Freemason Abbey Restaurant - American restaurant in Norfolk - 209 W Freemason St, USA

I started my restaurant week adventure with this nice cozy restaurant. Appetizer the award winning she-crabs soup..Delicious.Entree Fried chicken topped with hot-honey bourbon sauce and mashed potatoes…Delicious.The drink of the day Margarita flight will make you happy..Top of the night dessert Apple blossom a la mode w/caramel..Yummy!! My first stop was a success.

I have not had a meal here that disappointed. The steak is beautifully seasoned and cooked. The stuffed pork chop is beyond delicious, totally outside of what I would normally have ordered. Do yourself a favor do not just pass over the chicken, it is perfectly cooked and has outstanding flavors. Now as far as the atmosphere, the architecture is beautiful and may be why the food is so inspiring. Do yourself a favor, dress to impress. This is a beautiful restaurant.

Display of food was great. Food was overcooked. Ribs were dry but full of sauce, lamb requested medium rare was well done. The flavor was ok. The building is beautiful and the waitress was kind and attentive. I would recommend to people over 65 that typically like food well done.

Very cool place, worth visiting when you’re in town. Very friendly staff and great food. The she crab soup is the award winning one, but personally the French onion soup was my favorite. Riverside salmon was amazing, delicious bbq glaze over the salmon, and perfect mashed potatoes. Good food as well as a great selection of beers and drinks. Definitely recommend to try.

This place had the BEST she crab soup, it never disappoints. It had giant chunks of crab and very very consistent. I got the Cuban, which was very very good. They use flat bread instead of a hoagie roll. My wife got their club which uses their own mayonnaise. The server said it was “hot and smokey” VERY good. The atmosphere was great, it’s an old church building and they did a great job preserving the history of it and the staff was very friendly. Kid Friendly. Service was a BIT slow but nothing too bad. Overall a great place.

Food had a little too much heavy cream sauce on all the entrees. Ample portions. She crab soup was great. Nice remake of the Abby into a restaurant.

What a beautiful restoration of an historic site. Service was exemplary and the seafood quiche and she crab soup were excellent. Crab dip too salty for our taste but overall an excellent spot for lunch.

Great place! I'm so glad we found it. The atmosphere was adorable and comfy. Our server was fantastic and made great suggestions and recommendations. Fried Green Tomatoes were flavorful and cooked perfect, crisp on the outside, and tender green tomato. She-crab soup was the best we've had in the area so far. I got the tenderloin pasta, and the beef was tender and the pasta creamy and full of flavor. Hubby got the BeastBuger, which was good, a bit of an unexpected flavor. There's a lot going on with 4 different meats ground together, but overall, he liked it, especially the next day as the ingredients had time to mesh together. I forgot to take pictures of our desserts because we got them to go, but we ordered the bread pudding and key lime pie, and they were both delicious 😋 Highly recommend, and we'll be swinging by again the next time we're in town.