Enjoy an Italian dinner at this affordably priced Old-Town restaurant.

This casual restaurant offers generous portions at a price for the whole family...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/abbondonza/

When people ask us where to get a great fish sandwich in Key West, this is where we send them: B.O.’s Fish Wagon.

Yes, it looks like a shack that a hurricane blew to pieces. That’s because it has…more than once...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/b-o-s-fish-wagon/

Got the hunger for some good Chinese food?

Well, the locals do too. And when they do, they usually head on over to China Garden Downtown.

For more information, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/china-garden-west/

For Key West, the epicenter of good Cuban food is El Siboney. A modest building tucked amongst Old Town streets, this restaurant serves delicious and traditional Cuban cuisine. Favorites include Paella, Arroz con Pollo (Chicken & Rice), Cuban Mix sandwiches, and other Cuban creations...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/el-siboney/

Each morning the local crowd pours in for the best Cuban coffee and breakfast sandwiches. The cafe con leche (Cuban espresso with steamed milk) is strong and flavorful. Enjoy it with a Cuban cheese toast or other breakfast sandwich and you’ll know why it seems that all of Old Town frequents this little shop....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/5-brothers-grocery-sandwich-shop/

Key West’s Half Shell Raw Bar, a.k.a. the Half Shell, is a Key West institution.

Roll up your sleeves at this very casual eatery. Guests are seated at picnic tables and benches, and order from the menus hanging throughout the restaurant....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/half-shell-raw-bar/

Any local who knows and loves breakfast (or lunch & dinner for that matter), has Harpoon Harry’s up on their list of favorites.

Excellent diner with some of the friendliest staff around. The basics done proud.

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/harpoon-harrys/

Huge pressed sandwiches, a Key West favorite, and abundant fresh salads are served up at this little, hidden-away eatery.

Fresh ingredients and the secluded quiet keep the locals coming back again and again. Vegetarian options available...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/lobos/

Celebrating twenty years in Key West is this unique, open-air restaurant.

Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner in their secluded garden deck.

Scrumptious baked goods prepared daily. Enjoy cafe au lait or expresso and a pastry with breakfast. Or stop by for dinner and enjoy an exquisite meal....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/croissants-de-france/

Casual dining at affordable prices are found at this long-running Key West restaurant.

Reminds us of a steak and lobster house of years ago, usually near the beach, serving up generous prime rib, lobster, and local fresh fish...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/duffys-restaurant/

Long-standing Cuban restaurant located at Mallory Square.  Serving tradition cuisine from Cuba, including paella, chicken and rice, and paella...

For more information, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/el-meson-de-pepe/

Located in a quiet residential neighborhood of Old Town, the Flaming Buoy Filet Co. is a recent addition to the Key West restaurant landscape.

The ambiance is of a modern bistro – a sort of laid back, minimalistic decor – while the food attempts to be a bit more inventive and daring, with dishes like Lobster Mac & Cheese (a specialty), tropical curry, and a fresh catch in banana sauce...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/flaming-buoy-filet-co/

What can we say…the original of the themed restaurants. It’s here, so we thought it deserves mention.

The southernmost Hard Rock Cafe in the country, this well known cafe is located in a historic Victorian Gingerbread house and is filled with rock ‘n roll memorabilia.

A full menu of classic American cuisine and local favorites is served daily for lunch and dinner...

For more information, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/hard-rock-cafe/

The small menu offers six dishes, each masterfully prepared and delicious. One first visit we had the Soft Shell Crab Tempura, served in an Asian broth with thick udon noodles. It became an immediate favorite and each bite made us more and more grateful for this new restaurant....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/kojin-noodle-bar/

Excellent sushi is masterfully prepared at this local favorite.

Kitchen items are also outstanding with many items including teriyaki steak, shrimp dumplings, tempura, and miso soup...

For more information visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/origami-sushi-bar/

Pepe’s Cafe, established in 1909 is the oldest restaurant in Key West.

If you are looking for a relaxed laid back restaurant and bar, this is the place for you.

