Exmore Diner

The Exmore Diner is a local favorite. Friendly staff and friendly prices. Daily specials are the key to their success. Great fresh seafood. Great for Breakfast, and dinner. Crab cakes are one of my favorites. Love the old time classic dinner vibe.

Don't hesitate if you are a true lover of all things diners, past and present. We were searching for a place to stop on our coastal route we take to PA and back to VA. My husband stumbled on the Exmore Diner. We can not pass up a diner. When entering there is maybe 18 stools at a bar top, and maybe 6 booths. Small, but quaint. They offer take out, and eat in. This is very much a local place where many are regulars. I absolutely love that! It is a little on the dirty side. But, I can look past things like that in certain things. It's an old diner, mostly original. The menu is not too large. Which is perfect. It is not overwhelming. They have birch beer! Our waitress was fantastic. We had 1-2 come up and assist us. Team work makes the dream work. The food. I was told the specials for the day were popular. I ordered the hot roast beef sandwich with Lima beans, Mac n cheese, and mashed potatoes. My husband classic cheeseburger with crinkle fries and a club sandwich. My children, game and cheese sandwich, and a BLT. Everything was amazing! Just what we were hoping for. My hot roast beef sandwich was fabulous! The gravy was delicious. Take not they add sugar to the macaroni and cheese, so it is in the sweeter side. It was pretty good, just different. I finished my meal with a chocolate milk shake and a Key Lime Smith Island Cake. What... it's not Jan 1, diet hasn't started. Ha! Joking. Both the cake and milkshake were just the sweetness needed. The Smith Island cake is made by a local gal named Becca. She is amazing! Overall, we are coming back especially when we're driving through.

I am on a road trip and have been using Yelp Reviews heavily. The Exmore ratings made them seem a good bet for a quick bite. I Went for dinner, the food was not fresh- I had the bay scallops which were listed as a special. They came fried and I would guess previously frozen because they were not tasty. The sides- String beans were canned or frozen and inedible. The mashed potatoes were good. The garden salad was straight out of a bag, nothing trimmed or cut and a Ken's dressing packet. It was a terrible and expensive experience. I can't recommend it based on the experience I had. Hopefully it was an off night.

On the way home from Savannah, stopped to eat at the Esmore Diner. Retro style with retro food that was delicious! Steamed shrimp done perfect with butter and old bay to dip them. I went old school...Liver and onions with mashed potatoes and turnip greens. We finished it off with a piece of creamsicle Smith Island cake!

Exmore Diner has an authentic classic diner feel. Retro colors and decor, stools and booths like from the 1950s, friendly waiters, families with children - friends of the staff - playing, etc. I just wish the food had been better.Plenty of standard diner standards on the menu. For some reason I got the crab cakes - definitely NOT standard. But I thought: it's on the Virginia Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay, famous for crabs, so why not. They had very little seafood flavor, probably because they had more fillers and less crab. Too much other flavors from excessive seasoning. And a weird gummy texture from whatever they used for a binder, and in spite of said binder they fell apart easily.The fries were dry, but helped by the cocktail sauce, oddly served as an accompaniment to the crab cakes, along with the more traditional remoulade. The coleslaw was too wet and too mayonnaisey.I wasn't planning on having dessert but I heard that they were out of the two items they offered that day - chocolate cake and key lime pie. Seems odd to be completely out but it was close to closing time.The rest rooms were clean. But the men's room was out of soap so I had to use the women's (door open and unoccupied) to wash my hands.I'm not saying don't go here - close by options are limited - but manage your expectations, enjoy the ambience, and don't get the crab cakes.

Cruising on Route 13 and looking for breakfast, this is your stop. A true diner. Small and friendly with a menu from local seafood to breakfast favorites. Service was nice and fast. Food was good, nothing fancy but just what we needed to fuel our morning. We had the creamed beef special and a crab cake sandwiches. Hash browns are homemade and come with or without onion. Chipped beef was house made and lots of beef. The crab cake was all crab and just a nice fresh roll. Would stop again. $

On the way back to NY we stopped by this little diner. I love places like this and do try to seek them out, but this was by pure chance. We had breakfast and it was delicious. Very family owned and ran type feel which I love. Hope to visit it again if it is in the way.

Tiny diner with authentic, old time atmosphere. Servers were friendly and helpful. We were a large family and took up 2 booths. The seafood platter was huge, came out on 2 platters. Highlights were 2 large pieces of fish( cod and catfish, I think. Butterflied shrimp and popcorn shrimp were prepared with a light batter, chunks of crab in large crab cake. Didn't care for the clam fritter (looks like a pancake, acrid flavor) and the clam strips are the usual tough customers. This could be shared by 3 people!. Fries are delicious. Mac and cheese kinda weird as it is sweetened. Beautiful large salad with many shrimp was enjoyed. Very reasonable prices. Western Omelet was full of veggies. Lots of locals there but these tourists were well treated. Would happily return.

Tucked away off the main drive, rt13, this diner is just the same as it was back in the day. Great local food and fresh vegetables. The employees are friendly. There are only about 10 tables and a counter area wheee you can sit and dine. I had the steamed shrimp, served piping hot. Be sure you have plenty of napkins. I also ordered the green beans and coleslaw. No complaints here. I can see why it is a local favorite. I could barely eat all the shrimp.

The food is amazing. The vibe is awesome, and the service is crazy fast. It is the best of everything on the eastern shore.