Where the LOCALS eat in Key West (Avoid the tourist traps!)

[@purpledragondc7532]

Driving in tomorrow - can’t wait to try these local places! Ty!

[@runltdan]

Great video, my friend. The Key West express is truly the best way to get down there and have a ball

[@daddydelicious]

Key West Express was awesome! What a great option to get to the Keys!

[@Kparc1212]

I agree! AWESOME VLOG! We’re taking a cruise in November and are looking for dives to eat at while in port. THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO AND TIPS and for showing the menu’s and prices and food reviews.

[@moretoknowshow]

Dude, im all about street/locals places when I hit a town. Excellent video sir!

[@daddydelicious]

Thanks! Street food is always where it’s at. I’ve been on vacation in different places and ate at some high end restaurants. The local street food is always better.

[@christianott2791]

Going there in 2 weeks and thanks to your video, i now know where to eat 🙂

[@daddydelicious]

Glad I could help out. Never sleep on the street food! Every vacation I’ve gone on, the street food wins every time! Have fun while you’re down there. It’s a lot to take in!

[@71Rubenator]

Awesome video! Can’t wait to try these next week 🤘🏼

[@FredMas-gt2uh]

Its 92 degrees outside and 130 inside their food trailer with no AC. I How can the refrigeration work properly as well as them using safe food practices ??

[@aaronlucero2006]

Yes. Bro this video had me seconds from telling Logan we're going to key west NOW!!

[@jaclynhoward2028]

Lived in KW for 6 years, and Marlin's Cafe on Simmonton Street is one of our favorites!!!!

[@reasterday8596]

We come down every year for a couple weeks. Gotta check it out

[@nobodyhome5397]

Just saw your video...el Siboney, the Cuban restaurant, is a destination for us now

[@averyhebert335]

Great video! Thanks for all the great info. Heading there Oct 2025 and learning as much as I can starting now. You guys are so funny!!!

[@ngraves1002]

Heading to key west in January 2025. This will definitely be a reference video for places to eat.

[@LivingTheDreamCoffeeRoasters]

The Shaq Pumps sealed the fate of my subscription. We’re heading back in 3 weeks and can’t wait to dive bar food truck it again. That’s how we roll also 🙌🏼

[@daddydelicious]

Thanks! Shaq shoes are my favorite shoe of all time. I always wanted them as a kid and never was able to get them. When they started re-releasing them again, I made sure to buy two pairs. One to use and one to sit on a shelf. I love those things. LOL. And yeah, food trucks are the best! Any time I go anywhere on vacation, the food trucks always win over sit down restaurants.

[@Boomhauer0777]

Bo’s fish wagon has the best fish sandwich. It’s delicious and simple, perfect for what it is.

[@RickyB-u4s]

I've been going to KW annually for 37 years and can count on one hand the times I've eaten at anywhere on Duval. Plus, we stay away from Duval when the dreaded cruise ships are in.

[@SandDuneProperties]

Headed down next week (Oct 1st) for us as well ... Thanks for the insider info! 😃

[@chaos4437]

Actually going to Key West tomorrow (7/3/24) to celebrate a friend's birthday. Loved the video - hopefully will get to check out a few of these places!!! 👍 👏 😊

[@danramnath2181]

WASACACA IS THE BESTTT! Great video!! 😊

[@daddydelicious]

It was so good. Nothing like that where I live. When I go back to Key West in November, Wasacaca is the first place I’m going!

[@chuckconnors615]

Whats the name of the gas station you's got the Gyros @ that you ate in your hotel room? What is the band you had playing " Here I go again on my own " @ the 4:15 minute mark???

[@daddydelicious]

It was a fast food place called Miami Subs. Pretty awesome Gyros. Song name is; DJ Quads: Here I go Again.

