Stopped for the tuna steak, some shrimp and a salad!! All 3 were better than chicks oyster bar, was very happy and thankyou!

My favorite locals bar has been closed for a while so I decided to venture out for some good food and cheap drinks. Well, this place hit the spot! The wings are Devine and I highly recommend the go for the grill. That extra dollar is worth it. Adds the umami you're looking for. Yes, there is smoking inside. Yes, it's cheap drinks. Don't come here looking for classy, it's a dive bar. Drink your PBR Or bud in peace here. Can you bring the kids? Sure. But it's a little rough around the edges but doable. Especially outside on the large patio. Little draught list. Very simple bar drinks with reasonable prices. TVs for games! read more

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Awesome place shipmates and I love it there. We have a reunion there every once in a while. Never disappointed with the people food and drinks or the staff. read more

Foods great, staff is amazing. Live music pool tables and good company what more could you ask for read more

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Food & Service is always great! Happy Hour drinks are a plus. Only downside is they allow cigarette smoking which isn't ideal.

A Trashy Bar Randomly decided to stop in here the other night and wish I would have just kept on driving to the Thirsty Camel instead. This place is very rough. Reminded me if a dirty elks, american legion or moose lodge. There was old people everywhere mostly a 40's and up crowd and young military guys tring to pick them up.lol. I would say this place is a step below the former Greenies but hey about the same as Dockside off Hampton Blvd. At least the band was awesome! Relley was the band playing and they sounded good but that was the only nice thing about the place. I did manage to have a short conversation about the former owners of the place and was told it used to be ALOT better of a place when Poppin Pappa and his son were around. *Overall, not a place I plan on visiting again in the future. I didn't eat here but just based on the atmosphere I don't think I would really trust it. read more

Great local bar! Everyone is welcome here! People think of it as a motorcycle bar (biker bar) and yws, there are bikers, but everyone is just as friendly as they can be! This is a very large bar with outside seating. Note, this is a smoking bar. Taco Tuesdays! !! $1 tacos, hard or solft, min 3... YUMMY!!!! Happy drink prices are on point with the locals! The entire staff is great, I have yet to have a negative experience. They have pool tournaments, check out the flyers! Bands on the weekends and they are amazing! Definitely check out this place, you will enjoy your time! The 5 start rating is for a dive bar rating, this is not a "5 star " restaurant, but the food is on point for a local pub and everything is great! read more

Good little dive bar with some awesome staff. Love the Elvis decor. It's local and I come here often and never unhappy.

Always, Always, Always.... great food. There ain't no counting calories here! If you want a hearty and fairly priced meal, this is the place to go. Sure, it's a little run down inside, but aren't we all? The staff is friendly even to obvious outsiders like me and my friend. The portion sizes did seems to shrink than the last time, that I can remember, but I always over order so it doesn't matter. Yeah, I wish the smoking wouldn't be inside at all too, because it makes me eat fast and just leave, but if you time it right, there's no one there for a late lunch. Sigh... it's obvious I've accepted all its faults, and secretly in love. Oh, and you MUST get Poppas Wings, Daytona Style (naturally)... finished on the grill and just fantastic! read more

I have been going to Poppas for over 15 years. The food is always good (ESPECIALLY the wings) and drinks are very reasonably priced.

Seriously fell in love with the bartender here. I just moved to this state and she was the first person I encountered with a beautiful soul. The food was amazing, I ordered a mango habanero sauce and it was sooo spicy yet so delicious and the fries were crispy and hot! I'll definitely be back for taco Tuesday. :) read more

Love this place, I would go here all the time when I was working over at Jeb Little Creek, awesome staff and the cook she does an awesome job, I would always go in and get the Steak sandwich with the melt in your mouth onion rings, went there three weeks straight asking for the Same thing cant wait to go back! read more

We used to hang here pretty regularly in the mid 90's when the original owners (The Poppa in Poppa) son Bruce ran the place. Even though it was a dive, it was a decent neighborhood hangout. Hard times fell upon him is my understanding of the situation and while he still owns the land, he sold the pub, and it's been resold several times since. The regulars who used to populate the place are long gone, though a couple of the original staff remains. Some upgrades have been done here and the current motif is a pseudo biker bar, but basically the place is a complete dump these days. Low Rent would be the key choice of words. This is definitely a pass unless you want to go slumming. read more

So, clean and updated it is not. It's got a lot of divey character. But, incredibly delicious burgers at a reasonable price and very friendly staff. I loved it here. read more

One of my favorite local hangouts. It doesn't matter the day or night of the week. Great people with small town feel.

