this place never disappoints. ample portions of delectable food. quick service, even though it's always rolling. love this spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lisa Abney
One of my favorite places when im in Richmond. The food is great! The staff is awesome. Yesterday i tried the Bloody Mary, it was delish!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anh Que
A good experience overall. Everything went better than expected.
Chestnut Blitherin
I had a wonderful experience here! The food was wonderful, and the atmosphere was really good. I’d highly recommend this place and I’m definitely going again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul Schoenmann
Awesome dive bar. We went to get a quick dinner. Waitress was amazing and very friendly. Food was great. Grilled tuna sandwich was big and plenty of fries. BLT sandwich was worth the money and potatoe salad was very good. Would go back for sure
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lanie
how does this place have good views? dingy, noisy, so full of drunk people that you have to yell to hear the person next to you. Food was OK, passable but anywhere is better.
John Harris
Had a great lunch, food was excellent 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
L Butler
Love the service and the food here! The “Fantastic Chicken Sandwich” and Black Bean Quesadilla are awesome. However, my goodness this place could use a deep cleaning. I get that the old aesthetic is part of the charm but holy moly the dust bunnies practically sat beside me and helped me read the menu. If you don’t look anywhere but your plate, you won’t even notice I guess…
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Stephen Rivera
If you come here please make sure you get Marisa, she is soo amazing and did a phenomenal job. I left with tears from laughing 😂
Wow! Great food! I was very pleased with the food. I drove up from Virginia Beach with two of my coworkers to visit the trade show at the Richmond Raceway. This time, it was my turn to pick the place to eat lunch. I had 3 places on my list but this was the one that I felt would be good for all of us. The place was small and quaint. I forgot his name, but the big muscle guy told us to sit wherever we'd like. Not only was he the bartender, he was the waiter and the busboy too. He was very fast and friendly. I ordered the gyro. My coworkers ordered the gyro and the chicken Parmigiano. I ordered the cheese pizza sticks for all of us. First, the gyro was huge. It was almost twice the size of gyros I've ordered in the past. The pita was hot and soft. They loaded the gyro up with feta cheese. I love feta, but it was so much, I had to scrape some off. The lamb neat was very tender and seasoned well. I was quite surprised. I could have left a glowing review just for the gyro, but damn, the marinara sauce that came with the pizza sticks was delicious! It was like I was in an Italian restaurant. As good as the gyro was, the marinara sauce was so, so good. I won't get to pick the lunch spot at the next trade show, but if I get a chance to go back my myself, I will definitely order the same thing. I see why they have such high ratings on Google and trip advisor. Thank you guys! Great job! Update - August 2025 - My daughter got accepted to VCU. On move in weekend, I decided to come back to The Sidewalk Cafe and bring the family. My wife thought it looked very sketchy from the outside. I won't lie, it looks a little shady and it has an old style look on the inside, but don't all hole-in-the-wall places look like that? And I'm not exactly calling it that. Anyway, my wife and the kids loved it. I had the gyro again and ordered the pizza sticks as an appetizer, my wife had the red snapper, my daughter had the meatball sub, and my son had the cheese pizza. They all thought their food was excellent. The marinara was great and my daughter asked for two more sides of it. They even bragged about it to my brother in law and recommended the place to them when they came to help with the move in at VCU. That's high praise because it takes a lot to impress her. We'll be back again in a few months.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pizza, Greek, Gyro
Anthony Williams
Great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alma A.
I came to the sidewalk cafe with a couple of friends and we LOVED our food! We each got something completely different from one another and no compliments! We demolished our food! This place also has a great atmosphere and you really feel like you are in the middle of Richmond nightlife. Definitely will come back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shirrell Johnson
Love it here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Wirsch
The food is always killer. I've been coming here for years.
this place never disappoints. ample portions of delectable food. quick service, even though it's always rolling. love this spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of my favorite places when im in Richmond. The food is great! The staff is awesome. Yesterday i tried the Bloody Mary, it was delish!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A good experience overall. Everything went better than expected.
I had a wonderful experience here! The food was wonderful, and the atmosphere was really good. I’d highly recommend this place and I’m definitely going again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome dive bar. We went to get a quick dinner. Waitress was amazing and very friendly. Food was great. Grilled tuna sandwich was big and plenty of fries. BLT sandwich was worth the money and potatoe salad was very good. Would go back for sure
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
how does this place have good views? dingy, noisy, so full of drunk people that you have to yell to hear the person next to you. Food was OK, passable but anywhere is better.
Had a great lunch, food was excellent 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the service and the food here! The “Fantastic Chicken Sandwich” and Black Bean Quesadilla are awesome. However, my goodness this place could use a deep cleaning. I get that the old aesthetic is part of the charm but holy moly the dust bunnies practically sat beside me and helped me read the menu. If you don’t look anywhere but your plate, you won’t even notice I guess…
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
If you come here please make sure you get Marisa, she is soo amazing and did a phenomenal job. I left with tears from laughing 😂
PSA: ask her to do her dance
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was great! Breakfast Potatoes were 🔥
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Wow! Great food! I was very pleased with the food. I drove up from Virginia Beach with two of my coworkers to visit the trade show at the Richmond Raceway. This time, it was my turn to pick the place to eat lunch. I had 3 places on my list but this was the one that I felt would be good for all of us. The place was small and quaint. I forgot his name, but the big muscle guy told us to sit wherever we'd like. Not only was he the bartender, he was the waiter and the busboy too. He was very fast and friendly. I ordered the gyro. My coworkers ordered the gyro and the chicken Parmigiano. I ordered the cheese pizza sticks for all of us. First, the gyro was huge. It was almost twice the size of gyros I've ordered in the past. The pita was hot and soft. They loaded the gyro up with feta cheese. I love feta, but it was so much, I had to scrape some off. The lamb neat was very tender and seasoned well. I was quite surprised. I could have left a glowing review just for the gyro, but damn, the marinara sauce that came with the pizza sticks was delicious! It was like I was in an Italian restaurant. As good as the gyro was, the marinara sauce was so, so good. I won't get to pick the lunch spot at the next trade show, but if I get a chance to go back my myself, I will definitely order the same thing. I see why they have such high ratings on Google and trip advisor. Thank you guys! Great job!
Update - August 2025 - My daughter got accepted to VCU. On move in weekend, I decided to come back to The Sidewalk Cafe and bring the family. My wife thought it looked very sketchy from the outside. I won't lie, it looks a little shady and it has an old style look on the inside, but don't all hole-in-the-wall places look like that? And I'm not exactly calling it that. Anyway, my wife and the kids loved it. I had the gyro again and ordered the pizza sticks as an appetizer, my wife had the red snapper, my daughter had the meatball sub, and my son had the cheese pizza. They all thought their food was excellent. The marinara was great and my daughter asked for two more sides of it. They even bragged about it to my brother in law and recommended the place to them when they came to help with the move in at VCU. That's high praise because it takes a lot to impress her. We'll be back again in a few months.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pizza, Greek, Gyro
Great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came to the sidewalk cafe with a couple of friends and we LOVED our food! We each got something completely different from one another and no compliments! We demolished our food! This place also has a great atmosphere and you really feel like you are in the middle of Richmond nightlife. Definitely will come back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love it here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is always killer. I've been coming here for years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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