Not to be Missed Restaurants in Florida Keys
 

We will be visiting the Keys in about a month. Can anyone suggest some good restaurants?

Blue Heaven-Key West

Where will you be in the keys? They're 150 miles long, so it's difficult to make suggestions unless we know where you're going.

Up and down the entire length, we hope.

Alonzo's for happy hour.

Ma's Fish Camp, Islamorada

http://www.masfishcamp.com

Thank you so much for your suggestions. We'll be checking them out.

We enjoyed the following in Key West.

Latitudes on Sunset Key http://www.westinsunsetkeycottages.com/key-west-dining
Michael’s http://michaelskeywest.com/
Pisces http://www.pisceskeywest.com/
Grand Café http://grandcafekeywest.com/

I like Lazy Days in Islamorada. An excellent ocean view deck with fine food. Reservations essential for dinner.

Nearby casual lunch at the Lorelei is recommended as well. In the marina setting with all outdoor seating.

Marathon's Seven Mile Café is an historic Keys casual stop.
Marathon also has the Florida Keys Fishery in a marina on the bay side with picnic table casual excellent fresh catch.

At MM 22 is Mangrove Mamas. Outdoor dining in the mangroves with excellent food.

You can understand that with walking the bridge from Marathon to Pigeon Key and feeding the tarpon at Robbie's near Islamorada and some kitschy shopping that the drive from KL to KW takes some time. Enjoy the trek as I prefer my time in the middle Keys to walking past tee shirt shops in Key West.

We just returned from a trip to Key West. We had a really good dinner at Square One (http://www.squareonekeywest.com/squa...restaurant.htm). I also agree with the suggestions above for Blue Heaven (especially for breakfast) and Olonzo's for happy hour/appetizers.

Michael's was one of our favorites. Also, Seven Fish in Key West.

TTT

Thanks for this thread.

These are such helpful suggestions! Thank you so much for taking time to reply.

I think I will have to check out a few of these restaurants. Does anyone know if any of them are not kid friendly?

I doubt if there are many "not to be missed" eateries north of Key West. My experience, after two visits in the last two years, is that most places are overpriced and try too hard.

Like HPeabody, above, we are loyal patrons of Ma's Fish Camp. Not on the water, no fancy ambience, just friendly folks (ask for Winston) serving well-priced, fresh fish. Take a look at their blackboard listing the catch of the day (Ignore the salmon, obviously not local), and DO NOT ignore the Bahamian conch chowder--this was so good we took home a quart for the next day.

The Key Lime Pie at Ma's is legendary as being the best in the Keys.

And I do love my (fried) cracked conch, served here with Tartar and Russian dressing:

http://www.masfishcamp.com/ordereze/Menu/0/Menus.aspx


My perfect dinner at Ma's:

Bahamian conch chowder
Cracked conch or conch fritters if you can eat fried food
Catch of the day (Hopefully, mahi; but may be others I've not yet sampled..hope to return next winter!)
KEY LIME PIE

Stump.... I am familiar with Lazy Day in Marathon. Where is it in Islamorada?

For Lazy Days see http://www.lazydaysrestaurant.com - located "in the heart of Islamorada at MM 80"

I second Blue Heaven and Ma's, and add Islamorada Fish Company.
And Robbies is a "must see", kind of like you must see Area 51. No, it's not that uncanny, but it's definitely unique.