Date Spots in Norfolk, VA

Dating in Norfolk

Dating in Norfolk can start simple: coffee at Catnip Cat Cafe, Cafe Stella, Borjo Coffeehouse, Cure Coffeehouse, or Green Bean Cafe, then a walk through Blue Heron Landing Park or Paradise Creek Nature Park. For dinner, you have american, pizza, burger, chinese, mexican, mediterranean, and seafood options across spots like Roger Brown's Restaurant and Sports Bar, High Street Pizza & Pour House, 80/20 Burger Bar, Yummy Wok, The Fishin' Pig, Biscuit Belly, Mi Hogar, Mazzika Restaurant & Hooka Lounge, Chen's Kitchen, and Wicker's Crab Pot Seafood. In Ghent, The Taphouse in Ghent makes a casual drinks stop, while Portsmouth adds museum dates at Chrysler Museum of Art, Portsmouth Lightship Museum, Children's Museum of Virginia, Hunter House Victorian Museum, Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, The Hermitage Foundation, and Barry Art Museum.

Evenings can lean toward entertainment: Commodore Theatre, Naro Expanded Cinema, Granby Theater, Chrysler Hall, Harrison Opera House, Generic Theatet, Wells Theater, The NorVa, Little Theatre of Norfolk, or Brock Commons. Drinks might mean Elation Brewing, Brick Anchor Brew-House, Baxters Sports Lounge, Culture Lounge, Baron’s Pub & Restaurant, The Wave, The Eagle's Nest Bar, The Torch Bistro, or 37th & Zen. Outdoors, Lafayette Park, Cottage Place Park, Johnson Park, Joseph E. Parker Recreation Center, Bernad D. Griffin Park, Lakeside Park, Cascade Park, and George Washington Park give you low-key daytime options. Whether you want coffee shop quiet, seafood dinner, or a show, Norfolk lets you build a date around what you both already like.

Neighborhoods in Norfolk

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Ghent The Taphouse in Ghent provides a relaxed drinks spot in the neighborhood.
• Portsmouth Portsmouth brings together Portsmouth Lightship Museum, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, and Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center for culture dates.
• Granby Granby Theater anchors this area for an entertainment-focused evening.
• High Street High Street Pizza & Pour House gives this area a casual pizza-and-drinks option.
• Lafayette Lafayette Park offers a simple outdoor setting for a daytime meetup.