1936 Bar & Grill

2 stars - 1 for potential and 1 for location. Bland would be the best way to describe the food. If you want to sell yourself as “All American” food, maybe don’t have Jackie Chan’s grandfather as the chef? Three meals and nothing with flavor, luke warm soup - and how can you mess up pretzel bites?! Really…. Would gave been better with a grocery store visit and a microwave - and would’ve saved a bunch of money. On the flip side, the server was very pleasant and attentive, venue is clean and spacious with good views and easy parking.

Hadn’t visited here in a long time. Was going regularly but the flies were out of control. Decided to visit again and sat outside. We enjoyed our food and menu was vastly different than our last visit. Most of our favorite items are gone but what we had was delicious.

If dining on good old fashioned American hamburgers and other popular American foods by the ocean sounds like a dream come true, then swing on by and give 1936 Bar & Grill a try. I love how the restaurant combines the old with the new and puts their own spin on popular dishes like the Big Kahuna burger and fried green tomatoes. Personally, I’d prefer regular sliced pineapple on my burger, but otherwise, I love their Big Kahuna burger. Now all that it needs is a $5 milkshake, within reason, of course, ha ha! #PulpFictionFan So yeah, if you love good food and are feeling nostalgic for 20th century American culture, then give 1936 Bar & Grill a try, especially after a long day of gambling and/or walking along the beach. Shoutout to my future husband, Andy, and his family for taking me here before work! 😃

Food was good. Service was great. Atmosphere I gave four stars, mostly because I'm used to it being a little more quiet around this time, which is just a personal preferance. It wasn't bad, just hard to make conversation with my dad or hear our server between the live music and loud drunk people, which is no big deal. Other than that minor thing everything was great.

When I go to a bar and grill I expect bar and grill food. Nothing on the menu is amazing its all very mediocre. The killer is its way overpriced. If im paying 17 dollars for a rueben and 33 dollars for Mac and cheese it better be worth it and this place is not everytime ive gone in its virtually dead. But the people are nice everything else is sub par its like a high-end restaurant serving 3 day old mcdonalds those 2 just dont mix. Anyways I wont be returning if I can help it. Not worth the trouble to get there id rather order food from catch 22 or traders and spend half as much.

Food was great and views by the water were perfect and just what I needed. I ordered shrimp and oysters and loved every bit of it. We were served by Adam. Parking was available which was a gem for this city girl to not have to struggle to find parking. Will definitely be back.

​I had a mixed experience at this restaurant. The food was delicious and I have no complaints about the kitchen. Unfortunately, the service was a letdown. It was a slow day, but our server was slow to bring drinks and bus tables. The atmosphere was also disappointing; the nice decor was overshadowed by an annoying number of flies. To top it off, the drinks were bad. My $18 smoked old fashioned was a huge disappointment and tasted like water.

Well as of May 2025 I am not going back to this place! Stale bread for a crab cake that was mediocre at best. Very small wings under cooked green beans that they forgot to bring prices are high which would be fine if it was good. Save your money. They are understaffed and don’t care what they sling out. It’s a shame bc it use to be very good but the last 4 years has proved not worthy of my money nor yours. Maybe you go for a drink but then go to a real restaurant A new restaurant in Chesapeake beach, located on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the new parking garage on the rod and real parking lot. First off the views are amazing as they have a lot of windows and outdoor seating. So far I experienced the following: Steak and crabcake A- The crabcake was very good, no filler steak could have been more tender. Rock fish bites A+ A large amount of fish, could be a meal but its an appetizer. Wings A, large and tasty (sweet chilli flavor) Chesapeake Fries C-, covered with crab dip I felt it lacked taste. To me some old bay was strongly needed. To be fair my wife liked. Overall the place is clean and very pleasant amenities. Due to them being new I will defer on speed of service but the quality has been very good. Staff very friendly. It now has become one of my go to spots