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Arboloco Bocas del Toro
Starters
7-Seed Bread
$5

A basket of our 7-seed bread, warmed and served with garlic herb butter.

Black & White Zucchini Fries
$9

Black & white sesame encrusted crunchy zucchini fries, fried and served with a horseradish mayo.

West Indian Cauliflower
$12

Lightly breaded and fried, tossed in a creamy medium spice peanut sauce with red peppers and green onion and topped with toasted peanuts.

Caribbean Lobster Fritters
$14

Deep fried fritters stuffed with chunky lobster and fresh veggies with a sriracha mayo. (Vegetarian option available)

Seared Tuna Salad
$17

Sesame Yellowfin tuna, cooked medium rare* on mixed greens with cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper, green onions and crispy noodles. Served with a garlic ginger sesame dressing.

Coconut Fried Shrimp
$12

Jumbo shrimp hand breaded in fresh coconut and fried. Served with a mango pineapple salsa.

The Arboloco Sampler
$26

A perfect introduction to our cooking. Great to share. Habanero glazed pork chop, handcrafted Panamanian chorizo, jerk chicken, coconut fried shrimp, a mix of ground provision chips and three Caribbean dipping sauces.

Arboloco Salad
$8 Half$12 Full

Fire-roasted zucchini, eggplant, peppers, fresh cherry tomatoes, red onion and feta cheese. Topped with cashews and tossed in a bed of mixed greens and our house passionfruit dressing. Served with 7-seed bread.

We love our slow cooked natural charcoal cooking
Main Courses
Jungle Tofu Nest (Vegan)
$16

Sesame seeded and fried tofu. Served on a nest of fire-roasted zucchini, eggplant, peppers and corn, tossed in a tamarind-honey glaze and rice. Topped with toasted coconut and cashews.

West Indian Pumpkin Curry
$16

A bowl of creamy curry goodness, chocked full of garden veggies and topped with fresh wilted spinach and toasted nuts. Add Tofu +2, Chicken +3, or Shrimp +4.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken
$17

Chicken breast marinated in citrus and Jamaican Jerk seasonings, topped with a fresh pineapple salsa.

Mixed Grill
$19

Grill platter of our jerk chicken, one bone-in center cut pork chop with a habanero-pineapple glaze and a handcrafted Panamanian chorizo sausage from the Chiriquí Province.

Fish Dinner
Market Price

Today's catch marinated and grilled. Secret recipe changes daily.

Crazy for Coconut
$20

Lots of hand-breaded coconut shrimp, served on a bed of greens with coconut rice and pineapple chutney.

Pork Tenderloin
$20

Our pork tenderloin is amazing, but it does take extra time. It's worth the wait. Plan for extra time as it's slow roasted, topped with a coconut curry butter and served with pineapple chutney.

Arboloco Rondon
$20

Everywhere in the Caribbean you will find a version of this delicious dish. Ours comes from the island of Dominica. A slow-cooked, medium spicy seafood stew with a base of hand-cooked coconut milk, ground provisions, veggies and our garden's fresh herbs and spices. Served with our house salad and warm 7-seed bread. So good you will beg for more. *Subject to availability.

Dinners are served with sweet plantains, fire roasted corn, red onion cucumber salad, and Dominican lentils & rice.

Desserts
Arboloco Sundae
$6

Vanilla ice cream layered with handmade Dominican coconut tablet. (Fresh candied coconut with ginger, cinnamon and herbs. Topped with candied cacao rocks, cashews and whipped cream.

Frozen Key Lime Pie
$6

A twist on this Caribbean classic baked with chunks of dark chocolate. Served cold and topped with whipped cream and warm lime syrup.

Coffee Cacao Walnut Torte
$6

Warm coffee-cacao goodness with a scoop of coffee ice cream and whipped cream, topped with candied pecans & almonds and a cacao/coffee glaze. Warning: Full of nuts from top to bottom.

