Pisces

French in preparation, service, and environment. A nice reprieve from our busy holiday in Key West. We found it by accident but could not have been more pleased. The bisque was our least favorite item but even that was quite good! The escargot in puffed pastry with presentation by an incredibly attentive waiter was divine. The waitress was flawless in pacing our courses. Main dishes were visually interesting, perfectly seasoned, and generous. Little extras gifted from the kitchen, like a salmon mousse and caviar apéritif, a nice lime sorbet, and a small portion of nuts and truffles at meals end make Pisces seem more expensive than it is. Music selections were delightful and the lighting is most flattering. Good value for a well considered meal and first rate service experience.

This place is good and nice atmosphere.
The lobster dish was good. Only issue was that the sauce is very rich.
The service was good and everyone was very attentive. I enjoyed the art on all the walls as well.

Don’t leave Key West without eating here, for this place can give most of the better Manhattan restaurants a run for their money. The food is superb with dishes like gulf shrimp served with a creamy tarragon sauce. The lobster is Maine not that tough flavorless one from the southern waters sometimes called Florida lobster. Unfortunately I didn’t try their signature dish Lobster mango tango, $ 52, which is supposedly fabulous, but I did have their recommended dessert a chocolate concoction of chocolate sauce over a chocolate mousse served with crème anglaise, definitely sinful. Service is good, and the ambiance is refined minimalist highlighted with signed Andy Warhol prints on the walls like Mick Jagger signed both by Mick & Andy. I sat near chairman Mao, one of the worst mass murderers of the 20^th century.
Don’t miss this place, expensive but worth it.

Classy place! Great service and delicious food. This is one of the few fine dining establishments we ran across in Key West. We showed up without a reservation but they were able to seat us. The mahi was very good as were all the sides and salads. Pricey but an enjoyable meal.

Excellent, creative dishes. The menu is a bit abbreviated, but every dish we had was special. Extraordonary service. Jad to fight for a reservation, but worth the effort.

Silly, but we picked this restaurant because we were there for my birthday in March. It was wonderful though. It’s a bit off the beaten path, which actually made parking easier. The ambiance is nice, the martinis were tasty, the appetizers, entrees, and dessert were wonderful. We stuck with seafood, and it was so fresh! Ah. I’d absolutely go back.

Absolutely Amazing service, food, & presentation. I travel & dine at much more expensive places & this meal far surpassed any I have had in awhile. The service was impeccable, our waiter’s recommendation for the hogfish was spot on, delicate & delish. Began the meal with the puff pastry with shrimp & scallops, amazing ! The service was attentive w/​o being annoying. I will definitely be back!

Never in my life have I enjoyed a dining experience as I did here. From the call for reservations to the check was 110%. The food was out of this world. The GM was one of the best, and for what we got the price was awesome. The hog fish was suggested and a grand slam.
Thank you for the experience.

From beginning to end, a wonderful experience. The service was impeccable, with a few nice touches like the salmon mousse crostini hors d’œuvre, palate cleansing lime sorbet and candied pecans and homemade chocolate truffles. I had the endive salad (to die for) and black grouper (excellent) and my husband really enjoyed the lobster bisque, and the hogfish special. I’m sorry to see that anyone gave this restaurant fewer than 5 stars– our experience was perfect!

This was highly recommended by the concierge at our hotel (which I am generally leery of because they can be in cahoots).
We mixed up our reservation time and arrived when no one was there… actually they weren’t even open yet but they seated us anyway and offered to bring us drinks while we waited for the kitchen to ramp up.
The place is not very big. There is a ramp/​walk way in the middle of the restaurant with tables on each side. We were nestled in the corner by the window which gave us some privacy. There was no true «bar» area. All tables.
The staff was a delight. They explained everything in detail and made sure we were enjoying our meal.
We each had a salad to start out…(Endive and Garden). Both were your standard salads and nothing to really stood out.
They then brought us a crab/​scallop item in a flaky pastry which was outstanding. It’s one of those house deals instead of bread at the table… yummy!
Then they brought out lemon sorbet to cleanse our pallets.
Entrees: I had the grouper which if you get it in season down in Florida it’s killer… and it indeed was! No fishy taste and lots of flavor…
She had the mutton dijonnaise which she was ranting about all night. I assume it was great… I didn’t try it…
To complete our meal they brought out mini chocolate truffles with candied pecans… a nice end to a very good meal.
Prices are on the higher end and it’s worth it. Dress is business casual or dressy. The soft, subtle music playing the background was a nice added touch. It’s a bit dark and romantic inside as well.
ENJOY!

Not Impressed!
We dinned here last Saturday night — when we made reservations they seemed like it was tough to accommodate our time and yet there were only 2 other tables occupied. (7:30pm on a Sat.)
Then our waitress: Honey, please get over yourself. Didn’t know we were paying for your attitude as well. I mean, if you think you’re so much better than the people you’re serving perhaps it’s time to get out.
Our actual dinner was good, not great. No need to chance this place — way too many other great choices in Key West.