[@timothyh.2668]

There is an El Siboney on Catherine Street, in Key West, too. 😂

[@Delbert_Grady]

Next time go to The corner sandwich shop (1 minute walk from Wasacaca) for anything authentic coffee/breakfast/lunch Geiger Key marina for anything fish related and view Taco Express for shrimp burritos

[@tomerlandson2524]

You should have done Garbos happy hour and gotten the 3 for 11 tacos (used to be 3 for 9) and then you've gotten one of each taco... The Yum Yum taco BANGS. I'm from Sweden and got to Key West once a year and my first night out is usually Happy hour at Boathouse, a pit stop at shots and giggles, Wille Ts for there 2 for 1 special of the day, Garbos Late Night Happy Hour for 3 tacos then late night at Sloppys or Irish Kevin

[@daddydelicious]

Dude! That sounds amazing! Sounds like a solid day of food and drinks!

[@Cynthiape2uc]

Thank you for the great insights. We are heading there early Feb, 2025. Super Bowl Weekend in Key West. Great food destinations….any idea where to take in the big game?

[@daddydelicious]

No clue on that one! I’m sure there will be Super Bowl parties all over town!

[@Chamomile369]

You really missed out not going to mo's and tavern n town. Goldmans and the dolphin deli are also good. El siboney is great though. Shanna key was my favorite place to get fried fish, delicious and cheap, not a tourist trap, but it has new owners now and idk if its the same!

[@Jeff-tz8fh]

If you know where to go ,some food in Key West is amazing. Some, just average. Try Cuban Coffee Queen. Great coffee and cuban breakfast and sandwhiches and more.

[@snoopys1stgirl]

You make the food look so good. Wish I could go to KW for fresh seafood. Where do you get those great tropical shirts?

[@daddydelicious]

Thanks! I just find the shirts online. It’s one of those things, where a tropical shirt ad came across my timeline and I clicked on it. Now they are always advertising on my feed and if I see something I like, I buy it.

[@irishsailor9327]

You said you are trying to quit. No body likes a Quitter. Keep on drinking the bubbly water. You guys are great.

[@tam.b9651]

i love your personality and i love your beard!! so i subscribed!

[@daddydelicious]

Thanks! That means a lot to me!

[@leebrake4669]

going next October, definitely going to hit some of these!! Fat free water on the rocks is how i will order water from now on.

[@TeachinTV]

I live in Miami. I used to go to Key West regularly, for work or pleasure. The last time was in 2019. It's gotten crowded, lost it's Florida charm and has become unbearably expensive. Nice place to spend your money on liquor, cigars t-shirts, sunglasses and food trucks. There are only like, three or four really GOOD restaurants still in business, including Siboney, a great Cuban place that's off the beaten track. La-ti-da.

[@cruisenuts2846]

great advise on the food in Key West thanks for sharing

[@worldmusicsafari]

Oh yeah, next time your at the Conch Shack get the fresh cracked conch salad. They do the Caribbean justice with this small but mighty masterpiece. My wife and I just went and had a bowl there last week. Sublime and delicious; like a conch ceviche.

[@daddydelicious]

I’ll be back in November. I’ll get that! Sounds delicious! Thanks for the recommendation.

[@SailingMagicGenie]

Next time your down check out The Docks, Mo's Restaurant, Conch Republic sefood company, taco express, El Mocho. And definitely hit me up if you want to come out to the sandbar and have a burger on the only food boat in the lower keys.

[@SailingMagicGenie]

Beachin Eats is our food boat

[@daddydelicious]

Next time I come to the keys, I’m hitting you up! Burger on the sandbar sounds amazing!

[@sallyethridge1393]

El Siboney on Stock Island is great for authentic Cuban food. The Docks on Stock has some good offerings as well as a great burger.

[@daddydelicious]

So, the day before we went here to eat, we were just driving around on Stock island and I saw this place. It was closed and I didn’t know if it was a restaurant or store or what. I looked it up online and we decided that we had to try it. Just biased on location and the outside appearance of the building. I found that usually when a restaurant is in a non tourist location and looks a little outdated on the outside, it’s a awesome place with great food. And El Siboney did not disappoint!

[@tiffanys9493]

@@daddydeliciousjust ate El Siboney tonight. Loved it!

[@MaryMargaretteWhite-ek5tn]

Is there a Filipino restaurant there? Or Vietnamese or Thai? An Asian market perhaps?