Banana Heaven
$6

Bananas pan-flamed in a fresh orange juice, dark-rum caramel sauce. Served on crisp ginger cookies with both vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Sprinkled with toasted cashews and coconut.

Fogata S'mores
$6

A cup of Maria cookies, ginger cookies, marshmallows and Hershey's chocolate, served with a stick. (6 p.m. to close)

Drinking Creatively

The Arboloco
$6

The glass speaks for itself. A mad blend of rums, juice with fresh ginger syrup and bitters, served with a sugar cane stick

Drinks from Our Neighbors
The Mexican - Margarita
$7

Tequila, triple sec, orange and lime.

Mucho Plata
$11

Patron, Cointreau, Fresh OJ and lime.

The Fruity Mexican
$8

A classic margarita shaken with your choice of fresh tropical fruits. Ask for the signature flavor of the day.

The Southern Mexican
$9

A mezcalita, single origin Burro Mezcal, fresh OJ, lime and smoked pineapple.

The Mezcalita (The Smoky Margarita)
$9

Single Origin Burro Mezcal | Fresh OJ | Touch of Cointreau | Lime

The Mezcalita Verde
$10

Single Origin Burro Mezcal | Fresh OJ | Touch of Cointreau | Lime

The Jamaican Mojito
$8

A Twist on the Classic. Made with fresh pineapple juice, Myer's Dark Rum, fresh mint and soda.

The Jamaican Rose Island
$9

Absolut Mandarin Vodka | Fresh spiced Hibiscus syrup (floral notes) | Cinnamon Ginger | Lime | Soda

The Cuban - Fresh Mojito
$7

Hand muddled fresh mint, rum, sugar and lime.

The Guatemalan
$11

23-year old Zacapa Rum, fresh passionfruit juice and lime.

The California Dreamer
$9

Absolut Pear Vodka | Fresh Orange Juice | Lime | Pineapple | Cucumber

The Bermuda Dark & Stormy
$8

An old-time Caribbean classic of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum | Ginger Beer | Lime

The Colombian Tamarind Tree
$9

Sweet & tangy | Lime | Ginger | Cinnamon | Dark Rum | Soda

By the Fire - Beer, Wine & Imports

We have a monthly wine list! Ask your server, or visit our display near the bar.

Spiced Wine
$6

Mulled Cabernet with spices, cane sugar and a splash of rum.

Beer - National Selections
$2

Balboa, Panama, Atlas Golden Light

Modelo + Modelo Obscuro
$4
Craft Brews from Central Cerveceria
$5

Ask your server about selections available from brewery Central Cerveceria.

Wine
House Red or White - Glass or Bottle
$5/20
Malbec or Chardonnay
$6
Red Sangria - Glass or Pitcher
$5/20

Count Your Pennies

Well Drinks
$5

Abuelo, Flor de Caña, Kirkland Vodka, Kirkland Whiskey, Gin Factory Gin, Sauza Tequila

With Tonic, Juice or Soda Water
$5.5
Call Drinks
$6.5

Rum - Flor de Caña 5-year, Havana Club 5, Brugal; Tequila - Jose Cuervo, Mezcal; Whiskey - Johnny Walker Red, Jim Beam, Jameson; Gin - Tanqueray; Vodka - Titos, Absolut

With Tonic, Juice or Soda Water
$6.5
Top Shelf
Prices Vary, Ask Bartender

Flor de Caña 12, Zacapa 23, Bombay Gin - Ask about additional selections.

Refreshments

Save the Planet: Purified Water
$1.5/2.5

We fill it in sanitized glass bottles, you drink it!

Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite
$2
Ginger Beer
$3
Tonic, Club Soda, Flavored La Croix Water
$2.5

Coffee & Hot Tea
$2
Iced Coffee
$4
Espresso
$3
Fresh Chilled Coconut Water
$3
Fresh Juice of the Day
$5
Ginger Lemonade
$4
Bluff Beach Road, Near Playa Paunch, Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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