We went to the Illumination Parade in Norfolk last night. I went to the host and asked if there was seating outside. There wasn't and there was a wait in general, but they added us to the list and noted we wanted outside. Luckily 45 mins later they called us for a table outside. Our server was busy but friendly. We ordered the pork belly nachos, spinach dip, and bee sting wings. The nachos and wings came out first and eventually the dip. We had a perfect view of the parade. I wish they had heaters outside but we were lucky to even get a table. It was a lovely night and I will go back. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Pork belly nachos and bee sting wings - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Do not come!!! Terrible overpriced food, awful service.. 180 dollars for 3 salads and a sandwich and two rounds of beers... also took two hours to get the food. read more

This was our first time there and it was amazing!! The giant shrimp cocktail was on point!!! Baja Shrimp Tacos-delicious!!! And the truffle fries-my goodness !! And if you want great service-ask for Gavin. He was great! He was excellent!! Oh and you can't leave without getting Blue Moon draft !!! And sit so you get a view of the water-bonus!! Bang for your buck-excellent!!!! read more

group of 11 went to celebrate my great nieces college graduation. She graduated summa cum laude! We waited 1 hour before being seated and once seated about 5-7 minutes before being greeted by a waitress and about another 5 minutes before our drink orders were taken. The waitress took 4 orders, walked away from the table without the other orders. I called her back to say more people would like drinks. She went to the other side of the table to take the orders. She returned with water and 1 drink. When she finally returned with the other drinks, we asked to order. We placed orders for appetizers and food. 3 asked for She Crab Soup because we were hungry, 1 ordered a pretzel and 2 ordered wings. 2 soups were served. Both ladies with the soup said it wasn't good, but they were hungry. The food came. I asked for my soup and lemon for my fish. We ate. I asked for my soup and lemon. My sister was still waiting for her meal. The waitress said she would cut more lemon. My cole slaw was on my plate in a small amount. I asked that my mother's cole slaw be served. It came in a bowl. When my sisters meal was delivered, her cole slaw was in a bowl. After my niece and great nephews finished eating, their appetizers were served. When we received the check there was a facility charge. The waitress didn't know what it was for, so I asked for the manager. The manager explained that it was a tax shared by the restaurant and the city for entertainment charges. Really? We couldn't even see the TV. No one ever asked if we wanted more water, more drinks or mame here is your soup and lemon. I asked her to take the soup off of the check. She said would you like it to go. Nope. I don't ever have to eat at this restaurant in life. We've lived in Norfolk for two years. My husband and I have eaten in restaurants that were busier and received better food and service. This was my first time eating at Waterside and my last at Blue Moon. read more

We've been here before and enjoyed it but today our wings were served undercooked (see photos) and not very flavorful. The service was slow and they got our order wrong. We were part of the group event and hoped for a better experience. Perhaps the worst part was the indifference expressed when we informed the staff about the raw wings we were served. The response was "thanks for letting us know". read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Undercooked buffalo wing - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

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My daughter and I stopped by here last night for dinner and neither one is were impressed. My daughter ordered the beer burger with fries and i ordered the catch of the day. My daughters burger was prepared as she asked but was not happy about the pretzel buns taste and the ratio of burger to everything else. Her plate was $17 i believe. My "catch of the day" just so happened to be a small fillet (maybe 3oz) of "blackened" salmon. The fish came with less than a handful of fries and a spoonfull of coleslaw. A spoonfull of coleslaw?! Very disappointing to pay $23 for a small piece of frozen salmon that costs like $3-$5 and to serve it with coleslaw and French fries. I wont be dining here anymore. Their beer must be verrrry good. If you aren't drinking here you probably should not be eating here. read more

Not a good thing to say Cold soup burnt calamari what can you say .Beer was cold other than that stay away

