Haifa and the Northern Coast Restaurants
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1. Adelina
$$$$ | | MediterraneanWhen dining at this stellar restaurant, you may wonder how you got so lucky: there's the knockout view of the Mediterranean from the stone terrace...
When dining at this stellar restaurant, you may wonder how you got so lucky: there's the knockout view of the Mediterranean from the stone terrace, olive-tree-shaded setting, and wonderful Catalonian-accented dishes prepared by Adelina. Cooking is done in the huge silver tabun oven as Spanish music drifts across the dark wooden tables. Try the paella marinara packed with shellfish, roast sirloin with bacon and tarragon, or broccoli cannelloni in a creamy pepper sauce. Move on to knafe (a local pastry) with pistachio ice cream. The eatery is about 8 km (5 miles) east of Nahariya.
Kibbutz Kabri, Rte. 89, Nahariya, Northern District, 25120, Israel04-952–3707Restaurant Details
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2. Hanamal 24
$$$$ | Haifa Port | IsraeliHands down, this is the finest gastronomic experience in Haifa. Tasteful renovations have transformed this old wheat-and-corn warehouse in Haifa...
Hands down, this is the finest gastronomic experience in Haifa. Tasteful renovations have transformed this old wheat-and-corn warehouse in Haifa's rather run-down port into an elegant Tuscan country inn. Climbing the stairs, you arrive at four rooms of various sizes and levels of privacy (one's the bar, with leather sofas) with original stone floors, brick walls, and lofty ceilings. Starters such as cream of onion soup with truffle cream and bok choy leaves and delectable entrées such as fillet of sea bass in a Tomme-cheese crust are highlights. Wash it down with a splash of the house wine, a blend made for Hanamal 24 by the Vitkin boutique winery.
24 Hanamal St., off Sha'ar Palmer St., Haifa, Haifa, 3303124, Israel04-862–8899Restaurant Details
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3. Helena
$$$ | | MediterraneanTwo of Israel's best-known culinary personalities, Amos Sion and Uri Yarmias, opened this restaurant to create a first-rate yet affordable dining...
Two of Israel's best-known culinary personalities, Amos Sion and Uri Yarmias, opened this restaurant to create a first-rate yet affordable dining experience. It occupies a beautifully restored stone building in the ancient harbor. Large windows everywhere maximize the sea view under a wooden pergola. The chef puts an Israeli spin on Mediterranean-style cooking, turning out such tantalizing appetizers as calamari with lemon and hyssop leaves on sheep-milk yogurt, and sliced sirloin in aged balsamic vinegar with Cambozola cheese and pistachios. Main dishes include an aromatic fish stew made of red mullet, spinach, and Swiss chard, and grilled barbuni (sardine-sized fish). The wine room holds the chef's private collection. A children's menu is available.
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4. Shawatina
$$$ | French Carmel | Middle EasternNo visit to Stella Maris Monastery is complete without a meal at this local favorite, where you can marvel at the eye-popping harbor view from...
No visit to Stella Maris Monastery is complete without a meal at this local favorite, where you can marvel at the eye-popping harbor view from the floor-to-ceiling windows in the exposed brick dining room while you enjoy traditional Middle Eastern fare. Start the meal with an array of salads and appetizers served family style; inventive grilled halumi cheese with crunchy peanuts and a sweet mango salad are more unusual additions to the traditional plates of eggplant, hummus, pickles, and cabbage salads. Grilled meats and fresh fish are the house specialties. Reservations are essential at this popular spot. The restaurant has a second branch on the beach.
100 Stella Maris St., Haifa, Haifa, Israel04-833–3037 -
5. Uri Buri
$$$$ | | SeafoodJustly known far and wide for its excellent fish and seafood, this Akko institution is housed in an old Turkish building near the lighthouse...
Justly known far and wide for its excellent fish and seafood, this Akko institution is housed in an old Turkish building near the lighthouse. One room is furnished with sofas, copper dishes, and nargillas (water pipes). Everything on the menu is seasonal, and the fresh fish is steamed, baked, or grilled. Allow time to linger here—it's not your everyday fish fry. Two house specialties are gravlax and Thai-style fish; delicious seafood soup is another fixture. Or try the baby calamari with kumquats and pink grapefruit or Creole shrimp with five spices.
