Louie's Backyard is a great restaurant. I ate there on a recent trip through the Florida Keys with my family. My wife and I left the kids with a babysitter at the nearby Wyndham and had a wonderful romantic evening out. The setting is idyllic - the restaurant is housed in an old colonial style building in a residential neighbourhood overlooking the ocean. The seafood was divine - from memory I had sea scallops followed by sea bass, both of which were perfectly cooked. Deserts are also delicious. A couple of words of advice: be sure to make a reservation, preferably several days in advance. We were very lucky to get a table at two days notice. Try to get a table outside on one of the decks - there are two (or three including the back porch) levels of deck that descend outside down towards the water. My wife and I had a table on the back porch. Also, go for dinner rather than lunch - the balmy Key West evenings, candle lit tables (with additional lighting in the mangrove trees that grow around and through the decks) coupled with the sea lapping at the shore make for a memorable romantic evening.

This is part of a review from Frommers that I think sums up the place nicely: "Nestled amid blooming bougainvillea on a lush slice of the Gulf, Louie's remains one of the most romantic restaurants on earth. Famed chef Norman Van Aiken of Norman's in Miami brought his talents farther south and started what has become one of the finest dining spots in the Keys. As a result, this is one of the hardest places to score a reservation: Either call way in advance or hope that your hotel concierge has some pull."

Louie's also has quite a comprehensive website: www.louiesbackyard.com that's worth checkinh out.

Enjoy!