Surf Rider — Kempsville
Surf Rider — Kempsville is a seafood restaurant in Kempsville, Virginia Beach, located at 995 Providence Square Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23464. Kempsville seafood restaurant and part of the small Surf Rider chain, known for its rotating Daily Catch and crab cakes.
The Kempsville location of Surf Rider, a small Hampton Roads seafood chain built around a rotating 'Daily Catch,' brings crab cakes, fish and chips, blackened seafood pasta, and seared tuna to the Providence Square Shopping Center. It's a family-friendly, wheelchair-accessible fill-in for the neighborhood's seafood cravings without the drive to the Oceanfront.
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- Address: 995 Providence Square Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, Virginia Beach, VA
- Phone: (757) 474-0001
- Website: https://surfriderrestaurant.com/
Last verified 2026-07-11.
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