We come here every year for Thanksgiving and they do an excellent Thanksgiving meal special mainly with seafood.
The seafood is fresh and is always beautifully plated. It always looks like art to me.
Key West Pink Shrimp dish was spectacular, fresh and served with a really neat sauce.
There is something very old school about this place. The manners, décor, service are just so decadent and pleasureful. It has a hint of old school glamour mixed in with new school appeal.
Don’t miss their soups. They are all made from scratch and inspiring. They are so good you might have an epiphany.
and with a place like this get a bottle of wine to share it just adds to the experience.

Outstanding. I had the hogfish special with lobster bisque and the shrimp with tomato sorbet. Lobster bisque was only ok I had a much better bisque at the Fish House in Key Largo yesterday. BUT the shrimp and hogfish was so over the top that I had to give this place 5 stars. Waiter was great. I never felt a negative vibe for sharing all those dishes with my wife. Definitely worth going to when in Key West!!!
Just got the dessert my wife ordered– homemade pistachio ice cream I said I didn’t want any but tasted it and ate almost half – so freakin good! She says it may well have been the best meal she has ever had! For me it’s hard to beat a bacon wrapped pretzel dog but this was outstanding!

We dined at Pisces last week, hoping it would be as good as our last visit years ago. We were not disappointed. The décor and atmosphere (including the Warhol prints on every wall) were still great, and the service was impeccable — our server Jared hit the right balance of professionalism and friendliness. And the food — I started with a Manhattan, made perfectly. We had the Terrine appetizer, my wife chose the signature Lobster Mango Tango, which she let me taste, and I had the Mutton Snapper special, also excellent. Pricey but worth it for a nice night out.

Great for dinner! I loved the food!!!
We ordered the snails and omg it was sooo good!!! We also had the oysters and that was also very very good. So all the reviews talk about the lobster tango and so we ordered that. But not only was it $ 55, which i think is very pricey, but it was not worth the money either. I would probably expect it to be for 40. Yes, there was a lot of meat on the lobster, but it was not that great when it comes to flavor and taste. I do not recommend the lobster tango
Overall, its a great restaurant, very pricey, and the food is delicious!

2.5*. The service was great, and the restaurant still looks like what I remember. Great art on the walls, great island vibe, just overall a good time.
I’ve been coming to Café Des Artistes (now Pisces, but the same owner/​people/​building, just slightly different focus) for over 20 years. I remember going as a small kid and being in awe of the great French food, and I remember going with my significant other nearly 12 years ago and introducing him to how great it was.
That all said, this time around, the food was mediocre. I had a dish I’ve always loved, the Aphrodite, as my appetizer. It used to have a velvety, rich sauce that reminded you of a Newburgh, only not nearly as heavy. This time around it tasted of cheap butter and «stuck» to my mouth in a gross way. The texture was just completely wrong and was nothing like I remembered.
As an entrée, I had the hogfish special. The fish was well sauteed, but it was drowned in what I have to imagine was the sauce from the Aphrodite, only doctored up a bit with truffle oil. It still had a mealy, sticky texture and was not appealing at all. My partner had the surf and turf, and while it’s still a solid dish, the «sauce» on the steak was more like a gravy and was «sticky».
It’s really a shame, because the service was absolutely top notch. With all of the great new options in the Keys, I fear that Pisces days are numbered if they don’t get their act together and return the kitchen to it’s former grandeur. I would be sad to return to KW and not have it be there.

Presentation gets an A. Waiters look smart and try hard. Ambiance is charming. Plates look like they will be delicious. Unfortunately the grade slides down to a C– from there.
I rarely eat lobster, so I took my time to research the perfect place. Unilocal reviews lead me here so I expected a home run– not a foul.
I chose the 29 year old special– lobster mango tango, if the dish makes it to 30 it lived too long. Dry, chewy, drenched in mango juice with a mini potato cut in half and a cherry tomato stuffed with mushroom pâté at a $ 55 price tag leaves your tongue feeling robed. Drinks were okay but there are plenty of other options in key west that won’t make you leave dissatisfied.

Pisces is as good as proclaimed by others on Unilocal!We started with the escargot in puff pastry & saffron sauce. Totally awesome! Very rich yet very tender with not a trace of sand or toughness that often is found in escargot. Next we went for the Lobster Tango Mango. I’m a New Englander who has eaten lobster many ways over the past 45 years… This Was The Best Lobster Dish I Have Ever Tasted! I cannot tell you how he does it but the flavor and the tenderness MUST be experienced! Bring a credit card with plenty of room to handle the cost but I promise you if you can afford Pisces you will definitely enjoy the experience! The service was excellent despite a full house and the décor is very nice as well!

FANTASTIC!!! Pisces was the best meal I had while visiting Key West.
My mouth was watering while eating and continued after I had left. My only regret was dining there on my last night in town. I certainly would have returned the next day.
Many restaurants in south Florida lack good service… not here. The waitstaff was very attentive and our waiter made some fantastic recommendations.

I stopped here to get a drink with some friends when I was here in Key West, a very nice place for a place with a nice pace ;)
The service was great, the locals were great, the location was great. Everything was great. No complaints. I would go back to Pisces to get a cocktail and meet friends any day.
enjoy.