Thirsty Marlin Menu
When you're looking for a place that offers great food and a laid-back atmosphere, the Thirsty Marlin Menu is sure to impress. Nestled in the heart of Palm Harbor at 1023 Florida Ave, this local gem serves up a variety of mouthwatering dishes that are perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re craving fresh seafood, hearty steaks, or light bites to share, there’s something on the menu to satisfy every taste.
Start with their crowd-pleasing appetizers, like crispy calamari or flavorful shrimp tacos, which are just the right amount of bite before diving into the main courses. For seafood lovers, their blackened grouper or grilled mahi-mahi are the perfect choices, served with tasty sides like seasoned fries or a refreshing salad. Not in the mood for fish? Their juicy burgers and sizzling steaks are guaranteed to hit the spot.
No matter what you choose, you're in for a treat. The menu is full of delicious options that make it easy to return time and time again.
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Appetizers
The Scorned Woman
Seven of the hottest, bestest, most delicious Buffalo style shrimp off the Gulf of Mexico. Served with bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks
Smokin Fish Spread
Served Key West style with carrots, celery, lemons and crackers | Buffets Favorite
Fresh Fried Green Beans
Hand dipped and fried, served with a spicy ranch
Marlin Fried Clams
Real hand battered clam strips fried until golden. A generous portion to satisfy even the pickiest seafood lover
Marlin Rings
Fresh hand cut sweet Spanish onions dipped in Thirsty’s homemade batter, served golden brown in a large basket. “Enough for the whole school!!"
Cheese Fries
With Monterey jack cheese and smoked bacon bits, baked and served with ranch dressing for dipping
Cracked Conch
A true Marlin specialty flown in from the Turk & Cacaos Islands. Pounded until tender and gently fried until golden. Served with lemon and a Bahamian sauce for dipping
Tuna Sashimi
Fresh Ahi tuna served rare crusted with sesame seeds with a center of Asian slaw, pickled ginger, soy, and wasabi. “Life on the Outrigger”
Wonton - Poke Tuna Nachos
Fresh, crisp wontons, poke tuna, topped with cusabi, spicy mayo and teriyaki, sesame seeds, wakime seaweed salad & green onion. “Must try - delicious”
Fried Green Tomatoes
You said it - lightly breaded and fried, topped with bleu cheese crumbles, chopped vine ripe tomatoes, green onions, and Bahamian sauce for dipping.
Barbados Buffalo Chicken
Whole boneless, skinless breast cut into strips, deep fried ‘til golden, rolled in Thirsty’s wing sauce and served with bleu cheese and celery. “For a new SPLASH, try this one with flamingo sauce & ranch dressing”
Jerk Chicken
Tender jerk chicken strips done Shorty’s way. Served with Caribbean sauce.
Pulled Pork Onion Ring Nachos
Handmade onion rings topped with our tender pulled pork, monteray jack cheese, oven baked and drizziled with our Caribbean BBQ sour cream
Bahama Mama Conch Fritters
This is a must try original recipe brought over from Ma Ruby’s, Harbor Island, Bahamas. Served with a Bahamian dipping sauce. “Yea Mon!”
Key Largo Calamari
Lightly seasoned and deep fried fresh calamari served with marinara sauce. “The correlation to the true meaning of life”
Flying High Marlin Wings
Soon to be Famous Marlin Wings. Buffalo: Hot, Medium, Mild, BBQ, Jerk, Blackened, Garlic Parmesan, Thai Style Chili • Side of bleu cheese +$0.75 | Wing sauce +$0.75 | Celery / Carrots +$0.75 | Island BBQ | Garlic Serrano| Terriyaki Mango Habanero | Spicy Honey
Seafood Stuffed Bacon Jalapeños
Fresh jalapenos stuffed with shrimp, scallop & crab stuffing, wrapped in Applewood bacon & garnished with Hollandaise.
Oysters on The Half Shell
Served cold with cocktail sauce, horseradish, crackers and a lemon wedge. “O’s how I love O’s”
Thirsty’s Favorites
Caribbean Jambalaya
Five fresh Key West pink shrimp, jerk chicken, sausage, roasted red peppers and yellow rice in a light and savory Caribbean sauce. A true Marlin original. “Brought back from Romora Bay Club in the West Indies”
Shorty’s Reggae Pasta
“Yes Mon.” Our Jamaican friend gave us this recipe. With penne pasta, blackened shrimp, diced vine ripe tomatoes, feta cheese, roasted garlic, and white wine
Blackened Bacon Wrapped Scallops
Beautiful plump sea scallops wrapped in sweet Applewood bacon, lightly seasoned and grilled crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside. Served over rice pilaf, garnished with a sweet chili Thai sauce. “A recipe from a third world nation on a working vacation”
Curacao Cedar Plank Salmon
Fresh North Atlantic Salmon cooked atop a real cedar plank until moist & Medium, topped with sweet caramelized onions
Grouper Atlantis
Fresh hand cut domestic grouper filet topped with Blue Water large shrimp, succulent sea scallops, and hand picked crab. Baked with garlic butter and a shaved parmesan crust. Garnished with a squeeze of hollandaise sauce. “Made famous by our chef in Paradise Island, Bahamas!"
