Great seafood. Crabcake is the best at this restaurant. Katie is the best manager here. Dustin is your best waiter and his niece Kiera is also very good. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Caesar Salad, Fries
Marian Taylor
The portions are wonderful
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Tony Hill
Just plain
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chad Allen Wolbert Jr.
Over priced for what is offered. Food there is average at best there. The experience was sub par.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
James McLamb
Enjoyed a great lunch here. The service was great, and the food was awesome. This is a must go to place every time I'm in town.
I used to live in Virginia Beach … always LOVED Surf Rider - was very excited to see the “new” Surf Rider go into the old Laughin’ Gull!! It was the end of my vacation out there on Tuesday. I really wanted to try lunch here before my flight back home …My rating for service has very little to do with our actual server - I actually felt bad for her. I asked for a rum runner on the rocks … “I’m sorry, we can only do those frozen”. Wait WHAT? (I am a medically retired 40 year hospitality employee/leader) I asked how is it i can ONLY get a rum runner frozen? (I am assuming the 3 or 4 rums used for the drink are readily available behind the bar) but a Mai tai was available on the rocks. Server’s response was “I don’t make the rules”. I then asked if the flounder (pointing to the handhelds on the menu) could be prepared not fried. “ABSOLUTELY! That will be broiled then, is that ok?” When she ran through my side options - I realized she was ordering the dinner … I pointed out that I was ordering the flounder hand held … “Oh … that can’t be done broiled!!” Wait WHAT?? If I ordered the entree, I could get it broiled, but if I order from the hand helds, I CANT?? The answer again was “I don’t make the rules”I looked at my daughter in law and we both said … we should have gone to that other restaurantI ended up with the crab cake hand held - it was fabulous … the whole ordering process simply left a terrible taste in my mouth and I won’t be returning on my next trip out (this summer) to the East Coast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
David Brooks
The crab cake sandwich is amazing, the staff was very friendly and the view is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
Mary Patterson
Just wonderful all the way around!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Tactical Turtle
Great Food but the fact that you can't place to go orders on Friday and Saturday is simply insane. Look at the amount of business done by uber eats, grubhub etc. The customer base at large wants take out now more than ever. I have planned to get takeout from this location two times in the past month, the first they never answered the phone even though I called back to back about ten times. The second I was told they don't offer takeout on weekends. Why is it so hard to spend money with your business? I feel you may wan't to reconsider this policy as the general population is ordering more takeout today than any other time in history.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Rhett Bray
Beautiful on the water, my fried clam strips seems almost equal fried batter to clam.
Great seafood. Crabcake is the best at this restaurant. Katie is the best manager here. Dustin is your best waiter and his niece Kiera is also very good. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Caesar Salad, Fries
The portions are wonderful
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Just plain
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Over priced for what is offered. Food there is average at best there. The experience was sub par.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Enjoyed a great lunch here. The service was great, and the food was awesome. This is a must go to place every time I'm in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Flounder, Fried Seafood Platter, Tuna Bites, Calamari
Always
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
This Surf Rider has the best food! Service can be a little slow. They do a good job with separate checks when we go there for work with a large group.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Tuna Bites, Fish and Chips, Calamari, Hot Crab Dip
Good food. Menu options meh. Had a real opportunity to create a beautiful space on the water. Just kinda missed it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
The food was great and the service excellent. I highly recommend the She Crab
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love the marina setting! Great serviceParking: Parking lot just outside the restaurant.Wheelchair accessibility: Easily accessible wheelchair ramp.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Fried Shrimp
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I used to live in Virginia Beach … always LOVED Surf Rider - was very excited to see the “new” Surf Rider go into the old Laughin’ Gull!! It was the end of my vacation out there on Tuesday. I really wanted to try lunch here before my flight back home …My rating for service has very little to do with our actual server - I actually felt bad for her. I asked for a rum runner on the rocks … “I’m sorry, we can only do those frozen”. Wait WHAT? (I am a medically retired 40 year hospitality employee/leader) I asked how is it i can ONLY get a rum runner frozen? (I am assuming the 3 or 4 rums used for the drink are readily available behind the bar) but a Mai tai was available on the rocks. Server’s response was “I don’t make the rules”. I then asked if the flounder (pointing to the handhelds on the menu) could be prepared not fried. “ABSOLUTELY! That will be broiled then, is that ok?” When she ran through my side options - I realized she was ordering the dinner … I pointed out that I was ordering the flounder hand held … “Oh … that can’t be done broiled!!” Wait WHAT?? If I ordered the entree, I could get it broiled, but if I order from the hand helds, I CANT?? The answer again was “I don’t make the rules”I looked at my daughter in law and we both said … we should have gone to that other restaurantI ended up with the crab cake hand held - it was fabulous … the whole ordering process simply left a terrible taste in my mouth and I won’t be returning on my next trip out (this summer) to the East Coast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
The crab cake sandwich is amazing, the staff was very friendly and the view is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
Just wonderful all the way around!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great Food but the fact that you can't place to go orders on Friday and Saturday is simply insane. Look at the amount of business done by uber eats, grubhub etc. The customer base at large wants take out now more than ever. I have planned to get takeout from this location two times in the past month, the first they never answered the phone even though I called back to back about ten times. The second I was told they don't offer takeout on weekends. Why is it so hard to spend money with your business? I feel you may wan't to reconsider this policy as the general population is ordering more takeout today than any other time in history.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Beautiful on the water, my fried clam strips seems almost equal fried batter to clam.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Clam Strip, Fried Shrimp