Terrapin Restaurant
Pinewood Square
3102 Holly Rd., Ste. 514 (Laskin Rd.) 
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Virginia Beach, VA 23451
757-321-6688 | Make Restaurant Reservations
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Terrapin Restaurant is one of GAYOT's 2013
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.Features
- Romantic setting
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Parking lot
- Resort casual
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 Terrapin Restaurant Restaurant Review: Turtles have long been a totem for Rodney Einhorn. He rescues them and names them after his hero-chefs, such as Charlie Trotter. So after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, working at Le Cirque 2000, and making his own name at Aspen’s Sky Hotel, he decided to open an upscale restaurant near the oceanfront where he grew up and call it Terrapin. Perhaps the name is also a double entendre as it’s a showcase for Slow Food. In his open kitchen, visible from the intimate green dining room and sleek zebra-wood bar (perfect for martinis or wine poured by the one-and-a-half quartino or three-glass grand quartino), he creates garden gazpacho with fresh basil and shrimp, a refreshingly elegant summer starter. In fall, it might be a pasta entrée starring chanterelles, Brussels sprouts leaves and organic grape tomatoes married in a white wine and herb cream sauce atop penne. Signature fennel pollen-spiced scallops over mushrooms in a truffle pan sauce with sea beans perennially hold sway. And whatever the season, try the seductive Valrhona chocolate pudding with sea salt and olive oil. It’s a fine finale to a meal you’ll savor, and want to take slow. |
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