Marker 88

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3,121 reviews

#23 of 57 Restaurants in Islamorada$$ - $$$, American, Bar, Seafood

+1 305-852-9315+ Add website

Hours

Sun

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Mon

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Tue

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Wed

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Thu

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Fri

11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Sat

11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

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Ratings and reviews

4.0

3,121 reviews

#23 of 57 Restaurants in Islamorada

RATINGS

Food

Service

Value

Atmosphere

Food and ambience

Special occasions, Romantic, Scenic view, Large groups, Bar scene

“Nice for a Special Occasion”

“Romantic or just a relaxing dinner, this is our favorite place to eat in the...”

“Enjoyed our Christmas eve dinner here.”

“Romantic.”

Location and contact

88000 Overseas Highway Mile Marker 88 US Highway 1, Islamorada, FL 33036

+1 305-852-9315

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Appetizers

Hot Blue Crab Dip

$15.00

Tuna Poke With Avocado

$14.00

Oysters Rockefeller

$12.00

12 Dozen Oysters

$12.00

Conch Fritters

with cocktail sauce

$12.00

Cracked Conch

with wasabi aioli

$12.00

Does this restaurant allow dogs or considered pet friendly?

Yes

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About

Located in Plantation Key, Marker 88 serves fresh Florida seafood, hand-crafted cocktails, local brews, and our famous homemade key lime pie. Enjoy live music, 7 days per week, while dining on one of the few natural beaches in the Florida Keys.

PRICE RANGE

$5.00 – $60.00

CUISINES

American, Bar, Seafood

Special Diets

Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options

Meals

Lunch, Dinner

FEATURES

Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Accepts Discover, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Waterfront, Beach, Dog Friendly, Gift Cards Available

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4.0

3,121 reviews

Excellent

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Very good

852

Average

339

Poor

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Terrible

162

G.T. and my better half Jila

Altamonte Springs464 contributions

Decent food, slow and inaccurate service

Feb 2020 • couples

The ambiance is very nice. There is indoor or outdoor seating. It is on a small beach, that if you want to get in, there is a $5 per adult (12 & over) charge. They have a small outdoor Tiki bar. The food was decent, but you can find better in a less visited keys restaurant. It offers typical keys cuisine. The waiter did mess up the order and the dessert (key lime pie-- one slice)took 45 minutes to get to the table. One the plus side, the waiter did make things right with us. There was live music. They also are accessible by water from the Florida Bay side.

Written February 17, 2020

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Mini traveller

37 contributions

Fun Atmosphere

Feb 2020 • none

I had the Mac 'n Cheese Appetizer which was the perfect size for an appetizer. The spiral noodles with their cheese sauce was delish! The cheese sauce was nice and creamy with some left over which pairs very well with their sweet potato fries. They also sprinkled Panko bread crumbs on the side of the dish so there were some noodles with out crumbs. We sat in the swinging blue benches on the beach and at that spot the location of the live music volume was perfect. When we walked through the main dinning area the live music was to loud to have a comfortable conversation with family. There was the option to bring your own seats to sit on the beach and there was crab traps to be used as tables along with the option to cool off in the ocean right there. The waiter that has our table, Drew was very good and frequent leading up to the food coming out.

Written February 17, 2020

TalalZ

Mableton426 contributions

Great location for sunset. Tasty food

Jan 2020 • friends

Marker 88 is a restaurant with large outdoors seating area in location on the ocean where you can enjoy a great sunset views while having a very tasty meal and good service. It is on the expensive side but not necessarily overpriced given the location and tasty food. They have adequate parking lot.

Written January 8, 2020

Tiki Baby

11 contributions

Had New Years Day dinner at

Jan 2020 • none

Had New Years Day dinner at this once great gem. It was obvious the new owners are over their heads. Ordered the filet and Mac and cheese. It was served cold three times. This restaurant should rebrand itself as a burger and wing place as it does not warrant the place that so beautiful to eat at be so expensive and not be able to serve food at a proper temperature. It was early and not very busy. Now I know why. Great view and wonderful server who was embarrassed to serve the food she had to us. Save your money and get a drink but move to a better run establishment to drop your $$$ at.

Written January 6, 2020

Kellyexcursions

Washington DC102 contributions

People with allergies stay away!

