Ocean View Fishing Pier

Disclaimer: skip to the 4th paragraph to get to what you really want to read. Unless you want the precursor to this particular experience.I come here occasionally, because this is one of my friend's favorite places to drink and chill. He is the king of dives. We had grand expectations of enjoying the weather and view on Sunday and well the weather said, that's definitely NOT happening. Instead of relaxing atop the upper deck with a nice view of the ocean we switched to the inside where it was bustling with people taking shelter from the rain from either fishing and those who also had been atop the deck. It's really clean on the inside and is decorated with eclectic randomness of beach signs to nautical decor. The bar was filled with chatter from various groups, no music was played. They have the hanging ring and hook game. Our group which turned out to be a group of 10 became obsessed with this very simpleton game. Focus was strong and intense. They have Tecate drink specials for $2.50 if your quest is for cheap beer. I had a pina colada which was really good and turned out to only be $4.50! Their wings were lip smacking and saucy and one of the people in our group ordered calamari which happened to be mixed in with onion rings. At first we were joking that they threw in onion rings to make it look like calamari to make their supply last. We ended up looking at the menu to see if it was advertised with onion rings. It stated with "fried onions." So there you go!All in all it's a decent place to relax and have some drinks and reasonably priced eats. Parking - oh it's a bit on the small and tight side which can be good in other situations, but definitely NOT when it comes to parking. Ocean VIew has come a long way and is starting to revamp itself. But those dive bars if you love them still exist over here.

I did not visit the restaurant but did do some fishing on the pier. It was a nice size pier and very clean. We caught a lot of fish and the locals were very friendly.

The two stars are for the manager or lack there of. She is very rude and seem to have attitude with everyone I also watched her degrade several workers right in front of customers and employees with out a care to who was watching. Other than that the waitress and waiter were all pretty good and the food taste good. Pier is fun to go catch fish and hang out with like minded people.

Our server Holly was the best! On top of the awesome seafood that was served, there was also an awesome bar with great local craft brews on tap. My buddy and I could not have had a better lunch in Norfolk! Thank you again, Holly!!!!

Had a great view, sat on the roof and watched the sunset. I had amazing fish and chips and a dollar Pbr (happy hour). My waitress was so great very attentive and she had an awesome attitude, Im definitely going back!

We love OVP! Usually I just have a drink and people watch but I recently took my grandma for dinner and I was pleasantly surprised. She had the fish and chips which were of course all fried flounder but it was good! Peel and eat shrimp were perfect. Tina bites are SO GOOD! And their drinks are great! Especially the upstairs bar when this really hot guy Goodyear works.Emma was our server and was very attentive and sweet. Our drinks were never empty and brought us everything we asked for pretty quickly and the manager Caroline is pretty awesome too! Overall, great experience!

Where's Rachelle? I miss her at the baitshop. She always greeted us with love. It's not the same without her! Really? Where is she?

The lady or the owner in the pier is really mean. Talking to you in a very inappropriate way. Don't go to this place.

If I could give one star I would. We have been many time to this pier. We have been told if you want to go past the restaurant you have to pay. If you stay on front of the pier you do not have to pay. We were not crabbing or fishing. We were accosted by a nasty security officer who demanded that we pay $10.00 per person. I explained we were visiting the pier and not fishing. The security officer became extremely hostile and we asked to speak to a manager. We were the only people asked if we had paid and no one else had been asked and were not wearing wrist bands. In my opinion, the security officer and manager were profiling. STAY AWAY!NOT A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.

I came in June 18, 2019. With a group of 6 other people. Our waitress seemed like she didn't want to be there & only checked on us twice. I ordered the Mac and Cheese with fried chicken and it was very bland, the chicken was dry and we waited over 45 minutes for our food. After that we still had to pay for the 18% gratuity fee which resulted in almost 30.00 that this girl didn't not deserve at all. After we paid we had to wait another 20 minutes to get back our change. The food was super overpriced and our meals really weren't worth what we payed.