After visiting Key West many times over the past few decades, we finally stopped in to have dinner at A&B… The views of the boat docks and water from here at sunset are beautiful. The décor is nice inside, as it has an upscale vibe....Service was just ‘ok’ as we found it rather impersonal and somewhat rushed, even though they weren’t very busy.
The food was decent, definitely not the best seafood we had on this recent trip and given the “upscale” vibe of this place, I expected much more from them. They give off the flair of a hi-end chophouse type of joint, but our food definitely didn’t meet the expectations of what you’d get at a nicer steak/chophouse.
Their shrimp cocktail was really good though, definitely interesting presentation, as they straighten the shrimp, versus leave them curled. The cocktail sauce that accompanied it was excellent, but the horseradish that came with it was more on the bland side. The roasted pear salad didn’t have much gorgonzola to accompany it and the pear wasn’t plated are nicely as I would have expected, just a poached pear sliced in half and put on the plate. The greens were slightly on the warm side too. They Yellowtail Meuniere was ok, far from exciting or very flavorful.
The prices were incredibly high for the quality of the service and food… I can now say that we’ve eaten here and upon future trips, doubt we’ll return. There are far more seafood places on the island that execute preparation and plating of hi-quality, fresh seafood much better!More
