The Square Whale

3900 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach
(757) 428-1711

Recent Reviews

Crystal Oquendo

If I can put no star I would!! The food was not good at all i waited 30 minutes for a pizza that never came my husband ask the waiter and he proceeds to tell us the cook doesn’t understand English and they’ve been arguing and does not think the pizza will be made… I don’t understand why we couldn’t be told this 15-20 minutes ago and just unprofessional my kids never got there food. At least take something off the bill for the inconvenience.. these workers need to be retrained in proper customer service.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Best Deals

Worst food and drinks ever . Tuna ahi was still half frozen. Drinks were left on table .

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Lisa Estremera

This is a great place to eat if you have plenty of time to wait for your food, if you don’t have a problem asking for refills and if you are okay with watching guest who arrived after you, receive their food before you. Not to mention if you are okay with choosing the average selection of food and then be told 15 minutes later what you ordered is no longer available. Oh and you also have to be okay with the fact that if you arrive and the ENTIRE kitchen staff goes on break at the same time!!!!! Who does that. The manager was more concerned with hanging out at the bar and chatting clusters up than ensuring the 1 server she had was getting customers taken care of. This is an ocean front restaurant with Applebee’s style food. We eventually got our food an hour after we ordered it. The food was good for what it was. What was appalling is the fact that the manager didn’t have any sense of urgency to ensure guests were being served properly. I will definitely find somewhere else to eat!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

John R.

The food was good as well as the service. The pulled pork sandwich was very good. The macaroni and cheese wasn't anything special but my kids liked it. My wife had the shrimp tacos which she enjoyed. The service was very friendly and the place was clean.

Elizabeth Estremera

This is a great place to eat if you have plenty of time to wait for your food, if you don’t have a problem asking for refills and if you are okay with watching guest who arrived after you, receive their food before you. Not to mention if you are okay with choosing the average selection of food and then be told 15 minutes later what you ordered is no longer available. Oh and you also have to be okay with the fact that if you arrive and the ENTIRE kitchen staff goes on break at the same time!!!!! Who does that. The manager was more concerned with hanging out at the bar and chatting clusters up than ensuring the 1 server she had was getting customers taken care of. This is an ocean front restaurant with Applebee’s style food. We eventually got our food an hour after we ordered it. The food was good for what it was. What was appalling is the fact that the manager didn’t have any sense of urgency to ensure guests were being served properly. I will definitely find somewhere else to eat!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Spiritual Cipher

Came here for a cheeseburger to go that came quick and was hot and fresh. They didn’t pack utensils but I got them from the front desk which saved me a trip back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Janine A.

It's 4-stars ONLY due to our amazing Justin, the server. He's my DREAM server, who ate everything on the menu & thus his recommendations are stellar. Plus, he's sooo kind!! All smiles & "no worries!" :) Food- honestly, everything we had was delicious. Bavarian pretzel, club sandwich, & 2 kids meals, grilled cheese & mac & cheese. Bonus- kids meal comes with drink & yummy ice cream. Get the bday cake or oreo! Club sandwich is huge triple-decker on Texas Toast. We shared it. Yummmm. The problem- we weren't planning to order any of that. They were out of EVERYTHING. The only saving grace was Justin & the food was actually very good. But- the kids wanted pizza, but no cheese. Cheeseburger? nope, no meat. Quesadilla? nope again, no proteins to put in it. Tacos? NOPE- missing ingredients. The most ridiculous? My wife wanted a cup for her beer. THEY WERE OUT OF CUPS! omg! Who is doing the ordering? Are you shocked to be busy, at the beach, in July?

Chris Thigpen

This place doesn't look like much, but the food is always great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Kim Ramsey Griffin

Don’t do it! Tried 3 times and never got any better. Food quality is dismal. Way overpriced which wouldn’t be so bad if the food was edible- it’s not.

Geoff Openshaw

I kept my expectations exactly where they should be, but a mediocre restaurant is a mediocre restaurant. This place, located inside the Holiday Inn, has a lovely location along the beachfront, and kids of hotel guests eat free with an adult purchase, but that's where the notable positives end. The kids menu is typical kids fare, but all rather lackluster. The cheese pizza seems like it came from something frozen. The macaroni and cheese was just Kraft dropped into a tray. The chicken fingers looked decent enough. I tried the Nashville hot chicken sandwich on a "brioche bun." The bun was dry (brioche is almost impossible to be dry because it's enriched!) and the chicken was unremarkable and seemed more like a play on Buffalo chicken than anything else. Fries all around were meh.If kids didn't eat free, I would never, ever pay to have them eat here, not when there are decent restaurants all around the area. And if I weren't traveling with kids, I'm not sure how strong the value proposition is just for adults.It's a convenient location, but that's mostly it. We tried it during our stay at the hotel to see how it would go and quickly decided we'd be better off exploring other options for future meals.Staff was pleasant, though, if a bit disorganized.

Samantha Conde

The food was delicious and the staff were so kind and friendly! Erica, was such a fun server and provided great service!

DeoniaNeveu

We ordered Fish and Fries from this Restaurant at the Hotel, because it is located inside the Hotel. The price was high for what you get, and it was not tasty enough for us, it was just okay.

Soldier SKI

Must Stop for any beach goer, if you're sitting outside you need to check in around the RIGHT of the Pool / Bar.Food will be more on the "lunch" side of meals, burgers, fries, salads.Have made many stops here in the last 15 years, great view and respectful staff.

Shayla B.

Lumpia is really spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce. Not authentic lumpiavery disappointing but if you like vegetarian spring rolls it'll work for you ‍

Joshua Bean

Upon entering there was nearly 20 mins before even being acknowledged that we were there. We asked for fries and a kids mac and cheese so we could feed our little one first. The fries came quickly but only about half were able to be eaten. They appeared to have taken 2 trips in the oil or just left in too long. The mac and cheese came about 45 mins later cold and with the rest of the food. The service area is open and all of the servers were just congregated there having a blast. Of the 3 people in the kitchen, 2 seemed idle for most of the time we were there. Right before the food came our server remembered that the mac and cheese was suppose to come with the fries and blurted that out loudly.The $14 burger was pretty poor quality beef, over cooked, and cold with again over cooked fries.The salmon was good but overcooked as well. Buffalo chicken was cold and a cheap patty with dried franks red hot on it.If we weren't starving and had walked there, we would have gone elsewhere.Great view.

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