My spouse and I recently made our first visit to the Chesapeake Inn, for a relaxed dinner on a Thursday night. The dining room was active, with tables appropriately spaced for Covid concerns. Reservations were for 6:15, with no waiting.
Fresh bread and creamy butter...were enjoyed as we selected cocktails....Manhattan and a vodka gimlet...glasses full to the brim, with slight surplus also brought out to the table as well.
We shared the pot stickers, which were "O.K.", as too little chili sauce, and the pork filling was barely warm, but certainly not hot. The crab bisque was notably better, yet not as rich or crab-filled a I had enjoyed at a local crab house the week before.
The entrees were a step above the appetizers. The halibut was moist, generous in size, and sat aside a small crop of broccolini. The crab cakes were certainly noteworthy, as they too were generous in size, sitting atop English pea risotto, and along fresh carrots. Composition was crab, crab, and crab. Both cocktail sauce and tartar sauce were solid, though for my preferences, the cocktail sauce as a bit thin and bland. Dessert options were tempting, but the sizable entrees had us declining any treats this night
Server Matthew F. really did a fine job with explanations, attentiveness (without intrusion), nicely spaced courses, and overall solid guest relations. Prices were neither ugly nor cheap, producing a reasonable, though not glowing, value. In short, we would certainly returnMore
