We’ve stayed in Marathon, Florida for several seasons camping in the Florida Keys at our home-away-from-home at Jolly Roger RV Resort. While we stay, we enjoy many of the local restaurants repeatedly. And, since everything in the Keys can be expensive, getting the most out of our dining budget becomes a top focus. of our Keys vacation.
If you’re looking for the best happy hours in Marathon, Florida, we’re sharing our guide to the happy hour deals we enjoy most when visiting the mid-point of the Florida Keys.
While we love a good meal, we especially appreciate a good deal on good food even more, that’s why we seek out as many happy hour specials as possible. Since we staying for an extended period in Marathon, finding good food at a good deal is not only a budget-friendly bonus, it’s one of our favorite things to research.
Thankfully, many Marathon restaurants are full of fantastic happy hour specials. That said, we’ve found it’s pretty hard to initially find and keep track of the happy hour specials day-to-day without visiting several sites, reading several reviews, and creating your own list of go-to places to find the best spot for happy hour each night.
In order to help you find those details — and to help ourselves keep track of these happy hour specials as well — we’ve created this guide to all of the Happy Hour offerings we’ve found in the Marathon. We’ve listed them in alphabetical order for easy reading.
As always, happy hour specials change frequently. While we have made our best effort to keep this list up to date, these deals are likely to change frequently or to be discontinued altogether, you may want to confirm hours, and deals before you go by calling, or checking their website, or social media pages. If you’re a restaurant in Marathon and you’d like us to make an edit or add your happy hour special to this list, get in touch with us via our Instagram!
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1688 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050 (Behind Bluegreen Vacations)
Barnacle Barney’s Facebook Page
3-5 pm Daily
$5.00
Seasoned Fries
Chicken Mini Tacos
Pizza Logs
$7.00
Chips + Queso
Onion Rings
Sweet Potato Tots
Fried Cauliflower
Guacamole Bites
Creamy Mango Habanero Bites
$10.00
Pretzel Bun Sliders (2) and Chips
Conch Fitters
Giant Pretzel with Cheese
$12.00
Blackened Tuna Bites
Fried Lobster Bites
Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese
Barney Wings
Drink Specials
$2.00 off all alcoholic drinks
Barnacle Barney’s was a spot we tried for the first time this season. Located off of Overseas Highway, and behind the Bluegreen Resorts, this tiki bar meets sports bar has beautiful water views of the Gulf side of Marathon, outdoor seating that looks out on a few private islands nearby. It’s a great place to spend the afternoon.
If you’re a frozen drink lover, this is one of the few spots with frozen drink specials during Happy Hour. Their take on the Key Lime Colada was one of our favorites. We also tried the sweet potato bites, the lobster bites, and the sliders that were on a happy hour special. The beer menu features local drafts from Florida Keys Brewing and Islamorada Brewing, with New England classic Narragansett Lager thrown in. In fact, the only drawback if you’re a domestic beer lover, and just want a Miller Lite or a Bud Light, is that all of the beers are local craft beers, except for the ‘Ganset.
Castaway Waterfront Restaurant + Sushi Bar
1406 Oceanview Ave, Marathon, FL 33050
Happy Hours: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Closed Wednesdays)
$7.00 Food Specials
Chicken Wings
Fried Chicken Livers
Fish Fingers
2 Chili Dogs
4 PC Crab Rangoon
4 pc Lumpia
Chips and Pico De Gallo
4 PC Tuna Nachos
Spicy Tuna Dog
Spicy Tuna Crunch Roll
California Roll
Dragon Roll
Veggie Roll
Sashimi * Nigiri (3) pc per order
Drink Specials
Yuengling & Bud Light $2
12 oz Well Drinks $5
House Wine $6
Rum Punch $8
Sailors Sedative $9
Bloody Wilson $10
Drafts 1/2 Price 2-3 pm
The happy hour at Castaway Restaurant starts early and has an extensive offering, making it the perfect spot for a lunchtime happy hour, or to do some day drinking if you enjoy that sort of thing.
