Restaurant Scams in Virginia Beach

Overpriced Seafood on the Oceanfront Strip

Restaurants on the Atlantic Avenue oceanfront strip routinely charge tourists substantially more than comparable restaurants a few blocks inland, and some use misleading menu descriptions to obscure the actual cost of market-price seafood items. Visitors expecting standard seafood prices often find a crab cake appetizer priced at 8 or a seafood platter running 5, with no warning in the posted menu outside. Some establishments add mandatory 20% service charges not disclosed at the point of seating.