2025 Centurion Award winner

Awarded against five published criteria, checked on public evidence.

Steinhilber's Restaurant

Best Classic Restaurant in Virginia Beach · VA

Restaurant · Virginia Beach, VA · Since 1939

The overview

Fried shrimp on Thalia Creek since 1939

Steinhilber's — 'Steiny's' to locals — has served the shores of the Lynnhaven River since 1939, a genuinely old-school Tidewater seafood-and-steak house. Its fried, breaded 'Jumbo Shrimp Steiny's' are the signature, brought to white-tableclothed tables with water views.

A special-occasion mainstay for generations of Virginia Beach families, Steinhilber's pairs classic surf-and-turf with a waterfront setting that has barely changed in over eighty years.

The award record

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2025 Centurion Award

Best Classic Restaurant in Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →

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Location653 Thalia Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
In business since1939
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