The Castaway happy hour is full of sushi and seafood options, including special rolls, tuna nachos, fish dip, beers on tap, and cocktails like the Rum Punch. Both indoor and outdoor bar seating is available.
Dockside Boot Key Harbor
35 Sombrero Blvd, Marathon, FL 33050
Happy Hours: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Food Specials
Sweet Potato Fries: $6
Fish Dip w/Chips: $7
Onion Rings: $6
3 Soft Pretzel w/whole grain mustard: $5.25
Wings (Buffalo/BBQ Ranch/Bleu Cheese): $7
Drink Specials
Well Drinks: $4
Domestic Bottles: $3.25
Bud Light Draft: $2.09
Wines: $3.25
Dockside Bar & Grill is located right next to the Boot Key Harbor marina area. It’s a great spot for looking out at the water, enjoying live music, and getting super-speedy bartending service while savoring their great happy hour specials. Deals include: well drinks for $4, Bud Light draft for under $3.00, and as well as tasty bar food at a discounted price. We love and usually order their fish dip and onion rings.
There is live music almost every night from both local musicians and national acts, so it’s well worth staying on past the happy hour specials.
Florida Keys Steak and Lobster
3660 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050
flkeyssteakandlobster.com
Happy Hours: 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM (Early bird until 5:30 PM)
Food Specials
$5.95
6 Chicken Wings
Mozzarella Sticks
Spinach Artichoke Dip
$6.95
Buffalo Shrimp
Potato Skins
$7.95
1/2 Pound Peel & Eat Shrimp
Calamari with Mango Sauce
Shrimp and Crab Ball
Prime Rib Kabobs
Tuna Tataki
JB Salmon Roll
Drink Specials
All Well Drinks $5.00
Bud Light 3.00
Iguana Bait – Kolsch 4.50
Stella Artois – Pale Lager 3.50
Spearfish – Amber Ale 4.50
Funky Buddha Hop Gun – IPA 4.50
Featured Stout or Porter 5.00
Domestic 3.00
Import/Craft 4.50
Sailfish Sunrise City – IPA 4.50
Crazy Lady – Blond Ale 4.50
Blue Moon 4.50
O’Douls Non-Alcoholic Beer 3.75
Becks Non-Alcoholic Beer 3.75
Omission Lager – Gluten Free 3.75
Heineken Non Alcohol 3.75
Stella Apple Cider Gluten Free 4.00
3 Daughters Key Lime Cider 4.00
Canyon Road – Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel
$5 Glass / $12 Half Carafe / $20 Full Carafe
Angeline Sauvignon Blanc 6.00
Moulin De Gassac Rose 6.00
Monte Degli Angeli Pinot Noir 6.00
Florida Keys Steak and Lobster is a must-visit spot for happy hour deals. Not only does it start at 11 am, but it also has some of the best deals imaginable. Florida Keys Steak and Lobster is one of the few restaurants in Marathon that aims to have a bit more of a fine dining experience rather than the typical tiki atmosphere.
The bar is windowless and therefore a little bit dark, so it won’t give you an island outdoor dining experience, but it will give you the chance to sample some delicious peel-and-eat shrimp, calamari, and have a beer for only $3!
We also adore their early bird dinner specials that start at 3:30. It’s ga reat way to have their salad, steak, and seafood dishes for less. Along with Key Colony Inn, this is probably one of the best cheap happy hour deals.
Havana Jacks
401 E Ocean Dr, Key Colony Beach, FL 33051
Happy Hour 4 pm-6 pm
Food
The Giant Pretzel – Bavarian salted pretzel served with beer cheese $15
Sesame Seared Tuna Wontons served with wasabi aioli with soy glaze $18
“House Favorite” TNT Shrimp tempura beer battered with boom boom sauce $15
George’s Shrimp Fritters $15
Tuna Tini Hawaiian-style tuna poke with avocado, onion, sesame seeds, soy glaze, and wontons $18
Edamame with sesame oil, sesame seeds, soy sauce $9
Coconut Shrimp coconut encrusted with sweet chili sauce $15
Havana Wings mild, hot, guava BBQ or mango jerk or sweet chili served with blue cheese or ranch and celery
Drinks
$2 off all draft beer, domestic bottle beer, house liquor, and house wine.
