Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 1,388 stores from 1,094 restaurants chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Sakura Japanese Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of China Sun and Jade Garden.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
1,094
Tracked stores
1,388
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Sakura Japanese Restaurant and China Sun sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sakura Japanese Restaurant ▲2 +14.5%
2 C China Sun ▲1 +12.5%
3 J Jade Garden ▲1 +11.9%
4 C China Moon - +11.3%
5 T The Twisted Crab logo The Twisted Crab ▲1 +10.6%
6 B Bangkok Garden ▲3 +9.4%
7 J Jason's Deli logo Jason's Deli ▲1 +9.1%
8 K Kelly's Tavern logo Kelly's Tavern ▲3 +7.5%
9 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill ▲1 +6.3%
10 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲1 +6.2%
11 G Gran Maya Mexican Grill ▲4 +5.9%
12 G Golden China ▲2 +3.7%
13 C Carrabba's Italian Grill logo Carrabba's Italian Grill ▲3 +3.4%
14 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ▲1 +2.8%
15 F Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs ▼1 +2.7%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Plaza Azteca
  • Yard House
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,388 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (19)
  • Texas Roadhouse (4)
  • Olive Garden (6)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (7)
  • Plaza Azteca (8)
  • Yard House (2)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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