The Town Center district of Virginia Beach is a hub for dining, nightlife, shopping, and the arts. With The Hilton Garden Inn and The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center located right among the shops, restaurants, and theaters, everything at Virginia Beach Town Center is walkable and easily accessible, making it the perfect spot for your post-meeting happy hour and events.
For the shoppers, craft cocktail connoisseurs, or the people who just want to sit back, relax, and take in the show, Town Center has everything you need to make this meeting one that your attendees are sure to remember.
Accommodations
The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center recently completed a $4.3 million renovation, including guest rooms, public spaces, and conference and event space, and is something you will definitely want to check out. Guests will now experience soothing water-inspired wall coverings, carpets in natural textures and driftwood-inspired woodwork, as the new renovations draw inspiration from our surrounding coastal environment. The 17,182 square feet of conference space, including the 8,332 square-foot ballroom, sports new wall coverings, carpeting, contemporary furnishings, and distinctive artwork. Whether it’s a business meeting or a social event, the hotel’s professional team of meeting and special event planners work with guests to customize each event.
Shopping
Eclectic Design Florist & Gifts - Photo Courtesy of Town Center of Virginia Beach
Be sure to make some time for shopping after your meeting because Town Center will not disappoint. It is a shopaholics dream with stores like lululemon athletica, Monkee’s, Paper Source, Free People, and The Loft, and other local shops that will be a great addition to your shopping adventure. After you’ve filled your bags with all the clothes and crafts your closets can handle, you’re not done yet! Eclectic Design Florist & Gift and Hinterland Trading are both a must-visit for lovers of plants. Hinterland Trading even offers workshops on creating your own succulent terrariums. And don’t forget about Rover! Mrs. Bones has been creating custom dog collars and leashes from more than 500 brocade, tapestry, velvet, tartan and jacquard woven trims. Your pooch will soon be as up to speed on the latest fashion trends as you are.
Restaurants
You’re definitely going to want to come hungry when visiting Town Center, because the local food options are plentiful. From sunup to sundown, there’s always something good cooking here. Start your day with a nitro brew coffee or juice and a smoothie bowl at Town Center Cold Pressed, whose locally-sourced menu is as tasty as it is good for you. With other delicious food options like Saffron Indian Bistro, Zushi Japanese Bistro, and Keagan’s Irish Pub, you’ll be eating good for many days to come.
Drinks
Twist Martini & Associates Happy Martini
Town Center also isn’t lacking in local options to wash it all down, either, and they have a little something for everyone. For lovers of wine, wine and craft cocktails, Quirks has a menu that you won't want to miss. While deciding which wines to try may be difficult, drinking them certainly isn’t. Twist Martini & Associates is the place to be if you’re looking to end your evening with a couple of cocktails. Try the Happy Martini. It will definitely put a smile on your face.
Desserts
If you’re in search of something a little sweeter, you have options here, too. Candy connoisseurs can find some of our favorite local confections at The Royal Chocolate. With their melt-in-your-mouth chocolate made right there in the shop, this place is worth a visit for the aromas alone. If cake is more your speed, Just Cupcakes, who has been featured on the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” is the spot for you. After you finish your cupcake we recommend heading over to Confetti Caffe Gelato for a scoop of mouthwatering homemade gelato to go with it.
Arts
YNot Wednesdays? Concert Series
For lovers of the performing arts, Town Center is home to live productions featuring everything from local artists and regional symphonies to legends of the stage. Every Wednesday evening in the summer, don’t miss the dancing and dishes at YNot Wednesdays? concert series in the Sandler Center Plaza, with musical acts of all genres and generations. Speaking of Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, the 1,200 seat hall is a masterpiece of acoustical engineering that opened in 2007, and now brings acts from all over the world, including national recording artists, world-renowned symphonies and orchestras, and theatrical masterpieces.
For a cozier experience that can only be found in Virginia Beach, Zeiders American Dream Theater is a professional nonprofit theater that gives local writers, performers, and artists the perfect platform to inspire artistic expression of all varieties and has become an integral part of the local arts community. Zeiders will also soon be opening up a much larger, state-of-the-art, two-theater, facility on the opposite end of Town Center.
For fans of the visual arts, don’t miss the nationally-acclaimed Jones Art Gallery, featuring original paintings from three generations of the Jones Family. Collectively, the family’s artwork has graced the covers of nine New York Times Best Sellers, including works by John Grisham and Ian McEwan, and has received artwork credits in over 100 million books to date.
