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Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse, Richmond, VA

Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse

4.8 (5901)
$50 and over
Steakhouse
2306 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 34 times today

About this restaurant

  • Good for special occasions
  • Fancy
  • Romantic
Bookbinder’s is a locally family owned Seafood & Steakhouse and is unique to Richmond. Bookbinder’s offers the perfect combination of rich history and atmosphere. Close to the James River in historic Tobacco Row, steak and seafood lovers will enjoy the ambiance of exposed beams and brick walls in this refurbished tobacco warehouse. From steak to lobster to seafood, each dish is intricately prepared and beautifully presented. We look forward to seeing you soon!! We are honored to have been selected as one of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America for 2018, as Voted by Open Table Diners, (based on an analysis of twelve-million reviews of more than 26,000 restaurants across the country)!

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Price
    $50 and over
  • Cuisines
    Steakhouse, Seafood, Steak
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Mon–Thu 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Sat 4:30 pm–10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm–8:00 pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Executive chef
    Benjamin Sandoval
  • Catering
    Private Rooms are available from 15-150 guests. Please contact our Special Events Coordinator Jeanette Stoneman, at 804-614-5558 Monday-Friday from 9:00AM until 5:00pm. Please visit our website for a complete banquet packet downloadable file.
  • Private party facilities
    Known for their outstanding guest service along with their food, which is consistent, fresh and of the utmost quality. Ninety percent of their staff have been employed 10-18 years at Bookbinder's and are the uppermost professionals in Richmond, earning consistent Open Table awards.
  • Neighborhood
    Richmond
  • Cross street
    24th and East Cary Street
  • Parking details
    ******IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION*******Please visit our website for important parking information at www.BookbindersRichmond.com and click on the directions link at the top of our homepage. Please share this information with all of the guests in your party, so they will know where to park for free, should our lot become full.
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 5,901 people are saying

Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.8Service
  • 4.8Ambience
  • 4.4Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Virginia

    Steakhouse

  • Richmond

    Best Overall

  • Richmond

    Best Food

  • Richmond

    Best Ambiance

  • Richmond

    Romantic

  • Richmond

    Good for special occasions

  • Richmond

    Steakhouse

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse in Richmond is renowned for its "exceptional" dining experiences. Guests rave about its "wonderful" food, especially the filet mignon and seafood. The service is "impeccable," with personalized touches like custom menus and attentive staff. It's the "perfect place" for special occasions, offering a memorable atmosphere.

5,901 Reviews
  1. Karen

    Orlando4 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Was a little hesitant about having our first experience at Bookbinders be for Mothers' Day/ Graduation but they did an incredible job. They had a scaled back 3 course menu but still plenty of options. Our table of 6 was seated immediately (our table was even ready a bit early). Since it was a special menu/ evening they asked us to order all 3 courses but everything was paced out well and we never felt rushed. We all enjoyed our meals. Crab cakes were great, filet and ancho rubbed ribeye were so so good. Seafood salad was piled with seafood. The menu included family style sides of mashed potatoes (great) and green beans (just ok) and they replenished as requested. Sourdough bread hot and delicious with nice butter. Super impressed with the service and quality for such a busy day. We also were so happy with the gluten free options for our guest with celiac. Wish they had some gluten free bread to offer but otherwise, he felt safe and so many great choices (and feels great the next day). Also a tad disappointed that they were out of a couple items by our evening reservation and then they were also out of one of the substitutions. Well done!

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  2. Therren

    Richmond1 review

    2.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4
    I’ll get the positives out of the way first: The food and the ambiance were fine; no complaints there. The issue I had was that they ran out of many of the items on the menu (our reservation was at 6:45 pm), and we weren’t allowed to deviate (my eldest wanted chicken fingers. which we saw another child enjoying at the table adjacent to us, but wasn’t allowed to. I would have been happy to pay whatever to make that happen—you ever had to deal with a moody adolescent?). On top of that, we had to correct the several times about our order, and by then I was just through with the whole experience. Look, I don’t take this personally. I’m sure this can be chalked up to a busy night (Mother’s Day and all), but at this price point, one should at least expect to have more than enough food available while the sun is still out.

