Incredible food and outstanding service. Perfect date night ambiance- dim lighting with candles. read more

Blackfin Bistro - Swordfish and steak dinners - Seafood Near Me - Key West, Florida

The location alone( especially their patio) is worth it - but when you add the impeccable service and the fantastic food, you have a winner. This place looks like a labour of love - its a small backyard patio/ garden/ vegetable patch which is like 20 feet and yet a whole world away from duvall street ! My husband wanted his portabello burger spicy so one of the waiters simply picked four bird chillies off of the plant on the patio and had the chef add it on to the burger ! Husband swears it the best veggie burger he ever tasted ( and he eats and loves meat) . The shrimp bisque an conch cakes were great too. Very attentive service and lovely staff! read more

Nice place, good food. The vegetarian pasta was VERY good. The staff was friendly and attentive. One downside no nonalcoholic drinks or mixed drinks.Only beer and wine. read more

It was our last meal in Key West and we finished with a bang. I started with the Calamari which were buttery and tender. Followed by the Caribbean Prime Pork Chop which melted in your mouth with a great seasoning. Service was excellent. It started raining and they immediately rearranged umbrellas and kept us dry and comfortable. As I said, a great end to a fabulous trip read more

I will say that this is so far my favorite place in Key West to dine! The staff is wonderful, kind and professional and Tom is amazing. The grouper I had was a special and it was absolutely delicious served with mashed potatoes and asparagus and before as an appetizer I had Stone crab claws that were perfect!! Definitely, on your visit to Key West, you need to come here! Can't wait to come back:-) read more

Celebrated me & my friend's bday. Only one waiter but he was very quick and apologetic. Food was amazing. No hard liquor only beer & wine, which wasn't a problem for us. read more

The service was excellent. We had Irina as our server. She was warm, accommodating and knowledgeable of all the dishes served. We chose her recommendations and were glad we did. The food was exquisite. For appetizer we had the seared scallops... amazing! I had the black grouper special and my husband had the bolognese. Both were spectacular! This was our first time at the keys and cannot wait to come back to have here dinner again. read more

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Went here for lunch this past week when our cruise ship stopped in. Amazing food, and awesome service. Will definitely come back here the next time we are in key west. We started with the goat cheese croquettes. They were delicious all by themselves. But when eaten together with the honey, grilled onion, and a potato chip that were on the plate, the bite was incredible. Perfect balance of flavors and textures! For the main, I had the fish tacos and hubby had the fish sandwich. They had snapper as the fish for their special and it was incredible. Again, the balance of flavors and the soft texture of the fish made everything taste amazing. Hats off to the chef who is clearly a beast in the kitchen! Overall, the best meal we had on our vacation! read more

We wanted to like this place. It has great Yelp reviews and was recommended by a few locals, but I have to say we were pretty disappointed. We showed up for our reservation five-ish minutes early and spent those five minutes waiting to be greeted. We got a "we'll be with you in a minute" from the forth or fifth person who saw us standing there. Finally, the host (slash busser slash waiter) asked us who we were and if we wanted inside or outside seating. It took another five or so minutes for him to clear off our table (and a few others, based on how many times he went back and forth to the kitchen). While we were waiting two more couples showed up and stood around waiting for help. When we were finally seated, the outside was lovely. Our waiter asked for our wine orders and told my husband they were out of his choice and that it had been replaced by another (not comparable wine). We ordered our apps (tuna tartar, which the waiter highly recommended, bleu cheese mussels, and gazpacho). We got tartar (pretty bland and tasteless), white wine mussels (instead of taking them away, our waiter asked if we liked them enough to eat them, which i guess they were okay, and later comped us the dish), calamari (which we explained we definitely did not order and was taken away), and gazpacho (which showed up ten minutes after everything else and was actually remarkably good). We didn't feel like trying to find another restaurant for our entree, so we got the wagyu burger, which was legit delicious, though suuuuuuuper rich from the Gouda fondue on top. Normally, we don't ding restaurants for subpar service, but the service combined with several meh dishes made Blackfin kind of a flop for us. Stellar service can make up for an off food night and vise versa, but subpar food and subpar service make for a big womp womp. We won't be back. read more

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Great restaurant with excellent service. Our food was delicious! Loved the menu choices. We had a date night out away from the family vacation and really enjoyed ourselves. We live to sit at the bar, that's how you can tell how a restaurant is truly run! Everyone was fun and cool and it really seamed like everyone got along and had each other's back and worked as a team. Highly recommend this cute little place. read more

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Absolutely hands down one of the best places We have eaten at ... service was excellent !! Followed all COVID guidelines, food was excellent goat cheese croquettes appetizer delicious and the tile fish for Dinner was cooked to perfection ! We will def come back! read more

Phenomenal food and the bartender couldn't have been nicer, we went during Covid and everything seemed clean and completely sanitized I would 100% recommend this and go back! read more

Portobello mushroom burger was excellent, bisque was a little disappointing, but the spinach and goat cheese salad was amazing.

