The atmosphere of this place cater’s to a very specific crowd. Although the staff was very friendly and accommodating, I believe it was due to the lack of business on a very slow night. Their menu design is all over the place and was hard to read. It was as if they designed it as a word document, printed it on laser jet, and then laminated it. There was no kids’ menu but the kitchen was able to fix up a grilled cheese sandwich for my daughter, but the cost was definitely not worth the trouble. As for the French Dip sandwich that my wife and I both ordered, it was edible. Warm meat and cheese on a cold sub roll with a very salty au jus. At the end of our meal, the waitress came by and thanked us for choosing their establishment to eat for the night which sounded like a desperate cry for help to save their restaurant… I’m hoping to see this place on Bar Rescue with Jon Taffer someday.
Billy A.
Classificação do local: 5 Virginia Beach, VA
Great service and cold beer. The atmosphere is really nice. Thanks for everything Angel.
Veronika R.
Classificação do local: 4 Virginia Beach, VA
I had to update my review because this place has grown on me. Firstly, lets appreciate it for what it is: a local’s bar. This isn’t a chain restaurant or a club… Think more Cheers. The owners are the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. The staff are very friendly, hard working people that want to do their best for you. And this bar even comes with a set of loyal regulars that treat each other like a big extended family. If you are a local looking for a watering hole to call your own, look no further. That being said, there are other qualities that makes this place shine: Awesome live music. Most commonly on Friday/Saturday nights, but be sure to check out their Facebook page for updates on what’s happening this week. Karaōke! Let’s be honest, who doesn’t love to pretend they have vocal skills? Open late kitchen: 10pm after several drinks I got the munchies… ‘Oh no, I have to find a place to get some food… Wait! The kitchen is open!” They make a great burger. The wings are fantastic too. And recently they started offering kabobs. I haven’t sampled them yet, but they look amazing. Huge venue: Booths and tables all over. Pool and shuffle board in the back. And a wooden dance floor just in case the music moves you and you just have to get your groove on!
Robert S.
Classificação do local: 5 Siloam, NC
Great place great service too. Awesome place like a get away kind of thing. Bands playing live and a great choice of alcohol. The food is great too. I ordered a cheese burger, medium rare and it was perfect.
Amy L.
Classificação do local: 5 Virginia Beach, VA
Hands down my favorite dive bar around! Brought back after he first visit by the lunch punch card, pool tables, alcohol selection… Just a great hangout. Angel is hilarious, personable, very attentive. Great bartender!
Derek L.
Classificação do local: 5 Virginia Beach, VA
Come grumpy, leave happy. You might even run into Elvis if your lucky. The wait staff is hot and so are the wings. Excellent place to meet up with friends.
Cesar B.
Classificação do local: 5 Virginia Beach, VA
Came here to watch opening night of NFL Patriots vs Steelers. There were about 25people there watching the game and playing pool. Angel the bartender was super friendly and attentive to all the people there. I order a burger and it was delicious, the patty and the bun were the same size. Carla the cook was on point with the food and service. Its a local water hole with great drink and bar food. Read a review about pizza they serve here and that was a lie, they haven’t serve pizza here in over a year.
Jason H.
Classificação do local: 5 Virginia Beach, VA
Exactly what I want in a dive bar. Dollar tacos, cheap beer, pool tables, friendly bartender, good atmosphere. Will definitely be back.
Nathan F.
Classificação do local: 1 Virginia Beach, VA
If I could give this place less than one star, I would. I’ve been here before and the wait staff was horrible and rude. I ordered a pizza. 2 hours later the waitress finally brought me my pizza and didn’t even apologize. Upon biting into the pizza, the dough was raw!!! DISGUSTING!!! I told the waitress, she grabbed the pizza and took it back into the kitchen again not apologizing. She brought it back out, THESAMEPIZZAWITHTHEBITESTILLTAKENOUTOFIT!!! And it was still raw!!! We vowed to never go back! Then last night I went to give them another chance. The ONEWAITRESS kept complaining to us that she was the only waitress on. To help her we decided to go to the bar to get our own drinks where the blonde bartender was horribly rude! I came as a designated driver, I left my wallet at home and she tried to kick me out of the bar for failing to prove I was off age. We stayed and had a great time listening to the band(J and the Band). If the band wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have ever gone back. This place is absolutely horrible and the staff hates being there so it makes it unenjoyable for everyone trying to have a good time. Stay far away from this hell hole. It’s a terrible place with terrible workers and not a good time at all!
John A.
Classificação do local: 1 Virginia Beach, VA
So… Last night myself and 4 friends went there to see a great band. Deja Best band if you’re into classic rock from the late 60’s to early 80’s. Upon walking up, we were told that there a $ 5.00 «Cover Charge» to get in. We’d been here before and never had to pay a «Cover Charge» before! When I asked why, I was told to help pay for the band. We had just seen Deja a couple weeks ago down the street at Wing King and didn’t have to pay get in. We all ended up leaving and taking our business back down the street to see The Blue Lords!
Shane C.
Classificação do local: 4 Virginia Beach, VA
I had a hamburger with fries. The hamburger was very good with fresh tomato and lettuce. You can’t mess up a hamburger that much. The restaurant/bar is clean. Good waitress service. They have live music from local bands on the weekends — good place for dancing. Pools tables and other games are provided. Like they say, come grumpy and leave happy.
Diana J.
