Virginia Beach, VA · market #21
Win more orders in Virginia Beach.
3,693 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Virginia Beach area. We take care of your marketing and sales, so guests find you, order from you and come back, and you take care of the kitchen and good food.
- 3,693restaurants in the Virginia Beach area
- 10restaurants per sq mi in Norfolk city
- 44%are sit-down (full-service)
- 21restaurants per 10,000 people
Most restaurants: Virginia Beach city (1,154) · Norfolk city (550) · Chesapeake city (473) · Newport News city (367) · Hampton city (236). Busiest ZIP: 23462 (Virginia Beach), 153 restaurants.
Your Virginia Beach playbook
What wins in Virginia Beach, from its own numbers.
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Win the office lunch
About 56% of Virginia Beach's restaurants are counter-service, cafés or snack bars. One shared link lets a whole office add to one pickup order.
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Move regulars off the delivery apps
Every app order pays a commission and the guest belongs to the app. Orders on your own site, with Apple Pay, keep the margin and the guest.
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Give guests a reason to come back
Virginia Beach has about 21 restaurants for every 10,000 people, more than most of the US. Rewards, smart offers and campaigns keep regulars choosing you.
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Be the name people find nearby
In the Virginia Beach area guests drive to dinner, and they choose from what shows up when they search. We set you up to show up, with your menu and an order button.
Virginia right now
Wages rise to $15 by 2028. Prepare now.
Virginia's new law lifts pay to $13.75 in 2027; all-in pricing rules started July 2025. AI host and direct orders protect margin.
$15 minimum by 2028
HB 1/SB 1, signed April 2026, raises Virginia's minimum from $12.77 to $13.75 in 2027 and $15.00 in 2028, then indexes it.
Source · 2026-04
Total price must be shown
Since July 1, 2025 Virginia requires the total price, including mandatory fees, whenever a price is advertised (Va. Code 59.1-607 et seq.).
Source · 2025-07
Delivery apps take 15-30%
DoorDash's US plans charge 15%, 25% or 30% per delivered order. Orders on your own site keep that margin in the restaurant.
Source · 2026-11
How do restaurants in Virginia Beach get more online orders?
Be the restaurant people find first when they search nearby, let them order on your own site with Apple Pay, and bring them back with offers and rewards. WhatsTable does all three for Virginia Beach restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Virginia Beach?
About 3,693 restaurants, about 44% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Virginia Beach area.
What does WhatsTable cost?
$0 a month, no setup fee, no contract. WhatsTable takes 5–10% of the sales that come through it. Walk-in sales cost you nothing.
Do I need Clover?
Yes, today WhatsTable works with Clover. Tell us what you use on the demo form and we will let you know when it works with yours.
Nearby markets
- #46 Richmond, VA 2,350 restaurants · up to 11/sq mi
- #1 New York, NY 45,519 restaurants · up to 357/sq mi
- #2 San Francisco, CA 11,199 restaurants · up to 69/sq mi
- #3 Miami, FL 11,927 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #4 Boston, MA 10,567 restaurants · up to 36/sq mi
- #5 Seattle, WA 8,443 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Virginia Beach.
We take care of marketing and sales, so you can take care of the kitchen and good food. 20 minutes on a call.
$0 a month · No setup fee · No contract · Nothing added to your guests' bill