We went to The Chamberlin for Thanksgiving Brunch. Anything you could want was there .. from two kinds of turkey to several seafood dishes! We had a reservation and were seated quickly. After waiting for several minutes to meet our server and receive our drinks, we started sampling several of the many dishes. Everything from the mushroom stuffed with crab to the turkey and all the fixings were delicious. The assortment of pies with fresh whipped cream was yummy! It was a lovely experience, except for the service. We ended up clearing our plates between servings and had to flag down a waiter for water. When we said something to staff as we left, we were told that there was a little confusion in our area. I would certainly go back! read more

My family and I visited the Chamberlin in May 2024. The building is absolutely gorgeous!!!! The moment we arrived, we were greeted with smiles and great customer service. We arrived late, around 5pm and were concerned about missing dinner. The concierge checked us in and assured us we had nothing to worry about. She went above and beyond answering all of our questions, helping us get settled, providing additional toiletries and she even delivered two delicious meals from the Chef. Her efforts created a wonderful atmosphere and made the Chamberlin feel like a home away from home. We had a great time with our family and enjoyed all the interesting and historical sites. The food was amazing and the views are gorgeous. Thank you for a wonderful stay. read more

The hotel is beautiful, but the customer service is terrible. I visited friends there on October 27, 2024 and the concierge was so rude and hateful, I wanted to leave. Her aggression was so extreme I felt physically unsafe. Be careful when visiting this place. read more

I was looking into this property for my grandmother who wanted to downsize her living options. I dealt with Karen Crisco who was a sweetheart. I never got to go on tour as planned due to my schedule, but I did drive there at night to check out the neighborhood. I wasn't that familiar with Hampton, so I didn't realize really where it was located. I did some research online (Facebook) & realized that it wouldn't be a good fit for my grandmother. The area was quiet and right next to the water. The view was nice and there was a marina around the corner. If that's your cup of tea, I would suggest you give Karen a call. I was looking for a more diverse senior community for my grandmother. This just wasn't it! read more

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We live in this marvelous independent living Senior community. One of the major old world amenities is the fabulous Grand Lobby. A slightly newer feature is the gracious indoor pool where we do water aerobics. The dining room overlooks Hampton Roads shipping, including the Norfolk Navy fleet; cruise ships and the frequent world wide commercial ships. Additionally you'll watch our friendly neighbor the dolphin pods, our fellow guests are from around the world and each has a story -or two to tell. Living at Fort Monroe is a treat. There are numerous places to stroll, a brewery to stop and have a beer with lunch from a food truck and an over two mile seawall. Come visit; the a tour and join us at our next monthly trivia night. read more

Finally trying the Chamberlin with friends and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Brunch is from 10-2 I believe and it is a bit pricey but we loved the place. The building is beautiful and the service was great. Elijah was our waiter and he was awesome. We tried a rainy day drink for $5. They have a seafood section with Alaskan crab legs, shrimp, clams, and oysters. They also have a omelette and waffle bar. And breakfast section and a variety of tasty deserts. It's gem of a place hidden in a retirement home. read more

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I've been in the area for 6 years now and finally got the whole family togeather for the brunch at the Chamberlin. This Is a bucket list experience in my opinion. The price is 29 per person but considering the wide variety of good food and awesome environment this is a very nice option for a Sunday brunch. My kids destroyed the all you can eat crab, oysters, and prime rib. It's easy to get your money's worth in this fine establishment. read more