The discount on beer and drinks is the real discount here — the food prices seemed a bit high to us. In addition to saving money on these drink specials, Havana Jack’s is a great open-air spot to enjoy live music and ocean views in their bar and outdoor lounge area that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
The Coconut Shrimp and Edamame were our happy hour picks, but like we said – $9 to $15 for simple appetizers isn’t exactly a deal. We also loved the Key Lime Colada here, but unfortunately, it’s not on the happy hour.
Key Colony Inn
700 W Ocean Dr, Key Colony Beach, FL 33051
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Weekends 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
Food
$5 Fried Calamari
$5 Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna
$5 Shrimp Cocktail
$5 Tomato Bruschetta
$5 Caprese Salad
$5 Fried Mozzarella
$5 Mussels in creamy garlic sauce
$5 Cheese Pizza
Drinks
$5 Margarita
$5 Pirate Punch
$5 High Noon
$5 Espresso Martini
$5 Cappuccino Martini
$5 House Wine
$5 Bloody Mary
$4 Well Liquor
$3-$6 Beer
The Key Colony Inn’s happy hour is LEGENDARY and for good reason! You can get two drinks and two apps for $20! Those $5 espresso martinis! $5 full-size pizzas! And as you can see from the list, that’s just the start of it.
Additionally, the old-school Florida vibe of Key Colony Inn located near the Key Colony Golf Club, lined with palm trees, is a classic location.
We love the Pirate Punch, as well as the caprese salad, shrimp cocktail, ahi tuna ,and — of course — the pizza! These amazing happy hour offerings draw quite a crowd, so you’ll want to get there early for these deals, especially if you want to sit at the bar. Thankfully, the happy hour specials are available in the spacious dining room areas as well.
We are always stuffed after the $5 pizza, but we wanted to stay one of these days for an entree of one of their pasta dishes.
Keys Fisheries
3502 Gulfview Ave, Marathon, FL 33050
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Stone Crab Claw $15 each (Subject to availability and market prices)
Gulf Oysters $23 Dozen / $17 Half-Dozen
Fresh Tuna Poke Bowl $19
Stone Crab Chowder $8
$6 Bar Appetizers
Conch Ceviche
Tuna Sashimi
Crab & Spinach Dip
Smoked Fish Dip
1/4 lb Peel & Eat Shrimp
Upstairs on the deck at the Keys Fisheries Raw Bar (also now known as Shannon’s Crab Trap) is one of our favorite places to be in this world. A beautiful breezy view of the gulf, great live music, great sunset views, and an unbelievable deal on stone crab claws and toast at sunset make this one of our favorite spots and the perfect place for an early evening happy hour.
The happy hour specials here are mainly on food, but there is a $1.00 off on some beer and wine as well. Keys Fisheries is known for its fresh seafood, which is why we love their conch ceviche for happy hour.
In addition, we enjoy splurging on the Lime in Da Coconut cocktail or the Lobster Reuben (both are delicious, but not on happy hour specials). The bar also has super-friendly staff who go above and beyond to make your time at Keys Fisheries enjoyable. Be sure to thank them for their exceptional service!
Lighthouse Grill
1994 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050
Happy Hours: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Monday – Friday
Food
Grouper Bites: Beer battered grouper, pickles, garlic creme $12
Hot Reuben Dip and Pretzel bites $11
Salsa & Chips: Mango salsa & plantain chips $6
Lemon Pepper Wings with House Ranch $13
Cuban Rice Balls Pork, rice, beans, sriracha aioli $10
Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos: Fried tiger shrimp, bang bang sauce, papaya slaw $12
Drinks
$2 off all Drinks
The Lighthouse Grill, the bar within Faro Blanco Resort, is a beautiful spot for an upscale happy hour experience. In addition to the food and drinks, we enjoyed the panoramic view of the marina and water.
