The Dunes Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Virginia Beach

Located in the hotel lobby that doubles as the eating area for breakfast for hotel guests. One friendly employee was doing it all, working the bar, and serving 3 tables. They had happy hour drinks and food till 7 pm. We Also came for restaurant week for dinner and it was a great deal with huge portions. Food was tasty. I had the shrimp, pork chop, and carrot cake. The shrimp first course was large enough to be a dinner. The cake was the biggest size I’ve seen, it could of been cut into 4 regular size slice. Cake was moist and flavorful. The broccolini was spicy, had a good crunch, and cooked well. According to menu, the dish should have come with asparagus, but instead I was served the broccolini. I forgot what vegetable it came with, but something to check. The grilled peach jam was sweet and flavorful and complimented the pork. My only complaint is I wish there was more pork chop. Mashed potatoes were a little dry and lacked some flavor, but not bad. Atmosphere was okay, but was cozy and nice for being in a hotel lobby. Could have had more staff, but with weather, understandable that there would be less. Definitely a great place to stop for dinner during Restaurant week, and have a huge yummy 3 course meal...

No hostess, seat yourself, but there's no sign saying that so it's very unwelcome g. Couldn't get into the patio area off the boardwalk, very awkward not knowing how to get in or where to go. Once in, we guessed and just sat awkwardly in the front lobby area which felt strange and unsure if that's where we were supposed to sit. Then a server came and we ordered. The food was excellent, I'm talking really good! The Poseidon sandwich was amazing and should be a "famous" feature menu item. Aside from the food being delicious, the servers were arguing, complaining to the bar tender, back stabbing each other and you could feel the tension and uncomfortable feeling just hearing them and the problems of not getting enough tables, it's not fair, she took this table from me, we were rotating and it got messed up, blah blah blah. Well here's a solution, get a hostess! We will be back for the...

I come here to the HOTEL every year for 2-3 days with my family. This new restaurant isn't that good. And the breakfast quality has also deteriorated. I don't drink so can't say much about the alcohol or bar. But the food we ordered wasn't good, it's basically the same 5 low quality ingredients that they interchange to make different meals. It's like Chuy's but somehow worse. The food is bland or overly salted. Tasted bad. We threw most of it out. Was afraid of getting food poisoning driving back home. And it was a bit overpriced compared to some of the other local restaurants we've been to. It's all show, but maybe try...