Willaby's Cafe

327 Old Ferry Rd, White Stone
(804) 435-0000

Recent Reviews

Sort by
Hap Enzi

Good food, relaxed vibe, great water views whether seated inside or out, AND an actual sandy beach right in front of the restaurant!

Sheila Steve Berman

We love the Chargrilled Oysters….they are delicious!!! The staff is friendly and we have not had a meal we didn’t like. Recommend definitely

Proud Mom

Food is delicious! Typical southern food. Great place to visit, you get great views of the river and bridge. Has a private beach for customers.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake Sandwich, Fish and Chips

Claire Smith

Really REALLY long wait for food. And it definitely was not worth two hours for over cooked crab cakes slapped onto a plate with a bowl of mashed potatoes and nothing else. We sent the extra side of fries back. Terrible. We sat for about an hour waiting for a water refill that never came. Really big waste of a beautiful spot on the water. Do not recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Steve Rogers

Great food, fantastic location, super friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake Sandwich

Don B.

Had a very good lunch today. In fact enjoyed our visit & view so much we went back again for dinner, wine, & dessert. Nice folks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

xonasis

Wonderful food and service. A new favorite.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stephanie Rathburn McCray

Pleasantly surprised by our experience. Only negative was that they were out of the dessert we wanted. It wasn't a big deal because we were full from the generous portions....and the hush puppies were good enough to be dessert themselves.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake Sandwich, Steak

Lauren Waite

We dined in at 6:30 on a Saturday, the restaurant was busy and understaffed. Our waitress was very friendly, however our overall experience here was terrible.

Food:
We had a large group and people only liked the pasta, everything else was bad.
- The jumbo pretzel came to the table cold, it didn’t even feel like it had been cooked.
- The steaks were very over cooked, tough, and unseasoned. They were cheap cuts but the menu made it look like they’d be filets. They had a bad color
- The Seafood double was mediocre with small portions. Disappointing for the price
- The salmon was overcooked and drizzled with sauce, not glazed.
- They didn’t cook any rice (which we ordered for our toddler) and so didn’t bring it out and didn’t tell us they didn’t bring it out until they brought the bill

Service
Our waitress was really nice and clearly very busy, however the service was not good. There were mistakes with what we ordered, some food that didn’t come out and it took 16 minutes from the time the first entree came out for the final dish to come out. In general it took forever but not unexpected given how busy they were.

Aesthetic
The restaurant as a whole was poorly lit, crowded and the parking lot was really tricky to navigate.

We won’t be going back

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Ashley Shifflett

Dined in on a Saturday night, were told they were preparing a table and it took quite some time. Service was extremely lack luster, did not check on us or bother to tell us food we ordered was unavailable. Pretzel came to the table not just cold but as it it has just been pulled out of the fridge. Food was incredibly overpriced for what you got. Meat was horribly overcooked, tough, and terrible cuts with no seasoning. Steaks were not the color steak should be. Meals were bland. It was also extremely dark and clutter in the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Tami Slaughter

We had great food and wonderful service. It was our 4 th time there and we will continue to go back often.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Stuffed Flounder Imperial, Waffle Fries

Gena Johnson

We stopped in after a day in the sun and were so pleased with everything! Our server Kedeshe was perfectly attentive and so nice, we loved her! We had steamed shrimp, oysters on the half shell, hush puppies, fries, Mac and cheese, fried oysters and key lime pie. We basically had to roll our selves out of there but with no regrets. The mac and cheese is top notch but really everything was perfect and the prices really have me locked in too. I’ll be dreaming about the buffalo oysters. I will absolutely be back here asap.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell 3, Buffalo Oysters, Waffle Fries

Patricia Stells

So confused about whether they are or are not open. They suddenly closed this year, heard & read many versions of the why's, when or if they would reopen. The only way I learned they were open only for lunch currently was going there to read banner on bldg. Please assess your marketing plans.

Food: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Oysters

Jeffery Brown

Food is pricey for the quantity. Burger was meh and tiny. They could up there game. They have live music and beachfront boat access.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Erin Stieber

We had a fantastic experience at Willabys. Our waitress Frannie was awesome, the food was delicious, we dipped our toes in the Chesapeake at sunset after we ate. Highly highly recommend ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loading...