Time Out Sports Bar & Grill

Previous reviewers have way too high of standards for a gas-station adjacent sports pub.  It's clearly a locals hangout and greasy spoon, and if you know that, it's fabulous. The same burger and fries at a diner or one of those walk-up burger shacks would get four-stars. The small burger was still huge with generous tomato, lettuce, and onion. The onion rings were perfectly standard, same with fries. The wings - we got the honey something wings, and they were fantastic. Served with both carrots and celery, and ranch and blue cheese. Overall, a great "diner" in sports bars clothing. Karaoke on thursday, but not overpowering if you sit away from the action. Easily can watch a game on one of the tvs.

Half of the dozen oysters ordered were smaller than a dime size and when brought to the waitress's attention, she got defensive and cut me off. We weren't trying to get free food. Worst of all, she mentioned the manager was shucking our oysters. Long story short, we cut our dinner short at Time Out and went down the street to Hunt's oyster bar. Worst experience to date. Time Out made Hunt's look THAT much more delicious.

Time Out Sports Bar & Grill looks like a renovated Huddle House or something similar and in the same building as a gas station.

I went during the weekday lunch rush, and you could tell the crowd was primarily local, and many seemed to be regulars. They have a sticker outside the door advertising NFL Sunday Ticket and boasting that you can watch every game there on Sundays, but I don't see how as there were only 6-8 TVs in the joint, and none very big.

There were only two waitresses in the restaurant, and while Time Out is small, I felt like they were overstretched for the lunch rush and weren't very attentive. I ordered water to drink, and was never given a refill when I'd drank it all even after the waitress said she would bring me one on two occasions.

Time Out's food seems to all be cooked short order at a griddle, not unlike Waffle House. The burger I ordered was very basic, and would have been quite dry if not for the grilled onions and pepperjack cheese I ordered for toppings. It does come with a packet of mayonnaise also, if that is your predilection. The fries weren't bad, and were seasoned in the sort of way you might expect at a seafood restaurant, and even had that hint of fish fry you expect from those places.

The Mrs. had a BLT wrap which could not have been any more basic. I might have made a bigger and more robust version of that item at home for a lot less than $7.

Time Out seems to have a good selection of draft beers and even more bottled selection, including higher end beers like Blue Moon.

The bottom line is that I would not at all recommend Time Out Sports Bar & Grill as a good place to drop in and have a bite or catch a game. You'd be better served by the McDonald's down the street. That said, if you live on Panama City Beach near Thomas Drive and are looking for a decent place to stop in after work or on the weekends and grab a few beers in a no-frills but not unfriendly environment, then this bar and grill might be for you.