Blue Marlin Seafood Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Blue Marlin Seafood Restaurant, a delightful gem nestled in Bradenton Beach, FL. This casual eatery specializes in New American seafood, offering a menu that highlights the freshest coastal ingredients. The atmosphere is vibrant and inviting, perfect for family outings, group gatherings, or a cozy dinner date.
Highlights from the menu include:
- Pecan Crusted Grouper – a crowd favorite that embodies local flavors.
- Thai Nugs – tempura-fried fish paired with a zesty cilantro salad.
- Steamed Clams – adorned with smoky bacon and garlic butter for a savory experience.
With options for vegans and vegetarians, as well as a full bar, Blue Marlin offers something for everyone. Customer reviews praise the attentive service and live music on weekends, making it the ideal spot for a memorable dining experience.
Small Plates
Ajillo
Seared with olive oil, garlic, lime, pepper flakes garlic bread with shrimp or filet
Steamed Clams
Tampa little necks steamed in white wine garlic butter, garnished with seasoned bread crumbs, smoky bacon garlic bread
Thai Nugs
Fish of the day, tempura fried, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro salad
Cortez Cracker Shrimp
Large gulf shrimp dusted with cajun cornmeal and seared. served with chipotle mayo
Shrimp Dip
Gulf shrimp, green onion, jalapeno, cream cheese, lemon, old bay, parmesan bread crumbs, with tortilla chips
Tater Soup
Yukon golds, garlic croutons and crumbled bacon
Cortez Chowder
Fresh grouper cheeks shrimp in a tomato saffron broth cooked to order
Soups
Salads
The Blue Marlin
Mixed greens, crumbled blue cheese, pearson farms pecans, strawberries balsamic honey vinaigrette
House Salad
Mixed greens, shaved parmesan tossed in a house caesar dressing
Glt Salad
Fulford style grouper over mixed baby greens, a slice of fried green tomato, dressed w orange sunshine vinaigrette
Glt
Grouper sandwich fulford style with fried green tomato baby greens dressed with orange sunshine served with daily vegs
The Burger
8 oz, ground sirloin, smoked gouda, slab bacon onion marmalade. served with roasted potato
Lobster Grilled Cheese
4 oz tail, havarti cheese, texas toast, old bay butter and lobster au jus
Sandwiches
Entrees
Grouper Fulford
Egg washed sauteed with lemon butter, finished with garlic parmesan bread crumbs with rice house veg
Pecan Grouper
Pearson farms roasted, crushed pretzel pecan crust honey butter. Served with roasted sweet potato discs with basil pesto house veg
Grouper Clams
Local grouper with 2 docks clams, in our house fish fume with wilted arugula asparagus, finished with basil pesto
Shrimp And Grits
Large gulf shrimp rolled in cajun spices, sauteed and placed in our cheesy grits with crumbled bacon and scallions
Linguini Clams
Two docks little necks in a white wine garlic butter with crushed red pepper garlic bread over linguini
Blackened Fish Alfredo
Daily cuts of fish, blackened over classic linguini alfredo with basil pesto
Filet Mignon
8oz grass fed florida beef w demi glace, sage potato and veg
Blue Marlin Cioppino
Local fish, lobster tail, clams, gulf shrimp, tomato, garlic, capers, garlic bread
Blantons
The original single barrel
Four Roses
Single barrel
Colonel E.h. Talor
Small batch
Knob Creek 100
Small batch
Jeffersons Reserve
Very small batch
Angels Envy
Eagle Rare
Woodford Reserve
Buffalo Trace
Bourbon
Rye
Kentucky Owl 11yr
Rye
Colonel E.h. Taylor
Rye
Whistlepig 12 Yr Cask Finish
Rye
Whistlepig Piggy Back
Rye
Whistlepig The Boss Hog
Rye
Woodford Reserve
Rye
Peerless Small Batch
Rye
Sazerac
Rye
Soda
Each
Iced Tea
Free refills
Sparkling Water
Drinks
Mini Marlins
Shrimp And Grits
Fried
Grilled Cheese
Mini Burger
Macaroni And Cheese
Key Lime Creme Brulee
Guava Lime Pie
Shortbread crust w passion fruit puree
Bourbon Pecan Pie
Roasted pearson farms pecans with whipped cream
Tropical Bread Pudding
Warm orangepineapple bread pudding, pineapple rum caramel and big country pecans
Desserts
Sides
Bridge Street Brussels With Potatoes Crumbled Bacon
Roasted Sage, Brown Butter Potato
Sweet Corn Bread With Honey Butter
Roasted Sweet Potato
Vegetable Of The Day
Mac Cheese
Hush Puppies
Edamame
Cheesy Grits
Herbed Brown Rice
Blue Marlin Lemonade
Titos mound lemon soda triple sec blueberries
Salty Goose
Grey goose fresh grapefruit salted rim sprig of rosemary
Donkey Kick
Jamaican ginger beer titos fresh mint
Rum Punch
Don q pineapple guava orange myers dark floater
Spanish Gin Tonic
Bombay sapphire fever tree tonic juniper berries grapefruit wedge lemon lime twist
Aperol Spritzer
Aperol prosecco fever tree soda orange slice
Specialty Cocktails
Others
Local Caught Fish
We serve only the freshest local fish, we hand select it from the fishing boats across the bridge in the village of cortez at ap bell fish co.