Oscar's Oceanside - Virginia Beach

Food, drinks and service were good but the special New Year 's Eve menu was limited and excessively overpriced. It may have better value on a normal day .

We went to Oscar’s for an early New Year’s dinner. We did not plan on staying as long as we did, almost 5 hours) but Alex and Kenny bartenders) were the best!!! We were the only ones at the bar for a while, but they kept us company. Rick, the manager I think), also came by to say hello. As the people started rolling in, it was still a great atmosphere. Later, there was a DJ DJ KELLIE) and she was great! We had the best time!!! Thank you!!

This was a special dinner for my husband’s birthday. I was looking for the white tablecloth experience, but didn’t get it. Before we sat, I stopped to ask the guy who was seating us about another table and he said “this is all we got”. There were tables around us available, but none with a white table cloth near the windows. On the other side of the wall all the tables had white table cloths. Not sure of the criteria to sit over there. The website said casual dining. We were dressy casual but wearing jackets so you could tell what we had on. It was an issue for me. It took much too long to get our drinks. Not sure why. The soup came out fast, the assistant manager brought it to the table. It was flavored well but needed much more crab in it. assistant manager brought salad out quickly. But our food took so long to come and cane to the table cold. We sent it back. The replacement was better that the entree was hot but veggies still barely room temp. We ate what we could instead of sending it back and asked for the check. The check even took too long to come. Assistant Manager tried to make things right but I think they just wasn’t prepared for the Christmas Eve crowd. I am not sure I will return but I think the restaurant has potential to do better on another day. The couples on both sides of us had similar experiences. One couple ordered a drink with their dessert and it arrived after the dessert was eaten and the dishes cleared. He sent it back. Made my decision about dessert very easy to make. No, thank you. Overall rating fair. Service took too long; food was lacking; ambiance was lacking; all in all, I didn’t get the experience that I was aiming for for my husband’s birthday for the cost I was willing and had to pay. It put a shadow over our celebration but I recovered well later. Glad I brought a cake with us, since we didn’t even try dessert at the restaurant. Maybe.. on another trip. But I am undecided about that.

Very nice place...nice bar area...friendly and helpful staff

Arrived at restaurant. Valet podium was there no valet. Tried to open restaurant door to check on valet door was locked, even though restaurant opened at 3. Called and the told us no valet on weekdays. They checked and unlocked door. There was no others customers so we had a choice of tables. Now the good parts. McKenzie the waitress and her trainee. Treated us like royalty. What i thought might be a not so great of a night turned out to be fantastic. Food five star. The service and food both were outstanding. Thank you McKenzie you rock