The Purple Porpoise Pub — Restaurant in Boca Chica Key

A true "dive bar" experience, one of the best in the country! Great bartenders with lots of interesting, fun stories, cold beer, skee-ball/ping pong, friendly locals that make you feel at home...what more could you ask for? The owner, Joe, is the best part of the bar though - go early in the afternoon/evening so you can catch him before the "real bartenders" come in for the night. He knows his regulars well and has plenty of funny, crazy stories about the bar over the years. This place is a must see for dive bar lovers traveling to Key West!!

Tip for travelers - DO NOT come here if you're looking for a mai tai and chicken strips, please go to your hotel...

The best the Keys has to offer! We go there on the regular for the sushi. I don’t know where they get their fish or why it’s so warm when you get it, but man it tastes almost like blue cheese that’s been warmed in your car all day. They’re super green because they use old phone books to hold the bar up. There is an actual air conditioner where COVID originated from. FACT. I LOVE this place. The girls here are as fine as they come in Key West. This one chic who was hitting on me was super hot even though she had prop marks...

Let’s just say this isn’t the family pub… this is the locals best kept secret, for price, and hole in the wall, or roof type pub. No frills, but a quick stop for a cold beer or a shot, truly felt like a Bahamas bar on some random island.

If you’re not fancy and want to experience something different, walk in and check the place out! Beers were cold and the...