Jul 2020 • none

Do not eat at this restaurant if you have any kind of allergy! We ate at this establishment on 7/18/2020 after Marker 88 came up in a search for gluten free menu options. My daughter is celiac so we take this very seriously. Because this restaurant was new to us we called ahead to be sure they had gluten free menu items and they understood contamination. Yes and yes. Upon arrival we see several items actually marked GF. We discuss them with our server Paul. I tell him THREE times to be sure to tell the kitchen this is a severe allergy so they will be careful with her food. We ordered the blue crab dip and a Caesar’s salad with shrimp. The dip arrives and I look at it and see wonton chips. Those are never gluten free. I ask the woman who brought the dish to our table if it was gluten free, and she says “oh, it’s supposed to be gluten free?”. She immediately removes it from the table and we don’t see anyone including Paul the server for 10 minutes. He comes back and casually tells us that the dip is not GF because they don’t have potato chips to sub for the wontons. Astonished, we said then why is it on the menu? I yelled at him that they brought the food and my daughter would have eaten the food and become seriously ill. He claimed he had been checking with the kitchen, and acted so surprised that they brought the food. But, then why would they have brought to our table exactly what we ordered?! He must have placed the order without indicating the allergy. My daughter and I have eaten out at hundreds of restaurants all over the country, Europe and , and this has never happened to us. Someone deliberately bringing her food that would make her sick! Furious, but we were exhausted so I said what about the salad? He said that would be okay. I emphasized for about the sixth time it needed to be GF. A medium sized salad arrived with bottled tasting dressing and exactly four medium sized shrimp and a $24.73 bill. We left and I called and spoke at length to the manager. She was apologetic, but really wasn’t interested in even finding out who served us. I had to tell her several times what time we ate, what we ate and where we sat. Finally, 10 minutes into the call she told me who she thought it may have been. Today, I went through my stack of receipts and she was correct about who served us. Terrible service, terrible food, terrible attitude. Will never return to this restaurant.

Written July 24, 2020

Jenander1

6 contributions

Great Atmosphere /Terrible Service

Feb 2021 • none

I loved the vibe of this place with seating on the beach and live music during the sunset. For the price and terrible service I could of stayed at my resort beach and ate McDonalds and I would of been more impressed. The food was good but the service was slow. It took 15 minutes before our waiter even came to say hi to us. Obviously we ordered right when he finally did come to the table. When our food did come they brought our food out to us without silverware. When we asked the server for it she said that was the Hostess job, instead of bringing us some. We waited while out food was getting cold about 5 minutes before my husband jumped over the beach wall to the Hostess station and grabbed it himself. At $50 per small plate no sides or silverware included. I 'd give them an F but the view and the music were good.

Written February 13, 2021

Paul M

Fort Myers17 contributions

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Jul 2021 • none

During our recent visit to Islamorada, my wife and I made the mistake of canceling our reservations at another restaurant and making a new one at Marker 88 because it looked so appealing, especially it’s location right on the beach. The positives of our decision? The view from the restaurant is very nice, with some tables right on the beach. That’s about it. The negatives? Well to start with we were greeted by and shown to our table by a hostess with all the enthusiasm and charm of a prison matron escorting prisoners to their cell. Tossing our napkin wrapped cutlery on the table to indicate where we would be seated was a nice touch. The food? The lobster bisque I ordered was served slightly below tepid and was completely missing one important element….any sign of an actual piece of lobster. My entree of onion encrusted Mahi- Mahi was, in presentation and flavor, the equivalent of the fish sticks served at your high school cafeteria. My wife described her entree of shrimp with zoodles as “fine”, hardly a ringing endorsement. If you want to just hang at the bar and enjoy the view, I guess this place is worth the visit. For a meal, which was not inexpensive by the way, my recommendation is, give it a hard pass.

Written July 14, 2021

Linda B

3 contributions

Disappointed

Feb 2020 • none

Can’t control the windy cold weather but seriously the food and service were crap. We were getting desperate by the time the waitress finally came, thought we had been forgotten. Yellowfin Meunière was bland. Mac and cheese was lukewarm when served and not at all cheesy or tasty. I never add salt to my food but had to get a salt and pepper off of a nearby table (since we had none). And really, one side for a $32 fish entree?!

Written February 28, 2020

Art

69 contributions

Disappointed

Dec 2020 • none

As a local coming here for years we were disappointed. After waiting over an hour at a high top under the new tiki we were never told we could order there and after asking when will we be called we were placed at a table right next to where we had been standing with no assigned server. We sat another 20+ mins until we got a servers attention. The food was served cold. The Hog snapper was dried up and garlic green beans were overdone and bland. The overpriced captains platter was meager and neither dish was nicely presented.

Written December 30, 2020

Matthew JR

Canterbury59 contributions

Really poorly managed and staff not well organised.

Mar 2020 • none

DO NOT EAT HERE! Head to Maddogs or Square Grouper instead. Same type of menu, similar price but the service and food are so much better. We visited with some friends while visiting the Keys. We arrived and the service was so unorganised. Staff seemed to not know what they were doing. We ordered starters and they came and were average at best. Whilst we were eating them they brought our mains, which was a little bit off as we we had ordered steak so it was clear that they had not timed things right. We asked for the mains to be taken back until we finished our starters. They then cleared the starters and brought our mains that were now cold. I complained to the manager, who I had to chase around the restaurant. His response was that he wanted his staff to get food out fast. I missed the bit where the wants of the manager took preference over normal service order or the enjoyment of the customer but that is clearly his choice. He gave 10% off our bill but to be honest the cost of the meal was as high as some of the other incredible eateries in the area. Don't waste your time.

