De Maria's Seafood — Restaurant in Virginia

UPDATE: since my first review, the staff even patiently taught me how to shuck oysters, helped me choose my own knife, and offered to file it down to a comfortable length for me. These people are gems. Seriously such a special corner of Hampton roads.

Original review: Staff was super friendly and funny. Lox & smoked swordfish were INSANE, some of the best meat I've ever had. Tuna is sushi grade, which is nice to know it's available. I was impressed as soon as I walked in because there is raw fish everywhere but the shop doesn't smell fishy at all which made me feel confident it was quality seafood. The shop also has fun nautical decor for sale and tons of seafood seasonings & cookbooks. Fantastic shop. I can't believe I've lived so close by for so long and never knew this place was around. I'll definitely be a regular. If you love seafood, this...

Went on a Sunday, the market was nice and they had a variety of fresh fish, clams and lobster. Online it appears as if this place is a restaurant as well but it really is more of a market. The day I went the guy working there only knew how to serve the gumbo from the crock pot and he didn't offer napkins , cutlery or and advice on what they could cook for us or not. Felt as if I had to drag it out of him. He ended up calling someone on the phone to ask them how to use the steamer for just the clams we bought he refused to steam any of the fish because he said that was his aunt's job and he didn't do it ? Seems as if he had worked there for quite a long time but still had no clue how to talk to customers or to use the equipment. But he did know every word to the rap song on the radio. ( Guess we all have our...

In the summer of 2013 we were staying in Chesapeake and ordered Lou Malnati's pizza from Chicago - it came overnight with dry ice and we had a couple of pizzas in the hotel. Ahead of that I had discovered De Maria's sold dry ice and we planned to come here in the morning on the way home. We got here and the staff was friendly and filled our container with the pizzas and a couple of other items - about $30 to top up the container with dry ice - a bit pricey but did the trick. We took two days to get home (~13hrs driving) and though all of the dry ice was gone by then the items were still frozen. I would...