Sat outside and our table was a little wobbly. Our chairs didn't look very clean. Hair in a drink, my food was okay which was a flatbread. Husbands food was over cooked. Spinach dip was good though. Menu was a bit lacking in options. Waitress forgot about items we requested, asked for table to be cleaned before sitting, and wasn't as attentive. Drink I ordered was missing the sugar rim. Not sure if the Yard outside is part of Blue Moon, but needs updating as game Pieces are missing. Great view and location but improvements are definitely needed. read more

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My friend and I been in search for some good happy hour places. We recently found out about Blue Moon Taphouse Girls Night special - Every Thursday they have 1/2 off apps (excluding wings), $5 margaritas and Lemon drops, and 1/2 glasses of wine. We decided to give it a try and enjoyed it! It was fairly empty and calm - which we enjoyed! We do not like loud rowdy bar spots. But it was still a vibe! They had good music playing from a live DJ, not overly crowded at the bar, and regular moderate volume of other people talking. They also have beautiful scenic outside seating that you can sit at. Which we did sit at eventually to get some fresh air. It was beautiful and relaxing sitting outside by the water watching the sunset! Perfect spot for a cute girls night and happy hour festivities. Not too loud, crowded or rowdy like other bars may be during their happy hour special days. They have good options for apps. We got the spinach dip and the tuna tataki. My only complaint is our spinach dip was a little burnt on top. Our bill was around $25 - $27 a piece - we both ordered 2 apps and 2 drinks! Overall we enjoyed our experience here and might make it our Girls Night Happy hour spot! read more

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Staff was amazing! Location was awesome! Establishment was very pretty! Food was decent!! Who doesn't love a Blue Moon on Tap!?!? read more

This place should shut down their kitchen!! We stopped by after a 4.5hr drive and famished! We ordered calamari for appetizer and 2 salad bowls 1 with chicken and the other with salmon. Everything came out at the same time. The calamari was cold, chicken on the bowl was right out of the refrigerator and had a bitter taste. The avocado pico de gallo was missing avocado and the sushi rice was just a very cold ball of sticky rice. The salmon was also cold and the middle was nasty! Definitely not fresh. They replaced the calamari with an extra salty and extra crispy one that we left it sitting at the bar. We offered to pay for it it since we sent the rest of the food back but the lovely lady behind the bar declined our offer. We sent the rest of the food back too and walked out hungry and disappointed! Only good thing about this place was that lovely lady behind the bar. She was definitely overwhelmed but managed it well & delivered greater service. Definitely the worst establishment we've ever been to. read more

The first day we went we were served with a smile. The second day we weren't. I asked to be seated on the terrace. I was told that the bar wasn't serving outside, eventhough there were customers seated there. My niece and I were seated by the cash register by the door. The floor was sticky. I only stayed because my niece was with me. The food was ok. Loud talking employees are unacceptable. I had to ask if we were there too early. I had to ask if I had to go to the register to pay. There was an important conversation between the employees, I guess. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Food got here before drinks which reading the reviews is a known issue. After waiting 30 min for the drinks after the food arrived i was told actually we don't have the mix for the drinks. lol read more

Three of us went in to Blue Moon for a late lunch on Saturday. It was obvious the restaurant was understaffed because the lone bartender was taking care of not only the bar but all tables. (This happening on a festival weekend isn't great planning on managements part.) Not her fault, and she did great under the circumstances, but it made for long waits to get food, refills etc. The food was very mid....nothing to write home about and definitely nothing to come again for. read more

I ordered the cod tacos. Let me tell you they were 100% the best fish tacos I ever had . Nice amount of fish and the slaw was delicious. The bar tender ( I'm an ass because I cannot remember her name) was on point and super friendly. Ambiance was nice and I have no complaints. I'll most definitely be returning and recommending to friends and family . read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Fish (Cod) tacos with a side of chips and salsa . - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Went here on a Saturday night. Bar wasn't so busy, took 20 mins to get someone to look out way and more time still for them to try our drinks. Bartenders made passive aggressive comments and never looked our way or checked on us again. Had to have a friend ask for the check because they wouldn't look at us. Poor experience. This is the second time with service like this. read more

