Becca Restaurant & Garden

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A Restaurant Rooted in History and the Garden

Becca Restaurant & Garden takes its name from Rebecca — a quiet tribute to the Cavalier Hotel's original signature restaurant, Pocahontas, named for the famous figure from Virginia's Jamestown colonial settlement who later took the name Rebecca. That sense of place and continuity runs through everything here. Becca sits inside the Historic Cavalier Hotel on Virginia Beach's Atlantic Avenue, and it carries the weight of that landmark address with confidence rather than ceremony.

The restaurant describes itself as "always elegant yet never pretentious," and the setting bears that out: an elegantly modern dining room alongside a sumptuous outdoor garden where the connection between the kitchen and the land is made visible. It's the kind of room — and the kind of table — where you come for a celebration or simply because the occasion presents itself.

Where the Garden Meets the Shore

The cooking at Becca is modern American, built around a genuine garden-to-table philosophy. Menus shift with the seasons, following the availability of locally grown produce and freshly-caught seafood from the Virginia coast. Breakfast leans into classics alongside dishes from both land and sea. Lunch is light and fresh, with soups, garden salads, and heartier plates. Dinner is the centerpiece — a garden-to-table American seafood experience that the kitchen describes as "unlike anything else in Virginia Beach." Weekend brunch runs both Saturday and Sunday, and cocktails at the bar are crafted from the same seasonal, garden-inspired approach that drives the food.

The wine program earned Becca a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025 — recognition that reflects a sommelier-selected list spanning rosé, sauvignon blanc, Bordeaux, syrah, malbec, and a full range of pinots. For a coastal Virginia restaurant, it's a serious cellar.

An Oceanfront Destination

Becca serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner daily, making it as suited to a relaxed morning as to a formal evening out. The outdoor garden setting, with its ocean proximity, gives the space a particular ease that indoor-only dining rooms rarely achieve. Private dining and special events are accommodated as well, with a dedicated room and staff to handle the details.

For anyone looking for polished, ingredient-driven American and seafood cooking on the Virginia Beach oceanfront, Becca is the address.