Great food is served breakfast, lunch and dinner. Simple, but generous, presentations are to be enjoyed in their funky patio garden or inside in the air-conditioned dining room....

For more information, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/pepes-cafe/

Santiago’s Bodega, located in Bahama Village, Key West, is an exceptional example of how to do tapas right.

The atmosphere is laid back, cool, and hip. Its hidden-away location makes you feel like you have been let in on a secret. Diners can choose indoor or outdoor tables...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/santiagos-bodega/

Located on Greene Street, this restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating and serves traditional Thai dishes.

Expert chefs prepare everything from Pad Thai to Tom Ka Gai – and all dishes in between...

For more information, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/thai-cuisine/

Once the home to a turtle canning factory, this restaurant offers fresh seafood with a southwestern accent.

Casual lunch or dinner dockside at this Historic Seaport eatery. Also has a lively bar where local captains and tourists rub elbows and trade tales...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/turtle-kraals/

This island restaurant has been serving up gourmet seafood for decades at it’s harborfront location.

The fine dining restaurant is on the second floor above the more casual restaurant Alonzo’s...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/a-b-lobster-house/

Known for it’s homemade pasta and fine dining (even though they call it Key West casual) is Antonia’s on Duval Street.

Each morning passersby watch the pasta maker hanging the days fresh fettucini, linguini, and macaronis in the front window of the restaurant.

By nightfall, the inviting dining room serves some of the islands best regional Italian cuisine. And it’s not just pasta. Perfectly prepared fish, chicken, veal, and beef dishes are well worth a try...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/antonias/

Located on Duval Street, the Bagatelle Restaurant serves tropical seafood with southern charm.

The two story restaurant is in an historic Key West building that was originally located ten blocks away! Moved to its present location in the 1980s, the restaurant has remained popular...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/bagatelle/

This gourmet restaurant leans a bit more towards being a steakhouse, but offers plenty for those looking for seafood.

With a nice, wood paneled dining room on the second floor, the restaurant has a birds-eye view of the Historic Seaport...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/commodore/

One of the island’s more inventive and exciting restaurants.

The Hot Tin Roof features a relaxed elegance with dramatic water and sunset views. Its menu is highlighted with a mix of seafood and landfare prepared in a unique culinary style dubbed as “conch-fusion.”...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/hot-tin-roof/

Set in a beautiful and historic property on upper Duval Street is La Te Da.

Here you will find a bar, restaurant, and hotel where Jose Marti once resided.

La Te Da serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and everything is scrumptious...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/la-te-da/

One of Key West’s most popular eateries and tops on our list.

Inside you will find authentic Italian dinners served in a romantic european ambiance.

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/la-trattoria/

Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in an historic wooden two-story building, sits one of Key West’s finest and most praised restaurants: Louie’s Backyard.

Really, no discussion of fine dining in Key West is complete without mention of this local favorite...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/louies-backyard/

Mangoes Restaurant is known for “Floribbean” Cuisine, a wonderful mix of the Caribbean, local seafood and a touch of the Mediterranean.

Now under new ownership, the restaurant has been completely renovated and its menu renewed where local flavors and produce (not just mangoes!) are included. Lunch features fresh and colofrul salads, fresh fish tacos, local shrimp dishes, and hearty burgers.  Dinners offer an abundance of gourmet fresh seafood and steaks...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/mangoes/

German-island cuisine by an excellent chef who bakes the bread each morning. Outstanding dishes include the weiner snitzel, yellowtail snapper, and beef wellington.

Brunch is now offered Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and serves possibly the best eggs benedict (and it’s variations) in Key West....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/martins/

Michael’s of Key West proudly serves the finest cuts of beef and fresh local seafood.

Particularly inventive pasta creations add depth to the impressive menu....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/michaels/

This restaurant was an instant success with it’s offerings of delicious tapas (small appetizers) and inventive entrees. The talented chefs have even gotten a few nods from the James Beard Foundation.

Outdoor seating overlooks Duval Street & the casual yet sophisticated ambiance feels quintessentially Key West...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/915/

Located above all the hustle and bustle of the Mallory Square area is the Rooftop Cafe.

