21st Street Seafood Raw Bar

Anywhere that is willing to accommodate a large party, stay open a little late, offer impeccable customer service and have some of the best seafood gets FIVE stars from the Elite Yelper!Our friends had come to this spot multiple times on recent visits to the area for a track meet but we had missed out. Never again. Hailey was our server and she was amazing at handling a large party. I started with the she crab soup and I've probably never had that much lump crab in soup before. It was an amazing start. I had a peach flavored martini and that was also very tasty. Ask for a sugar rim if that's your thing. I'm not big on fried foods anymore so I was concerned that there wouldn't be anything but pasta for me (which I love but doesn't love me). The seafood flatbread caught my eye. I don't have the words to describe how tasty this unique entree was. It was loaded with seafood! I couldn't even eat it all. This place was so good to us and served such good food that we've already decided to return tonight.

Go For The Food! The Ambience Is More "Sports Bar" So We Chose To Carry Out.The Food Rivals The Waterman's (Formerly Our Favorite VA Beach Restaurant). I Had The Seafood Sampler & My Hubby Chose The "New" Fish Duo. They Both Were Delicious And Enough For Lunch The Next Day.The Evening Bartender, Bruce, Is Another Reason To Order Carry Out. I Ordered Dinner @ The Bar & While Waiting, Ordered A Grand Marnier Which He Served With Grace And Style As He Did With All His Customers Among Whom Were There Were Clearly Regulars.We Will Definitely Go Back When We're In Town.

Outrageous forced gratuity and service fees. What happens if I am not happy, I'm still forced to flat gratuity and I really hate that. The food is good and the service great but the ownership sucks if this is how they choose to gouge customers. I don't care if every single restaurant in Virginia Beach does this, it is wrong and there is nothing more insulting than feeling ripped off by forced gratuity and fees. Your operating costs are not my problem.

Great place with almost every night offering great specials. We hit this place up on a Wednesday, where they offered AYCE crab legs and shrimp. When it comes to shrimp, I prefer them to be deveined. But I don't mind cleaning my own shrimp so if you're not one who likes cleaning your own shrimp's previous meal before you stuff your mouth, I suggest asking just for the crab legs. The place was excellent for entertainment, with TVs keeping my kids entertained while my wife and I stuffed ourselves silly. The service was good. However, sometimes we had to wait a super long time because one of their steamers went down. You can imagine how everyone was handling the situation who were waiting and hoping the servers walking around were bringing them the next basket of fresh crab. All in all a great experience. And price wasn't terrible either. We hope to stop by again.

Great location w/on-site parking. Directly across from beach with a cozy feel. Food was very tasty and in abundance. Service was top notch with attentive staff.

Had a day off and decided to check out their ayce crab legs and shrimp. We waited about 15 minutes around 5pm on a Wednesday, but people who showed up around the time we were done were being told around a 30min wait. I can't remember the name of our waiter but he was fantastic. He made sure we to put in our refill orders in quickly so we weren't waiting, but could sense when we were close to tapping out so we didn't have more than needed.The drinks were fantastic. The crabs were perfect. The shrimp were more of an extra, but very yummy. They were not ez peel or deveined, just a heads up. 10/10 will be back.

I love this place. We drove past this restaurant plenty of times and decided to try it for lunch. The food was delicious. We had the fried shrimp platter, scallop platter, and stuffed shrimp. Everything was spectacular! I would highly recommend!

We invested 2.5 hours or a mediocre meal at the establishment. The waitress was nice. She advised the kitchen was backed up. So in turn we asked what was then recommended. + 18% gratuity automatically added to each bill - no matter the size of the party - no matter how slow the service + Extra charge for paying with a credit card. + 20% tax on alcoholic beverages

Was with this company when it first started in 2012, the owner Tony Schmidt had a habit of writing bad checks. I had one bounce after I had already withdrawn the funds resulting in a loss, I mentioned it to Tony back then but never wanted to bug him because money was tight. I moved on from the establishment without payment later to realize I should have been more active in getting these funds back. Over the years I've tried contacting Tony, because my account is still negative and I refuse to pay out of pocket. In 2023, 11 years after the fact Tony finally responded to me asking for information and he'd look into it for me.A whole year has passed, he's had the information and left me on read after every message, today I put a post of FB about the situation and was blocked by both Tony and the Company.Here are some SS of our interactions over the years..It's crazy that I have to go to this extent to get money that is owed to my bank.

Whatever you do don't go into the bathrooms. They are absolutely atrocious. This goes for the male and female other than that it's an OK place in the summer. It's crazy hot in there and in the winter it's freezing due to the lack of a front door.