5 SECRET spots locals wont tell you about in Virginia Beach 

I love fort story! The beach is quiet and away from the busy ocean front. Truly a gem!

Chicks beach was my local spot, shallower water in the bay means warmer water temperatures! 👍

I grew up in Hampton. But spent a ton of time on the southside.

The two best kept secrets of Virginia beach imo are shore drive, and Pungo in general. Shore drive has some very nice beaches, but they are locals beaches, so if you go, you must be respectful, and quiet. Some of the best farm to table, and seafood restaurants can be found along shore drive. Also, there's the lynhaven river, which offers some of the best kayaking in the area. Pungo is a great place if your into berry farms, wine, pumpkin patches, and farm stands.

4:29...Visited last year with my wife and daughter to celebrate her 7th birthday. We sat outside for dinner just before dusk under a magnolia tree, and all was going well until the snake showed up. My wife lost it!

Add the live theaters, museums, farms, farmers markets, shooting ranges, and festivals! A great place for the entire family. I loved raising my kids here

Ah don't give away all of our secrets to the touries!!! Lol some of these are amazing!!! Born and raised beach girl! Been here almost 35 years!!

I live right next to the strawberry festival and it is the worst traffic ever

Enjoyed the video! I'm heading back to VA BEACH. Can't get enough of it.

Thank you for the great video… I met you and your son at Carrabbas Restaurant on Veteran’s day Nov 2022. Enjoyed a few of your videos today.

Good to know information! Thanks so much....we are going soon for the first time.

U spilled the beans with Baja Cantina , hidden gem for sure

Great video. Love the drone shots! Been vacationing in Sandbridge for 10 year!

I'm a local and I wanted to check your video out to make sure I knew of these secrets places... lol! I haven't been down to the beach in a while and I didn't know of the Vibe District.."where have I been"... lol! So thanks for the update, I'll be sure to check it out! 🙂

Where should you go if you're visiting? Pungo Pizza has been around for a long time and makes excellent zas. Aviation Museum is just....awesome. They have warehouses of meticulously kept and displayed aircrafts, treaded and wheeled vehicles, tanks, artillery, small arms, uniforms, the whole 9-yards! Strawbridge Farm has a petting zoo and a bunch of seasonally appropriate children's activities like a hay-ride and strawberry/pumpkin/xmas tree/whatever picking. The aquarium IS dope. Ocean Breeze IS kinda fun. Motor World IS an alright place to spend 2 hours. All three are pricey and told in order of fun>cost ratio. These are our more famous attractions but they deserve to be mentioned. Munden Point is a nice little tucked-away park deep in Pungo and has some remarkable swampy ravines that you can paddle through. There's also camping and children's activities there. Mary's Kitchen is one of, if not the oldest breakfast diner at the oceanfront and offers a fantastic American breakfast for very little. If you want an affordable plate of eggs, hash browns, bacon and toast then you should check this place out. The decor is classic and donated by locals, especially surfers.

For restaurants the locals know, I would add Chicks Oyster Bar near the mouth of Lynnhaven Inlet, and Rudees on the north side of Rudee Inlet. And another interesting spot is the old Cavalier hotel. The history of that hotel is very cool, with so many famous people from the early 1900s staying there, ghosts and a famous suicide from the top floor (or was it a suicide?), etc. It has been renovated and is beautiful now.

We found sandbridge years ago and love it.

I live off of sandbridge road. Glad you mentioned fallscape as there is a place called wash woods down there. Probably not going to talk about it on here, because most locals do not even know about it.

That’s a great intro!

@LivingInCoastalVirginia Love the video, I was a local 20 years ago and can remember all of these places that you mentioned. Lol, and my thought on Mt. Trashmore was like “what the heck” I literally lost it. People playing on a mound of trash🤣, however definitely beautiful place. I thought of something that locals know that tourist don’t is how to properly pronounce Norfolk 🤣, the first time I said it after moving from NY I was laughed at as I said “Nor-Folk” and they said yep you definitely aren’t from VA. Lol, I quickly learned. Again, thank you for your videos and all the information you share. Can’t wait to move back “home”!

Amazing

another place thats really fun to go to in VA Beach is Woodstock skate park

Lollys ice cream on 17th Street is the best! The “Narrows” on 64th Street is one of VBs best kept secrets, calm waters, lots of hiking trails. I didn’t even hear about The Narrows until after I had lived here 10 years. Perfect spot for SUPs, Kayak’s and boaters too

Town Center is also very nice with ample free parking everywhere (even the parking garages are free) and plenty of eating and shopping spots.

