Havana Jack's Oceanside Restaurant and Bar - American restaurant in Key Colony Beach - 401 E Ocean Dr, USA

This seems to be a very laid back restaurant with a great view. The service was average. We were there an hour before sunset. The prices were what you would expect for a high tourist area. The burger $18 with fries or slaw. The six shrimp were $16. Go for the view.

We stayed 2 nights next door at the Glunz Ocean Beach Hotel & Resort - and chose to eat here our first night (technically I think the hotel owns the building where this restaurant is, too, and has some apartment-style rooms in part of the building also). What a great location and a great view of the ocean! Covered and open-air. As long as the breeze is breezing, it's very very nice out there! Pretty sure my son just got the Beach Burger and fries. That sucker was HUGE - and he couldn't finish it all. I think my daughter also got the burger. I ordered one of the Catch of the Day / blackened fish meals with sides of Orzo and seasonal veggies. All was going well until I realized that the fattest/thickest piece of the fish (Grouper? I cannot remember) was still raw. :-( The server and kitchen rectified that quickly. I did not at all ask for it to be taken off the bill, nor did I complain about it. More of a "hey, uh, this is still raw here..." Told the server that I'd literally eaten half of it already (the cooked parts and that I don't need/want a whole new meal or even need it taken off the bill. But if there was a similar-sized piece they could prepare, I'd take that. So that's what they did. My wife handled the bill so I don't know how that ended up. Speaking of my wife... She must follow a gluten-free diet. I'm not sure what she ordered, but they were able to accommodate her diet. She did NOT get sick. I THINK she had peel & eat shrimp and a veggie but I'm not sure. ALL the food was delicious. Including my half-replacement blackened fish and broccolini! I took it back to the room and ate it later, chilled from the fridge. It was just as good. :-) Also: Live music the Saturday evening we were here! The small band was quite good.

Best place to chill, dinner and/or drinks and especially watch the sunset. Laid back atmosphere and the staff are friendly and attentive. We (3 of us) came when it was pretty busy. The hostess said 1 1/2 hr wait for a table. But said we could sit in an open area and still order dinner if we wished but it wouldn’t be a private table. NO PROBLEM! This entire island is so chill, we sat by a fire pit and met some fun people and got to order dinner right away. Yes it is a shared table if you don’t want to wait for a private table. So, if you’re ok with hanging out with some good people like we did, have a seat and say hi. 🙂

My husband and I are visiting the Key Colony Beach Community and went to Havana Jack's 3 times for dinner and cocktails. All three times we were very disappointed. The first time the bartender ignored us for at least 15 minutes while she stood at the other end of the bar talking with other employees; there were only a few people in the bar. The second time it took a good 10 minutes to get a cocktail and we were ignored again with our drinks empty so we decided not to order food due to the slow service; there were less than 10 people in the bar. Last night we went there again to try one more time to have dinner and cocktails and there was a full bar with 2 bartenders. We waited to get served and it took over 15 minutes. Then, the bartender served us our 1 beer and 1 cocktail, took the $20 bill we paid, and never came back to give us our change, offer us a menu, or get us another beer or cocktail. The lady sitting next to us sat even longer and still didn't have service when we finally left without our change. This is such a beautiful place but the service takes it down. Very disappointed.

Beautiful view. Bar is nice. Service great. Good food and drinks.

Trey saved the night. We went for a table while staying next door. We were told they had over an hour wait so we ordered a pizza to go (30 minute wait host said) and sat at the bar to wait. Drinks were well made and bar staff is friendly and attentive. An hour later still no pizza. Trey(bartender) went to look for us and found that it had been made incorrectly then dropped in floor. He got us a new one made quickly and adjusted our bill accordingly. Honestly if not for this employee we would have had no dinner. Kudos to Trey and the pizza is amazing.

The view is spectacular, the service is great, but the food was ok. I had mahi mahi tacos , and wasn't really impressed with the flavor!

We had a delicious dinner at this restaurant when we stayed at the motel next door. The staff went out of their way to make us feel comfortable, even as we changed our table due to the wind. Delicious cocktails, great food and a pleasant live band. This was the perfect evening in the Keys.