borderline breathtaking. This is a must visit when you get to P.C.B!! Prices were amazing and the kids loved it. Super chill vibe.