Williamsburg and Hampton Roads Restaurants

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  • 1. Aromas

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    The cool name is rather appropriate—if you weren't hungry before entering this cozy place, you will be after the enticing smells reach you. A rich-looking dining room outfitted with plush leather couches and stone walls makes you want to linger. Breakfast burritos and Belgian waffles are nice ways to start the day. Or end it with Southern caramelized barbecued shrimp over a mound of grits, and snack on fondue. You can even order a colorful cake if you're celebrating a special occasion.

    706 Town Center Dr., Newport News, Virginia, 23606, USA
    757-240–4650

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 2. Azars Natural Foods

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    Lebanese specialties are featured at this casual restaurant in Ghent, which also has a Mediterranean food store. Indoor dining is on granite tables under the original tin ceiling and exposed air ducts. Outdoors, the terra-cotta patio has umbrellas. Order healthy Mediterranean food including kibbi, seasoned beef and bulgur patties; stuffed grape leaves; and meat kebab with grilled vegetables and side dishes. The hummus is a standout. Vegan and vegetarian selections are noted on the menu, which includes appetizers, wraps, pizza, and kebabs.

    2000 Colley Ave., Norfolk, Virginia, 23517, USA
    757-664–7955

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    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 3. College Delly

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    It's easy to forget that this is a college town, but this cheerful dive keeps up the school spirit. The white-brick eatery is dark and scruffy inside. Walls are hung with fraternity and sorority pictures, graduation snapshots, and sports-team photos. Booths and tables are in the William and Mary colors of green and gold. Deli sandwiches, subs, specialty pizzas, pasta, stromboli, and Greek dishes are all prepared with fresh ingredients and are all delicious, and there's a wide selection of beers on tap. The Delly delivers free to nearby hotels from 6 pm to 1 am.

    336 Richmond Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
    757-229–6627

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 4. Dockside

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    Broiled fresh seafood of a dozen kinds is the specialty at this casual waterfront restaurant only a quick bridge-crossing from the James River Plantations. You could start with spiced shrimp, and if you're really hungry, order the seafood platter. Other menu items include she-crab soup, Greek salads, and Italian main dishes. One of the few dining choices in the area, the Dockside is set on Big Bay Creek and overlooks the Virginia River.

    700 Jordan Point Rd., Hopewell, Virginia, 23860-8249, USA
    804-541–2600

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 5. Doumar's Barbecue

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    After he introduced the world to its first ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Abe Doumar founded this drive-in institution in 1934. It's still operated by his family. Waitresses carry to your car the specialties of the house: barbecue, limeade, and ice cream in waffle cones (made according to an original recipe).

    1919 Monticello Ave., Virginia, 23517, USA
    757-627–4163

    Known For

    • Barbecue sandwiches
    • Ice cream cones
    • Curb-side service

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
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  • 6. Murphy's Irish Pub

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    This combination Irish pub, sports bar, and restaurant has a large central dining room with an open fireplace in the middle, a bar on one side, and a smaller dining room at one end. The menu includes steaks and Irish, Italian, and seafood entrées as well as snacks and sandwiches. The Sunday brunch is reasonable, and so are the weekday dinner specials. A block from the boardwalk, Murphy's has plenty of easy parking.

    2914 Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23451, USA
    757-417–7701

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 7. No Frill Bar and Grill

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    This expansive café is in an antique building in the heart of Ghent. Beneath a tin ceiling and exposed ductwork, a central bar is surrounded by several dining spaces with cream-and-mustard walls and wooden tables. Signature items include the ribs; the funky chicken sandwich, a grilled chicken breast with bacon, tomato, melted Swiss cheese, and Parmesan pepper dressing on rye; and the Spotswood salad of baby spinach, Granny Smith apples, and blue cheese.

    806 Spotswood Ave., Norfolk, Virginia, 23517, USA
    757-627–4262

    Known For

    • Salads and sandwiches
    • Sunday brunch
    • Comfort food Tuesdays with meatloaf

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 8. Old Chickahominy House

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    Reminiscent of old-fashioned Virginia tearooms, this Colonial-style restaurant has delectable goodies served in an 18th-century dining room. For breakfast there's Virginia ham and eggs, made-from-scratch biscuits, country bacon, sausage, homemade pancakes, and grits. Lunch brings Brunswick stew, Virginia ham biscuits, chicken and dumplings, fruit salad, and homemade pie. There's a gift shop adjacent to the restaurant. It's a great, inexpensive, and filling place for families on a budget; lunch reservations are recommended.

    1211 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
    757-229–4689

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No dinner, Credit cards accepted
  • 9. Peking

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    Tucked away in a K-Mart–anchored shopping center, this reasonably priced, large Chinese restaurant with a Mongolian grill is a real treat. The daily buffet offers both stick-to-your-ribs Chinese and Mongolian dishes. At the grill, choose the ingredients you want in your entrée, and watch the cooks prepare it in front of you. If your children don't like Chinese food, there is a children's menu that includes pizza. Peking is a great value for money and a favorite with locals. The Greene shopping center location is just outside the historic district.

    120 J. Waller Mill Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
    757-229–2288

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 10. Sal's Restaurant by Victor

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    Locals love this family Italian restaurant and pizzeria that serves up pasta, fish, chicken, and veal dinners as well as subs and pizzas. It's a good choice for families who want to please the kids: parents can get quality "adult food" while their children graze on pizza and subs. The restaurant delivers free to nearby hotels. Families rave about Sal's, especially its family feast.

    1242 Richmond Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
    757-220–2641

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 11. Taste Coastal Gourmet Market & Cafe

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    Located at City Center, this is a great place for lunch. The interior has tall ceilings with exposed ducts and shelving with exotic sauces and dips to sample and buy. Affordable fresh sandwiches, soups, and salads can be made by their suggestions—or make up your own. The grilled chicken salad with grapes and celery is very Virginia. Add fresh cucumbers and balsamic vinaigrette for a twist. Other choices include Virginia ham, roasted red peppers, and Chesapeake crab cakes. The food is fresh and local, and they even have gluten-free choices. They offer boxed lunches to take while exploring the area and deliveries to hotel rooms.

    1580 Crossways Blvd., Newport News, Virginia, 23606, USA
    757-596–8651

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No dinner, Credit cards accepted
  • 12. The Grey Goose Tearoom

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    Beside the Hampton History Museum, you're greeted by an enticing aroma and a gift shop with tea-related items when you enter this cozy room decorated with Victorian tea-party prints in gilded frames, antique teapots, and knickknacks. Brunswick stew, creamy Hampton blue-crab soup, and biscuits are permanent fixtures on the "everything-homemade" menu, and daily specials, such as chicken and dumplings, are posted on the wall. Desserts are especially good, but avoid the canned fruit salad on iceberg lettuce. The tearoom is open for lunch only.

    118 Old Hampton La. at History Museum Way, Hampton, Virginia, 23669, USA
    757-723–7978

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No dinner, Credit cards accepted

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