It's just a typical redneck bar. There's not really much else I can say about it. If you like loud bars with loud people, then you'll like Poppa's Pub. If you prefer a more refined or quiet atmosphere, you won't. Also, when I went there, every third person seemed to be an amputee of some kind. This was over a year ago, but I was a little too freaked out to go back. What exactly did I wander into?... read more

So I loved this place when I went there with my brother. We were definitely out of place since we were in our mid-20s and wearing polos and khakis. But that is what made it so awesome! The people took us in and we danced to this great live band with some older ladies (not really cougars but just nice older ladies). My brother and I were smoking at the time and they let you do it inside, which really made it even better. Overall, my experience there was good. Unfortunately, having quit smoking, I would never go in here again. Also, though it was great to get out of our element, being older than everyone by a decade or more wouldn't encourage me to make this a regular stomping ground. If you're the type of guy who wants to go some place divey, just cut loose, smoke cigarettes, and end the night by proposing to some lady who could've been your mother (if your mother was 10 years older with some pretty sweet tattoos), then come here! read more

Stopped in for lunch today Ashley the bartender was awesome the food was fair-priced and tons of it for what I paid.. had the side salad with spaghetti and meat sauce and garlic bread The only reason I wouldn't give it a five is I really enjoyed the smoke blowing in my face while eating... to be fair though I knew they allowed evil cancer stick smoke in the place but the food was Kick-Ass and the service was good read more

New to the East Coast, been to MULTIPLE bars in the area and this Gem right here?? DEFINITELY WORTH IT! The bartender and staff were so friendly, food was out of this world (try the Daytona style wings), and drinks were Bomb ASF! Deserves 10/5 stars imo. read more

OK This is a sure Dive and has been for years! I stopped by here during an extended, layover while passing through town. The bar is dingy, dirty and smoke filled. It has only two redeeming qualities. Menu and Drink selection are value priced (inexpensive) and a fun, engaging and lovely young lady at the outside bar named Ashley. There is a slew of regulars here and Ashley knew them all and what they wanted. Their booze selection is cheap no name brands but better quality is available. Mixers are poured from a fountain into a repeatedly used two-liter bottle. Owner needs to invest in a good cleaning of the entire place, a mixer distribution system or some reusable containers rather than the cheap and tacky appearance of the reused sprite bottle for whatever might actually be in it. Selection of Beers is run of the mil big name stuff only. with Sam Adams, Killian's and Guinness thrown in for those who prefer quality and taste. This is a place I would stop in for a quick inexpensive beer when Ashley is working, but not a place I would hang out at. Sláinte! read more

I have been going to Poppa's for years & years & will continue to there as long as I am living in Virginia. Great food, drinks & wait staff. So are the prices. Some people complain about the smoke but I think they need to go either outside, the non-smoking room or some place that has no smoking inside. I can tell you right now that they won't be happy with anything except the no smoking! Poppa's . . . YOU ROCK. read more

Stopped in for lunch and had Poppa's buffalo wings (Poppa's signature sauce) and french fries. I was surprised that they were pretty good size wings and I got 12 of them for a good price. Apart from that, the Poppa's signature flavor was really good! The fries were natural style cut-from-real-potato fries which I love. I was in uniform (military) and almost couldn't pay my tab and leave because I kept getting stopped by old vets thanking me for my service and telling me sea stories (one guy was an old Master Chief Boatswain's Mate that was a Riverine in the Vietnam war.) Anyway, it's not the classiest place you could go, but if you want good food and great people (seemed like mostly locals) and a comfortable smoky bar atmosphere, I recommend it. Granted, I was there for lunch, so I can't really speak about how the nightlife is... read more

