Cork and Bull Chophouse

At about $75 per person, Cork and Bull Chophouse is a Chesapeake fine-dining steakhouse for diners planning around steak, seafood, the raw bar. The details point to a chophouse format with dry-aged steaks, Full-Blood Wagyu steak from Brenner Cattle Co. hand-shucked oysters, she crab soup, seafood alongside the steakhouse core.

The smart move is to treat this as a planned meal rather than a quick casual dinner. Chef/owner Dallas Walton’s restaurant is best understood through its confirmed strengths: fine-dining steakhouse cooking, raw bar ordering, seafood, a smart-casual dress code. It is open Monday through Thursday from 4 PM to 9 PM, Friday and Saturday from 4 PM to 10 PM, Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM and 4 PM to 9 PM.

Plan around the steakhouse and raw bar format

The appeal is the combination of steakhouse ordering and raw bar choices in Chesapeake, especially for diners who want oysters or seafood before a steak.

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in 2026 is a confirmed recognition, but the restaurant’s clearest draw remains the food format: a fine-dining steakhouse with a raw bar and seafood. If the table wants a polished Chesapeake dinner built around beef, oysters, seafood, Cork and Bull Chophouse fits that plan.

Order around beef, oysters, seafood

Decision point is simple: this is worth it if at least one person at the table is excited by steakhouse ordering and another wants seafood or raw bar items. Start with hand-shucked oysters if seafood is part of the plan, then move into dry-aged steaks or the Brenner Cattle Co. Full-Blood Wagyu steak if the meal is a splurge. She crab soup is another confirmed signature dish.

Confirmed Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence gives the restaurant an additional planning hook for diners who value that recognition. Even so, the most grounded order here is built around the signatures: Wagyu, oysters, she crab soup, dry-aged steaks, seafood.

Who should book, who should skip

Book for a steak-and-seafood dinner at a fine-dining steakhouse in Chesapeake. Skip if the priority is a low-cost weeknight bite or a meal centered on dietary needs that are not represented in the details. Smart casual is the stated dress code.

For broader local planning, use Our full Chesapeake restaurants guide, plus the city guides for hotels, bars, wineries, experiences. For a different meal style, consider other Chesapeake dining rooms.