Kelly’s Tavern

Restaurant was clean as usual and pretty busy. Seemed short staffed by everyone was still pleasant and working hard to serve everyone timely. We ordered the chicken sandwich tossed in the stinging honey garlic sauce. The sauce was very flavorful but not spicy. Chicken was crispy and the food always holds its temp until the last bite. When we ordered the smash burger the waitress advised it only comes well done and that was fine. The burger brought out was not a smash burger. It was double burger with thick patties. When we advised it was pink and the wrong burger she advised they can remake it but that's how it will look. She seemed to get irritated at the questioning so the burger was returned vs replaced. If this was the correct burger I don't understand why it's listed as a smash burger. Overall the visit wasn't terrible and I'd return to this location.

I came here looking for a local sports bar to have a beer and burger. Kelly's Tavern did not disappoint. The sports bar vibe was there. I sat at the bar and the bartender was friendly and attentive as she could be (it was a busy night). My burger was cooked at the temperature I requested and tasted delicious. Would recommend. 8/10

Food is delivered nice and hot. Service at the bar is on point. Atmosphere is chill and restaurant is always clean.

Good burger, good fries, and good beer. Happy hour 7 days a week from like 1pm to 7pm I believe. Service was good and the new layout looks nice.I'll be back again.

absolutely awful experience here and the Hostess Brie needs to be fired immediately for utterly awful service was at the bar for 30 minutes and never was hepled (granted it was busy) so I alerted them that I was moving outside so I could get better service in a not as packed area and was flat out refused service no menus no drinks and was an absolute bitch of a person I highly recommend never coming here and bries immediate termination will be updating this to the local news channel as well.

Love this Place! Have been going here for over a year going with a group of coworkers at their old loation across from Mcdonalds. Its kind of become our tradition to meet up after work here about one friday a month! & everytime We get the same server LIZ!! shes amazing and remmebers our drinks orders as soon as she sees us walk in! All of their food is affordable and the even have specials throughout the week and a good happy hour!!One of my favorite dishes to recommend by far is the spicy tuna bites!!! The atmoshphere here is always friendy, food is always hot, and customer service makes you feel warmly welcomed! We will continue to be regular customers to this establishment!!

Recently popped into Kelly's Tavern for a late night bite. Thankful that they were still open after I got off work. It seems like late night establishments are harder and harder to find during this post-pandemic world. It was pretty tame for a Wednesday night with about a dozen patrons. The DJ was cranking the tunes like as if the bar was full. Their booth seating area had already shut down, so the waitress found us a seat as far away from the DJ as she could find to try and minimize the volume intensity for us which I thought was nice. Nothing against the DJ though. It was too chilly outside, so we opted to sit in.The waitress was very sweet and never made us feel that they were closing soon, which it was, in about an hour. I opted for something "light" since it was pretty late and I have braces currently so can't do much of things that I have to bite into. Most of their items on the menu are handhelds, so it suited me just fine to get a bowl of broccoli and cheese soup and some mozzarella sticks that comes with a marinara dipping sauce. Love soup season and can never go wrong with cheese. Broccoli soup was good. Typically what you would get at most places. It was not too watery, but not super thick either. The mozzarella sticks were great. I was playing with my food and attempted at a cheese pull and made it as far as my little arm could stretch (see pic haha)! The dipping sauce was great. The sticks were definitely my fave of the two.My friends ordered between them pretzel bites and burgers since burgers seemed to be the star of the show on their menu. They both came with fresh fries, a bit on the dry side IMO though. I stole one off my friend's plate, so I got a taste.Kelly's Tavern has been a long standing establishment in this area of Virginia Beach. I used to live near there the last time we were stationed here. They used to be located by the street in the same center as the Walmart market, but relocated around the corner on Centreville in a brand new building. I love the new look. Wished we could have sat in the booth seats though. The higher chairs are real nice looking but real hard to sit on for a long extended period of time.The DJ kept the group of patrons present entertained and they even had karaoke toward the end of the night.And our waitress definitely made our visit enjoyable. Super chill gal! Stay safe, Friends!

Late night bite? This was the place for myself and group. We were loooking for a place that was open past 10pm. Waffle House was not calling out name. We needed something bigger and better. This is where Kelly's Tavern came in. We were seated promptly. Out waitress was helpful in figuring out what to eat. I went for a burger, along with a friend. My other friend did soup and mozzarella sticks. Food was good. Burger was not too bad. Mine was a little over cooked and dry , but good flavor. Kelly's delivered just what we needed. I'd return for a late night eat again.

I think because this is a newer location, it's clean and inviting, I expected more and ended up being a bit disappointed. After a long afternoon of playing at the park with our little one, we were in no mood to go home and cook. Kelly's was right down the street and we were eager to see the renovation of the former Andrea's pizzeria. On a Thurs evening, the place wasn't too crowded initially, but we expected it would quickly fill as we got closer to game time, which proved to be true.We were sat immediately, though it took a few minutes before our server greeted us. We ordered drinks and our server disappeared. It was quite a while later when she returned to tell us nothing we ordered was available (including milk for the little, though it is listed on the menu). So we selected other options while browsing the menu. Historically, Kelly's is known for their burgers, but we opted for lighter fare on this visit. Hubby had the club and chili, grilled cheese for the little and a salad for me with grilled chicken. Wait time wasn't terribly long, maybe 15 minutes. Overall, the food was just ok. Hubby would have liked his sandwich better without burnt bread, but he didn't want to wait for another to be made - we did let the server know to pass along the message. My salad was meh, and chicken plentiful, but there were quite a few pieces of rotting lettuce mixed in which was unappetizing. I appreciate that they offer fresh fruit with the kids meals, but the grilled cheese was super greasy on the outside with a bit too much butter.Service was decent for the most part. Overall, not a huge win and, like most Kelly's in the area, I won't go out of my way to return.

Mmm... I've loved this place since it opened, but lately it hasn't been the same to me. The service has been consistently good (if not great). It doesn't take long to receive our orders. What got me about my most recent visit was the mix up in orders. My wife ordered a burger to be cooked medium-well and our guest wanted her burger to be cooke medium rare. They were two different types of (patty melt and a regular burger) burgers and neither one wanted to swap burger patties. Both patties were pretty rare in the center at most, as much as I'm trying to be understanding, we didn't want to ask for the burgers to be cooked a little more because it was getting late already. By the way, this is the first place that I've ever seen a lettuce and tomato on a patty melt. The order of garlic parmesan fries came out soggy and warm at most, like they've been sitting for awhile waiting to be picked up. This night has probably been the better visit in reference to the surroundings, some night (karaoke night) will be suuper loud obviously, which is fine, other times it will be some people at the bar having a few too many trying to start fights with people trying to have a good time. I'll try this place again, but not in the near future.