Vero’s By The Bay

Maybe for a beer, but for sanitary sake only out of a bottle for biker atmosphere during biker night, otherwise it’s pretty much of yucky no caring; don’t give a rat about the customer type of place.

What a dump! Hardly anyone was there — dirty, nasty bathrooms, yuck! Terrible «view».and I use that term loosely. Banging and clanking of pots and pans from the kitchen, terrible staff, this place is scary and terribly overpriced. What’s up with the menu being Italian?!? I would NEVER go there again.

This hidden little place actually has tasty seafood and Italian dishes. I eat here once a week which has allowed me to try different dishes each time. The crab cakes are always a hit. The calamari appetizer is great to share. There are burgers and there are more elaborated dishes so it appeals to different palates. The other day I had the special for less than $ 10 and it included chicken fricasse with white rice and plantains.

It’s near the bay with an average view of the water.
The food is ok to good for a few items and you can see that the presentation is good. The problem is that it took 20 minutes for them to take our order, another 15 minutes to bring out the drinks and another 20 minutes for the food.
The burgers are basically frozen patties and the eggplant Parmesan sandwich also tasted like it was premade frozen.
We never got a single refill of our drinks and I only got my drink (a coke) after the food came after about an hour wait.
Poor service, subpar food and crazy long wait for something as simple as getting a drink. The total bill for our group of 8 was over $ 100 for something that should only have cost about $ 60.
The restaurant charges a mandatory 18% tip on large groups which is probably why the wait staff doesn’t care one bit about service.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else for a better meal.

I would love to provide a detailed review about this place but if my first impression of the customer service was any indication of what a longer experience at Vero’s might be like, I’m glad I decided to pass!
My friends and I had planned to try Vero’s out for a late lunch/​early dinner after a jog along the causeway. I stopped in to use the restroom before the rest of our group finished the run but was not impressed with the treatment I received from a male employee who lied to me about the restroom being closed and smugly suggested that I try another nearby restaurant instead.
As I was walking out, a female employee standing next to him questioned him about the restroom being closed and he replied (presumably assuming that I could not hear him since my headphones were in my ears but turned off) that: «No, I just told her that because I didn’t want her using it.»
Obviously his unprofessional behavior and lack of hospitality was a total turn off so when my friends and I met up, we decided to take his advice and try another nearby restaurant instead. I don’t know what the food or drinks are like at Vero’s by the Bay, but I do know that I’d rather take my business to establishments that treat me like it means something to them and Vero’s is definitely NOT one of those places!

Key Biscayne’s best kept secret. Great food, great atmosphere, waterviews, plenty of parking, plenty of seating — indoor and outdoor — outdoor has covered and uncovered. Has Full bar, pool table, plenty of space for large groups.
Now has live entertainment on weekends — Sinatra Saturdays — 6−8pm
Nice place to «get away from it all»
Doesn’t get overly crowded and has good mix of clientele, young and old.

This place is all wrong. It looks like it will fall down. There is no view. They got out order wrong when they were not even busy. The mahi sandwiches were not cooked and were frozen mahi not fresh and the crab cake I think might have been made from canned crab, it certainly wasn’t lump crab meat. For the price they need to do things a lot better.