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

$$18.00

Thai Nugs

Fish of the day, tempura fried, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro salad

$$24.00

Cortez Cracker Shrimp

Large gulf shrimp dusted with cajun cornmeal and seared. served with chipotle mayo

$$19.00

Shrimp Dip

Gulf shrimp, green onion, jalapeno, cream cheese, lemon, old bay, parmesan bread crumbs, with tortilla chips

$$17.00

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

$$33.00

Glt

Grouper sandwich fulford style with fried green tomato baby greens dressed with orange sunshine served with daily vegs

$$33.00

The Burger

8 oz, ground sirloin, smoked gouda, slab bacon onion marmalade. served with roasted potato

$$18.00

Lobster Grilled Cheese

4 oz tail, havarti cheese, texas toast, old bay butter and lobster au jus

$$30.00

Sandwiches

Entrees

Grouper Fulford

Egg washed sauteed with lemon butter, finished with garlic parmesan bread crumbs with rice house veg

$$42.00

Pecan Grouper

Pearson farms roasted, crushed pretzel pecan crust honey butter. Served with roasted sweet potato discs with basil pesto house veg

$$44.00

Grouper Clams

Local grouper with 2 docks clams, in our house fish fume with wilted arugula asparagus, finished with basil pesto

$$48.00

Shrimp And Grits

Large gulf shrimp rolled in cajun spices, sauteed and placed in our cheesy grits with crumbled bacon and scallions

$$38.00

Linguini Clams

Two docks little necks in a white wine garlic butter with crushed red pepper garlic bread over linguini

$$35.00

Blackened Fish Alfredo

Daily cuts of fish, blackened over classic linguini alfredo with basil pesto

$$32.00

Filet Mignon

8oz grass fed florida beef w demi glace, sage potato and veg

$$55.00

Blue Marlin Cioppino

Local fish, lobster tail, clams, gulf shrimp, tomato, garlic, capers, garlic bread

$$41.00

Blantons

The original single barrel

$$25.00

Four Roses

Single barrel

$$14.00

Colonel E.h. Talor

Small batch

$$18.00

Knob Creek 100

Small batch

$$15.00

Jeffersons Reserve

Very small batch

$$18.00

Angels Envy

$$18.00

Eagle Rare

$$14.00

Woodford Reserve

$$16.00

Buffalo Trace

$$16.00

Bourbon

Rye

Kentucky Owl 11yr

Rye

$$22.00

Colonel E.h. Taylor

Rye

$$22.00

Whistlepig 12 Yr Cask Finish

Rye

$$20.00

Whistlepig Piggy Back

Rye

$$16.00

Whistlepig The Boss Hog

Rye

$$60.00

Woodford Reserve

Rye

$$17.00

Peerless Small Batch

Rye

$$18.00

Sazerac

Rye

$$15.00

Soda

Each

$$2.00

Iced Tea

Free refills

$$2.00

Sparkling Water

$$4.00

Drinks

Mini Marlins

Shrimp And Grits

Fried

$$8.00

Grilled Cheese

$$6.00

Mini Burger

$$7.00

Macaroni And Cheese

$$6.00

Key Lime Creme Brulee

$$9.00

Guava Lime Pie

Shortbread crust w passion fruit puree

$$8.00

Bourbon Pecan Pie

Roasted pearson farms pecans with whipped cream

$$9.00

Tropical Bread Pudding

Warm orangepineapple bread pudding, pineapple rum caramel and big country pecans

$$11.00

Desserts

Sides

Bridge Street Brussels With Potatoes Crumbled Bacon

$$7.00

Roasted Sage, Brown Butter Potato

$$5.00

Sweet Corn Bread With Honey Butter

$$5.00

Roasted Sweet Potato

$$6.00

Vegetable Of The Day

$$6.00

Mac Cheese

$$6.00

Hush Puppies

$$5.00

Edamame

$$5.00

Cheesy Grits

$$4.00

Herbed Brown Rice

$$4.00

Blue Marlin Lemonade

Titos mound lemon soda triple sec blueberries

$$12.00

Salty Goose

Grey goose fresh grapefruit salted rim sprig of rosemary

$$12.00

Donkey Kick

Jamaican ginger beer titos fresh mint

$$12.00

Rum Punch

Don q pineapple guava orange myers dark floater

$$12.00

Spanish Gin Tonic

Bombay sapphire fever tree tonic juniper berries grapefruit wedge lemon lime twist

$$12.00

Aperol Spritzer

Aperol prosecco fever tree soda orange slice

$$12.00

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.