Dockside Seafood & Fishing Center

If you’re planning a trip to Virginia Beach, make Dockside Seafood & Fishing Center part of your adventure. Call (757) 481-4545 to book a fishing trip, dolphin …

Dockside Seafood & Fishing Center – Visit Virginia Beach

Dockside Seafood and Marina offers a variety of fishing and dolphin watching excursions. Known by local fishermen for over 30 years.

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Local seafood market, restaurant, and fishing center. 3311 Shore Drive Va Beach 23451. (757)481-4545. Photo by Dockside on February 01, 2026.

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Aubre

The fried sea bass will not disappoint. My go-to dish. Fresh, hot, & delicious
Also, purchased wild caught snapper to prepare at home. Great view of the ☀️

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Laura Caton Gilstrap

Love Dockside! Great food. Crab cakes were meaty and fresh. Crab legs were tender and plenty of choices for the non-seafood crew. She-crab soup was good too. I love sitting outside by the water and watching the boats pull in for dinner. The walk through of the fish market gives it that authentic feel.

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Candace Bouldin

Great choice of food. Service was amazing! We had two Creative Memories group there and we all got out in a quick manor. All enjoyed our food and took left overs.

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Douglas Rubin

In a region of the country with excellent seafood, Dockside was terrific. Delicious, fresh offerings – fish, shellfish, sides, salad — well prepared. Great choices at very fair prices. Professional service (by Luke!) efficiently and friendly.

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Peregrine Sky

The fare was fresh, calamari was amazing! Salad and soups were tasty! The lager I ordered was too heavy for sea food but the sweet tea was perfect! I wish they used glasses instead of plastic cups, here’s my other complaint. I ordered blackened seafood trio, nothing on my plate was blackened or crusted. The crab cake was crunchy, the shrimp not crunchy the scallops were definitely not crunchy or fried in a pan necessarily. Also everything was coated in old bay! Like so much old bay I could hardly taste the fresh fare I’m paying good money for. I guess maybe it’s an east coast thing but that doesn’t mean everyone likes it and if the dish is going to come like that it should be mentioned that it will come with old bay so I can at least ask for it without. Yes my waiter was very nice and offered to take it back but it was Father’s Day and the restaurant was extremely busy and it wasn’t that bad I just didn’t enjoy it. I’m just disappointed because I feel misled by the menu I highly recommend y’all display an accurate menu. Other than that this place was good.

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Janie Basso

First-time visitors to Dockside in Virginia Beach, and we LOVED it. We started with the best She Crab Soup for me and French Onion Soup for hubby, which was wonderfully cheesy. The Fried Platter was huge with fried deliciousness and had a large piece of Flounder, the biggest Shrimp I have ever seen – four of them and a very tasty Crab Cake, along with perfectly salted French Fries, tangy Coleslaw and crunchy Hushpuppies. We just got Sprite to drink and didn’t order from the cocktail menu.
Our waitress, Charlotte, was so friendly, energetic, and attentive. She kept checking to make sure we didn’t need anything. There was so much food that we had to bring some home or lunch today. Great food, great service, great value for as much as you get, and great atmosphere right on the water. Hubby and I definitely WILL be back.

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Yuri “IS3SF”

Awesome place with great dishes! Bring outer with you if you wish to sit outside.
It would be great if the sea bass could be prepared in different ways, not only as a fried dish.

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Bob Coradi

If you like fresh, expertly-prepared seafood, eat here. This is a quintessential down-home, waterside seafood restaurant! Friendly, experienced waitstaff serve up food from a clearly experienced and talented kitchen staff. Best seafood lunch (or dinner) I’ve had in a long time.
Our table ordered fresh halibut (huge serving), fried oysters, and a pound of steamed gulf shrimp.
Excellent.

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Mandy S

Super friendly service and delicious food! The salmon done blackened was so fresh, fried haddock, oyster sandwiches also so good! Would go back again and we do every year we are in town!

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Jessica Watts

The food is so fresh and delicious. Best crab cake I have had in my life! You can take a fishing charter and eat what you catch at the restaurant. They will filet it and fry it for you. They also have a nice shop of fresh catch fish you can purchase to make at home. The views from outdoor seating is amazing too.

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