La Oficina Steakhouse & Cantina- Chesapeake — Local services in Chesapeake

Nearly perfect in every way. We arrived during happy hour and had a fantastic meal with some very nice discount prices. (The Happy Hour menu is not posted on the website for the Chesapeake location, but it appears to be the same as for the Virginia Beach restaurant.) The ambience is classy, not pretentious, and still comfortably casual. I loved the video images of a roaring fire on the large flat screen TVs mounted over the bar: it gave the dining area a real "steakhouse" atmosphere. We were seated at a two-top with very comfortable barrel-style chairs. The cocktail menu is extensive and creative and there are many good wine options, as well. Complimentary house-made chimichurri and a spicy pepper condiment were placed on the table shortly after we were seated. One recommendation is that the ramekins have saucers underneath them to catch spills. Some olive oil from the chimichurri spilled as it was being placed on the table and it spread over several inches until we blotted it with a cocktail napkin. Steamed mussels were served in a divine white wine and bleu cheese sauce. (We needed to use our bread plates for the empty shells which was slightly awkward.) The mussels came with a few slices of toasted bread, tasty but not enough to soak up all the luscious sauce that was left behind when the mussels were finished. These should be served with a spoon to further enjoy the sauce. We made-do with empty mussel shells until our servers brought us spoons. The mahi-mahi ceviche was also fantastic, topped with finely slivered pickled red onion and sliced avocado in a creamy sauce; this should come with a spoon, as well! The sauce is way too good to waste! Our filets were perfectly cooked at a medium rare doneness, and they were seasoned well before grilling. The mashed potatoes were deliciously savory and buttery. The side of asparagus consisted of the thinnest baby asparagus spears I have ever been served. A few of them were a little woody but they were still delicately seasoned and tasty. I tried a side of boiled yucca: the vegetable itself lacks flavor, but it came with the aforementioned shredded red onion and finely diced pickled red peppers that made the dish more savory. The pepper and chimichurri condiments helped, as well. Finally, the creme brûlée desert was expertly brûléed at our table by our server, Joan who was extremely polite, courteous, and attentive for the entire meal. I plan to return for many wonderful meals and to recommend La Oficina to my family and friends...

Found this new restaurant just by chance while Googling another restaurant for a friend and I’m SO HAPPY that I did! We had an AMAZING dinner experience from start to finish! The drinks were so delicious and I was impressed with the fancy way they wrapped the straw wrapper around my straw. It’s the little things. The mussels appetizer were sweet and all of them were open (a luxury to us) and that garlic blue cheese sauce was simply drinkable! We ended up needing an extra order of the toasted baguette to eat it all! I ordered the Ribeye, medium rare, with added mushrooms and let me tell you that was THE BEST steak I’ve had EVER! It was sooo tender and flavorful! It came with two sides and the grilled asparagus was done just right and the risotto was also perfecto. My boyfriend got the 8 oz filet, medium well, but that’s his choice. He got mashed potatoes which were delicious and grilled asparagus also done to perfection. We went all in and ordered the crème Brûlée and our waitress caramelized the sugar topping table side. We were sooo impressed with La Oficina, especially the prices, that we’ll never go back to TBS again. Please visit this new amazing restaurant. You won’t be...

I wanted to visit this restaurant for a while and we got the chance to do that today and it was very disappointing experience. We got to the restaurant at 5:45, placed an order for drinks and appetizer from happy hour menu, it took pretty long time for our server to come back to get our order for dinner menu and I wanted to place an order from happy hour menu for my meal. But the waitress said it’s 6:05 and she’s not going to accept it. I said it’s alright, can I get my check please? I’ve never heard about such practices before and was quite disappointed with our whole visit as I didn’t get the “steakhouse” experience. Restroom required attention, menu was printed on regular paper. Manager came to out to clarify it on servers side and he was very defensive rather than helpful. He said that their prices are lower than Butchers son, but I came to La Officina, i don’t care about other restaurant. I felt like I came to McDonalds, not a steakhouse. But thank you for recommendation, we went after that to Butchers Son. I came to La Officina to spend money, not feeling like they are trying to cut all the costs possible. If you can’t respect your own happy hour maybe...