***UPDATE*** I ate here again to give it another shot. First, the service was really good. Our server listened and understood we were in on a condensed timeline. The nachos were pretty good and the tacos were well done. I would have liked a little more pork belly on the tacos but it is what it is. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Pork Belly Tacos - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

I came here for a light dinner and must say was very impressed. The place seemed crowded so I expected there would be a wait but surprisingly I was seated right away. I decided to be seated outdoors since there was a live entertainment show going on. It was a little loud but again it's due to the live show not the restaurant. At first there was no server so when I asked a guy if he could call the server, he said he would but came after a few minutes and decided to take my order. I was impressed how he handled the situation rather than make me wait. I ordered the ponzu salmon and with the ponzu sauce on the side. I'm glad I requested it on the side because it was very salty. Other than that the food came real quick, fresh and hot! It was around $24. read more

This was my second time dining here and my second time being disappointed...The food is just bad here. My salmon was so burned it was not edible, my friends' chicken sandwich was dry, and my other friends crab cakes were made mostly of filler. My friend was satisfied with her Korean bowl however she wished the chicken was warm when it came out. We ordered a fish bowl and it was tasty however we suspect they forgot to add the alcohol. Upon entering the restaurant, It took them a long time to seat us and assign a server, and a very long time for our food to come out. I will say however, that our server was the best part of the experience. She was very sweet and was very apologetic about the fish. She had them remake the fish and the remade fish was decent. read more

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Brunch was a little unorganized. Walked in and they didn't even have a hostess available. But! The waitress was there and said that she'd sit us. She was very professional and optimistic as some of the other staff members were"meh." Hysonia was the waitress we had! She definitely went above and beyond and her cheerfulness was very contagious! The French toast was a success with the kids especially with the mixed berries on top. Country fried poutine fries were delicious. The smoked salmon could have been better. They have coloring pages and crayons available for the kids. Plenty of room for big parties such as our party of 5. They have a big bar area with plenty of TVs to keep up with your sports teams. read more

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Every single thing about this place was amazing. From the atmosphere on the patio, we were able to bring our dog. Our waiter "Joe" I think his name was, was amazing, bringing the dog a water bowl. All the food was delicious. We are on vacation and couldn't have had a better experience! Will talk about this place for times to come! Thank you! read more

I'm in town on business, flew in late because of the smoke, and rushed over to find a place to eat. Im staying at the Marriott on the waterfront, so this was just around the corner. Harborfest kicked off today too, so when I got here, they had live music and a cover band. Good hits and they didn't sound bad. I had the crabcake appetizer. It tasted pretty crabby but didn't smell sour. The coleslaw it was accompanied with was bland but the remoulade was pretty standard. I had a side of fries with malt vinegar and a few drinks. Good to sit outside on the patio. Not too chilly for the waterfront. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Crab cake appetizer - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

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I must say that I'm disappointed mostly with the service from the staff. My first visit it was not terribly busy. But it seemed like our server was distracted by something. After sitting, it took about 10 minutes for her to come by. When she did, she took our drink orders. Then we waited for our drinks to arrive. Next, she took our food order. Our drinks arrive. Our table, which had been used, was not cleaned off. It pretty well stayed almost until we left. I had a Southern Mule. It was served up in a glass cup and not a copper one. After another 15 minutes or so, our food arrives. I ordered the pork belly tacos (it comes with a side of chips and salsa). I must say I was a bit disappointed. I found them to be flavorless and filled mostly with veggies and very little pork belly. The chips were okay and came in a basket. The salsa was in a small cup, so you couldn't get a big scoop of it. The noise level was moderate. I've not been on a weekend, so I don't know if it's better or worse. Later, the same day, a group I was with had a meet and greet in the shared area of the place. There wasn't a lot of choice, so I opted to go back to order some wings. I was told to go straight to the bar. I stood there for nearly 10 minutes as 3 bartenders walked back and forth serving others. I left and went to another business. The wings I got at Guy Fieri's Smokehouse were really good and messy. read more