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6. Abu Christo
$$$ | | SeafoodIn the Old City, this popular waterfront fish restaurant stands at one of the original 18th-century gates built by Pasha Ahmed al-Jazzar when...
In the Old City, this popular waterfront fish restaurant stands at one of the original 18th-century gates built by Pasha Ahmed al-Jazzar when he fortified the city after his victory over Napoléon. It's a Greek family business that's been passed from father to son since 1948. The covered patio is an idyllic place to dig into earthy hummus with pine nuts, eggplant salad spiced with sumac, and other salads. Abu Christo serves the daily catch—often grouper, red snapper, or sea bass—prepared simply, either grilled or deep-fried. Shellfish such as jumbo shrimp and crabs, and grilled meats or beef Stroganoff are also available.
Crusader Port, Leofeld HaSheni St., Akko, Northern District, 2470051, Israel04-991–0065 -
7. Abu Yakov
$ | | IsraeliYou reach Abu Yakov's by climbing the stone seats of Ein Hod's amphitheater. There are a few seats inside, but most people prefer outside in...
You reach Abu Yakov's by climbing the stone seats of Ein Hod's amphitheater. There are a few seats inside, but most people prefer outside in the blue plastic chairs beneath a ragged plastic tarp. It feels a bit makeshift, but the fresh food counts for everything. Dine on what locals often call "Oriental" (meaning Middle Eastern) food: hummus, fluffy pita bread, chopped vegetable salad, and grilled meat on skewers. Call ahead for oven-roasted lamb.
Ein Hod, Haifa, 3089000, Israel04-984–3377Restaurant Details
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8. Agenda
$$ | | IsraeliIf you're one of those people who could eat breakfast three times a day, Agenda is for you. Try the shakshuka, an Israeli dish in which eggs...
If you're one of those people who could eat breakfast three times a day, Agenda is for you. Try the shakshuka, an Israeli dish in which eggs are poached in a sharp tomato sauce. For lunch and dinner there are also pizzas, sushi, and other light fare, plus cocktails and wine. The staff is friendly, the atmosphere casual. Like many of the tastiest good-value restaurants in Israel, this one is in a gas station (next to Minato, a sushi place). It has a bright interior with indoor, outdoor, and bar seating.
Caesarea Junction, Off Rte. 2, Caesarea, Haifa, 9088900, Israel04-626–2092Restaurant Details
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9. BaNahala
$$ | Rasco | MediterraneanBe prepared for taste-bud overload at this lovely restaurant surrounded by pecan trees. Inside the old building, part of a family estate, wood...
Be prepared for taste-bud overload at this lovely restaurant surrounded by pecan trees. Inside the old building, part of a family estate, wood tables are set with fresh flowers, chairs are made from woven rope, and one wall displays the charming faces of the owners as children. Outside, market umbrellas shade the tables on the huge wood-plank terrace. When kids are finished choosing from their own menu, they can frolic on the lawn. For grown-ups there's everything from lamb kebabs with tahini to sweet red peppers stuffed with tangy cheese and risotto to tuna steak marinated in ginger. The comprehensive list of Israeli wines gives you a chance to sample local vintages.
17 Yitzhak Sadeh, Nahariya, Northern District, 2230510, Israel04-951–2074Restaurant Details
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10. Café Ein Hod
$ | | CaféClimb up the stairs beside the Doña Rosa restaurant and keep an eye out for this local favorite: a two-level collection of mismatched chairs...
Climb up the stairs beside the Doña Rosa restaurant and keep an eye out for this local favorite: a two-level collection of mismatched chairs and odd tables, complete with cat sunning itself on a stool. Inside the old stone building, handmade clothes and handbags are for sale. You can sit outside to sip coffee and fruit smoothies alongside homemade bourekas (filled pastry triangles), shakshuka (eggs in tomato sauce), carrot cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, and apple pie. Beer and wine are available, too. Indian cuisine is served every Thursday night. From Thursday night through Sunday you can get vegetarian meals; the rest of the week, pastries and coffee are offered.
