Splash Bar

Great music and stiff drinks, that there is rarely a long wait to get one. The crowd really depends on the weekend, but does get really crowded after 11:30 on Saturdays when an out-of-town queen is coming through. Generally more of a dudes bar. There is an out door area to hang, as well as an area inside. The DJ is great, which I didn't expect in such a small bar.

On the down side, cover does tend to be over priced for an average gay bar - typically $10. Also, it gets pretty smokey inside, although this seems to be the standard in Panama City Beach.

The Thursday night Drink or Drown - $6 gets you drinks all night long - was not a bad deal. The "dancer" was a beautiful man with absolutely no interest in dancing. He spent the evening stomping about on the bar, showing his dangling bits to anyone who wanted to give him a dollar ... all the while looking as if he would rather be anywhere else. There was one rogue, local, lesbian shamelessly hitting on straight girls, chasing them around the dance floor with her crotch and doing her level best to get them drunk. Eventually, the old girl got too drunk to remain upright, paid her tab and left. But, not before she had knocked over a bar stool and scared the heck out of the few gay out-of-towners in the place. The one saving grace for this little bar was the DJ. The music was excellent.

Splash bar sucks.  They charge $10 to get into a whole in the wall.  Big city gay clubs don't charge that for the big dance clubs.  Too bad it's the only gay club in the area.