The James Landing Grille - Williamsburg

Very good food. Very good service. Great service by the staff! Beautiful view of the James river!

From the location, outside and the prices/menu on the Web site I thought this was going to be the nicer restaurant on property at Kings Mill but it really wasn't as nice as the restaurant at the golf club, or maybe the same. This one had plastic cups and food came in plastic baskets with that red and white checkered paper. At least at the golf club you got really plates. Both feel like sports bars. I wanted something more upscale for my parents anniversary. The staff was very nice, service was fine. Two people really enjoyed the smash burger, and it was really big. The seafood roll would be VASTLY improved by just buttering the bun and throwing it on the grill a minute. It was an okay seafood salad on a lot of shredded lettuce basically on white bread. Sweet potato fries and regular fries were both good. I would not suggest this for a special occasion. I guess there's nowhere at Kings Mill for that.

Located in Kingsmill Resort property. This restaurant is a bit of a missed opportunity. The good: it's beautiful. It's in a gorgeous location. Eating outside is stunning. Beautiful view of the James River. The bad: the food is mid. The menu is lacking. Which would be fine if the food that was offered was delicious. As you can see from pictures of the menu they have 2 entrees and some handhelds and some apps. So if you don't want ribeye or salmon, you are out of luck. The ribeyes come with chips. Not really the side I want for a steak. The chips were also inconsistent. Some crunchy some chewy. The steaks were also inconsistent. We ordered three of them all medium rare. Each steak looked different. Like not all of them were ribeyes. They were different sizes and they were cooked at different temps. We ordered med rare and got one rare, one med rare and one medium well. The butter on top was too cold to melt and the steak wasn't hot enough to melt it. Boy...if they got a new chef in there who spruced things up with the food you could have a top notch restaurant paired with that view. But the food isn't as nice as the ambiance. The service was good. Oh and the best thing we ate was the crab dip. It actually was really good. The bang bang shrimp were expensive and didn't come with that many. Some pictures lied to us. Seemed like they gave more in the past. Not so much anymore.

Great drinks salmon Caesar salad. Best thing about it is the view-right on the James River at the Kingsmill Marina

The view while sitting outside was beautiful and the service was good but the food quality was extremely lacking. The crab dip was average but my crab cake sandwich was very disappointing. The crab cake itself was a tasteless, burnt crunch followed by unseasoned mush at the center. Would only recommend for drinks outside on the porch.