Pier 23 Restaurant

Food was good, but the price was better. Most places on the beach play «murder the tourist’s wallet, but this spot was priced like a mom and pop. Both the food and the cocktails were good, bothing mind blowing but if you want good food at normal prices at the beach, this is the spot.

The breakfast buffet was very good. There were eggs scrambled that resembled a western omelet. The watermelon was exceptional. The price was reasonable and I would recommend this restaurant to all tourists.

Besides the convenient location at an intersection a few steps away from Doc Taylors, there’s nothing going for Pier 23. The wait was long and several tables that came after us got their food before us. When my crab cake sandwich eventually came out it was barely even warm. :(
Overall a grimey place that doesn’t put much effort into serving good food. Maybe try Baja Cantina next door instead?

Loved that this place has frozen drinks but the service was shitty and I found hair in my food and nothing was done about it. Unfortunately I had to take it out on my waitress and not leave a tip! I would not recommend this place

The location is near the beach and reasonably priced the grilled chicken sandwich and cheeseburger was good. The staff was very friendly. I would visit again.

This was a brunch stop on my Virginia Beach vacation last week. I was attempting to go to the donut and coffee shop next door, which was apparently closed for renovations. My friends are all like «let’s go to that diner next door,» when all I really wanted was a coffee shop. Which is why executive decisions should be left to me, but alas. The interior was outdated and tired, which I would forgive if the food was rockin, but it was not. Ordered biscuits and gravy and French toast. The biscuits were the tiny rubbery ones you get in a can, probably off brand pilsbury. Gravy had no sausage or flavor, just a white paste. One sliced-​in-​half brown&serve sausage link graced the middle of the plate. I was expecting a little more heading south. I’m from upstate NY and have had better biscuits n gravy. French toast was ok, but came with fake high-​fructose syrup. No bueno. Coffee, AM booze drinks (mimosas and bloody marys) prices, and very friendly service are why I will give 2 stars. However, food-​wise, a $ 3 mcbreakfast would have satisfied me just fine.

Absolutely horrible. Filthy. Food was not good. We left hungry and got food elsewhere. The breakfast buffet had desserts even my kids wouldn’t eat. Te bagels were ROCK HARD. The ceiling was dripping water on the floor next to the buffet.
Please please don’t waste your money here.

I am not even sure how me and my family ended up here:(but we did the good news is that we managed to make it out with out food poisoning l. The waitress was okay and the Buffett looked like something from a terrible casino or strip mall. I was in shock that this place had been around this long. I would recommend staying off the strip to eat.

There is a reason there is no wait. Went for the breakfast buffet. The food was not good. The hostess was rude and clueless. It took almost 10 minutes to have our waitress come over because the hostess didn’t let her know she had a table. Once she knew, she was very responsive. Avoid this place.

Food was awful, we sent back 2 dishes uneaten and they refused to lower the bill or remove the items from the bill. The manager said that taste was just an opinion and they don’t remove items from the bill that are sent back to the kitchen. My son’s french fries were made with old oil and had a fishy aftertaste, my salad came off the buffet, was made by the waitress and was covered in stale croutons, and my husband’s porkchops were dry. Not worth the time or money.

Came in for lunch, the food was really good and our waitress, Beth, was excellent! Would definitely eat here again!

The waitress was very nice.
The food was horrible. I don’t say that lightly.
We wanted to do dinner at another restaurant nearby but the wait was 45 minutes. We decided to skip the wait and go to Pier 23. I can honestly say this was the worst food I have ever paid to eat. We sat next to a bizarre light up display case with fake food positioned on doilies. Ok, not my style, but whatever. My husband ordered crab cakes, I got the dinner buffet, and my carb-​crazy baby got french fries.
The buffet: croutons were stale. The fried food was cold, obviously not enough takers to empty the trays and keep fresh food coming. The stuffed mushrooms were fresh– I saw them get put out– but they were cold and tasteless. The rice was ok. Not worth $ 21.
The crab cakes dinner included 2 cakes and a baked potato. My husband ate one crab cake and stopped because he didn’t want to waste calories. He said the baked potato was good.
My baby loves french fries. He didn’t eat more than 4 or 5 here.
All in all, I can’t help but wonder if the people here actually eat the food they serve? Maybe it was an off night, but I will never know because I won’t be back.