[@daddydelicious]

I didn’t see any of those, but I also wasn’t looking either.

[@keywest302]

Have you ever had buffalo shrimp or blacken grouper?

[@keywest302]

I been on the boat to Keywest

[@corrinastedronsky5029]

Thanks for the video

[@keywest302]

That thing looks amazing

[@matt8637]

Do you recommend any hotels that are not expensive but clean and decent enough?

[@daddydelicious]

The Havana Cabana is where we stayed. It’s not what I would call a budget hotel, but it’s also not as much as a lot of other hotels on the island. It was a great hotel and the pool is fantastic. The entire vibe of the hotel is awesome. I can’t speak for other hotels, since this is the only place I stayed at.

[@matt8637]

@@daddydelicious Thank you for the response. I'll look it up. We plan to be there in a few days.

[@Chamomile369]

Not expensive does not exist in key west lol but when I go home and don't want to stay with my parents I stay at the seashell motel, it's perfectly fine imo. Usually the cheapest but I haven't stayed there in a while.

[@sandygenier795]

Where did you stay?

[@daddydelicious]

We were at the Havana Cabana. Not too expensive (for key west pricing) and the pool was fantastic. I would recommend staying there. It had a whole Cuban vibe and the staff was great.

[@Princeton_James]

Ill be ther next week. Im excited

[@daddydelicious]

Bring sunscreen and get ready for tropical island vibes and fun!

[@Princeton_James]

@@daddydelicious thanks. Are the mosquitoes bad 😅???

[@daddydelicious]

@Princeton_James I didn’t experience any mosquitoes when I was there. And one night, I was sitting outside for hours hanging out.

[@Princeton_James]

@@daddydelicious thanks!

[@williamthomas4912]

That's what they call a HogWASHfish sandwich! $40 for some fish and chips cod served with a side of poppycock!

[@MissyRichardson-l1x]

What hotel is this that y'all stayed in,?

[@daddydelicious]

The Havana Cabana. It was pretty nice. The pool was fantastic.

[@keywest302]

I have my Keywest shirt also.

[@davidpineiro7269]

You guys made me hungry..

[@keywest302]

My father had his boat right there.

[@Takfr305]

Forgot about Kim’s Kuban and smoothie shuttle

[@daddydelicious]

Kim’s Kuban is at the end of the video. What’s smoothie shuttle? I’m going back in November and want to try new places.

[@keywest302]

Did you go to Irish Kevin’s?

[@jenmac287]

Place is fun

[@FredMas-gt2uh]

For years I would buy a fish sandwich from a Fish Wagon On Eaton street in Key West. Last year the gave me a sandwich with two tiny pieces of grouper the size of two chicken sandwiches. $ 20 .00 for it. Rip off.

[@afroheaven.7462]

Hello 🤗 great content. New subscriber here. Than you stay well🙏🏿

[@cherylhughes2988]

Conch fritters are straight from heaven.

[@keywest302]

No Fasco sticks In Florida

[@theretiredmommie2583]

We are coming to Key West to celebrate birthday's so Thank YOU guys for the heads up on where to find really delicious food .

[@daddydelicious]

Happy birthday! Make sure to go get a key lime shot at the world’s smallest bar!

[@stephenkolman5727]

A hog fish is a type of snapper.

[@Magpie-1111]

The hogfish is not even in the snapper family. Hogfish are from the wrasse family.

[@rockydaleo6998]

You guys are too funny.

[@julieten2774]

I'm thinking about a road trip to KW next month, but don't know where to stay. May I ask where you stayed? Can't afford anything too expensive.

[@daddydelicious]

Havana Cabana. I’m not sure how much it was, because my brother paid for the room, but I think it was a cheaper option than the usual on KW. It was a pretty awesome hotel and I’d stay there again anytime. The pool was fantastic.

[@julieten2774]

@@daddydelicious Thanks. I'll check it out. Whenever we travel, we try and find the restaurants that are off the beaten path because they are always better than the tourist traps. We call them the "local hole-in-the-wall" restaurants. In our home neighborhood we have great food trucks that park in gas stations and they have great food.

