South Hampton is located in the southern part of the region known as Hampton Roads, Virginia. Hampton Roads includes the areas of Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Suffolk, Virginia. South Hampton’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean makes the area an ideal location for seafood restaurants. Many restaurants serve catch-of-the-day seafood, and most use local, line-caught products as menu items and recipe ingredients.
Located less than 20 miles from South Hampton in the town of Chesapeake, Virginia, Amory’s Seafood Restaurant has served the public since 1973. Amory’s Seafood serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with "Amory's All-American Lunch Menu." Amory’s breakfast specials include Skip’s salted herring and eggs, fried fish and eggs, shrimp-n-grits, and a seafood omelet. Seafood lovers will delight at the abundance of selections on the restaurant’s dinner menu. Dinner selections include an extensive list of appetizers, soups and salads. Dinner entrées include broiled or fried flounder, soft shell crab, dungeness crab, pan-broiled scallops with crabmeat, and a dish called crab tangier—country cured ham and crabmeat topped with oysters. The All-American menu features daily specials and dishes such as the baby scallop roll with coleslaw, and fried tilapia on a Kaiser roll served with chips. A dessert menu is also available.
Amory’s Seafood Restaurant
2449 Taylor Road
Chesapeake, VA 23321
757-488-9488
amorysseafood.com
Located in Norfolk, Virginia, about 20 miles east of South Hampton, O’Sullivan’s Wharf serves appetizers, sandwiches, seafood, meat and drinks. O’Sullivan’s seafood menu includes Captain Sully’s broiled combo, filet of fish, fried oysters, crab cakes, and a shrimp and crab leg combo meal. All seafood dishes include a choice of two side dishes. Many varieties of sandwiches are offered. Guests can dine on the restaurant’s crab cake sandwich, or try the tuna-rock-a-fella sandwich—fresh tuna chargrilled over an open-flame and topped with the house special rock mix, and covered with cheddar and jack cheeses. O’Sullivan’s also serves brunch and has an after-hours menu for late-night diners.
O’Sullivan’s Wharf
4300 Colley Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23508
757-961-0899
osullivanswharf.com
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Located in Norfolk, Virginia, 456 Fish opened its doors in 2003. The restaurant resides in a building originally constructed in 1923. 456 Fish encourages patrons to make reservations, especially on special event nights. 456 Fish has dinner, brunch, bar and dessert menus. The dinner menu includes appetizers such as roasted elephant garlic and goat cheese, blue corn fried local oysters, and sesame seared tuna sashimi. Main course selections on the dinner menu include the 456 crab cake, teriyaki glazed salmon, fried fantail jumbo shrimp, and panko and Parmesan fried tilapia. 456 Fish serves brunch every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with menu items that include thick-cut French toast, crab, asparagus and Swiss omelet, and seafood crepes—crepes stuffed with shrimp, crab and Fontina cheese, topped with sherry cream sauce, and served with home fries and buttermilk biscuits.
456 Fish
456 Granby Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-625-4444
456fish.com