I came to Waterside with some visiting family on the afternoon of the Jazz festival. When we got to the table is when everything went downhill. We were seated at a table covered in crumbs. I had to use my personal stash of Wet Ones to clean it off before I felt comfortable enough to sit down. I never fully relaxed, though, because the floor under the table was noticeably dirty, too. It was also sticky. In my experience, a dirty floor usually a sign of the service I'm about to receive, so I wasn't excited at all. The hostess handed us menus, then left. I opened my menu and it was dirty, too, with broccoli and cheese pressed between the pages like a rare butterfly collection. Our waitress came over, dropped waters at our table, and said that she would give us some time to look at the menu. She left before we could say anything. I was a little confused because when I had visited once before I didn't remember receiving waters that I didn't order, so I don't know if that's a new thing or a testament to the service from the time before. We looked at the menus (around the broccoli display, of course) and we were ready to order about 5 minutes after she left. At the 10 minute mark, I was looking around for our server. At the fifteen minute mark, the table that was seated exactly one minute before us (we had literally followed them into the restaurant. They had a different server.) received their food. They received their food before we even got our drink orders in. After almost 20 minutes, our server appears to take our orders. I order a Sprite, an American burger with bacon and no pickles, chicken fingers for my son, and spinach artichoke dip for the table. My party orders. The waitress doesn't write anything down. She says, "Let me repeat your order and make sure I've got it right." She did not have it right. She repeats my order but instead of pickles, she omits onions. I correct her. She proceeds to get other orders wrong at the table as well. The kitchen and its runners are pretty efficient; soon after we order, the appetizer comes out. The runner sits down our spinach artichoke dip and asks where to put the creamy Parmesan dip. I look around the table because I don't remember anyone ordering that. No one claims it. Just as I thought. I let him know that we never asked for that and the runner apologizes and excuses himself. The spinach artichoke dip is delicious. Even the small children in our party enjoyed it. About 10 to 15 minutes later, our food arrives. My burger comes with pickles despite my best efforts. My cousin's burger is missing something. His girlfriend is visibly displeased about her food too. The runner (he was literally the best part of this service) offers to take it back, but at this point, it's been almost an hour since we were seated. We just want to eat and leave. I pulled off the pickles myself. The waitress finally checks on us to ask how our food was. It's been ten minutes. Any grievances we had were swallowed with our meals. My cousin's girlfriend does speak up to clarify that she wanted Parmesan cheese sprinkles on her fries, not the order of Parmesan fries she received. She explains it was her fault for not being clear, but she just wanted the waitress to know. She also says that she never received the barbecue sauce she ordered on her food. To our waitress's credit, she did try to rectify this by bringing a small cup of barbecue sauce and a bowl of Parmesan cheese, but it was too late. The sauce was too cold to put on her now lukewarm sandwich and the fries were just about gone, so there was nowhere to put the cheese. Our waitress disappears for another 20 minutes after that. We've been here for over 1.5 hours at this point, so it's easy to figure out her hiding spots. This time, she's at the cash register by the bar, answering a text on her phone. We wait patiently for her to finish her phone conversation and walk to the door to once again serve the tables that deserve it (that doesn't include us). I flag her down before she could get too far and ask for our checks and to-go boxes for my son's meal. She goes to get them. I tell my party of have their payment ready so we can give it to her as soon as she returns so we can leave. This was the fastest part of the service. We received our checks about two minutes after requesting them, but she leaves before we can hand her payment. Great. We're stuck in purgatory for even longer. It's a blessing and a curse, because the extra time gives us a chance to look over our receipts. After the worst service of our lives, we're each charged a venue fee?? It's a small fee, but what is it for? Why are we charged extra for sitting in the restaurant? Where else would we eat the restaurant's food? The "venue" wasn't even clean! We never receive the to-go box, so I go to the kitchen myself to request one. I box up my own food, give the empty plate to the friendly staff back there, and we leave. We won't be back. read more

