Fish Hawk Oyster Bar

While staying at the Tides Inn this week, we ate lunch at the Fish Hawk Oyster bar on two different occasions. One was inside. The service was slow and the food was fine. We ordered a half dozen raw oysters and a beet salad to share. We were unaware (partially due to not educating ourselves) that the oysters are "river" oysters and not in a salty brine(like an ocean oyster). I would think since the Inn prides itself on the oysters, the wait staff would inform. It would not have changed my mind- I would order anyhow but would be nice to know. The flies are a little out of control inside in my opinion but again would not stop me from eating there but should be handled.The second day we ordered food at the pool. Again service was slow. We ordered the oysters again with a side of French fries and fruit. My husband ordered a beer which was not brought out for quite some time(after I had to remind two ppl - after our food was brought out) . The Tides Inn is a great place to stay and to have the convenience of two restaurants onsite is nice.

A poolside restaurant at the Tides Inn. And more affordable and laid back. Very casual with a beachy vibe. They have live music on weekends.....they had a great duo when we were there on Saturday. Everyone was friendly. We were there a couple of times but Saturday afternoon is when we had some food and drinks. Abby took wonderful care of us and we were never without a drink. I ordered the Ceviche and my friend got the shrimp cocktail. The shrimp were huge and the cocktail sauce was delicious!!!! I loved the presentation of the ceviche but it lacked a little flavor. Maybe some cilantro and lime and or lemon juice. And it came with corn chips which I felt overpowered the delicate Ceviche. I think some homemade won ton crackers would have been lighter and better. Or perhaps another lighter cracker that didn't overpower. They do close at 9 pm....it's not a late night restaurant. And I believe that you can eat here even if you are not staying at the hotel. I think......

I hate to give the Fish Hawk a bad review. The setting is perfectly beautiful and the casual nature of the place is very inviting. Plus it is part of the Tides Inn that I absolutely love - how the Tides Inn can tolerate this bad restaurant being part of its offering is beyond me. But my experience at the Fish Hawk was so bad that I will never go back much less spend any money on this place.The management of Fish Hawk is abysmal. When we entered the restaurant, nobody, repeat, nobody even looked in our direction. We had to ask at the bar where to sit. Okay, so we sat. Then we waited a LONG time - like 15 minutes - before anyone came over to say anything. AND THIS PERSON DID NOT EVEN BRING MENUS OR GLASSES OF WATER!!!!They did not clean off the table until we asked. They left trash and dirty glasses in front of us.The food was likewise bad. I had something called Chilaquiles. Basically some sort of shrimp nachos. TERRIBLE! There were 5 shrimp, small little bitty shrimp. And the nacho chips were all moist and soft. My spouse's crab cake looked like cat food and he says it tasted really bad. If there had been any other place to go for food, we would have left!The one bright spot was server Wandille. She was pleasant and polite.But the Fish Hawk is not worthy of the Tides Inn and it is not worthy of another try! I do not recommend Fish Hawk at all!

Casual place located on beach next to pool and boardwalk. Location is great. They have tables inside, next to pool and down on beach there are picnic tables with benches and umbrellas - so plenty of seating options. Servers also come to the beach and offer drinks and food so that very convenient. Drinks are just okay, they're refreshing but quite watered down. As for food we tried fried oysters and broiled Thai chili oysters. While fried were pretty good broiled were nothing to remember - they were small with not much flavor. We also ordered fish tacos but they never arrived. Service was the biggest reason I gave 3 stars. First we asked server passing our table if she can take our order or should I go inside to order to which she told me easiest and quickest would be if I go inside. Ok no problem so I went inside and there I was informed by nice lady in black dress to go back to our table and server will be right there. Ok so I went back and here comes same girl now not very happy bringing us our menus. We order drinks and food. Drinks come we ask for straws and water. Food comes and when we saw portions are not really that big we add fish tacos. No straws yet! 15,20min pass no straws, no water, no fish tacos! We finish our food, our waitress comes and brings water and straws that we do not need anymore lol we wait for our tacos that never came so I get up and go inside to cancel and settle the check! Lady in black dress apologize and goes to see what happened with those tacos but I never hear back from her. Beach area is very nice and we spent there some time as we were staying at Tides Inn

Brought many boats here for years. Each time it seems to be another notch above. Came here to relax by the pool after running North from Virginia Beach. Sat by the pool and decided to have lunch at the pool deck.Ordered the Fish and Chips and it was fantastic! The servers were great and very attentive to you. Tyler the main server was polite and friendly. He hooked me up with a great IPA.

It wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. I had the tabouli bowl, they need to read what is in tabouli before calling it a tabouli bowl. It was a large, overcooked, piece of salmon with cherry tomatoes, lettuce and overcooked quinoa with a lemony vinaigrette. Meh. My husband had their fish and chips, he said it was nondesript chunk of fish with not enough chips. We went with another couple who also ordered fish and chips, everyone ate the chips and left fish, that's telling! Tap beers are $9. Our bill was over $300 including tip. Keep in mind that this is a glorified poolside snack bar, no frills, tables and chairs you would find in a cafeteria. Our server was great which is why Fish Hawk got any stars. It got so loud inside that that we left to sit outside for that extra beer. Icing on the cake was that they charged us $10 to dock our dingy. You would think that if you are going to spend that much, the docking would be included. Btw, the bathrooms were not maintained and TP was nowhere in sight.

Location is at the Tides Inn pool side services. Situated on the waterfront with views you would fall in love with. The food was good we just ordered oysters and crab cake sandwich. I was disappointed that they only had one type of oysters that day. The service will be something I would never forget! We sat at the bar and Brian was our bartender. He was engaging, fun and so accommodating. My husband had mentioned movie trivia's and I guess Brian overheard and turned the tv to movie trivia's and we sat there for the longest time having a blast. Other customers stopped by to order food/drinks and even joined in. Like I said this was an epic experience and it was all thanks to Brian. Thank you so much, we so enjoyed it! Sorry didn't take pictures of the food we were so focused on the trivia.

Limited menu, high prices and slow service (although they were upfront that the food would take a long time). The food is mediocre - had the beet salad and ceviche. Never received soda or iced tea refills - had to go to the bar. Nice setting on the river and poolside.

I expected bar food, but at least halfway decent bar food. Not so. Other than the raw oysters, which were very good, the food was barely passable. Fried oysters were greasy and the batter was bland. Fish and chips - the fish was greasy and the tiny side of broccoli had no taste. Steamed mussels come with an Indian sauce straight out of a jar, barely heated up. Cocktails priced at Tides Inn prices, but very light on the alcohol. The server was definitely new and needed some help. Beautiful view, but that doesn't help feed you. Too bad.

went there Friday night only to be greeted by a sign that the entire restaurant was closed for a private event. I checked the website before driving there to see hours and menu and there was zero notice of being closed. furthermore there was no one in site on patio or beach area. I would hope they would have offered a casual menu on the patio if someone was going to use the restaurant but we arrived at 6:45 and was nothing happening.