Boil Bay

Came on karaoke night. Not recommended if you want some conversation with your meal. It got very loud in there. I would rate this one of the better seafood boil places in the city. Facility and staff are welcoming. Fun and fitting ambience and decor. Nice place for date night or groups!

Normally I really enjoy this place. While typically I would get a combo meal and it be plenty of food, this round I decided to do the "a la carte" option that comes with a corn and potato for each option. I ordered a half pound of crab legs and half a pound of shrimp. While I don't doubt the crab legs were a half a pound (standard looking order), I did only receive (yes I counted) 9 shrimp. Half a pound of head off shrimp that are that little should be anywhere from 15-30 of them. Another fun thing that happened is I was seated at a booth that both blinded me through the mirror across the room and was freezing since it was under a vent. My food was cold pretty quickly sitting there. The service wasn't bad. There was a larger party in there so while it took a little bit to see my server, it was expected. He did forget my drink, after eating half my meal I was able to order it again from him. The taste of the food was good. I enjoyed what little I did receive lol. Overall I am disappointed by my last visit. Up until now it was my preference over competitors. Hoping if I go back they will do a bit better.

Tonight was my first time at the Holland road location! We sat at the bar and still had a great experience. There were only 2 bar tenders but ours was still very attentive. Our food and drinks came very fast.. they were doing karaoke as well so that was a fun addition. The food was just as good as the Norfolk location!

Looking for seafood? Come to Boil Bay! The ambiance is great. The decor reminds me of being in the water with sharks and fish everywhere. I ordered the "pick your own" meal. I ordered shrimp with no heads and a lb of crab legs. I opted out of corn (sorry, mom no vegetables for me lol) and got eggs and potatoes. I ordered all this with the mild Boil Bay sauce. The meal was great! If you take anything from this review, remember this-- ORDER EGGS WITH YOUR BAG! The reason why they do not have 5 stars, is because the wait staff was a little slow. Now, I believe it's because they did have a big party in here, but I had to ask for refills, crackers, and butter. The butter was separated so I ended up not using it. 7/10000 recommend.

This restaurant is in a small shopping center next to a Princess Tea location. There was plenty of parking, and the inside was roomy. It is a great place to take the family, though it can be expensive. The service was quick, and the staff was amiable; I think we waited 15-20 minutes for food after we ordered. We had two boil bags, some apps, a couple of drinks, and a kid's meal, totaling 117 dollars. The food was delicious as well! Would come back here again!

Being as though they are located in Chesapeake blue crab heaven, I expected fresh, plump Chesapeake blue crabs. Instead I received small Louisiana blue crabs that were frozen at some point.

The boil bags were amazing. I got the lobster tails and snow crab. Everyone else got shrimp and crab except my daughter. She got chargrilled oyster. She said they were to die for. The gumbo was also outstanding. The music was great. The staff great too! I have been in VB 3.5 years and just found this gem! We will be bag again. Oh and the check with drinks, 5 gumbos and 1 Cesar salad, 5 boil bags, the oysters and coconut shrimp came to $211.00. You cannot beat that with my boil bag having 4 lobster tails and a 1/2 pound of snow crab.

I know this is a seafood boil restaurant but let me tell you, they have the BEST lobster rolls in the seven cities. I drive from Suffolk just to get one. I've been to other places that are "lobster restaurants " and they pale in comparison. The toasted, buttered roll and huge portion of lobster just hits the spot. My husband had a crawfish boil and loved it, they were huge! The garlic parm wings were great too. Our server was awesome, couldn't ask for more!

So here in VA Beach for a girls trip and the birthday girls wanted seafood. So we end up at Boil Bay. Heard a lot about it from Tik Tok. So we gave it a try. The ambiance is cute. They had music playing but you could barely hear it. The menu had everything so we could not decide what we wanted. Our waitress came and introduced herself Brandy. She was lovely. But she went missing a lot. We started with hush puppies which were good. My friend ordered charbroiled oysters with boil bay sauce. You could barely see the sauce on them. It was berry light. So I don't think they were really char broiled. More Ike just broiled. We ordered seafood broils. Again the sauce content was not giving what it was suppose to give. The blue crabs were okay. The potatoes were bland. Even with the sauce being on them. I barely had any sauce in the bag. My friend had the crab cakes and she said it was good. AllMeat no filing. Which is good. Then I had the fried rice. When I say amazing. Amazing. That was the only thing that saved this review. And the bathroom. Another story for another post. If you are in the area maybe stop by for yourself. I guess all these type of restaurants are popping up. You just have to find the right one for you!!

Absolutely will recommend this on vacation with my family in Virginia Beach. First time having a boil had Dungeness crab muscles and shrimp our granddaughter is the pickiest eater she Love it Our waiter was great ! He try to get us a break on my nephew sliders he does eat seafood and my sister so he had the sliders they were not good at all as well as the chicken tenders ( which I know not the place but should work on that because when you have kids that shouldn't be that hard to get right!The place was nice and Drinks on point !!! I had the classic margarita was busy but not loud I would definitely do it again