Santiago's Bodega is a spanish restaurant in Bahama Village, Key West.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Smoked salmon carpaccio, Patatas bravas
Must order: Smoked salmon carpaccio and a round of croquettes
Tip: Tables are small and the room fills fast at dinner, so book ahead or come at 11:00 when the tapas kitchen opens.
Address: 207 Petronia Street, Key West, FL 33040
Seven Fish is the Key West dinner room locals book on Truman Avenue, plating yellowtail snapper in Thai curry sauce and smoked mahi from a tight menu.
Signature: Yellowtail snapper with Thai curry sauce, Smoked mahi-mahi
Order: Yellowtail snapper with Thai curry sauce
Tip: Dinner only from 18:00 and closed Tuesdays; the small dining room rewards a reservation over a walk-in wait.
Nine One Five serves an eclectic fusion menu from the porch of an 1850s Victorian on upper Duval in Key West, backed by a deep wine list and late seatings.
Signature: Bacon-wrapped dates, Cedar plank salmon
Order: Bacon-wrapped dates from the porch menu
Tip: Ask for a veranda table at sunset; the upstairs Point Five bar pours the same wine list without the wait downstairs.
Cafe Sole has cooked French-Caribbean dinners in a Key West backstreet since 1995, John and Judy Correa's kitchen of hogfish and portobello mushroom soup.
Signature: Hogfish, Portobello mushroom soup
Order: Hogfish from the local catch, then the duck a l'orange
Tip: The Correas close for the whole of September each year and reopen in October, so plan shoulder-season visits around it.
El Meson de Pepe plates ropa vieja and lechon asado beside Mallory Square in Key West, run by the Diaz family with salsa bands playing at sunset.
Signature: Ropa vieja, Lechon asado
Order: Ropa vieja with black beans and plantains
Tip: Time dinner around the Sunset Celebration next door; the patio band starts as the crowds gather on Mallory Square.
Conch Republic Seafood Company fills the old Singleton fish house on Key West's seaport with peel-and-eat pink shrimp, conch chowder and a long raw bar.
Signature: Key West pink shrimp, Conch chowder
Order: Peel-and-eat Key West pink shrimp
Tip: The original Singleton ice-plant floor and sign are still in place; sit at the harbour rail for the shrimp-dock view.
Half Shell Raw Bar shucks oysters and cures conch ceviche in a licence-plate-lined shed on Key West's Margaret Street docks, open to the harbour breeze.
Signature: Conch ceviche, Broiled garlic oysters
Order: Conch ceviche and a dozen on the half shell
Tip: Happy hour brings discounted oysters; the open-air room on the water is first-come, so aim for off-peak afternoons.
