Going to Key West - Need recs.

I just booked a trip to Key West for a long Easter weekend which is also our anniversary weekend.

Staying at a B&B near the center of town.

We have reservations at Latitudes for our anniversary night. That appears to be a very scenic place with good food.

I have never been to Key West. I am looking for things to do, favorite bars and restaurants, and any other recommendations this board may have.

Thanks.

Blue Heaven, ignore the chickens.

Pepe’s Cafe.

El Mason de Pepe.

El Siboney.

There’s a sandwich shop by the Courthouse that’s good, think it’s the Courthouse Grill.

Hogfish on Stock Island.

Go to Fausto’s grocery early, get a fresh loaf of Cuban bread and fixings for your own sandwich.

Not sure if BO’s Fishwagon is still open, they used to have a pretty good fish sandwich.

Garbo’s is hit or miss.

Quite honestly, a ton of KW eatery’s are overpriced and the food/service can be shaky. When we go to KW we tend to get a VRBO, get seafood and stuff from Fausto’s and fix it ourselves.

Don't bring a vehicle...no need for it and you can't find a place to park it...lol

The only reason I really want to go to the Keys is to see Key deer. Not sure how easy it is to have sightings, but I’d hike in and wait all morning if I had to.

Thanks for the replies.

I will not have a car. Although I understand that the drive from Miami to Key West is a beautiful one, we are flying directly in to Key West and our B&B is centrally located.

I am sure that Latitude’s would be nice in the daytime. We wanted to go for dinner and the only time we could get reservations was for 9:15 even this far in advance.

We plan to go to some of the other restaurants overlooking the water.

I know that there is not much of a beach but that is okay. We get enough of that in Destin.

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As most have already said, no need to have a car on the island. Rent a bike for a few days, quick to get around and no issues with parking. Plenty of bike rental places that will deliver and pick up at the end of the rental.

What did you eat at santiago's? Doesn't seem like an "island" menu

It's a small plate/tapas place. It's been a couple years but looking at the menu I remember we had the spinach salad, lamb rack, and beef tenderloin with blue cheese butter that were great, as well as a few other things.


Santiago's Bodega and Louie's Backyard were to two nice dinner places we ate at while there and we both agreed Santiago's was a better meal by a pretty wide margin.

Harpoon Harry's for breakfast...go there every morning before getting on the dive boat!

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Rent a bike for a few days, quick to get around and no issues with parking.

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This is correct.

Be careful about drinking and biking.

<——Did to excess (the drinking portion) and came extremely close to crashing.

Blue Heaven is a must.

I loved Dry Tortugas, it’s requires an investment of time to visit