True Chesapeake

We celebrated my aunt’s birthday at True Chesapeake and had an excellent experience despite the restaurant being short-staffed. We started at the bar for happy hour with fresh, house-made margaritas and top-tier oysters—especially delicious with the bourbon hot sauce and watermelon mignonette. For dinner, our waitress recommended the Northside, a refreshing NA mojito-style drink, alongside seared scallops (gluten-free, prepared with care to avoid cross-contamination) and the blue crab & bone marrow dip, which my aunt loved. Dessert was a rich peanut butter, chocolate, and marshmallow creation—wonderful but very sweet. Great service, thoughtful recommendations, and fantastic seafood will have me back before summer ends. Heads up, if you’re driving and you think you’re lost, keep driving!

Chuck (bartender) and the owner were amazing. We are celebrating my dads birthday here and the owner overheard us asking chuck for a gluten free menu as my dad can’t eat gluten. They did not have one, however, chuck gave us the allergy menu. IN ADDITION to this the owner went to the chef and asked to mark which menu items could be gluten free. We didn’t even know he overheard us and went to do this task so when he came back out with the menu marked for gluten friendly items we were soo pleased. We love amazing customer service, so thank you True Chesapeake Oyster