Here, inventive new-American cuisine is featured for dinner that has consistently pleased guests.

Great salads and sandwiches are served at lunch. Also serves some of the island’s best Key Lime Pie....

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/rooftop-cafe/

Seven Fish features an inventive and delicious menu of New-American cuisine. Fresh seafood is skillfully prepared in creative styles. They also offer non-seafood entrees that are just as delicious.

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/seven-fish/

Featuring a menu of fresh fish, steaks, smaller plates, and salads, this delightful Key West restaurant will have “foodies” coming back for more.  Excellent breakfast and brunch is served 7 days a week...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/square-one/

This romance-themed restaurant serves rich, decadent deserts, beer, and inventive wine drinks. If you have a sweet tooth, then a visit here will drown it in sugar, chocolate, and saucy sauces...

For more information visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/better-than-sex/

This funky cafe features some of the best vegetarian dishes in Key West. Flavorful soups, spring rolls, sandwiches, pizzas, pasta, and salads are offered, including inventive and delicious tofu recipes. The Cafe‘s veggie burgers are especially tasty and guilt free...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/the-cafe/

Serving some of the healthiest food on the island, Date and Thyme is the little cafe and market that keeps surprising us with its creativity, authenticity, and motivation.

Opened just a few years ago, this little take-out cafe has gained a very loyal local following due to its dedication to fresh organic ingredients and delicious cuisine that caters to vegetarians, non-vegetarians, vegans, and gluten-free...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/help-yourself/

Attached to M&M laundromat (for a long time, this cafe was known as M&M’s) and decidedly humble, the cooks at Sandy’s quickly prepare Cuban pressed sandwiches served on fresh Cuban bread and toasted in a panini press. Favorites include the breakfast sandwiches and the Cuban Mix – the unofficial sandwich of Key West and packed with sliced ham, pork, Swiss cheese, and pickles.

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/sandys-cafe/

This newer restaurant and bar has quickly found a very dedicated local following thanks to a flavorful menu of smoked bar-b-que, fresh fish sandwiches, entrees, and a creative menu of burgers and sandwiches. Popular items include their original “Thunder Thighs”, a hickory-smoked preparation of chicken thighs, the sliced brisket – particularly good as a sandwich or taco, and their pulled pork. Fish items on the menu are the freshest available and all come from locally caught fish...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/salty-angler/

Both times we visited we were more than impressed at the quality of the dishes and ingredients.  Bountiful salads, a near-perfect snapper fish sandwich, and mouth-watering appetizers had the table nodding in agreement that Thirsty Mermaid deserves a place in the “Our Favorites” section of Key West Travel Guide... 

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/thirsty-mermaid/

Tucked away on a hidden lane off Duval Street, this quaint and casual indoor/outdoor restaurant serves authentic Neapolitan pizza, cooked in an immense wood-fired brick oven imported from Italy, along with the highest quality Italian ingredients. House-made mozzarella cheese, a 1000-degree oven, and imported ingredients combine to make a thin-crusted, crunchy, delicious pie...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/onlywood/

One of Key West’s best pizza restaurants is Duetto Pizza & Gelato, a relative newcomer to the cuisine scene. Located downtown, just two blocks away from Sloppy Joe’s and Duval Street, this is an excellent place to grab a bite...

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/duetto-pizza-gelato/

Modern Mediterranean cuisine, fresh high-quality ingredients, and a pleasant indoor and outdoor ambiance combine to make this inspiring restaurant a favorite of Key West Travel Guide. If you are a foodie, put this one on your list.

For more information and menu, visit https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/azur/

Mellow Cafe and Gastropub, an off-the-beaten-path craft beer bar and eatery does a nice job of offering a casual bite in a typically Florida Keys relaxed place. When there, you might feel like you’ve discovered a hidden place easily missed by the masses.

The tacos, their specialty, are excellent and obviously make use of quality ingredients. And with the charter-boats nearby, there is little doubt the snapper is fresh.  Salads are piled high with a garden of nutritious flavors.

For more information and menu, visit: https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/mellow-cafe-gastropub/