I like Poppa's Pub. I don't head out there often but when in the Diamond Springs area I'll stop in. It's a low-brow drinking pub - smoking at the bar, dark, smelly, and absolutely charming. The barmaids are friendly and cut it up with the locals around the bar. The wings are pretty good, most of the menu is down home style e.g., meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans type stuff. It is what it is: just a low-brow slice of Americana held-over from back in the day. It's like a low-rent Greenies. read more

What a dump! I really knew that prior to going in. We only had beers, so I really can't speak on the drink making skills or the food since we didn't order, but the place was very sketchy. I'll just say some shifty looking people were about. I try not to judge, but when you feel uncomfortable, you feel uncomfortable. The minute we walked in about nearly everyone in the bar stared at us and watched us sit down. I get that it's a locals' place, but they were not too friendly. Service was not that prompt either. I know that it's been around probably longer than I've been alive and that obviously says something about the people that go there, but if you're looking for a nice place to get some drinks - go elsewhere. read more

I love poppas. We love coming here any day of the week. Food is awesome, music awesome, people are friendly, but the ONE complaint I've ever had about poppas, is the one single waitress is absolutely HORRIBLE! I'm not sure of her name but on Thursday this last week she was working the bar and she was absolutely RUDE to us and many other customers. We came in for karaoke after eating out on the patio, (mind you, this is the THIRD time this week we've come in to eat and hang out, each time we've dropped about $200 on the bar) and there were no tables on the floor due to the pool players using all the tables to hold their items, so we sat at the bar until a table opened up. The waitress at the bar asked what we wanted to drink in a very rude tone, and at the time we just wanted a few waters, she then says "y'all are taking up all my f****** bar stools for water?!?!" Stomped off and slammed our waters down. We tried to explain to her that we wanted to do karaoke and there were no tables but once one came open we would leave the bar, and she said "well I'm trying to make money here!" She's always rude like this, never has a happy attitude unless you're one of her "favorites" which she doesn't have many. Anytime we've been served by her we've hated it and felt uncomfortable, she's just plain rude! THEN when we got a table she kept glaring at us, which we ignored and went on to do karaoke. Now, the lady running the karaoke machine was announcing she needed "singers because no one has put any song slips in" so we promptly picked a few songs and submitted them to her, about 30-40 min later we still hadn't been called up but she and about 3-4 other people who seemed to be her friends had gone up and sang about 4 times each, and instead of putting their song choices on paper and submitting it like we did, they were YELLING it to the karaoke lady. we got tired of it and left. Once again we love poppas, Tammy (when she worked there) was awesome! Knew us by name, knew our drinks, and what we ate. And the other girls are awesome too, I just think that if they want more and better business, they need to work on the staff, especially the lady that works the bar which is the MAIN attraction there, and they need to assure that whoever is running karaoke is giving everyone a fair chance to participate. Other than that, it's an awesome place! Great atmosphere, great food, great people. LOVE IT!!!! read more

Whenever I am in Virginia this is my favorite place to go great vibes good people and karaoke Sunday-Thursday I love it here

The wings are delicious but wish the sauce was thicker but hands down very good! Definitely recommend going, very chill vibe & everyone was very nice. read more

30.+ minutes after ordering and no food to be seen. I don't know if my order was lost our what. I saw other food going out, I finally had to head to the airport. Don't go here if you have someplace to be. read more

Pappas pub is a dive bar for sure, with good food, decent specials and terrific Southern rock music. The only downside for me is the smokey atmosphere. Now that the outside seating is open, I can visit more often. The staff was very friendly and the food came out fast and still hot. Burgers were good and I had the steak with breaded okra, which is also yummy. read more

I have never had a bad experience here. The staff is so sweet! The food is really good and if you haven't already, you must try the crab dip. I am obsessed with their toast and crab dip because the dip is so rich. The prices are so reasonable! read more

Went at the suggestion of a neighbor. Looks really gruff, the smoking inside and (in guessing) regulars who stare you down don't help... but I sat on the patio on a mild night which solved both issues. The food was spectacular, way better than I ever thought possible and the drinks were great. Staff was also totally pleasant. Great place. read more

Wouldn't ever come back here. Food took 1 hour and all of our orders were wrong. Frozen seafood, mushy buns on the burgers. Staff is friendly but that's about all. Also loved the fact I was sitting at a booth and dead bugs were on the window seal 2 inches from me. read more