Drift Seafood + Bar - Colonial Beach, Virginia

Meg F.

Excellent service and atmosphere! Derrick is the best ! We enjoyed our first Valentine’s Day meal out in years! Also was extremely happy with the fact that their sister restaurant accommodated our younger child for a pizza while we enjoyed the Valentine’s Day special!

Brittney B.

I live locally & was finally able to try this place out with a friend. The restaurant was beautiful with a great view. Service was also good.
Food was OK, nothing to brag about. Portions weren’t small, but also didn’t seem to be average. My friend actually left still hungry. My food wasn’t cold, but also wasnt hot. It was bland in my opinion also, and there wasn’t salt or pepper on any tables to season if we wanted to. The price of the espresso martini on the menu was $13, but we were charged $14.
Not a horrible experience, but honestly probably won’t go back. With one plate of food & one drink, I don’t think it was worth $44 spent + tip.

Chef H.

We went to Drift first but decided we wanted Pizza from the sister restaurant, our server was so considerate and understanding. We didn’t leave without ordering some delicious desserts from them. Everything was so good.

Larry H.

Lookout Colonial Beach, this place will soon dominate for places to eat. Not only is it in a beautiful location, but it is well appointed inside and out. Real linens, real plates, real silverware, that's hard to find in Colonial Beach. Not only is the service excellent, but the drinks were made excellently, the food was prepared well and presented beautifully and the flavor was delicious. We are visiting from out of town and we can only hope that the locals will help make this place through the winter time. I think they can do it because they offer great food at a great value with excellent scenery.

The Bloody Marys were excellent as well as the beer was cold. We ordered the shrimp and grits and it was prepared perfectly. We also got some scrambled eggs with some cheese in them and they were the best eggs ever. The cheese they use is absolutely delicious. I also ordered the Eggs Benedict with scallop. Scallop was cooked perfectly and it was right as the Hollandaise sauce was masterfully made. We also were visited by the manager as well as the chef. Very personable people and they are doing it right. You'll do yourself a favor going there.

Fran H.

What a fabulous dining experience!!! From the moment you are seated until the moment you leave, you feel like you are on vacation.
We had a choice to sit indoors or outside on the patio. We chose the patio, because it was an amazing evening. The view of the river and beach were spectacular.
Kelsey and Kelly took great care of us and paid attention to every detail. Kelsey should create a training program. She is so good!! These days, it's very hard to find service like we received. We are very grateful.
Derek's cocktails were excellent! The pastry chef Brady...WOW!!!
Thank you bringing this restaurant to Colonial Beach!!

Jerod E.

Absolutely terrible. The portions were very small. The boil is pictured, it had 3 pieces of shrimp and 3 pieces of sausage. It was supposed to have crab meat in it and it did not. For $30. We had a table of 12 and after an hour, half of us had our food and the other half did not. We asked for our bill and left. The girl who brought out food to us was awful. She put the food down and walked off, very rudely. The kids were starving and did not get their food as well as a few others and the bill was still over $300. We do not recommend!

Esther H.

What a gorgeous place!! We're in town visiting and staying nearby. It's a slow weekend because there was rain. The staff are really friendly. It was pretty quiet for. Friday night late dinner.

The place is really well decorated, brightly lit, clean, and has a beautiful view!! The food does take some time because everything tasted like it was freshly made. The staff is friendly and helpful. Ray is a great bar tender and was on it.

We got fresh oysters, Code Poutine, the Drift Pizza, and Strawberries with Cake. They take time to have balanced flavors with locally sourced ingredients. Even the raw oysters were clean and fat! They have an amazing pastry chef who baked oysters crackers that are like spicy biscuit crackers. Dessert was strawberries with cake, which honestly was my least favorite. The presentation was a bit underwhelming, the pound cake was too dense like a biscuit, and the mixture of lemon and strawberries was too much for me. I expected a light and refreshing taste, but it was overly sweet and tart....too intense.

After a lot of fried bar food in the area, this was a pleasant experience. It is a must for people who want a bit more refined dining with a beautiful waterfront view!! We are so glad we stopped in!

Natalie L.

Maybe it was just an off night at the restaurant, but on a Saturday on Father’s Day weekend you would expect everyone to be on their A-game…the photos of the food speak for themselves. The portions were small, the food came out lukewarm to warm at best, and the staff was very much either cold or confused. The best part was the service of our waitress, Jordyn, who definitely did her very best and was holding up the team from what we could see. The drinks were good, though!

This place has potential but they are most likely going through growing pains. If you’re going to serve crab cakes in the Chesapeake Bay Area you really can’t expect people to accept 80% filler and have them be the size of the head of someone’s fork….and for $30 lol. The rockfish was yummy, and the Southern Charm salad was nice. The fried fish on the salad was good! The hummus was delicious, nice and spicy. The field peas and the “Low Country Boil” were…..soup? Short of the mark there.

The cornbread was good, but the color needs to be something people are warned about in the description…black cornbread doesn’t normally mean something good!

Staff just generally seems young and inexperienced, so we will return in some time and hope for some improvements!