While the happy hour specials don’t offer any huge bargains on dining, it was a nice way to sample some of their apps and drinks at a discount.
The cocktails are expensive (we paid $19 for a martini off the happy hour!), so it’s nice to have that $2 off option. We tried the Cuban Rice Balls for our app, thought it was delicious, and would order it again.
Porky’s
1410 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
www.porkysbaysidebbq.com
Drinks
$8 – The Following Classic Cocktails:
Mojito
Rum Punch Margarita
Pina-Colada
Pain Killer
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$5 Sangria
Red or Sparkling
$5 Wine
Red: Cabernet, Merlot, Pinot Noir
White: Chardonnay
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$5 Well Drinks
Pinot Grigio, Sauv. Blanc Sparkling: Moscato
Draft Beer
Andre Brut Champagne
$4 Bud Light
$5 Stella Artois
$4 Domestic Bottles
$6 Iguana Bait
Bud, Bud Light
$6 Islamorada Seasonal
Coors Light
$6 Marlin Wit
Miller Lite, Mich Ultra
$6 Funky Buddha IPA
Food
75¢ Peel ‘n’ Eat Shrimp (10 minimum) Served Chilled
$1.75/each Fresh Oysters (6 min)
$6 Pork Belly Bites w/Remoulade Sauce
$8 BBQ Pork or Chicken Sliders (3)
For Brisket (add $2); NC Pork or Mojo Pork (add $1)
$9 Smoked Chicken Wings (6)
(Buffalo or Spicy Thai)
$8 Fish Fingers
$8 Chef’s Tacos of the Day (2)
$9 Calamari
$9 Blackened Mahi Quesadilla
$9 Mussels Marinara
$9 Tuna Tataki
$8 Classic Roll / $8.50 Spicy Roll (choose Tuna or Salmon)
$12 Saku Tuna Nachos
Porky’s Bayside is in one of the many tiki huts on our happy hour list. This open air spot is off of Overseas Highway and one of the last stops before you cross the Seven Mile Bridge as you are on the way to Key West, but is still near Marathon.
This bar offers a casual atmosphere, marina side location, and live music. We love that this happy hour includes good drink specials like a Pina Colada and a Painkiller – it’s hard to find good frozen mixed drinks on happy hour, but this place has a great selection of frozen and hand-mixed tropical cocktails.
The food is also a big draw for their happy hour offering. In fact, we have never dined for a sit-down meal here. We’ve only had happy hour food where we enjoyed the tacos of the day, the BBQ sliders, and the Mahi quesadilla especially. The only dish we didn’t enjoy were the pork belly bites which were too fatty and chewy for our liking.
The service behind the bar is excellent, with attentive and friendly bartenders.
Porky’s also have one of our favorite takes on key lime pie – a wedge of key lime pie with fried panko bread crumbs and raspberry sauce. We’ve heard good things about the breakfast too, and the dinner menu is substantial.
Sparky’s
6850 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM daily (Closed Mondays)
www.sparkyslanding.com
Peel & Eat Shrimp and Wings $0.45 each
$1.00 off imports and drafts
$6.00 House Wine
$5.00 Domestic Bottles
$5.00 Well Drinks
Sparky’s Landing is one of our favorite restaurants in Marathon, and it was one of the best places in our article on The Best Restaurants in Marathon, Florida. Sparky’s features a large bar overlooking the water, outdoor waterfront seating, and a huge oversized tiki dining room. Sparky’s is a very popular spot; the bar is always packed, but it’s extremely hard to find a seat at happy hour, so arrive early!
The happy hour has been voted one of the best in Marathon, but to be honest we’re not sure why it gets this award. We find that it’s a very limited happy hour offering compared to some of the others we’ve mentioned here. The food specials are just the peel-n-eat shrimp and wings, and if you don’t like either those (and one of us doesn’t at all!) you’re kind of out of luck for food. We prefer several of the other Marathon happy hours that offer a nice discount off of a range of small plates and appetizers from the regular menu.