Classificação do local: 1 Chesapeake, VA
What a horrible experience! !!! Atmosphere wasn’t bad, server was nice and attentive but the chef needs to be fired. I am not a good cook myself but the grumpy ‘s chef makes me look like Chef Ramsey. The chilli soup had too much lime flavor, taco meat was burned, mushroom stuffed with crabs taste like dog food covered in melted cheddar in uncooked mushrooms and my child can make a better salad at home. So if you do go there, go for the muSic, drinks, and the possibility you might meet as lonely person.
Colette L.
Classificação do local: 1 Virginia Beach, VA
This place is awful! A group of 6 came for appetizers after beer fest and the live band for the first time. The band was great but we waited an hour for service. We were finally presented with luke warm beer and cold appetizers.. should have gone elsewhere
Julie C.
Classificação do local: 2 Virginia Beach, VA
Grumpy’s has a certain demographic, and I suppose if you don’t come for game night and bar food you won’t really enjoy a place like this. For some reason they’re open for breakfast and for some reason I thought it might be a good place to try one morning. It was my Mom’s birthday and Grumpy’s was close to home and open for breakfast. The atmosphere is not really appealing, at least during the daytime. It’s big and all, and it has nice bar-like amenities. But you can smell the smoke, and the place just doesn’t feel too clean. I feel like it is not really meant for families. We were seated very quickly, though our food took some time. But the server was nice enough, and prompt(though there was no one else there). The reason I rated this low is because of the food. I have a large family of seven and I can’t say that a single one of us was too happy with the quality and flavor of the food. The syrup on the pancakes was just the worst! I don’t know what brand they use or what jar it came out of, but I hope I never taste anything similar again. The scrambled eggs were cold, the pancakes tasted like they came from a box, and the French toast was sad and soggy. I don’t know if the food is better at other times of the day, but I walk by the place enough to see that it’s not for me. I wanted to like it, but it seems that it’s popular with a different crowd, and really just NOT my cup of tea.
April D.
Classificação do local: 3 Fort Stewart, GA
I recommend you go here for drinks and fun not for the food. Its took a while to finally get it and it wasnt good at all. I enjoyed karaōke night though. They actually had people that can sing come in too.
Kayla S.
Classificação do local: 1 Virginia Beach, VA
Awful experience! Went to support a local band and I never hesitate to try a new restaurant. I may look young, but my ID clearly states that I am over 21. The server disappeared with my and my friend’s IDs for 10 minutes explaining that she needed to «check them in the light» but seemed to have no problem checking everyone else’s at the table. Ordered the wings & cheese pizza combo for a total of 10 $, sounded like a great deal. Took no less than 25 minutes to receive this food. The pizza was about 3 inches thick and impossible to pick up without the entire slice falling apart. I turned it over to discover completely raw dough on the underside. Upon informing our server of this, she wordlessly took the pizzas back into the kitchen without so much as an «I’m sorry about that.» I had really no idea whether she intended to replace these pizzas until 45 minutes when she delivered burnt to a crisp pizzas to our table. Uninterested in waiting an additional 45 minutes, we picked at these pizzas, very unsatisfied. No intentions of returning, even to support this band that I enjoy. If I do, I’ll hang at the bar and stick to beer.
Greg T.
Classificação do local: 4 Norfolk, VA
Had a really good band 20⁄20 and so many drink and food specials. Great mix of people young and old like me. Would think most people would have a good time here.
Dago M.
Classificação do local: 4 Virginia Beach, VA
The service is excellent!!! I reckon it has improved from a year ago. Always great bands playing all kinds of music and don’t forget the karaōke. There are awesome waitresses and bartenders ready to take care of you!!! When in doubt ask for Kimmie!!! Bachelorette party going on now!!! Girls can really party!!!
Samantha S.
Classificação do local: 2 Norfolk, VA
Meh, The food was edible… that’s the best I’ve got for this place. Their motto shouldn’t be «Come grumpy, leave happy.» It should be «Come in whatever mood you’re in, leave disappointed and underwhelmed. This place might be a good dive bar for the night scene, but the extra dim lighting and the one other patron in the restaurant in the middle of what should have been their dinner rush was unsettling and sketchy at best. Our waitress was friendly, but clueless. Gave my husband my drink, and me his. No worries; we just switched them. Did the same thing with our meals. Again, no worries. My husband asked for the coleslaw that was supposed to go on his BBQ pork sandwich. She disappeared for 20 minutes and then came back to make sure everything was good, at which point we asked for the coleslaw again. Definitely not going back again. Weird place.
Xerxes N.
Classificação do local: 3 Virginia Beach, VA
This place gets an extra star for the random cougar that pinched my ass and sat all shy as her friends played the pointing game when I turned around. Bored on Saturday night rolling one deep I drove by Town Center VB and my drive by scan showed that it was just too packed for a lone wolf to find a seat at the bar all by himself at Yard House or Keagan’s so I looked on Facebook and saw that The Deloreans were playing at Grumpy’s. It’s not far from where I live so I trekked on over to get my 80s music fix. Lucky me… I ran into quite a few people I knew and was able to turn a chill out night into a pretty good time. So they have a stage area and cleared what I guess would otherwise been an area for tables for a dance floor so the band can play. The music was loud but you were still able to carry somewhat of a conversation without yelling. It took forever to get a drink because the place was packed as hell. I can’t say this place will draw me back just to eat. My buddy grabbed some food and it looked like typical bar food. This really isn’t my kind of place to call my stomping ground. Two star place but again an extra star for the flirting cougar!