Kelly’s Fish House Dining Room

There are no shortage of restaurants to choose from in Naples, but do NOT miss a Naples Original, Kelly’s. Kelly’s has been a family tradition for our family for over 30 years. The restaurant, sitting on the water, has the freshest seafood around and makes everything in house from the salad dressings to the key lime pie. The drinks are also wonderful and generous.
We often love getting fresh grouper (prepared any way you like) and also the Mini Seafood Platter, with several options for seafood lovers. The grouper is fantastic, and frankly everything we’ve ever gotten has been prepared perfectly and is super fresh. Hush puppies… please, amazing. A great start to the meal along with all homemade salad dressings.
Although I can’t speak directly to the stone crabs, nearly every table I see always has someone having them and they again, are caught and brought in immediately, and you know what you’re getting and where they came from.
The staff has been there for years, is incredibly friendly and the owner is there daily. The key lime pie is by far the best in Naples (and we’ve been proud to try several to feel we have the right review on that)! Some of the charm of the restaurant comes from the tables which all have glass and include sand and many sea life shells and starfish, fun to look at, not to mention all the shells on the walls. The restaurant leans slightly towards the water, which makes it all the more fun to be at, knowing this is a Naples original and hasn’t changed in years. Why change when everything is right?!
Do yourself a favor and skip 5^th Ave or 3^rd St for the night and head just up past Tin City to Kelly’s. You won’t be disappointed and will have a great meal, with friendly people. This is true original Naples.