Well Captain George's off laskin road one of the best restaurants down there

Visiting my brothers in Richmond the handful of days after labor day. I plan on driving to the coast for atleast 2 days of my stay. Mainly looking to enjoy some eating spots that are located on the beach. I'm open to any suggestion that are within an hour drive! Ha, Ive been watching some of your vids to get familiarized.

looking to relocate down in the virginia beach area within 5 years to retire , looks real nice especially living in upstate ny with these winters

I like Fort Story as far as areas. My favorite beach is Chick's beach

Dang right about baja, they actually catch fish daily to serve in the resteraunt.

It's Thalia Rd man. Thailya is how you pronounce it. Born in va. beach (actually Norfolk General). Local from Tidewater moved 21 years ago like Mrs. Gross below. I also don't know what the VIBE district is. It did not exist when I lived there. And, yes Sandbridge has always been a very cool place back in the day.

Great videos on the 757, but......It's Rudee Inlet, not Rutlee's Inlet. Plus, you're not pronouncing Thalia right.

I jog around Mt Trashmore all the time. 1 more thing, I never heard of that restaurant on Thalia & I’m from Virginia Beach. I’m from the Thalia area. Even went to Thalia Elementary.

Steineys is the finest dining you can get in VB, and yes it is in the very back of a 50 year old neighborhood. If you didn't know about it, you would never think that its back there. I believe that you can bring your boat up to the restaurant, but Im not sure. The witch duck bay is not easy to navigate, IMO. Hurd's restaurant was another one of these gems tucked back in a neighborhood, but that has since gone.

what about the farmers market? Mt trashmore park II? Witch duck point?

Steinys is my favorite restaurant. The absolute best shrimp you will ever eat.

Dang!!! My hubs and I are on our last day here and this would’ve been so perfect to watch bf coming down! Now we just have to come back in sept, once it gets less crowded. We are staying in the 50’s up north. Rudees lobster rolls, ambience and drinks is dope. Rockafellars was cool for a sunset but the food was eh. Harpoon Larry’s has GREAT hurricanes and their steamed shrimp on Saturday (for $6!) was divine. TNT has great quesadillas but their fish taco was bland as heck. Cavalier has a bourbon distillation tour (for their tarnished truth brand) that ends with a really cool tasting! And finally- RENT AN ELECTRIC BIKE FROM TULA SPORTS!!! They are literally the best way to see the entire area and are ridiculously fun to ride!!!

Your video was nice I enjoyed it. I would just like to make one little note to you only. By secret number four he showed number three again Mount trash.. maybe you're able to fix that now or just leave it who knows have a great day

Is the best local secret used to be Fort Story until nine that is an excuse to kick the public off of the most private beach and greatest free camping ground in Virginia

My wife went to watermans and she lovvveeddddd it. Wouldn't even share with me lol

My daughter an I are personal care takers, not live in!!! How's the job market?

I think the phrase you were searching for was "Thrash more at Trashmore"

what part of the beach is best for swimming and relaxing?

How are the mosquitoes and biting flies in this area ?

Do you have a connection for vacation rentals in Virginia Beach

I just LIKED your video to move you past 666! Unlucky number. Seriously, another great video. I'm a new local and appreciate it!

You forgot about Big Sam's!

P.s. the strawberry festival isn't what it used to be! Too crowded and covid has changed things$

Is there overnight car parking anywhere such as a walmart???

What does "gint feel" mean exactly

Too bad you can’t mention Bill’s Flea Market anymore.

It's Rudee Inlet, not Rudee's Inlet

You want real real local , Danny’s Hot Dogs. Just about all these you mentioned in the video are very known and advertised. I am telling you about Danny’s Hot Dogs to help a very small local Business that’s been around since the 70s.

Trash mountain 😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣

#6 When a carrier strike group puts out to sea, hit up any bar and it's "get laid" time by a Navy wife. #TYFYS

I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND PLEASE UPDATE ME..

VA Beach is ok but they basically ruined their own beach, now over the years are ruining once quiet NC beaches like Nags Head and KDH

Not local anymore tho are they....

Mount Trashmore should be renamed, Mount Goosepoop more. It’s disgusting. Where’s Parks and Rec’s to clean this place. Goosepoop is everywhere. Why doesn’t the city make the inmates clean this place up? I’m a taxpayer!

Well great, now these places are gonna get infested with tourists after this video. Thanks.

Are you sure you're a local? The Pungo Strawberry Festival was cancelled in 2020, 2021 and again in 2022. You-pick strawberries are sold by the pound. You can't pay $5 and gather as much as you want. You mispronounced Thalia Rd. when talking about Steinhilber's Restaurant. You could have stuck to the resort area but you had to mention Sandbridge.

Became very dangerous place to live after COVID 19 pandemic.

Va beach is trash

Delete this please and thank you.

Born and raised here..use to be great, but sucks now..the strip is violent at night because of you know who..traffic is a joke..can't wait to leave this joke of a resort

Vabeach is a Ocean City ,Md. Wannabe..place sucks!!