Located within Tranquility Bay Beachfront Resort in Marathon, Florida, Butterfly Café provides an elegant dining experience that captures the essence of island cuisine. The restaurant emphasizes quality, local ingredients and ocean-fresh seafood, with a menu featuring dishes like Florida Keys' Shrimp Cocktail and Panko Encrusted Florida Grouper. Guests can choose to dine indoors in the airy dining room or al fresco on the covered patio, both settings offering a casual yet sophisticated atmosphere. With its inviting ambiance and family-friendly options, Butterfly Café delivers a memorable Keys dining experience.
Many customers praised the attentive and friendly service, highlighting specific servers who enhanced their dining experience.
Food Quality
While some dishes received high praise, many reviews indicated that the food quality did not meet expectations given the high prices, with several customers describing it as mediocre or overpriced.
Atmosphere
The restaurant's ambiance was frequently noted as beautiful and pleasant, contributing positively to the overall dining experience.
Value for Money
Numerous customers expressed dissatisfaction with the pricing relative to the quality of food, feeling that it was not justified.
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Sarah Knapp
1 day ago
5.0
Drove to the Butterfly Cafe while staying at another resort down the road. Food and drinks were really incredible, especially the seafood pasta & filet. Our server was lovely & overall the outdoor ambiance was exactly what you are looking for from a patio meal at a resort.
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Susan Malanowski
Feb 16, 2026
2.0
Delicious food but poor service. We were the only patrons that had to wait over 2 hours to have dinner.
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Avery Fisher
Feb 14, 2026
2.0
We booked the Valentine’s Day special through an email from the on campus resort. The ad was $125 / person 3 course meal with $5 wine.
We were seated near the back of the porch and away from the nighttime ambience, and we also heard the kitchen / wait staff talking badly about other customers. Our waitress was very nice, but the food was only decent for the price - $360 dollars.
2 appetizers, 2 pasta dishes, and 2 of their mini cake dessert servings - about 2 times more expensive than was justified. We were charged for our waters, charged 20 dollars for the 1 glass of what we presumed to be $5 dollar wine, and automatically charged for tip.
It was a very nice setting and nice dinner, just obscenely expensive for a corner table with okay food.
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M Sumner
Jan 27, 2026
4.0
Nice staff, nice location, food was ok but I’d say a bit expensive. The cafe is inside the main entrance of tranquility bay resort. We stayed at the hotel and dined here one night we were not super hungry. Everything was cordial and nice… not amazing. Not bad. Just a decent experience. YEMV.
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Jeff F
Jan 13, 2026
3.0
I have been to this restaurant many times in the past, although not for many years. This last trip there sadly was beyond disappointing. We go here for two things: fresh fish and homemade key lime pie, both were not available on our visit. The only exceptional highlight were the alcohol drinks.
Unfortunately this will be our last trip there. Try somewhere else for quality dining at this price point.