Boardwalk Cafe - CHESAPEAKE BEACH

Perfect atmosphere right on the water. Better prices than I expected for such a nice place!

I feel like this place could have potential to be great, with the water view and the live music made it nice. But the food is terrible!!! And the service honestly could have been better. Super dissappointing.

We never got to try Boardwalk Cafe. We have been to Rod Reel plenty of time so I decided to book with Boardwalk Cafe since it was outside. We booked on June 29th, 4 days before the scheduled dining date. We reserved a table with them for July 3rd to be able to eat outside and watch the fireworks. I got a call on July 3rd telling me that they had to cancel our reservations because they decided at the last minute to have an concert, and if we wanted to keep the reservation that we had to purchase tickets to the concert at $30 per person or we could pay $10 to come 30 min before the fireworks but not have dinner. It was the day of the fireworks. It just seemed very rude to wait until the day of. My family was very much looking forward to the display and I couldn't fathom paying $120 for us to just be able to keep the reservation and then have to buy dinner on top of the fact that there was the call for potential rain. Just a disappointing experience overall. I'm not even sure what the food tastes like.

Located right on the water, even the gorgeous scenery could not make up for the food, dead lettuce, a crab cake with too much binder, and more plastic on the table than I have seen in years. Even water was served in a plastic bottle instead of a glass (or, yikes, a plastic cup) so we could be charged for water. Four people, 3 salads, one burger, water, and two club sodas (also water) $138 before the tip. Outrageous prices for poor quality ingredients. I would do a lot better at a diner. Go to a diner. Save the world from plastic pollution.

Amazing ambience, Allie is amazing. If you come here, ask for her. So attentive. She got all of our orders right, the nicest bartender of all. She really cares! She is the best thing about this place.