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  3. Nicole VIP

    New York City34 reviews

    4.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    It’s Mother’s Day. Price fix menu. It’s also college graduation for my daughter. We had a 6:30 reservation and they ran out of calamari, mushrooms and eventually scallops. Probably the busiest day of the year to have poor planning. The restaurant is very good otherwise. We’ve eaten here a few times. Tonight the fried shrimp was so delicious. I usually have steak here. The steaks, pork chop and shrimp were all delicious. The desserts were excellent too. And the bread - warm and so good. The owner was there and greeted us at our table which was nice. 4 families from my daughter’s college all coincidentally sat in the room we were in and it was not noisy and the service was excellent.

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  4. Todd

    Louisville3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Everyone and everything was wonderful! Christian and all wait staff were outstanding!

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  5. Torey

    Richmond1 review

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Always a great time and great food

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  6. Jessalyn

    Richmond2 reviews

    2.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 1
    I'm honestly unsure how everyone's given this restaurant such high reviews. I'll start off to say the only reason it got 2 stars instead of 1 is because our server was so kind. My mom has wanted to go to this restaurant for years, and for Mothers Day, I finally decided to take her. First, parking was difficult. The small parking lot they did have was completely full, but that was to be expected for Richmond. As soon as you walk through the doors, you are hit with a loud blast of noise, which is unexpected for a high-end restaurant. Some of the noise included loud music, where usually you would only expect classical jazz it instead had pop music playing, the area where they clean the silverware and cups was just out in the open so it made it sound like you were at an amusement park cafeteria instead of an expensive restaurant. We ordered our food just fine but when the appetizers came out mine was the only one that came out it wasn't until almost 10 minutes later that my mom's came out which seemed like a common theme at the other tables surrounding us. When my mom's plate of mushrooms finally came out it seems that one of the mushrooms had fallen over and all the filling had fallen onto the plate, and the bottom of the plate was so dirty it stained the table. When the meal finally came out, I ordered the fried shrimp with spiral cut potatoes (I think was the name) although the fried shrimp was as expected the spiral cut potatoes ended up to be frozen bagged french fries. For desert, I got the sorbet my mom got the cheesecake the sorbet tasted fine but the cheesecake literally had no flavor and was room temperature. Value wise, this meal shouldn't have been over $100 instead with the gratuity added it was $274. The waiters and other staff would Zoom pass our tables so fast that they almost knocked my mom over when she was coming out of her booth at one point and when they clean the tables they were just putting things on the back of our booths I will not be returning

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  7. LaTeisha

    Richmond1 review

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was great! The service was awesome. My family and I had a great experience dining on Mother’s Day. I definitely will return to dine again.

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  8. Marcia

    Richmond1 review

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food and service as usual. Always a pleasure to dine here.

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  9. Nancy VIP

    Richmond10 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Food was delicious and service was great! Nick was a wonderful server.

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  10. Greg VIP

    Los Angeles42 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Our server, Jesse was great. Good amazing especially the seafood Louie wedge salad Here from Los Angeles for a wedding and did not want to miss out on going here.

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FAQs

Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse does offer delivery in partnership with Postmates and Uber Eats. Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (804) 643-6900.

Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse is rated 4.8 stars by 5901 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 34 times today
Google Map for Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse

2306 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223

Additional information

  • Cross street
    24th and East Cary Street
  • Neighborhood
    Richmond
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Mon–Thu 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Sat 4:30 pm–10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm–8:00 pm
  • Price
    $50 and over
  • Cuisines
    Steakhouse, Seafood, Steak
  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    ******IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION*******Please visit our website for important parking information at www.BookbindersRichmond.com and click on the directions link at the top of our homepage. Please share this information with all of the guests in your party, so they will know where to park for free, should our lot become full.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Benjamin Sandoval
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
  • Catering
    Private Rooms are available from 15-150 guests. Please contact our Special Events Coordinator Jeanette Stoneman, at 804-614-5558 Monday-Friday from 9:00AM until 5:00pm. Please visit our website for a complete banquet packet downloadable file.
  • Private party facilities
    Known for their outstanding guest service along with their food, which is consistent, fresh and of the utmost quality. Ninety percent of their staff have been employed 10-18 years at Bookbinder's and are the uppermost professionals in Richmond, earning consistent Open Table awards.
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