Tantalizers
Thirsty’s Fish & Chips
Thirsty’s fresh catch, hand battered and deep fried until golden. Served with crispy fries, cole slaw and Bahamian dipping sauce. “I saw a guy roller skate naked through the crosswalk in Santa Monica.” | Fruitcakes
Monsoght Mahi Mahi
Fresh hand cut filet of Mahi Mahi served fried, broiled, blackened or grilled on our wood charbroiler. A classic Marlin feast for our seafood lovers. Served with a Bahamian sauce for dipping | Try it Mediterranean Style for $3.99 more!
Scallops St. Thomas
Thirsty starts with the freshest, sweetest sea scallops. Served fried or blackened “Trust Thirsty, he won’t skate ya Mon”
Marlin Fried Grouper Cheeks
“Hey mom, check this out!” A half pound of tender cheeks deep fried until golden, served with Bahamian sauce for dipping
Romora Bay Cracked Conch
A true Marlin specialty - fresh conch pounded until tender and served golden fried with Bahamian sauce for dipping. “Thirsty says try this one”
Crab Legs
One pound of pipin’ hot steamed Alaskan snow crab legs. Served with drawn butter. “Nothing beats a great pair of legs”
Blackened Grouper
Thirsty’s original hand cut grouper, hot and spicy, tender and delicious. Try it Mediterranean Style for $ 3.99 more!
Thirsty’s Fiesta Chicken
Our signature black beans and rice bowl topped with blackened chicken and bubbly Monterey jack cheese. Garnished with diced vine ripe tomatoes and chopped green onions, with a sour cream garnish. Served with flour tortillas. “A Cuban crime of passion up in America”
Tail Walk Chicken
Grilled chicken breast, tender and moist, topped with sautéed portobella mushrooms, caramelized onions, smoked applewood bacon, and Monterey jack cheese. Served with Baby Ray’s BBQ for dipping. “Can I get an amen for a $100 pickup truck?!!”
Rumba’s Ribs
Slow cooked and fallin’ from the bone. Tastiest piece of heaven on a bone you could ever experience. Served with cole slaw and French fries. “If you’re ready for your fingers to be saucy, your lips to be sticky, and your taste buds to be dancin’. You’re ready to rumba!”
Filet Mignon
6 oz. Buckhead Beef filet charbroiled to perfection on our wood fired charbroiler and served with a portobella mushroom green peppercorn sauce
Black and Bleu
10 oz. of USDA Buckhead beef New York strip steak, seared in our homemade blackening spice, then broiled with bleu cheese crumbles, topped with a portobello. “Order this one anytime . . it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!”
Coconut Fried Shrimp
Eight large Gulf shrimp, hand battered, rolled in coconut, and deep fried to perfection. Served with our homemade piña colada sauce
Blue Water Fried Shrimp
Eight large shrimp, hand battered, deep fried, and served with Bahamian sauce for dipping. “Just the thought of that Blue Water makes you smile”
Thirsty’s Tackle Box
Port Side Salad
A traditional mix of crisp iceberg lettuce, fresh romaine, vine ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, green bell pepper, pepperoncini and sprinkled with Monterey jack cheese, secret marlin skin crunchies and bacon | Add a Side Salad $4.99
Sailfish Spud
Loaded with cheeses, scallions, bacon, butter and sour cream | Available after 5:00 P.M.
Fresh Vegetable of the Day
Smugglers Sweet Potatoes
Topped with a marshmallow caramel nut crunch and baked to perfection | Available after 5:00 P.M.