Written October 13, 2020

unidentifiedperson

Summerville15 contributions

Cool atmosphere but bad service

Jan 2021 • couples

The first time we stopped the bar tender was great, which is what brought us back the second time to have our fresh catch cooked. It was busier and took a long time to get a drink, but worse, the hostesses really didn’t know anything about fresh catch cooking options. After they looked at us like we were crazy for even asking to have our fish cooked, they told us they only way it could be done is seared , which is contrary to the website, which I pointed out. And they blamed that on Covid (?? Ok...??) they told us we would need to order the food from the bartender, the bar tender said “no, you need to order from the host stand”. After someone finally took it, 45 minutes later it hadn’t even started to be cooked. We were afraid of what we would end up so left and had it cooked someplace else. It’s a cool spot to have a drink when it’s not busy, but wouldn’t recommend otherwise.

Written February 2, 2021

Abby R

26 contributions

The waiting game

Jun 2021 • couples

We arrived and were told we couldn't sit on the beach due to the possible rain and we were seated in the main dining area. While we sat, we watched those who arrived after us be seated on the beach. We waited for a server .... waited for a drink... waited for an appetizer that tasted like warm tuna fish... waited for the server to ask us if we wanted to order but declined. We asked for the check and left. Terrible. If it wasn’t for the views of the bay and sunset this place is not worth it. Overrated. Save yourself the trip.

Written June 3, 2021

wlreich1

Elmhurst358 contributions

Yuck

Jun 2021 • couples

This place is downright awful. Shame on me for giving it a second chance, it’s location on the bay-with an awesome view-was too good not to try again. Our first visit in February had service so bad that we left after 45 minutes of not receiving any food. Then we were denied our seating request of the beach. Today we again asked for the beach and we’re told no even though there were many open tables, because “we are going to get rain”, according to the hostess. Not ten minutes after we were seated, she began seating others where we were just refused seating!! We got food this time and ugh! We ordered the hot blue crab dip. It tasted like greasy, hot tuna salad in Mayo. It was served with some unrecognizable greasy chips. They weren’t potato chips or tortilla chips, I have no idea what they were. Just plain bad. We didn’t order anything else. Take a hard pass on this one, the view just isn’t worth it.

Written June 3, 2021

Floridatourist17

Florida242 contributions

Poor Customer service

Jan 2021 • none

You would think during a pandemic, they would appreciate the business they are getting. The location is great, with a beautiful view. They are dog friendly so that was nice. Those were pretty much the only positives. Just like most tourist traps, the food was average with a high price tag. For 5 of us to dine it was over 150.00 and that's not with any alcoholic drinks. Bathroom area was horrible! Smelled like raw sewage so prepare yourself if you have to use the establishment. Totally disgusting and makes you wonder what the kitchen is like. We left our credit card at the restaurant by accident and called them immediately and they said we would have to call back 10am the next morning and that servers hadn't turned anything in yet. We knew our servers name and they couldn't just go ask her if she had credit card that was left behind. So we called back 10am in the morning to only get that we needed to call back 1pm. We did that and was told nobody had access to the safe and to call back at 5pm. You guessed it, called back at 5pm, now they are too busy. Meanwhile we are on vacation without our credit card. We called our credit card company and had to cancelled it. After getting upset with them, they finally called back and of course they couldn't find it. They probably didn't even look from the turn around time from the last call. Won't be visiting there and won't be recommending it. Too many other restaurants to go too, then spend our money at a place that can't give great customer service. Scored it a 2 star because they were dog friendly and had a great view.

Written February 1, 2021

Forktrainer

Newark44 contributions

Twice bitten, I'm done.

Nov 2020 • couples

My first experience with marker 88, we came in by boat and there was an extremely long wait for a table. We decided we weren't going to wait 90 minutes + and left. Some of our friends had a good meal there afterwards and we decided to try it again. In mid November of 2020 we stopped by with our catch of the fay from fishing. We were informed that due to covid-19 they were not doing cook your catch any longer. I found that ironic since every other restaurant is still doing it. After I complained, the server went back and checked and they said they would do it. They wanted nearly $18 to cook a half a pound! Lazy days wanted $16 to cook a full pound with great sides. That math doesn't work for me. Although they have a nice beach side setting, I'm done trying there. Too many good restaurants in Islamorada and surrounding towns to waste my time there, which is a shame because we live right across the road.

Written November 16, 2020

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