New York Pasta Garden - Florida Keys

Pretty good lunch/dinner spot. The garlic knots were very chewy, but flavorful. The hummus was awful- don’t get the hummus. The Greek salad and pasta pomodoro came and they were mediocre. Our waiter was so kind and very attentive. Great location, loved the lights. Great prices.

Good spot in Key West just set back from Duval St. We were served by the owner, and the special menu on Christmas day was great. Big pours of wine too. We will happily come back again soon. There's a large covering out front if you eat outdoors and it happens to be raining. Free parking in the lot.

We ate here during our first Key West trip. The food is great, the service was very good and prices were reasonable (we thought) portions were quite large and 2 of the 3 of us took home part of our meals. I am marking this down b/c when we got the bill it seemed high for what we had (3 entrees and a entree dinner salad to split but only water for beverages). Based on what my spouse told me I had cash out for the tip until we relooked at the bill and saw a service charge added on. We asked about this and our server said this would count as the shared tip between the server, hostess and another role. My husband calculated this at 27%. Ok Please raise your prices then and say no tipping, or point this out b/c we were about to leave more money. Plus on the receipt for the credit card was the now standard section about suggested tips. So potentially people can leave cash or add more tip to the bill. None of this was pointed out when we received our bill. I think this is deceptive and not transparent and frankly looks like gouging the unsuspecting tourist (always check your bill). Not sure we will go here again even though it was very convenient.

It's not the same food as the previous ownership. Fish was frozen, not fresh. Veal Piccata was good. Miss the parrot that used to live in the restaurant.

If just rating the food this place would be at least 4 stars. However, we left with a feeling the sever was trying to put one over on some witless tourists. Thankfully my wife saw the bill as I was paying and remarked it looked a little high. I had only looked at the food and did not notice an additional $60 Service Charge under the tax section. Donna, our server, made no mention of this when she brought it to me. When she came back I asked her if she had automatically included gratuity. The only way I can describe her reaction was odd . She mumbbled something like, Oh, ya service charge I know some restaurants, especially those with a lot of foreign customers, automatically include the tip. However, I did not see this posted anywhere and Donna certainly did not bring this to our attention. Nowhere else we dined in the Keys had this practice. I was ready to tip on top of this and would have done so if my wife hadn 't noticed! Afterwards I also noticed Donna had entered number of guests as 6 (top of the receipt). There were only five of us. Maybe 6 triggers automatic 20% tip? At the end of the day we would have left 20% or more as we commonly do. This whole thing just left me with a bad taste in my mouth after what was a very delicious meal