Ice House Restaurant

Went a busy game night . The service was great. Love the friendly local atmosphere. Food was super delicious. We ordered the shrimp dish and they were cooked to perfection. We were impressed and will go back!!!!

A landmark restaurant from 1910 I believe and supposedly a don't miss. Welllll. I think in this day with all the restaurants available you can miss this one. Besides being somewhat sketchy from the outside when you venture inside the decor looks very old and tired. At least dust all those old ice house tools! Tables and chairs are old and tired looking. This place is in dire need of an upgrade and a good cleaning. Now onto the service: outstanding service. No complaints at all there. Food: we had the prime rib and the crab cakes. Sigh - I wish restaurants that served crab cakes would at least TRY to make them with lump crab and use old bay. These were horrible - like a canned tuna fish cake. Yuck!The prime rib was fine. Not anything special. Not really sure what the draw is here other than the historical aspect. You can miss this one IMHO

Since this review, I have retired. My wife and I relocated to Chesapeake, Virginia. We have returned to The Ice House Restaurant and always have had a positive experience. If you are in the Virginia Beach area and are looking for some great food at an affordable price, seek no further. The atmosphere in the dining room is casual and welcoming. The staff are phenomenal and extremely professional. Parking across the street in the public lot can be challenging but it's worth it.

The Ice House restaurant is a local dive bar that offers a quaint dining area with amazing diner options.We stopped in after choosing this location for VB restaurant week and were not disappointed! Their restaurant week menu offered specialty cocktails for the first and last course and a few really great main course entrees. $35 for each three course menu was an amazing value for what we received. I chose the 12oz ribeye and my friend had the blackened salmon. Both meals and sides were very well prepared and the salmon tasted very fresh! The service was absolutely outstanding. After diner we chose to check out the bar area and watch the end of one of the NFL playoff games. The bar had a very friendly and local vibe! We plan to return soon and highly recommend for a local dining experience!

Great food & great service!Wes took great care of us today.Crab legs, steamed shrimp, fish & Chips, etc. are delicious!Great mixed drinks and beer selection.Thanks, We'll be back!

American home cooked food but with an extra emphasis on delicious. A little different twist Delicious and seated immediately food delivered quickly The gentleman who welcomed us was delightful nice to visit with We had Virginia as our waitress and she was friendly quick and great Prime rib French dip was incredible best I've ever had. Love thing shaved meat with grilled onions mushrooms and melted cheese bun and au jus amazing Husband had buffalo chicken wrap said it was delicious We already know what to try next time tuna Caesar salad wrap

The service here was good. No complaints.Upon walking in I was nervous because of the smell but it could have been from the carpet; they are located just a few blocks from the beach.Our party of 6 were seated quite quickly and after a few minutes of reviewing the menu we places our orders.I went with the steamed platter which included 2 snow crab clusters, steamed shrimp, and 2 sides. I ordered french fries and beans and rice for my sides.The shrimp were not seasoned but cocktail sauce was provided so that helped. The French fries were lukewarm but good and even better with old bay seasoning added on. The beans and rice were spicy but not to my liking.The snow crab clusters arrived after everything else and they were not seasoned at all. It looked like the old bay seasoning was added to the cluster after they were cooked. Being from Philly, we love seafood and love flavor aka seasoning.The staff were pleasant and friendly.

The service started out very rocky because they left us seated for 10+mins without anyone coming by. Started with the fried shrimp for an app, it was made fresh but the batter kept falling off.Came to try the prime rib and it was ok. Hubby had the ribeye and for some reason it came with blue cheese on it. The decor is very rustic to say the least.

This was an overpriced waste of time and money. The reviews were great which is how we ended up here... but the food was awful. My daughters food looked good but she got steamed crab legs... I'm not sure how you could mess that up,.. my boyfriend had the crab cake sandwich that was burnt. And it tasted like it was made with miracle whip or something.. GROSS... I'm not a fan of a burned sweet tasting crab cake. And the tarter sauce had the same type of taste... nasty... My one picture i took was the fried flounder sandwich...when have you ever ordered a fish sandwich and it's soggy and all broken up. We ordered no lettuce and tomato and it was on there anyway. The very sweet lady that worked in the front, ran out to their little patio thing they have to sweep up glass that someone had broken and the manager there tonight absolutely scolded her and I felt embarrassed for her for him to fuss at her telling her that he isn't worried about broken glass with how busy they were. But why would you yell at your employee at all but especially in front of customers... that clearly is part of the reason people don't want to work now... the lack of respect from managers. Needless to say but i will anyway... we won't return..

Live music every other Thursday. We had a wonderful dinner! The calamari was delicious. The flounder was good, served with mashed potatoes and gravy. The clams were perfect with a side of fries. And two of had the seafood pasta which was also very good. We didn't care for the garlic bread, but we had so much other food, it didn't really matter. Service was prompt and the staff could not have treated us better.