Posey Up the Creek Steam Room & Oyster Bar

Went today for the all you can eat shrimp and was pleasantly surprised! Cannot fathom how they can offer all you can eat shrimp for 14.95 and still be so delicious. Had them fried but they also offer peel n eat. I substituted fries for the grits and they were great. Coleslaw was okay but it’s truly all about the seafood here. It is truly a seafood shack. Would highly recommend for anyone looking for real genuine seafood and in a country atmosphere. If you’re looking for a fancier type place this might not be your place

Had blue crab claws, shrimp, and grouper. All fantastic! You MUST HAVE THE KEY LIME PIE!!! amazing! Service was great!

Fresh, hot southern seafood as it’s meant to be. Sometimes random little shacks in the middle of nowhere have the best food… And Posey’s is no exception. We started off with some gator bites because we had to have some alligator in this part of the country, and so glad we did. It was served with honey mustard and tasted like slightly chewier popcorn chicken. I had the grilled shrimp dinner with grits and corn, and it seemed like I was at a family dinner… If my family cooked everything perfectly. Seriously, this ain’t your average dive bar. These people are serious about their seafood and it shows! My mom had the you-​peel-​shrimp with old bay seasoning. Pretty spicy and so, so fresh. We left with full bellies and smiles on our faces. Definitely worth stopping! y

This place is awesome. It’s got a hole in the wall feel but the seafood is awesome. We had steamed shrimp, fried scallops, and blackened flounder. All three were amazing. We had a large party and the service was great. We will probably come back at least one more time on our trip.

The food was great and so was the prices. Our waitress was the best of. S
All and I didn’t get her name. I will go again if I get to this side of Florida

Was served beer that had things floating in it. Server said that they had been told there was an issue with Becks beer and they served it anyway. Ordered dozen oysters got only 10 and then they acted surprised. Husband ordered hamburger dressed and all he got was bread and meat when the server asked him if he wanted everything on it. The restaurant could use a good cleaning. Ask for a knife to cut my corn off Cobb and was handed a dirty one even the handle was dirty. Would keep on driving then wasn’t even offered a discount.

Great friend pickles, soft shell crab sammich and shrimp salad. Many choices, great value, nice folks.

Had the fried oysters and shrimp with chess grits, Cole slaw, and hushpuppies. Really good!

Just returned from supper at Posey’s in Panacea. I had grilled grouper and scallops with cheese grits, hush puppies, and fries. I washed it all down with sweet tea.
On other visits, I have enjoyed their mullet dip, their buffalo shrimp, and their deviled crab.
Posey’s also is a solid choice for seafood catering and I have used them on a number of occasions.
For coastal seafood at an establishment run by the same family for generations, Posey’s is the place to go.

Love this place. You get what you expect, good seafood, friendly service. Obviously not high dining but simply good food.

Add this restaurant to your list! The place is family owned and the food is delicious. Our server, Georgia, was helpful and very nice. We split a seafood platter. Lightly blackened oysters, scallops, grouper, crab and shrimp. Perfectly cooked and seasoned. Our 13 year old daughter had the steamed shrimp which she loved. The hush puppies were the best we have EVER tried. The atmosphere is casual and is a great place to go with family and friends. We will be back before we head home.

Visited this week 3^rd year running. Had a great meal (twice). Amazing oysters and best fried chicken we’ve had in ages. Make no mistake — there’s nothing fancy about this place but the food and staff is outstanding. The shrimp is also great — both fried and peel-​and-​eat. Cheese grits are delish.

Fresh, light seafood perfectly fried. Not a hint of grease! Shrimp and catfish were both top notch. The coleslaw and cheese grits were also great. Even the hush puppies were amazing with green onions inside the batter. This place doesn’t look like much but the food is GREAT!

Doesn’t look like much from the road, if it hadn’t been for Unilocal.Family owned, proud to employ local kids and are proud to be helping them achieve goals.
The good was devious, I had grilled oysters and shrimp, crab cake, with corn on the cob and cheese grits, as well as a couple of delicious hush puppies
Topped off with key lime pie.
Inexpensive and delicious!

Excellent seafood. Fried right, seasoned right and the cole slaw and cheese grits were right on. Definitely going back before we leave the area. Nothing fancy here… just good eating.

I have been coming to Posey’s Steam Room for years — it is the best place to get a meal in Wakulla County, period. The Posey family serves great food at a fair price. When friends and family visit near-​by places like Destin, Apalachicola, or Tallahassee — I always recommend they make the drive down to Panacea to visit the Steam Room. Personal favorites are the stuffed flounder or grouper. And, if you have fresh caught fish, they’ll cook it for you. All around 100% recommendation.

