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Franklins Bistro

4.1 (43 reviews)
ModerateAmerican
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Moderate noise
Casual
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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Dining area birthday celebration
Anne Z.

Best carrot cake ever! Service was great too; comfy seating to enjoy time with friends

a plate of food and a fork
Amanda T.

We have attempted to try this place out 3 other times. They are closed on Mondays and the other two attempts had signs on the door saying they had power issues so were closed. Should have trusted my gut on this one. When we arrived I stood in front of the cashier and sign that said to wait to be seated for over 10 minutes while the women at the register visited. Finally I waved at them to ask them if I could be seated. The main woman rolled her eyes and told me to give my name and take a seat they will get with me soon. We sat over 30 minutes watching other groups walk in and have them get seated right away before us. There are no reservations taken at this restaurant so I was getting frustrated seeing this. When my family was finally seated my arms stuck to the table as it was super sticky and not cleaned well. My daughter and I both ordered the steak tips. We both ordered medium rare and all were brought to us well done. All our potatoes were super dry. We didn't complain as we never saw our waitress again until we had to flag her down to get our ticket. My husband ordered the NY strip medium rare and it was medium well. If you want a good steak or service this is probably not the best place in town to get that. Very disappointed.

Salmon topped with Asian Slaw
Andrew D.

Came into Franklins on 2 PM on a Thursday, was afraid they might be closed so I checked with my yelp app to see if they were open. They were and I was better for it. I started with avocado egg rolls that came with a great soy reduction- really hit the spot and came out quickly. Next I ordered the Asian Salmon plate which came with soup, side and a baguette. The chili was excelled but the sautéed veggies were a bit too greasy for my liking. The salmon was crisp and flaky just the way I like it. Will definitely be stopping back here when on the road through Norfolk again!

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Great mom and pop eatery. Every small community has a hidden diamond, this is Norfolk's diamond

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Great burgers. Nice bar area- spacious and friendly. Really solid people. Low prices. Sweet potato fries are a winner.

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Very bad customer service, two hours until we got out of the restaurant and messed up our order

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I always order the philly with sweet potato fries!!! I absolutely love them best philly in town hands down

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Pretty extensive menu, good service, good food. Decent bar selection. The Mac and cheese was awesome

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The Granary

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I was excited to visit the granary today while I was in Norfolk. As a kid, I used to come and eat…read morehere with my grandma. It's been many years since I've been back, and I was so sad to see that they really haven't kept the restaurant up very well. While traveling on business, I thought I would grab some lunch and work on a project. A hostess offered to seat me, but became quickly confused about exactly where to put me and we ended up walking to several areas of the restaurant that had empty tables before she was able to get some assistance and find the right booth for me to sit in. Unfortunately, they do not have Wi-Fi so I wasn't able to stay. I would have ordered their classic "French Cheesy" sandwich which sells for only $4.50 (it is sold a la carte, as all of the sandwiches are). Much of the menu is fried, although they do offer a salad. I choose to keep my nice memories of the granary as a fun, family-friendly place to eat. I was really sad to see that it had aged so much. I hope that it's current owners, or anyone who takes it over in the future will opt to redo the interior & give it the love that it needs. It's meant to feel warm and homey. This has definitely been a treasured restaurant in Norfolk for many years and it deserves to be taken care of.

I'm getting tired of going there and getting under done burgers and today ordered the joggers…read moreplate got sour cottage cheese and management did nothing told two people about it and they did nothing may stop going if this continues

SandBar & Grill - Side of fries

SandBar & Grill

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Very clean. Great local beer. Terrific steak sandwich - get the prime rib sandwich blackened!…read moreJamie the waitress was very sweet and funny. A comfy place to spend an evening with friends. The mexican lager beer made in house is good!

SandBar was much better than I expected. We were in town for business with very little time for…read morelunch and this was at the venue where we were hosting an event. My first thoughts were ugh, bar food. But it's better than that! It's delicious. I had the chicken taco salad. It was made with a homemade chipotle tortilla shell. It cooked up just like a regular tortilla and was yummy. I really enjoyed the salad as well. It was HUGE. Sometimes taco salads have like no lettuce and they are a soggy mess, other times they have lots of lettuce but no goodies. This was a nice balance. In addition to fresh lettuce, it had spinach, onions, lots of yummy veggies. I didn't really care for the guac and the salsa is Pace. A homemade salsa would text this up a notch or two! My friend also had a taco salad but she had the beef. Both equally full and delicious. The third person in our party stole the show with his meal. He got a philly and probably the best sweet potato waffle fries I've had. They were large and full of soft mash but with a little crunch on the outside. Sometimes sweet potato fries are small and overdone but these weren't. They were sweet like a funnel cake. They were hot and crispy and you get a ton in your order! Literally perfection. We all shared them. Kim was an awesome server!

Franklins Bistro - tradamerican - Updated May 2026

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