This was a last resort type stop since the previous place we wanted had a wait time of an hour. Some stuff was okay like the sauteed crab other stuff like the steamed whole crab and stuffed mushrooms were not.
It is small and cramped and next door to like a club so you could hear the loud bass coming into the restaurant.

I didn’t get a full representation of Pier 23 on my visit, so I can’t go higher than 3 stars. We visited this 23^rd Street oceanfront diner during sand soccer weekend. We had just played a game and needed a cool (as in temperature) respite before the next battle. Pier 23 didn’t seem too crowded and were running a breakfast buffet. Perfect.
I have to say my favorite things about Pier 23 were the shades outdoor seating and the egg scramble. They had your traditional breakfast line up, done just right. Nothing really to complain about. The outdoor patio was covered and offered big spacious booths for us to plop down in and try to regain some life after spending hours in the sun.
Our waitress and hostess were polite and attentive. We didn’t feel rushed despite the busy event atmosphere surrounding the restaurant. I think I’d go again, but only on a nice breezy day where I could sit outside again. Our bill for 3 people came to around $ 45. About what I’d expect so close to the ocean.

Apparently they dont want your business or care. I asked if I could order to go and they said no. Then I asked and sit down and order amd just ask for a box and they said no… on top of that they were rude. They will never see a dime for me. Good food or not don’t give people business if they don’t deserve it.

Came here for a quick breakfast and had to write a review — food wasn’t nearly as bad as other reviews would lead you to believe. Great prices aside I thought everything tasted great and the eggs were cooked perfectly. Others at the table raved about the pancakes. Service was friendly and quick with the coffee! Everything you want for a pre-​beach breakfast.

Stopped in today for late lunch after the beach with wife and kids. Gyro was best I had in long time. Kids liked meatball sub and ham club sandwich. Clam strips were also good with big pieces.
Also have seafood buffet for dinner that included blue crabs. We’ll be back for that!

We tried to go to Doc Taylor’s but it was a 2 hour wait and the host/manager…whatever was an arrogant jerk. We walked directly across the street to Pier 23. We were greeted within seconds and immediately sat down. We chose to order off the menu instead of the buffet and the menu was great. $ 2 mimosas, $ 5 screwdrivers and delicious omelette and great pancakes. All of the servers were super nice. Great choice

I just went to this place with my wife at around 10 pm on a thursday… first of all, the buffet food was absolutely bland and tasteless, with not much variety and, on top of it… kind of pricy. The All-​you-​can-​eat buffet is $ 20 per person and the young hostess who received us said it incluided a soft drink… we had the buffet and one diet soda each of us and, at the end, they tried to charge us $ 63 dollars for the two of us! We complained and, after an apology due to an an alleged mix up of bills (we were the only customers at that moment) they bring a new bill of $ 43. I gave them my credit card and… the card was charged for $ 53!
Definetely a bad experience.

The sign outside says this is a «Breakfast & Seafood buffet». First of all, do as we didn’t — LOOK at the buffet before you decide to dine here. If we had, we wouldn’t have stayed.
There are two stations. The first one has pre-​packaged donuts, bagels, pastries and oranges. The second one had eggs, bacon, hard-​as-​a-​rock biscuits, runny gravy, pancakes, french toast and flavorless potatoes. In case you didn’t notice, I didn’t mention any seafood… that must be on the delicious dinner buffet that I will never come back for.
All of the food was mediocre at best. Several of the employees seem as if they are either stoned, hung over or coming from a local halfway house. The food was worse than a free hotel breakfast buffet, but cost $ 10.50. I consider myself lucky that there wasn’t any seafood on the buffet.