I really hate it when things change for the worse.
We’ve been visiting Posey’s for more than two decades, and we remember it at its prime, when Mr. Posey (we assume that’s who it is) was there all the time, the wait staff were competent and friendly, the food was all great, and they had the best fried shrimp in the world.
We noticed a marked change beginning about three years ago, as Mr. Posey was there less, and the waitresses got a lot younger. We assumed they were the third generation, and hoped they’d grow into it. After all, walking into a pre-​made job is no small thing!
Unfortunately, what seems to be happening is that when Mr. Posey or the older woman we assume is his wife are there, the staff are friendly and hard-​working. Otherwise, disaster.
Since Posey’s Dockside closed, they seem to have brought all the plastic dishes here — fine, but different. The portions, also, are smaller now. The shrimp themselves not as fresh — don’t get the grilled, you will be disappointed.
I can live with that, but the fried shrimp were not good. We tried four times, and the only time they were fine was when Mr. Posey was there.
On our last — and final — experience dining there, our waitress was young — a teenager, really — and it was all she could do to serve our table. She literally trudged across the floor to us, gave us a bright fake smile that lasted about two seconds, took the order, then glared at another waitress and stomped back to the kitchen! I am not joking, she stomped.
Our entire meal was like that. She couldn’t be bothered bringing dishes for the horseradish or cocktail sauce. (They’re small and plastic, and they used to just be out on the table. I guess since they went to plastic plates instead of disposable wax paper in shrimp baskets, the costs have gone up, hence saving on the ramekins.) When we asked the second time, she stomped off, then brought two for our party of six. She forgot the silverware. She dropped the plates of food on the table, rather than placing them. And on and on.
Mind you, this was just one waitress, but the food on three of our four visits was nowhere up to the old standard — not just my opinion, but that of the seven different people we brought with us. Grease needs to be changed regularly; this was not. The shrimp and grouper were over-​cooked. And I’m sorry to say, the men’s and women’s bathrooms both smelled like something was wrong with the sewer.
Oh. The cheese grits were awful, a new low.
Also, a pet peeve of mine — no hot water in the bathrooms. How are you supposed to maintain hygiene that way.
The tartar sauce is still very good…
All in all, three years of disappointments means we will take our business elsewhere. Sad, because it’s gone from a caring staff to an «entitled» one, and that’s unfair to the remaining older waitresses. Sad, because they used to be great. Just sad.

We had spent the day on a fishing charter and had about 40 lbs of filleted mackerel as a result. We brought about 10 lbs into Posey’s and got the you-​catch-​we-​cook. If memory serves it was 8.95 and got us a couple of sides each. We asked the cook to prepare the mackerel in whatever manner struck him, as many ways as he liked, and to bring it all out family style.
First, the sides. I’ve read the reviews about the the cheese grits and I’m just gonna say it must be a southern thing and leave it at that. Good, but plain as white bread. The other sides were very good.
The chef prepared the mackerel four ways: deep fried, blackened, lemon & pepper, and something I’ll just call cajun. Each was prepared well. As a matter of fact, I don’t know that I had a favorite. They were all just outstanding.
Our waitress was friendly and efficient — kept the drinks full, checked on us often enough and did everything with a smile.

Thanks to same day Unilocaler Ryan T, I took a chance and had a delicious dinner and wonderful experience here. It’s not fancy, but it sure is friendly. Good salad, fresh shrimp, yummy cheese grits and a whole ear of corn that was HOT and buttery and not soggy at all. I sat at the bar because I was a party of one, although the staff said I was more than welcome to take a table. My drink was filled up right away throughout my stay.
I sat next to a regular who was being treated like family, and when the owner/​cook came out of the kitchen, I got treated like family too. I bought a shirt to take with me as well.

Oh, this has to be my favorite place for fried seafood around Tally.
Yes, its divey, and yes, they serve on styrofoam, but no can fry an oyster just right like Posey’s. And I’ll admit that the cheese grits are not the best around and the key lime is far from authentic, but the fried mullet is so good you hardly notice or care.
I recently took my boys here — my Vermont husband and my adult-​aged step sons — as we drove down to St. George. Not only did I want them to taste the great food, but I also wanted them to see what the real Panhandle is like!
We started with the gator bites, and no, they do not taste just like chicken. Here, the gator bites are the real thing – chewier and sometimes stringy, slightly like a meaty fish. The flavor, come to think of it, is not unlike mullet, but not quite as strong as mackeral or anything.
Our youngest son had the fried chicken, which he said was okay, but that it was better at the Lodge in Wakulla Park. I was not impressd with the biscuit, I’ll admit.
But it’s really about the seafood here. My older son’s oysters ($ 8/​dozen in Jan 2013) were very fresh and nicely sized.
My husband was good enough to order the oysters for me, which were perfect — cooked just enough to give them the right texture, still soft and milky, so the briney goodness spills gently on to your tongue, providing a nice crunchy contrast to the not-​overwhelming batter.
And the mullet! Oh, how I love fried mullet! And I love that they do not use the same batter for all their stuff. Unlike the oysters, my mullet had more cornmeal, which added a hearty crunch to the flavorful, meaty fish… but that same nutty crunch cornmeal would have overwhelmed the delicate texture of the oyster.
The grits were a little to muchy to me, and could have been cheesier, but I do love the hush puppies here. Some of the best I’ve had, and just the way I like them: savory with onions, not too sweet (as many place make them), and never overcooked.
The Key lime pie is no where near authentic, but quite good in its own Panhandle way. It tastes and feels something like jello-​lime-​flavored Cool Whip mixed with a little cream cheese topped with a slightly scary day-​glo lime liquid candy.
So while the KLP may not be authentic, Posey’s itself is. This is a Real Florida as you can get.