The Wharf
The Wharf
half-dozen local raw oysters, shucked to order and served with cocktail sauce and lemon
Jumbo shrimp served with cocktail sauce and lemon...$3.25each (min of 3)
- LB of A1 Yellow Fin Tuna scallion ponzu with avocado &tortilla chips
Half dozen oysters, 3 Jumbo Shrimp, Chilled Jumbo Lump Crab and Tuna Poke add - Maine Lobster $MKT
Half dozen deviled eggs topped with Tuna Poke
half-dozen local oysters broiled with smoked Virginia Ham and Buttery Parmesan Breadcrumbs
All Lump Crab Cake served with the Wharf-s homemade aioli and citrus greens
Spicy Tomato Broth, Lemon and Crostini
With maple soy glaze and crispy onions
Buttermilk marinated calamari served with onion strings, and spicy tomato sauce
Chesapeake Bay SHE-CRAB SOUP
Tomato-based with clams, shrimp, scallops and crab
Rich and creamywith Red Bliss Potatoes
Mixed greens, onion, cherry tomatoes, blue cheese, grilled corn, &Smoked Virginia ham
Mixed Greens, cucumbers, cherry tomato, carrots, parmesan cheese
Romaine hearts with croutons, parmesan, and our homemade dressing
Served with French fries and coleslaw
Fresh Fish of the Day, Sea Scallops, Shrimp, and Crab Cake(alwaysbroiled)add - Maine Lobster $MKT
Jumbo shrimp fried with buttermilk onion strings
8oz chicken breast fried with buttermilk onion strings
Our specialty Broiled to perfection served with Mashed Potato and Asparagus
Local VA Rockfish pan-seared and finished with a citrus butter. Served with potato, leek and corn succotash
Served with white wine lemon butter sauce with mashed potatoes and saut-ed spinach
over asparagus parmesan risotto
with tarragon compound butter. Served with mashed potato and seasonal vegetableAdd - Maine Lobster $MKT
Crab imperial &butter cream sauce with roasted potato and saut-ed spinach
Fresh Fish of the Day, Mussels, Scallops, Calamari and Shrimp in white wine, saffron and tomato broth served over linguine
Maine lobster meat served with linguine in a creamy tomato sauce and parmesan
Double baked chicken breast with creamy peppercorn sauce and roasted red peppers. Served with mashed potato and vegetable of the day
Fresh Atlantic salmon with a honey citrus beurre blanc served with mashed potatoes and saut-ed spinach
Stuffed with lump crab butter cream saucewith mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetable
Steamed (GF) or stuffed with crab imperial, served with roasted Red Bliss potatoes and seasonal vegetable $ market
Served with French Fries
Brioche bun with lettuce tomato and homemade aioli
A classic made-to-order
Broiled or fried on brioche bun with lettuce, tomato and Cajun remoulade
Fried shrimp or fried oysters, with lettuce choice of tartar or cocktail sauce
Brioche bun, with lettuce, tomato and garlic mayo Add cheese $2 add bacon $2
Our spicybloody Mary House-made mix, with vodka, slice of crispy bacon, and jumbo Shrimp
W/parmesan cheese, and roasted potatoes
Poached eggs, VA smoked ham and Hollandaise sauce, w/potato hash
Poached eggs topped w/lump crabmeat, and a butter cream sauce, w/roasted potatoes
Two crab cakes w/poached eggs, Canadian bacon, English muffins and Hollandaise sauce, w/potato hash
Candied walnuts, maple syrup, chantilly cream and fresh fruitsAdd bacon Add two egg
GARDEN SALAD | 2 Pints NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER | 2 Pints MARYLAND SEAFOOD CHOWDER
served with cocktail sauce and lemon.
Roasted Rosemary Potatoes | Asparagus | Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Salmon fillet with lump crab meat and a creamy b-arnaise sauce.
served with cocktail and tartar sauce
Over French Fries served with cocktail and tartar sauce.
Lobster meat, jumbo lump crab and jumbo shrimp baked in butter.
Broiled salmon fillet, topped with lump crab meat and b-arnaise sauce served with asparagus and mashed potatoes ($5 up charge)
Choice of two
Choice of one
Our Famous creamysoup with crab& sherry
*Items are raw or cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of food-born illness especially If you have a medical condition.