The same goes for the drink specials, which are beer, wine, and well drinks. We love the specialty cocktails at Sparky’s, but since there’s no happy hour discount on those there’s no huge deal for us here on drinks either. We usually just settle for a beer or a rail rum and coke. Add to that the trouble with finding parking and bar seating after 4 and we’ve gone the opposite direction where we actually will avoid going to Sparky’s during happy hour, and go at 6:30 once happy hour clears out.
When we do go, we usually end up just ordering full-priced small plate or entree and drinks here – which, from their business perspective is probably great, but we’d really like to see a happy hour of a small menu that offers a discount on the delicious food the offer and at least one of the special cocktails that Sparky’s is known for before we would be able to give it our own little award for best happy hour.
SS Wreck
Hours: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
58835 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050
www.sswreck.com
$8 – Special Menu
$1 OFF – Bottle & Draft Beers
$1 OFF – House Wine
$1 OFF – Well Drinks
$1 OFF – Seltzers
The S.S. Wreck was mentioned in our best key lime pie article for having the best key lime pie. But before we tried the delicious key lime pie, our first visit to “The Wreck” was for the happy hour.
Our first happy hour here was a bit of an uneven experience from a service perspective, with slow-to-arrive food and an overly-feisty waitress who gave us grief when we ordered water along with our drinks, and then forgot about us. After that first bad experience we have had some very good service there from the two servers who are most often behind the bar.
The day we went the special menu happy hour offering was nachos, and we just had 2 Coronas, so it was a pretty uneventful happy hour experience for us, but largely as a result of our own ordering. It’s not always clear what will be offered on the $8 special menu for food, but we appreciate the $1 off drinks. When not ordering from the happy hour menu, we really enjoy the coconut shrimp, fajitas, tuna poke nachos from the regular menu as well as the legendary key lime pie!
Tiki 61
243 61st Street, Marathon, FL 33050
$1.00 off Beer, Wine and Canned cocktails
$1.50 off Signature Drinks and Shots and Cocktails
Tiki 61 is located in the Tropical Cottages off of Overseas Highway. Tropical Cottages are vacation cabin rentals, that are also home to a taco food truck called La Isla Tacos as well as a tiki bar called Tiki 61. Florida Keys tiki bars are one of the best things about the Keys, Tiki 61 is exactly the kind of atmosphere we love in the Keys. It’s a local favorite, has live music, and there’s usually a seat somewhere. Tiki 61 and the Tropical Cottages were recently featured on Motel Rescue, and had an amazing makeover as a part of that process.
The bar is now beautifully appointed with updated chic tropical decor. The cocktails are fantastic, and all of our favorites are on the daily happy hour which is $1.50 off signature drinks and $1.00 off beer, wine, and canned cocktails. We love the Painkiller, Rum Runner, Pina Colada, and the Strawberry Margarita. The tacos from the taco truck, aren’t a part of the happy hour, but grab a fish taco and then settle in for a few drinks during happy hour for a wonderful evening.
Places to Eat and Things to Do in Marathon Florida
We hope this helps you keep track of some of the best happy hour specials in Marathon, Florida. We’ll keep adding to this as our travels continue! Until then, save us a seat at the bar!
For more recommendations, check out our picks for the best restaurants in Marathon, Florida.
If you’re a camper or RV, also check out our thoughts on the best RV camping in the Florida Keys.
As with all of our posts, the information provided here was accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of our visits to these restaurants. However, menu items, locations, hours, and availability are always subject to change. You may want to double-check specials, as well as restaurant locations and hours. All opinions are our own.
Except where noted, all images are photographed by and copyright of the editors of Currently Traveling. Use of our photos is prohibited without permission. None of this content was sponsored unless noted we always purchase our own food and beverages for all the dining experiences mentioned in this article.