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The Historic Chamberlin Hotel build in the 1820's houses both guest and residents. The walk through the hotel is like walking thru a museum. All of the original wood work is well preserved and you can feel the 1820's era as you walking to the main dining room and the pleasant aromas of a great Sunday brunch waft thru the hallway. Greeted by a nice young lady that took the time to make sure we had a table over looking the bay that was filled with majestic sail boats. The Main dining room has towering ceilings close to 20 feet with beautiful wood work that could have only been carved by hand. The brunch consisted of 4 buffet lines including, fresh seafood, breakfast with all the fixings, fresh omelets with a carving station with fresh waffles and of course a Desert table. The three of us visited all the stations. and I sampled the Oysters on the half shell they were the best thing I had all day, also did the Omelet and the carving station, the eggs were not fresh cracked and the Prime Rib was medium well at best. I also hit up the breakfast bar and had scrambled eggs, also not fresh Turkey sausage that was great and blueberry Blintz that was very good. At the end of my eating frenzy I hit up the dessert bar and was very disappointed as they all seemed to be store bought pies and cakes and not at all in keeping with the rest of the brunch. All in all the food was "okay". The service was also "okay" our server seemed a bit new and or timid but she did take care of anything we asked for. It is a bit pricey at $29.00 per person. This is a 4 Star location with 3 Star food and service and I give it an official score of 3 Napkins. read more

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Amazing food and atmosphere. the crab legs were absolutely fantastic! Highly recommend. the dining room manager was such a doll! Thanks so Much manger Melanie for the fabulous brunch! 5 stars all around! read more

The Chamberlin - Retirement Homes Near Me - Hampton, Virginia

Although life has been challenging as we've aged, The Chamberlin has been the perfect place for us to be over the past 16 months. Lots of caring people here. We were able to change apartments when my husband's mobility issues became worse. Karen Cisco took all of our options and requests into consideration and provided us with excellent advice. It is wonderful to be in a place that supports our independence while offering continued support. We feel safe, and we are right where we need to be. An amazing combination of confidence and contentment! read more

I like the this place it has a Jim a pool 13 story's and so much room a great view from the windows

A wonderful place to live within a wonderful community. Staff is dedicated and the food is great. Highly recommend you give this place a visit. read more

We hosted our wedding at the Chamberlin in October of 2010 after agonizing over which location we should chose for months. Turns out, we made the wrong decision! The Event Coordinator was terrible. She has a terrible customer service attitude and made several mistakes, including sending the wrong invoice for our wedding twice. The bar was not set-up in time for our cocktail hour to begin, so even though we paid for 3 hours of open bar, the bar outside was not set up for a full 20 minutes after our cocktail hour began! Super unprofessional, when it did get set up, it was in the wrong location and the line went all the way around the veranda. Why did I bother with planning all of these details, only to have everything fall apart at the last minute? Lots of people did not get a drink until the end of the cocktail hour. The food at the wedding was terrible, as well. We had an excellent sample and were ensured that the food would be the same at our wedding. They served us the wrong salad, the wrong risotto and the chicken was dry and tasteless. When we asked to speak to the chef that we had been working with for almost a year, we were told he had the night off. Seriously. After all of this we were told we would be compensated for our experience, after a discussion with both the Event Coordinator and the Executive Director, we were compensated not even 2% of the $14,000 we spent on what was supposed to be a magical night. Don't waste your time here, you can get a better view, better food and better service elsewhere. read more

We had been to the Chamberlin brunch buffet before but on August 2 2015 it was exceptional! Was especially impressed with the oysters on the half shell. Have never had them that plump and fresh! This was a very unexpected treat as we had had a shellfish roast on the beach the night before with shellfish from The Hampton Seafood Market and all but 3 of the oysters were ROTTEN!!! But date on bag was still good! read more

I will not be spending more than a few sentences on this review. The Chamberlin Hotel is a beautifully appointed hotel with a significant amount of historic charm. However the Grand Brunch, as it is called, on Sunday is an absolutely tasteless buffet of over-warmed and badly prepared food. I will not go into detail regarding the dishes, I will simply state that I've had better food on airlines. Go elsewhere, anywhere. read more