Mesclun mix, cucumbers, cherry tomato, carrots, parmesan cheese, tossed with homemade dressing
with fried onion strings and Spicy tomato sauce
Our Famous all lump crab cake paired with Jumbo ShrimpServed with, French fries and coleslaw
Choice of Two
Double baked chicken breast with creamy peppercorn sauceand roasted peppers served with mashed potatoes and vegetables
Served with white wine lemon butter sauce served roasted potatoes and saut-ed spinach
Saut-ed with garlic, crushed red peppers And lemon served over linguini pasta
Our famous creamy soup with crab and sherry.
6 oz. center-cut filet paired with stuffed lobster tail & a lobster sherry cream, served with fresh asparagus and roasted potatoes.
Live 1.25-pound lobsters steamed in-house and served with drawn butter roasted potatoes, and cole slaw.
Add Tuna poke MKT.
PEI mussels steamed in rotating seasonal flavors each only $8.Available all day Monday in the restaurant and patio.
Enjoy a three-course dinner for two and a bottle of wine to share for only $70
All day Thursday get any bottle of wine $50 or less 50% offSplit a bottle and a bite or keep it all to yourself Any wine you don-t finish is yours to take home.
Salmon fillet with lump crab meat and a creamy b-arnaise sauce, served with fresh asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes
Served with roasted potatoes, saut-ed spinach and homemade tartar sauce.
Raw oysters, served with cocktail sauce and lemon.
*These items are raw or cooked to order. Consuming Raw or undercooked meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, or eggs, may increases your risk of food-born illness especially If you have a medical condition
Seafood Combo
Stuffed Lobster, scallops, shrimps, potatoes and spinach
Crab cake with greens
Lobster ok, crab good? Scallops hella bitter almost
oysters and mussels, drink
Tournedos
a bowl of soup on a table
OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL* would be better with the clear sauce
New York Cheesecake
people walking on the boardwalk at night
a glass of wine and menus on a table
Sparkling Rose And Manhattan.
SEAFOOD CIOPPINO
All-Lump Crab cake
food
chowder, soup, food, soups and chowder
Orange juice
food
oysters, shellfish, oysters and mussels, food, mussels
Front
Cajun filet pasta
mussels, food, shellfish, oysters and mussels, oysters
Dee A.
Feb 15, 2025
This gem is a go to for a date night. It has a historical feel as the building is modified from its original build from early Alexandria (centuries old!). I visited for maybe the 5th time. Each time I visit is great service, ambiance, and food. Last night, however, was a bit subpar with food but the service and hospitality were excellent. It was valentines dinner on a Friday night and the restaurant was packed, which may had led to the food not being as great as normal. I ordered a filet mignon cooked medium but received a filet cooked almost well done, tasteless, and chewy :( the amazing drinks made up for the sub par meal. I will return of course.
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Namir B.
Feb 2, 2025
My wife and I came here for Winter Restaurant Week and we had a great time! We had a full 3-course meal: Apps (Caesar Salad & She Crab Soup), Entrée (Salmon Oscar), and Dessert (Basque Style Cheesecake). You can't go wrong with Caesas Salad, but it was okay. Nothing special. My wife enjoyed the crab soup but the sherry took away from the experience. It wasn't bad though.The Entrées were BANGIN!!!! So gooooddd... the salmon, postatoes, and grilled asparagus - was "LIKE THAT!" It was so good, we were apalled. The entree alone sealed the deal for us. We WILL be coming back.Customer Service was so personable, and the waiters were "ON IT!" Super attentive; 10 out of 10.We weren't fans of the cheesecake. Just not what we were used to (i.e. New York Style) but it wasn't "the worst," or bad. It was decent.All in all-- We're gonna have to come back and try some other dishes.
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Kelly F.
