Reviews for 88 Keys in Punta Gorda, FL
Showed up for Happy hour at 5pm and nobody there (even staff lol). Greeted shortly though and the experience went fairly well.... Fish tacos were the best (flavorful) I have had in a while and LOADED. Well worth the price. Loaded Tots and mini slider triowere in the Happy Hour menu and were good as well. Read more
Overall good, with great presentation, but some quirks are here. Garlic mashed potatoes instead of rice with the panang curry... and seafood? No thank you. The pork shank was good but a little fatty. Vegetables were delicious. Roasted chicken tasty andstill moist. I thought it strange that the waiter hasn't eaten any of the food because he thinks it too expensive. Read more
A wonderful anniversary dinner. We were seated promptly at 7 pm, and our server, Elysia, was terrific. The missus had a Caesar... salad with grilled chicken and the beef tips small plate. She proclaimed the salad the best ever; the chicken was abundant andgrilled perfectly. I had a Caesar salad and the pork osso bucco. The pork was fall off the bone tender and the accompanying redwine reduction was very tasty. We split a creme Brule for desert - yummy. It's a little pricy, but worth it. Highly recommended. Read more
Today’s Christmas Dinner was beyond and absolute and utter disappointment! Service was beyond horrible. Our server never... checked on us, never refilled our water and took over 30 minutes to get our drinks from the bar (watched the server enter ourdrink order after we asked for it, again). Finally, after waiting for over an hour and 15 minutes for our meal…I order theSeafood Trio, which was supposed to be Lobster, Scallops and Shrimp with fingerling potatoes and Brussels sprouts cook witj porkbelly and my husband ordered the Stuffed Snapper with the same sides. HOWEVER, that is NOT what we got. The server sat my platedown and said “seafood trio?” and sat my husband’s plate down, she didn’t even repeat what he ordered because I don’tthink she knew what it was. I had NO lobster and the shrimp and scallops were so black/burnt, they were completely inedible. The side we received were the leftover ore-ida breakfast potatoes and the vegetable seemed to be something leftover from whatthey would’ve used in omelette. The snapper was supposed to be crab stuffed. It was more like stuffing with minced crabslapped on top of the fish. This was COMPLETELY unacceptable!! For $125 per couple, are you kidding me?!?! I sent my food backand the meal was comped, as it should’ve been. We were not the only table this happened to. We could overhear the floormanager and another server say “well we can’t help that we ran out of food”. How is that possible?!?! This seating wasstrictly reservation ONLY. They knew how many people would be eating. They should have ordered the correct amount of food. Ontop of, if your server cannot handle the small amount of people on a fixed menu, then hire someone else. Yes, i understand theyworked on Christmas. But whenthe other server started trying to get sympathy from her remaining customers by talking trash aboutanother customer that complained, that was EXTREMELY UNACCEPTABLE!! I cannot believe that I opted for coming here for a nicequiet and Read more
We were looking forward to Christmas Eve dinner here this year. Last year was great. But we were very disappointed this year. ... We got our food 2 hours and 45 minutes after we were seated. I don't care what your issues are, that is totally unacceptableespecially for a limited menu with the prices charged here. If you don't have the staff, don't accept reservations you can'tmanage. Management staff only provided lip service. Read more
Oh my gosh! Dinner was sooo good! We started with the beets and goat cheese. I am not a fan of beets but this was yummy. Sorry,... it was finished before I thought to take a photo! ???? I had the Friday Seafood Trio and it was amazing! A nice sized,delicious lobster, 3 jumbo meaty scallops and 2 jumbo shrimp. It was accompanied by tasty fingerling potatoes and perfectlycooked green beans. I could not finish it all. My husband had the flank steak chimichurri and loved it! He could not stopraving about it. Not only were these meals delicious but the presentation was divine. ???? Service was perfect...there when youneed them, but not annoyingly present. Head chef Brian rounded on all the tables, which is a nice touch.. We will definitelyreturn! Read more
88 Keys is located on the ground floor of the Wyvern hotel. Parking is a little tricky. There's parking in the back for hotel... guests and there is a lot across the street on the north west side of the building, however that lot is generally pretty full.88 Keys is to the left of the hotel lobby and is a lounge and restaurant. The lounge area has a modern atmosphere and thebartender was personable. We had a martini and the mushroom and goat cheese bruschetta. The olives in the martini were stuffedwith a creamy homemade blue cheese, yum! The bruschetta had plenty of tasty mushrooms with a bit of mushroom gravy which wastasty but made the bread soggy. Overall, it was a good experience and we will most likely return for dinner. Read more
Went for dine in. Food was way overpriced and didn’t taste worth the cost. I didn’t eat my dinner and did not ask for... something different. Very disappointed in my experience. Read more