Near village square, Ein Hod, Haifa, 30890, Israel054-667–6089Restaurant Details
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11. Café Louise
$$ | Merkaz Carmel | VegetarianAt this nutritious vegetarian eatery, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served in the cheerful dining room (good feng shui) or on the glass-enclosed...
At this nutritious vegetarian eatery, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served in the cheerful dining room (good feng shui) or on the glass-enclosed patio. Grains are the mains here: choose from among such creative dishes as red-quinoa salad with sweet-carrot vinaigrette, whole-wheat-and-spelt quiche, and vegetable curry stew with cashews. If you prefer fish, try the fillet of salmon in lemongrass sauce with whole-wheat couscous. For dessert, there's tapioca in coconut milk with seasonal fruit. Consider indulging in an Israeli-style Bellini—arak and fresh-squeezed red-grapefruit juice. Many Israeli wines are also available, as is organic coffee, which you can purchase along with health products in the café-run shop next door.
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12. Crusaders' Restaurant
$$$ | | SeafoodSitting by the old port of Caesarea in Caesarea National Park, and with ample seating overlooking the bay, this cavernous seaside restaurant...
Sitting by the old port of Caesarea in Caesarea National Park, and with ample seating overlooking the bay, this cavernous seaside restaurant is famous for its fish. The menu features fresh seafood, caught right from the water below, as well as juicy steaks and kebabs. An excellent starter is the salad of grilled eggplant, hummus, and fried cauliflower. Crunchy pita rounds toasted with olive oil and local spices are served alongside. House specialties include baked red snapper topped with chopped vegetables and black mussels sautéed in garlic, butter, and wine. Still hungry? Creamy cheesecake or warm apple pie with ice cream will do the trick. This place is a favorite with tour groups.
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13. Cucina
$$$ | | ItalianPots of geraniums and rosemary and lavender bushes grace the entrance of this charming, eclectic eatery with a sophisticated Italian and...
Pots of geraniums and rosemary and lavender bushes grace the entrance of this charming, eclectic eatery with a sophisticated Italian and Mediterranean menu. The original settlers peer out sternly from photos on the vanilla-colored walls, and a wood stove in the middle keeps the restored 19th-century space cozy. The chef's lemon-cured salmon with cucumber dressing merits mention, as does the goat-cheese souffle and roasted eggplant with tomatoes and mint leaves. Each makes a fine introduction to main courses such as seafood pasta in white wine and wild herbs and lemony chicken breast with capers. For dessert, try the phyllo leaves filled with crème anglaise and seasonal fresh fruit.
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14. Doña Rosa
$$$ | | ArgentineIf you can't read the restaurant's sign in Hebrew, just follow the tantalizing aroma up the steps of this wooden building on the town square...
If you can't read the restaurant's sign in Hebrew, just follow the tantalizing aroma up the steps of this wooden building on the town square: Rosa's grandsons, Uri and Doron, import meat and special charcoal from Argentina and roast the food in the true Argentinean style. The bar is decorated with a drawing of a hefty cow that illustrates each cut of meat. Highlights include grilled pork spareribs; seafood simmered with fragrant yellow rice; and asado: delicious, chunky ribs (available only on Saturday). There's beer and Chilean and Argentinean wine, too.
Near village square, Ein Hod, Haifa, 30890, Israel04-954–3777Restaurant Details
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15. Douzan
$$$ | German Colony | MediterraneanInside this old German Templer building with a pleasant outdoor terrace, a huge metal lamp studded with colored glass casts lacy designs on...
Inside this old German Templer building with a pleasant outdoor terrace, a huge metal lamp studded with colored glass casts lacy designs on the walls, lending to the Middle Eastern design. The food, much of it prepared by the owner's mother, is an eclectic combination of French and local Arabic cuisines. Her specialty is kubbeh, deep-fried torpedoes of cracked wheat kneaded with minced beef, pine nuts, onions, and exotic spices. A variation on the dish is sfeeha, puff pastry topped with delicately minced beef, onions, and pine nuts. For dessert, try the mouhalabieh, a delicious Middle Eastern custard topped by dried fruits.