Excellent food and wonderful service. The menu here was wonderful. My favorite food during my stay in Key West. read more

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The food was simply delicious. Exceptional flavors presented beautifully. Lovely people. Quaint place. Go eat here. read more

Blackfin Bistro - Key lime tart - Seafood Near Me - Key West, Florida

This is my boyfriend's ex roommate's husband restaurant, really nice guy and nice restaurant. We didn't have any food here due to schedule conflict, however, we had a great time enjoying some Cabernet sauvignon here! Love their atmosphere here, very classy and beautiful, especially at night! From talking with the owner, we know that he cares about the quality of food and also quality of the atmosphere, so stop by here and grab a bite, if not a glass of wine is cool too! You will never be disappointed! Grab a T shirt too if you can :) read more

Blackfin Bistro - Seafood Near Me - Key West, Florida

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Googled, "Best Restaurants in Key West" and Blackfin Bistro came up and I decided to give it a shot. Best food i've ever eaten in Key West! The staff was wonderful and attentive and we were able to pay compliments to the owner! I highly recommend if you're looking to enjoy wonderful cuisine. read more

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Really enjoyed everything. Food was excellent and service was very pleasant and professional. I had the steak au poivre, because after three days eating fish and seafood, I wanted some red meat. I don't normally order steak in a restaurant; however, I must say the steak I had tonight was cooked perfectly, very tender, and an excellent au poivre sauce. I definitely recommend this place if you're looking for something a little classier and a bit European. read more

Tommie was fantastic. Called a few minutes ahead on. Friday night and he found room for us. Tipped us off to a great beer from Barbados, that he may wished he had since we nearly drank him out of them. The food was great. I had the seafood pasta and asked for spicy and it was perfect. My wife had the swordfish which she loved. It started to lightly rain and he and a staff member moved our table under the covered bar area. I would give them 6 stars if possible. Great place. Thank you to the entire staff. read more

Wonderful service. Great food. Extensive wine list by bottle and glass. Appetiser menu can make a great lunch menu. Indoor seating with air conditioning. read more

The food was fabulous and service was great. The burger was amazing and nice wine list.

It's hard to pick out gourmet food on the Key from Yelp reviews but this was a good pick. Beautiful outdoor patio. Perfect service. Food was good. Over all, a good experience for our group. I wouldn't pick the seafood pasta again--get the fish special!! But I would pick the carrot cake! Yummy!! read more

Fantastic restaurant. Great and friendly service. Pasta and Fish dishes were excellent!

The food was excellent! The service was superb. We felt very welcome. Everything was clean and the staff were all wearing masks. It's a must for us each time we visit Key West. read more

I loved the outdoor patio. I had the Waygu burger and it was amazing!! The green beans on the side were a solid 8/10. Drank a glass of the 18$ Cabernet Sauvignon (a little pricey) so I could've done without, but it was good! Would def recommend this restaurant, it was my favorite in New Orleans read more

Went here for our first meal in Key West and this was a recommendation from our innkeeper. A good choice for casual, tasty food. We were hungry after traveling all day and enjoyed the appetizer-goat cheese croquettes, and each had the blue cheese burger, which was a good size and was flavorful all the way through. Fresh cut fries and greens on the side were good and the beer was cold! Very attentive service on this early Friday evening and a good last minute/walk up choice for good American dining in the part of Duval Street where it starts to pick up and get lively. read more

Located right on Duval Street it is an awesome place to get your night started with some delicious food before you head further down Duval for some drunken debauchery! Once you step inside the restaurant it is beautifully intimate with a bar and few tables. I must impose on you to go through the back and get a table on the back patio! Especially if the weather is right - but c'mon it's Key West.. the weather is always on point. It is also nicely intimate without being over crowded and well spaced. It was a perfect setting for a romantic dinner setting. Dimly lit and they had heating lamps because the weather was in the 60s (cold for Floridians like me!). Perfectly toasty, perfectly weather to wine n' dine and perfect company. Couldn't ask for a better dinner honestly. The service? Impeccable. Truly a high class restaurant without the stuffy, stuck up ambiance and without putting a huge dent in your wallet. Definitely recommend this place for dinner to any and all. I decided on the Shrimp Provencal (infamous Key West pink shrimp with mash potatoes and sauteed spinach) DELICIOUS. If you stopped by to read reviews on where to dine, this is the place to go. Trust me. read more