Black Beans & Rice
Homemade black beans over yellow rice, topped with Monterey jack cheese, green onions and sour cream
Miss Bliss
Fresh red bliss Idaho potatoes cooked and mixed into the tastiest of salads
Thirsty’s Southern Style Corn
Deep fried to perfection
House Made Rice Pilaf
Home Made Southern Slaw
Thirsty’s Famous Fries
Thirsty’s Sweet Potato Fries
Burgers, Sandwiches, Wraps, Quesadillas
Thirsty’s Grouper Sandwich
Truly fresh grouper, hand cut in our kitchen, served blackened, broiled, chargrilled, or deep fried, on a toasted onion roll
Thirsty’s Grouper Reuben
Original with grilled grouper, thousand island dressing, sauerkraut, & Swiss cheese on pumpernickel rye swirl bread
Magnificent Mahi Mahi
Fresh Mahi Mahi served your favorite way. Blackened, fried, broiled, or grilled to perfection. “Try this buffalo or flamingo style”
Salmon Dill Wrap
Fresh blackened salmon, shredded lettuce and tomatoes, rolled in a dill flour tortilla with skillet dill sauce and herb garlic
Grouper Wrap
Grouper with fresh chopped green bell pepper, red onion, vine ripe tomatoes, lettuce, and crumbled bacon bits in a garlic herb wrap
Lobster Quesadillas
Fresh Bahamian lobster chunks blackened on a flour tortilla with Monterey jack cheeses and sweet caramelized onions. “This is why you will come back to Florida soon!”
Chicken Quesadillas
Fire grilled breast of chicken in a flour tortilla with our special blend of cheeses. Served with salsa and sour cream
Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas
Mild, medium or hot served with blue cheese crumbles and carmelized onions
Prime Rib Quesadillas
Fresh thin sliced prime rib grilled in a flour tortilla with sweet caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, and Monterey jack. Served with salsa & sour cream
Casa Blanco Fish Tacos
Soft, fresh, flour tortillas filled with blackened fish, Sriracha mayo, guacamole, homemade salsa puree and shredded cabbage. Served with beans rice. Makes you dream of Isla Mujeres
Two Caribbean Shrimp Tacos
Soft, fresh, flour tortillas filled with blackened shrimp, Sriracha mayo, guacamole, homemade salsa puree and shredded cabbage. Served with beans n’ rice
Jerk Pork Tacos
Thirsty Marlin Original Fish Sandwich
Hand cut filet of fish from the Caribbean coast, cooked blackened, chargrilled, fried golden and served with your choice of Provolone, Swiss or Cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and red onion on our signature onion roll
Blackened Salmon BLT
North Atlantic salmon blackened on grilled pumpernickel rye swirl bread, with lettuce, tomato, bacon slices and garlic mayo
Lobster Wrap
Garlic herb wrap with a sensational lobster salad recipe from Coral Sand’s Harbor Island Bahamas!
Thai Chicken Wrap
Crispy chicken, spicy peanut sauce, Asian slaw, all wrapped up in a peppery Thai wrap. “A real rush... spicy, crunchy and delicious”
Ultimate Cluckin’ Sandwich
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breast served char grilled, smothered with grilled onions and mushrooms. Topped with bacon strips and provolone cheese on a toasted onion roll. “Another blast from the past, straight from Ozona”
Philly Steak & Cheese
We start with our fresh baked Amoroso’s roll direct from Philadelphia, thin sliced Ribeye, onions, green peppers and white American cheese
The Cluckin‘ Philly Cheese Steak
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken. Secretly seasoned, cut into strips and grilled with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Topped with bacon and provolone cheese
Thirsty’s Original Buffalo Chicken
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breast, deep fried until golden, then rolled in Thirsty’s wing sauce, and served hot, medium, or mild. Topped with Swiss cheese on the ever popular onion roll. Side of bleu cheese dressing for dipping.” Try this one in our Flamingo sauce served with ranch dressing for dipping
All burgers served with fries! Substitute o-rings for $1.75 more
Thirsty’s Cheeseburger in Paradise
Half pound fresh ground beef chargrilled on our mesquite wood fired grill, placed on a toasted onion roll, and topped with 100% real Kraft American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onion “A treat for the True Parrot Head”
Bacon Double
Twin quarter pound griddle grilled patties topped with American cheese and smoked applewood bacon
Southern Belle
Fire grilled half pound burger, topped with a fried green tomato, melted bleu cheese crumbles, sweet caramelized onions, & crisp apple wood smoked bacon finished with our Bahamian sauce drizzle
Buzz Burger
Fresh ground beef topped with jalapeños, sautéed onions, mushrooms and Swiss cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion. “Mr. Thirsty’s on his 6th drink before the wheels of the plane leave the ground!”
Rodeo Burger
8 oz. fresh ground beef topped with cheddar cheese, smoked Apple wood bacon, onion straws, and our Sweet Baby Rays BBQ. Saddle up boys
Maytag Sizzler
Half pound of fresh ground beef cooked on our mesquite wood fire, charbroiled and topped with real Maytag bleu cheese crumbles and crisp bacon. Served on an onion roll with lettuce, tomato, and onion.
Mushroom Swiss
A version of our Cheese burger in Paradise with sliced, sautéed button mushrooms and melted Swiss.