Went for Mother's Day (we have been before). When I made reservations I was told it would be $29.00 each. When bill came it was $45.00 each and my niece (who is 5) was $22.50. Not only did they RUN OUT OF FOOD...only thing left was waffles and eggs, not what we paid for. When looking at our bill we were charges 2 gratuities not just 1. I brought this up to the front and they were like what? Oh sorry they must have hit the service button 2x's. Guy in front of me also relooked and shocker over charged him as well. How many times did they do this yesterday? We will never be returning, they advertise a great meal but run out of food. I'm sorry I work for my money and if I wanted eggs I'd go buy a carton for $2.00 and not pay $45.00. Oh and forgot to mention our bill was almost $400.00 and they got a 20% added on tip...most of time we had to get our own drinks, all our 2...yes 2 waitresses did was clear a few plates. I SO WOULD NOT RECOMEND THIS SCAM OF A BRUNCH TO ANYONE. THEY WERE NOT HAPPY I CALLED THEM OUT ON IT. DO NOT GO AND IF YOU DID CHECK YOUR RECEIPT. 1 SHOWS AS AUTO TIP OTHER SHOWS AS SERVICE CHARGE. Go at your own risk. read more

I had my wedding at the Chamberlin, I must say my wedding was beautiful, however I was disappointed with the customer service I received especially with the amount of money I spent having my wedding at the Chamberlin. I was told my bridal suite would be ready by 10 am, I arrived at 10:30 am and my suite was not ready, I had to wait 30 min. for the staff to clean my room. It also caused my me to run late, which caused my wedding to start late. While my guest were waiting, the where a lot of biting flies . When my wedding was over my guest went to the roof top Solarium and where served wine in dirty glasses. The food was late, they brought the food in while my guest waited to eat. I had to pay for security which I felt there was no security, it was a regular guard that walks around the faculty anyway, 24 hrs a day because it is a old retire living faculty as well. There was no actual security that I felt I had to pay $30.00 an hour for. I was very disappointed especially because I had only seen my coordinator 3 x that day for my wedding. There was extremely lack of communication, and she never bothered to do a follow up with me and my husband knowing that we were upset about the our experiences, no followup call the day before the wedding to do a check off list, go over the the time frame of the wedding or anything. The food was good, However for the money I paid I was not a happy bride. I say to all bride write emails to the coordinator, because the conversations we had she claims we didn't but a few emails I had to show her in writing as to what we discussed. Its easy to pick up the phone but it's better to have your conversation in writing. I had a contract on a 800.00 horse carriage ride, she claims I never told her, that is bull S***. I know i told her t because I needed to be down stairs at a certain time to leave from my reception. The Chamberlin contract states one thing, but they do another thing, I had great experience up until the day of my wedding. read more

To say the receptionist was frosty would be putting it mildly. We went for lunch on a Saturday and found it very confusing to get into the building because the signage is very vague. The receptionist was unfriendly and very overbearing. Lunch food at The Bistro was barely average, but the service was pretty good and the price was reasonable. It was very disappointing to go back here 20 years after being stationed at the post and be treated as if we were interlopers. After lunch our granddaughters spotted some of the historic photos in the lobby and wanted to take a picture on their cell phones. Before they could the receptionist came running over and very sternly told then they could not take any pictures there because it was "private" - whatever that means. The girl's' feelings were hurt by being spoken to so brusquely. Don't go here expecting a warm welcome. read more

We just had my husbands retirement celebration at this beautiful historic location. The food, service, and atmosphere was absolutely perfect! Chef David and banquet manager Melanie were easy to work with and took care of every detail. We and our guest throughly enjoyed the experience...thank you!! read more

Now I am not really sure what exactly this place is. Is it senior living center? An event venue? I dunno, but regardless it's absolutely beautiful. And if I was an old widow I'd totally want to live here. All of the old people that seemed to live there were nice and friendly and fawned over my son in his adorable sport coat as we walked around the place. So, the fact that they were there wasn't an issue, but it was just weird to see all of these people just hanging out. We attended a wedding here last night and I thought the place was gorgeous. The ceremony took place on the top floor in a small room that over looked the ocean. Then there was a cocktail hour in the grand parlor which I thought was done really nicely. The reception hall was huge and also had floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the water with gorgeous chandeliers. I thought everything was done beautifully and that the staff was very professional and helpful. I had a great time at this place, and while I am still not sure what the purpose of the place really is, I'd totally of had my wedding there regardless. read more