Blackfin Bistro - Seafood Near Me - Key West, Florida

We were a party of 6, everyone was content with their meal. Husband ordered a fish burger and said it was the best burger he has ever had. Portions of the pastas were ok, I had the primavera and it had a good ratio of pasta/veggies. Two other people in my party ordered the seafood pasta, and really enjoyed it. The place is very small, and often times, the waiter had to work over people's heads to attend to corner table. I also disliked the entry point, door opens inward, and there is a podium right when you walk in, awkwardly placed when larger parties are walking in. Most of the staff was friendly, gentleman at check in podium, even gave my daughter a rose on her way out--- nice touch. I did feel a bit rushed through the beginning of meal, I am assuming it's because place is small, and they depend on quicker turnover. No children's menu, which is no big deal to me, considering my daughter eats everything, so I shared my meal with her, but for picky eaters, this place would not have worked. I kept two stars, as there was a switch around of waiters during our dinner, no actual connection with any, felt a bit rushed, and seating was tight between parties. read more

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Highly highly recommend Blackfin Bistro for either a special occasion or a just a casual meal. They're on Duval Street but away from the craziness of the downtown section. Everyone in my family was happy with their dishes and the wine list has a nice selection of both affordable and high-end (yet reasonably priced) U.S. and European (hard to find in Key West) wines. We spoke at length with the co-owner Michael, who cut his teeth for many years in NYC fine-dining establishments before moving to Key West and opening Blackfin Bistro. Highlights of our dinner: Artisanal cheese plate (get all four!), seafood pasta, daily catch special, steamed mussels (add the blue cheese!) and for dessert the creme brûlée and the carrot cake, which is the best I've had anywhere! read more

First off, Amazing service. Delicious food, High quality, cute spot. Do not miss this experience.

Blackfin bistro is always on my list of places to go when in Key West. I usually go for lunch but this time I went for dinner. Should have stuck with lunch. The food was still good and well prepared for the most part. We just turned a number of appetizers into dinner. The mussels are always good, but this time we tried the chorizo ones. I have to say their curry ones are actually better and should have suck with that. Also tried the Charcuterie plate. The pate's were disappointing but the rest was very nice. Lots of chorizo! But here was the problem for this visit, the service. And two main problems. The first was I high suggest that if the staff is not on the clock then she should not be at the bar posting to facebook. If they are on the clock, management needs to give them a talking to! When we showed up for our reservation there were two people (who turned out to be wait staff) at the bar, one sitting one leaning ignoring us for what ever was important on their phones. Finally someone came out of the kitchen to seat us, all the while these two were typing away. Once we got our table things were good for a while as the wait staff person who took our order was actually very nice, attentive and helpful with some questions. But about 1/2 through our meal about 3 other "staff" started to show up, one of which was the facebook poster. And all these three people wanted to do was take away our plates. Over and over again they ask me if I was done, even though there was still sizable amounts of food on my plates, even with food on my fork on the way to my mouth, even though they asked me 2 minutes ago if I was done they were checking again! Not sure what they were up to, if they needed to turn the table (there were empty ones so I doubt that). But at one point the guy asked me if I was done, I said no and they he stood there sort of waiting for me to take another bite! WTF?!?!?! During this time the nice helpful wait person who we started off with kind of disappeared and seemed to be doing other things. Food still four stars, but service was pretty bad so down to 3 stars, give them a 3.5 average. I will still go back, but I'll be on the look out for way too much staff on the floor and run away if there are. read more

Type: Eclectic Dining Reservations: Recommended during high season Blackfin Bistro is a quaint restaurant just steps West of Truman Ave on Duval St. The libations include beer and a nice choice of select wines that are actually decent. Out back (open during the high season only), are additional tables in a garden setting that can accommodate large parties if needed. Frequented by locales as well as tourists, the food-fare quality remains consistent. DO: get the assorted cheese and fruit platter. DO: get the Sautéd Calamari. SO TENDER! This is one of the few places that knows how to properly cook calamari (squid), and it's not fried! DO: try the Oven Roasted Chicken Wings. Great flavor and again, not fried. There has been some recent neighborhood scuddlebut that the recipe changed and it is not as good as it used to be, but I will need to get back to you on that. DON'T: get the Conch Cakes. They are dense, have a lack of conch and flavor, and are overly breaded. DON'T: get the Maine Lobster Roll. This is nothing more than a pulverized mayonnaise sandwich. Blackfin please! Do us all a favor and take it off the menu. Maybe a visit to DJ's Clam Shack down the street may help with how to make a proper Lobster Roll. This is an embarrassment to a seafood faring town. ON THE FENCE: Steamed Mussels with Garlic & Chorizo. The chorizo sausage at the bottom of the bowl overpowers this generally light and flavorful dish. If you are a chorizo fan and this combo doesn't bother you, go for it. In my opinion it's a bad marriage. DO: try any of the burgers with hand cut fries. Made to order with fresh ingredients, these burgers are packed with tons of flavor. There is actually a good chance - for the most part - that if it is medium rare you want, medium rare you will get. ONE OF THE BEST BURGERS ON THE ROCK. DO: get the Grilled Hanger Steak. This is a large dish for those that are super hungry or nursing a hangover. A true comfort food dish reminiscent of the northeast, the meat and accompanying hand cut fries are smothered in brown gravy and oh so yummy. However, this is not a dish for everyone. If you don't like your entire meal covered in gravy, don't get it. read more