Turkey Club Twist
Fresh spinach wrap, smoked turkey, crumbled bacon, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, white American cheese, all wrapped up and served with ranch dressing
Blackened Prime Rib
Fresh Black Angus prime rib done hot and spicy with au jus on the side for dipping. Smothered with grilled onions, mushrooms and melted provolone cheese
Brandi’s French Dip
“French...I don’t think so.” This All American classic has thin sliced roast beef stacked high on a toasted hoagie roll with sautéed onions, mushrooms, and provolone cheese. Served with au jus for dipping
Shorty’s Jerk Pork Sandwich
Fresh, slow roasted, hand pulled pork done jerk style with a sweet and spicy taste of the islands. Served on a toasted onion roll with lettuce, tomato, and onion. “Try this one flamingo style”
Triple Decker Grilled Cheese
Stacked high, full of provolone, swiss and American cheeses with vine ripened tomatoes and smoked applewood bacon
Cedar Key Portobella Sandwich
Marinated portobella mushroom grilled to perfection, served with lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions, provolone cheese & garlic mayonnaise on a toasted hoagie. “Guaranteed to put your head out the sun roof! Your heart in the right place”
Pressed Cuban Sandwich
“Ybor City’s finest” fresh roasted pork and real pit ham sliced thin, stuffed into fresh Cuban bread with pickles, mustard, mayo and Swiss cheese. Pressed until golden and served hot
Thirsty Marlin Bowls
Salmon Bowl
Blackened, fresh Atlantic salmon in a bowl of warm sushi rice, topped with wakeme seaweed, garlic kim chi, teryaki sauce, and sarachi mayo sauces, garnished with sesame seeds & crispy wontons
Poke Tuna Bowl
Fresh poke tuna on a bowl of sushi rice, topped with wakeme seaweed, eel sauce, wasabi sauce and sarachi mayo sauces, garnished with sesame seeds & crispy wontons and lemon. And kim chi!
Fresh Florida Grouper Bowl
Thai chili grouper done in our panko bread crumbs, on a bed of sushi rice, wakeme salad, teryaki sauce and sarachi mayo, garnished with sesame seeds and crispy wontons.
Pork Belly Bowl
Crispy pork belly in a bowl of sushi rice, garlic kim chi, wakeme salad, teryaki sauce and sarachi mayo, garnished with sesame seeds & crispy wontons.
Soups & Salads
Real Bahamian Conch Chowder
Thirsty the Marlin brought this recipe across for us to share. “Blue ribbon winner in the conch Chowder Cook-Off of 1999”
Lobster Bisque
Rich and creamy. A Marlin favorite!
The Marlin Cobb Salad
Crisp romaine and iceberg lettuce, with vine ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, green bell peppers, red onions, Monterey jack cheese, fresh egg, and crisp bacon and croutons. Served with garlic bread | Cobb & Caesar toppings: Grilled or Fried Chicken - $17.99 |Shrimp - $19.99 | Seared Ahi Tuna - $17.99 | Blackened or Grilled Salmon - $19.99
Thirsty’s Caesar
Fresh romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan and romano cheeses, tossed in a homemade Caesar dressing. Served in a large bowl | | Cobb & Caesar toppings: Grilled or Fried Chicken - $17.99 |Shrimp - $19.99 | Seared Ahi Tuna - $17.99 | Blackened or Grilled Salmon - $19.99
Sesame Tuna Crusted Asian Salad
Fresh garden greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions in a cucumber wasabi dressing. Topped with sesame seared tuna cooked your way with wasabi and soy on the side
Tarpon Springs Greek Salad
Louie gave us this one. Served traditional with potato salad on the bottom, peppers, kalamata olives, vine ripened tomatoes, green bell peppers, red onion, beets and feta cheese. Served with homemade Greek dressing on the side
Sunset Salad
Mixed field greens, sliced grape tomato, red onion, tossed in a lemon vinagrette, bleu cheese crumbles served with your choice of salmon, shrimp, grouper or chicken, cooked grilled or blackened. Served with garlic toast. “Light, fresh & refreshing, like our Florida sunsets.” • Sunset salad proteins: Shrimp - $17.99 | Tuna - $19.99 | Salmon - $19.99 | Chicken - $17.99
Fruit Cakes
Key West Lime Pie
Fresh from our kitchen and a #1 winner in Tampa Bay
Chocolate Marlin Explosion
Fresh moist chocolate decadence cake served with two scoops of premium vanilla ice cream. Topped with syrup, whipped cream and cherries
Marlin Fried Cheesecake
Cheesecake deep fried and served on a bed of freshly crumbled oreo cookies, then topped with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and a cherry
Vanilla Ice Cream
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