Great place to stop in after work with a large group of friends/ coworkers. We had little to no wait time and spent nearly two hours chatting and enjoying each others company over happy hour apps and drinks (Happy Hour is Monday- Friday 4pm- 7pm by the way!). Overall, I had a great experience. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Buffalo Cauliflower Wings ($6 during Happy Hour) - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

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While exploring downtown Norfolk, we spotted the Blue Moon TapHouse at the Waterside area and wanted to try it since we both enjoy Blue Moon beer. We stopped in just for drinks since we had already eaten lunch elsewhere. They have multiple varieties of Blue Moon on draft and they also serve cocktails. I don't recall the first draft I had (tangerine or honey wheat maybe) and I had a Mexican chocolate draft. The Mexican chocolate draft was really tasty and wasn't a variety I've seen in stores or at places near me. Beers came out nice and cold. Service was on the slow side here and the drafts are $9 each so it's a bit much for fairly average brews. If I'm spending that much on a draft, I prefer hitting up local breweries that have more unique offerings. If you're a fan of Blue Moon, it's worth popping in for a drink, but it's nothing particularly special. read more

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Service was slow. Beer came out after the appetizer, we were literally 4 feet from the beer and it was last to come out. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

I'm only giving three stars because I see that management responses to these reviews and I hope to hear back. The phone number has not worked all day. They advertise that they have a great outdoor waterfront patio overlooking the Elizabeth River, which is true, every time I've tried to go there in the past eight months there's a sign saying the patio is 'closed for a private event'. There has never been anyone on the waterfront patio at the alleged private event. Instead, they seem to only open the patio that overlooks Waterside Drive. So instead of the Elizabeth River as your view, you can enjoy the cars buzzing down the road. It's especially frustrating as I believe there are very few places where you can dine overlooking the water in Norfolk. Here, Stripers next door, the Grain, and Mack's Barge which is on a small waterway in North Colley. Not sure if Guy Fieris has waterfront seating. I've never seen anyone out there. It's extremely frustrating that every time I go, they have the great outdoor patio closed. Once they admitted it was closed because of staffing issues but somehow they can staff the patio that overlooks waterside Drive. Once they told me it was closed for a wedding, surprising to see no one attended this alleged wedding. Please open the waterfront patio. You advertise that you have one, but it's seldom open. read more

First time going to Blue Mood tap house, and I don't think I'll be back UNLESS I'm ordering to go or have a small party. We went in with a party of 9. We waited a few to be seated and that is to be expected for a large walk in party. What I did not expect is when we got seated it took us at least 30 minutes to get service. It was like our assigned waitress was avoiding serving us. The hostess kept apologizing and said she'd let her supervisor know... An older gentlemen finally volunteered to take our orders, and he was great! We definitely made sure to tip well because without him, who knows if or when we would have received service. The drinks were mediocre. Mostly just juice. It took forever to get our food and drinks! I will say the shrimp po boy was really good, and that would be my only reason for coming back! read more

I love clam chowder and I had the one of the best and also tube bites it was different from the others that I had nevertheless was delicious. Megan helped us and her service was great she has full of energy . Ambiance her is different from typical tap house in a good way I shall come back in Wednesday for chicken wings read more

Fantastic meal, service was great! Small issue, I got brought a warm beer by the server but I'm not super mad about it. She was very friendly and kind. Brought food out at a good time. 8 mins for fish and chips to be ordered and served. read more

Blue Moon Taphouse - Fish was nicely cooked, no grease dripping off and was cooked to perfection. Fries were very well seasoned and cooked also. - Breweries Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Just a funny update for anyone wondering: I still feel the same about this business. After they replied to my review with their contact information, I replied to them, and never received any feedback or response at all (yes I checked spam folders). It's all for show! read more