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Good but not as good as advertised. Solid place but not a 4 or 5 star place. Very good but not in the great category.

Excellent food, service and entire experience. One of the best dinners our family of 5 had while on vacation. The entire staff serviced us with great attention, and the specials and food were delicious. Highly recommend. read more

Very lovely dining ambience! The chilled gazpacho was a very good start. Quite unconventional, the soup has strong onion flavor with a tomato based taste. Unlike the ones I had before which contains chopped zucchini, etc. Crouton added some incredible texture as well The tuna tartar was very lightly seasoned, unless you pick up the reduced balsamic sauce drizzled on the plate. That gives you more control over each bite. The snapper was perfected pan fried, and the coconut rum sauce was just phenomenal! Sweet yet salty, creamy yet not very heavy! Very impressive! The hog fish has a texture in between snapper and mahi mahi. I usually find mahi mahi too tough, thus hog fish was just right on the spot! The seasoning was fairly simple, just garlic olive oil and pepper salt. I asked them whether they premarinated the fish before cooking, they said no. Well, the flavor was perfectly infused, they do cook the fish properly! A lovely Christmas meal! Thanks! read more

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A hidden gem in Key West, and I say hidden because I feel like it should of been more packed than what it was. Dinner was phenomenal, original plans was to go Nine One Five but they had no availability so we tried Blackfin. By far the best dinner my girlfriend and I have had while in Key West. They offer appetizers and entrees that aren't on your ordinary seafood menu, we'll be back! Service was A1. read more

Loved this location and seating area! It's so beautiful and relaxing. The wine was not my favorite but the atmosphere, pasta, and appetizers made up for it! read more

Our hostess/waitress was friendly and accommodating. The snapper special that night was phenomenal. The spicy pasta carbonara with egg yolk was the best we've ever had. We will return! Worth the money. read more

Definitely a random and great find! My mom and I were walking down Duval St. looking for a place to eat, looking out for whatever caught our eye first, and my mom saw this place! They have both they're breakfast/lunch (served until 5pm) and dinner menu and a list of their specials of the day outside of the restaurant so you can see what they offer and decide if you really want to go in there or not if it's your first time there. Restaurant: Great location, on the corner of Duval St. and Truman Ave. Nice decor, has a very French style vibe (in my opinion). Bathroom is in the back outside (unisex). We got the window seat right in the front of the restaurant which was nice because you can people watch the entire time (if you're into that kind of thing of course haha). Service: Such nice staff! They all help each other out (delivering food, gathering dirty dishes, etc). Our waitresses name was Tanya... I think. I'm bad with names haha. She was awesome sauce! Always pouring our water for us when we ran out, such good service. Food: A variety of options! I got the BRIE, APPLE, AVOCADO sandwich (on white toast) which was delish! A combination I would have never thought seamlessly goes together. My mom got the SALMON CLUB sandwich, which has bacon, salmon, lettuce, tomato, and cream cheese. All the sandwiches are accompanied by a side of fries and a small salad in a light balsamic dressing. The only bad thing about the sandwiches was that they're toasted and by the time the dish gets to the table the crust of the bread hardens and becomes difficult to bite and chew. Also, the special of the day I believe are half price if you order it. Score!!! When I go back to Key West sometime in the future, I'm going to have to go back to this place to try all the other food. read more

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Our party of 4 (parents w/ 2 teens) dropped in and got a table for four for dinner on Tuesday and it was amazing. We had croquettes (a must order!), a Blackfin burger, a Wagyu burger and the seafood pasta which were recommended and everybody loved. We had a nice bottle of wine, which they kept cold for us. The place was cute and quaint (we sat inside) and service was top notch! I seriously want to eat there again before we leave! read more