Sep 3, 2024
I tried the Wharf in Old Town and it was a great way to spend a beautiful evening! I sat outside and watched Old Town Alexandria go by. Service was stellar; i was dining alone, so I always appreciate a kind server. We started with bread! It's always a treat to get warm bread as you sit down. I got the she crab soup, which was super flavorful and had a decent amount of crab in it. I also got the Caesar salad and topped it with a crab cake. The Caesar was good, but the crab cake was stellar. It was all lump crab, had a perfect light sear, and was perfectly seasoned. Was it probably a little pricy? Sure, but it was a delicious dinner in a great setting!
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Susan B.
Feb 15, 2025
Great service! Great atmosphere !Great food! Totally recommend this restaurant! We love the seafood and how attentive our waitress was.
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Kris M.
Dec 24, 2024
We come here almost every Christmas Eve and we love it! We split a fee appetizers, order lobster and steaks, and then split a few different desserts. The service is always amazing, but I definitely recommend getting a reservation because they are booked during the holidays. The restaurant is busy, but is also moderately quiet allowing for an enjoyable dining experience. Highly recommend!
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Bicycle M.
Jan 21, 2025
The service and ambiance was so enjoyable. I was happy to enjoy the service of more mature, polite and attentive staff. The complimetary bread and butter was a nice treat. The blackened scallops were prepared delicious. The crab cake was not my very favorite, but I liked the lighty battered crust. Everything prepared nicely and professional staff. Large wine selection.
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Will M.
Sep 11, 2024
Pictures from the outside make this spot seem much more fancier than it actual is. There was a leak from the ceiling in the middle of the dining room. The wooden paneling on the walls looked unwell. The waitstaff was over dressed. Pasta and sauce had some nice kick to it. Lobster was pretty standard and the sides balanced it well.
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Marleny E.
Feb 29, 2024
The Louie salad is fresh. It's a big salad for one person, perhaps enough for two side salads if you want to share. The complementary salad dressing is delicious, however the flavor sets in a few hours later. I started the salad at the restaurant and took it home. I also had the she crab soup. It's was filling, creamy with very small lumps of dumplings and crab. I was craving the "she" flavor the entire time. I would skip it and try another soup. Salt, pepper, and chalula on everything for flavor and spice. The recipes are American and geared towards salt conscious customers. Wine was a savvy blanc from NZ. Yes! Refreshing, citrusy and crisp.The wait staff are very well trained and friendly, as is the manager (host). Checked on me frequently and asked me if I needed different things to enhance my experience. I appreciate that very much.Sit outside if the weather permits!
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Sandy L.
Aug 29, 2024
Visited The Wharf this past Sunday for an 8pm reservation. We lucked out with street parking as there was someone pulling away when we arrived. The restaurant was rather empty inside as most people were sitting outdoors on this cooler evening. Inside, the restaurant is cozy with a nautical theme. We ended up being seated indoors next to a window near the bar, and had the space all to ourselves. My date and I ordered from the Restaurant Week menu, which had limited options compared to the regular dinner menu, but figured it was the last day of Restaurant Week, so why not? We both had the She Crab soup and crab cakes (+$10 up-charge) for our appetizer and entrée respectively, and while he had the bread pudding, I had the cheesecake for dessert. Service was excellent, but as expected when the restaurant is hardly at half capacity. The bread we were served upon sitting down was delicious and paired well with the creamy She Crab soup, which comes with oyster crackers; however, the proportion of soup to crabmeat was slightly disappointing - I would have liked for there to be more chunks of crabmeat in the soup, but honestly, who wouldn't? The crab cakes come with two decent sized cakes with only a small amount of filler, but would have looked slightly more appetizing if broiled for just a few minutes at the end of cooking, so that the top is slightly browned and not so soft (as if just reheated in a microwave); the dish is served perfectly salted with grilled asparagus as well as mashed potatoes. It's a good value for the price (despite the $10 up-charge)! Neither the bread pudding nor the cheesecake were anything to write home about, so probably could have skipped that unless you ordered from the Restaurant Week menu, which includes dessert. Overall, The Wharf was a solid experience. Although I wouldn't make the drive specifically for the crab cakes here, I would definitely come back to try their other seafood dishes!
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jasmine R.
Feb 27, 2025
The service was really great!! Same goes for the food we loved it! The restaurant it self was very relaxed which was nice. The Location was good it was near the water just a 3 min walk.
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