Surf Rider - Poquoson

This has been my favorite restaurant for years....we went there for my birthday Thursday night 8/22/24, a group of 9...the food was horrible. One cousin got a crabcake plate and hers was good. My brother and I got the fried Seafood Platter like we always do and it was horrible it did not even look the same. Somebody did not know how to cook Seafood. Its like the Resturant got Dementia all of a sudden after all these years. The breading was WAY over used u had a hard time finding the seafood in it and it was cooked too much, too hard, brown, crispy, tastless, all taste the same. It wasn't burnt just no flavor but whatever horrible breading they used. I have NEVER had seafoid there like that in my life. And I won't again either and I will make sure and tell every one I can they have gone down in the pits. My brother got butter beans as a side they had zero salt or seasoning (I mean even butter) in them. When I made my to go I said u are not going to eat ur butter beans and he told me and I said I will doctor them up and I did. My Mother got a Fish Basket and she had the same breading cook problem. We are local people, my Father had his own Deadrise and caught seafood for a living. We know how to cook it and eat it and enjoy it.....we always did previously at Surfrider ....I have no idea what happened ???

Delicious seafood! Prices are reasonable. Our server was Tori. So professional and sweet! It's a great server who can have several tables, but make them all feel like they're her only customers.

It was okay. Crab dip was barely warm not hot at all. Seafood platter all tasted imported except the flounder was pretty good. Scallops and shrimp not so much. Had heard great things, expectations must have been too high. Service was decent.

A great place to get seafood. Crab cake is excellent.

Our server was very nice and took care of us. Food was good. Did not care for crab dip , too much mayo...and keylime pie...was still frozen. 430 I wish the baked potato's were ready.