[@garrisonbecker5790]

Where'd you rent the golf cart?

[@willb2104]

Miami Subs smacks! Definitely good gyro sandwich...

[@daddydelicious]

Yeah! I really enjoyed that gyro I was eating!

[@lsourcel]

@@daddydelicious what was the name of the place where you got the gyro? Thanks

[@daddydelicious]

@lsourcel It was a place called Miami Subs. I had never seen a Miami Subs before. I guess it’s a chain fast food restaurant. People really seem to like it. The Gyro was pretty delicious and being from the Midwest, I eat Gyros all the time at Cony Island restaurants.

[@josephconsuegra6420]

You missed 90% of local eats. Duval is all tourist driven. Better research required.

[@chuckconnors615]

So does the hotel provide a charge station for the Golf Carts.... I am sure you are not the only guests with a rented golf cart....

[@daddydelicious]

I’m not sure. Our cart was a gas cart and I think most of the rental carts on the island are gas. Good question though.

[@KelcIzahoe]

You guys make a cute couple - ZZ Top and Ricky Ricardo

[@minneolamatt1]

Calling Hogfish a "fancy seaside restaurant" means you're missing the point.

[@lovetosmile9859]

I agree about Hogfish. It's definitely overrated. Can't wait to try Wasacaca & El Siboney! Thanks for sharing!

[@miamiwax5504]

Hog fish is the most overrated fish in the ocean 😂 Said this a million times.

[@aimeeolwin7617]

Totally agree. We were there at Christmas last year. The food was very disappointing. The best food we had was probably a chain restaurant. But I do have to say we were quite happy with no but that is not in key West.

[@reversibledeath5836]

Shaq shoes!!!

[@daddydelicious]

Heck yeah!

[@cuba1234100]

You should know you always eat were the LOCALS eat !!!!!!

[@reasterday8596]

My man’s butchering el siboney😂

[@daddydelicious]

To be fair, I’m an idiot.

[@keywest302]

You guys can EAT

[@LastFlightOut]

you did go to some local spots but truth is they are as sh1t and as expensive as the fancy ones. 35 year resident of the keys

[@daddydelicious]

Well, you need to be my tour guide next time I’m in town!

[@LastFlightOut]

@@daddydelicious love to be your guide but lets go to Medellin Colombia or Hoi An Vietnam and get some good food for 1/4 of the price

[@constanttraveler]

Tapped out after you didn't tell us where Wasacocka could be found

[@cuba1234100]

hahhahaaaaaa......You guys......

[@richgeminski7829]

You're in a tourist trap, the prices are what they are. I live in the Hamptons and do not eat downtown.... $35 pizza. Don't like the prices, eat in miami. You look like TOURISTS !

[@brettbrown1801]

All food in Key West is average

[@jenmac287]

That's BS. Just returned had good food. I'm from NYC area and was mostly pleased.

[@brettbrown1801]

​@@jenmac287its mid

[@SeanKrikorian]

Y'all certainly looking Miami! IMHO: 1st 3 places are tourist eats. A&B is a meh.. Hogfish is mid and expensive. Miami subs gyros are inconsistent. Wasacaca is new and delish. Go across the street to Paradise Cafe for empanadas. WSB= tourist joint Garbos bulgogi tacos are insane. Conch Shack: S'okay...Taqueño El See-Bone-ay. That's the newer location, original is Catherine and Margaret (actually a few $$ cheaper). Cuban food is way better in the US than in Cuba. Kim's Kuban is great! Check out Best Coffee in Town for an egg and cheese sammy and Cuban Coffee. If you're title is Where the Locals Eat", grab a local to take you around!

[@daddydelicious]

@SeanKrikorian You’re going with us next time. LOL

[@brettbrown1801]

@@jenmac287 your BS

[@DoKnotComply]

miami subs gyro baby

[@cuba1234100]

fat free water,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@mikehoran9901]

Learn some table manners as a food critic.

[@keywest302]

Have you ever had buffalo shrimp or blacken grouper?