I came with a group of 5 for my grandmothers birthday. The food and drinks took a very long time to come out, our table ordered 2 appetizers the large pretzel which came with a hard crackling skin and cold cheese and the calamari which overall there was nothing technically wrong with it but it could have been more salt and peppered. The main courses took a very long time to come out and when they did the pretzel buns on the beer cheese burger were ice cold as if they had just come out of the refrigerator and when brought to our servers attention she took the burger and came back with wholly different plain burger buns that were just above cold, barely room temperature. My grilled chicken wrap had very dry chicken as if it had been forgotten on the grill. To top it all off I was extremely ill when I got home and eating here was the only thing out of the ordinary that I had done that day, almost certainly had to be the cause of my illness and had to call out of work the next day. All in all not worth the $120 spent. read more

didnt eat here but we cut through to reach the parking garage and my friend tripped on a random ahh plant that was in a dark area. this is a hazard, you guys humiliated her and i hope karma gets this company for the pain of my friends suffering and degradation read more

The food was horrible. My friend ordered the salmon and he received a very small piece that was over cooked and dry looking. The Manager and 'chef' came to the table and he got another piece that was a little bigger and a little less dry and over cooked. They offered us refills on our drinks and said they would take care of his meal but they did not and left his meal on the bill. The waitress took forever and never bought the bill to the table so we left a tip on the table and got up to leave. She ran up to us and handed us the bill with an attitude, we noticed his meal was on the bill, I went back to the table and took the tip back we paid the bill and left. It was NOT a good experience and we will NOT be returning. I wish we did take pictures because they would have said a thousand words for sure. read more

Had a great experience. Food was good. Liked the funky art work on the wall. Had never tried different Blue Moon beers. Bartender was amazing!!! I just wish she had more help. I know that was the lunch rush and probably dead after we all left, but just a little checking in or support would have made the experience less chaotic and 5 star. read more

Came in here today for lunch, didn't realize how big it was inside. I sat in the front bar area. There were tons of tvs and tons of places to sit. My bartender was Dennis. He was attentive and very knowledgeable of the menu. He also knew a lot about the different blue moon beers they had. Btw, If you want a good dark beer, try the Blue Moon Mexican chocolate. It's very good. I ordered the fish tacos. They came with chips and salsa. Food came out pretty fast, I was surprised! The fish tacos were really good. Great amount of flavor, nice ingredients, and was cooked perfect. The taco itself wasn't mushy or soggy. It was just right! The chips however tasted a little over cooked, kind of stale. But I still ate most of them because the salsa that came with the chips was pretty good! Overall I enjoyed my lunch because of the service from Dennis, the great food, and the overall atmosphere. The whole staff seemed to be pretty nice too! read more

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Highly disappointed with my experience at Blue Moon Tap House. We sat at the bar, which was only about half to three-quarters full, and despite having two bartenders on duty, we waited for 20 minutes without even being acknowledged. Both bartenders walked by us multiple times without a word. We eventually gave up and left. Really unfortunate service, especially considering we were looking forward to trying the place. Won't be back. read more

Plenty of seating and live music on Fridays. Seems like the menu was changing around when we went so we couldn't find photos of what we were considering. Everything was good but the best part were the pork belly nachos, highly recommend! read more

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Mediocre draft beer with different flavors of blue moon with a lot of them tasting just like regular blue moon. The drink menu doesn't have prices on it so make sure to ask how much and what oz you're getting. The bbq shrimp and grits had the tails still in the shrimp which I have had shrimp and grits too many times to count and never experienced the tails still attached to the shrimp. The worst part was a digital card reader the waitress pulled out at the end with her holding it while you place a tip. I tip pretty well all the time but this place was terrible and a digital card reader with a tip screen afterwards while the waitress holds it for you is just weird, awkward, and straight tipping intimidation. I wouldn't even go back here for appetizers and drinks. Hugely expensive for just mediocrity all around. The only plus is the view outside towards the waterfront. read more