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16. El Gaucho
$$$$ | | SteakhouseInside the Carmel Hotel, this is one of Israel's best kosher steak houses, part of a small chain. Decorated in a rustic style, the restaurant...
Inside the Carmel Hotel, this is one of Israel's best kosher steak houses, part of a small chain. Decorated in a rustic style, the restaurant is dominated by a dramatic view of the sea. South American–style meat specialties, among them thick slabs of entrecôte steaks and veal asado, are cooked over embers on a giant grill. The kitchen also serves grilled sea bream and skewered chicken, and the wine list is extensive.
Carmel Hotel, 2 Oved Ben Ami St. , Netanya, Central District, 4220512, Israel09-884–1264Restaurant Details
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17. Fattoush
$$$ | German Colony | Middle EasternAt this attractive restaurant-bar at the foot of the Baha'i Gardens, olive trees hung with blue and green lights set the tone for the elaborate...
At this attractive restaurant-bar at the foot of the Baha'i Gardens, olive trees hung with blue and green lights set the tone for the elaborate interior, which contains several intimate rooms. One is a "cave" with Arabic script on the walls, low banquettes, wooden stools, and filigree lamps; another is modern with leather seats, embroidered cushions, and a changing art exhibit set against burnt orange walls. The eponymous Fattoush Salad is a favorite, consisting of a generous helping of chopped tomato, cucumber, onion, and mint and sprinkled with crisp toasted pita pieces. You might follow it with emsakhan, roast chicken topped with sumac and served on oven-baked pita.
38 Ben Gurion Blvd., Haifa, Haifa, 3502332, Israel04-852–4930 -
18. Giraffe
$$ | Merkaz Carmel | AsianHere's a welcome combination of jolly atmosphere and casual pan-Asian cuisine. It's sort of a New York lounge–style hangout: stainless-steel...
Here's a welcome combination of jolly atmosphere and casual pan-Asian cuisine. It's sort of a New York lounge–style hangout: stainless-steel open kitchen; black tables, chairs, bar, and stools; silver photography-studio ceiling lights; and a staff in bright white T-shirts, jeans, and long black aprons. Noodles are the specialty, and most dishes are prepared in a wok. You might start with a crispy Thai salad in peanut sauce; then feast on spicy egg noodles with chicken, coconut milk, and red Thai curry; or try your luck with black egg noodles (dyed with squid ink) with calamari and green onions.
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19. Goldfish
$$ | Downtown | SeafoodOver the shabby doorway, a crooked sign announces that the fish is "fresh every day." That's all you need to know about this bare-bones, old...
Over the shabby doorway, a crooked sign announces that the fish is "fresh every day." That's all you need to know about this bare-bones, old-time favorite seafood restaurant. Take a seat at one of the 16 tables, each covered with rough white paper, and be treated to lots of what Israelis call salatim, or little dishes of roasted eggplant, fish roe, and homemade hummus. There's no menu in English, and no need for one, as only three dishes are offered: shrimp, calamari, and deep-fried fish. There's no dessert, just jangling-strong espresso.
26 A.L. Zissu St., Haifa, Haifa, 3525247, Israel04-855–2663Restaurant Details
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20. Halabi Brothers
$$ | | Middle EasternAt this storefront eatery, brothers Fouad and Ahmad Halabi greet you with a handshake and a "Hello, my cousin!" The delicious falafel and shawarma...
At this storefront eatery, brothers Fouad and Ahmad Halabi greet you with a handshake and a "Hello, my cousin!" The delicious falafel and shawarma are wrapped in thin, lightly browned Druze-style pitas, a nice change from the fluffy ones served at most other places in the country. A refreshing splash of lemon tops the platter of salads. Watch everything being prepared in the glass-front kitchen that opens onto a series of tile-floor dining rooms. The adjoining gift shop, also run by the siblings, displays locally woven tablecloths and pillowcases.
14 Commercial Center St., Daliyat el Carmel, Haifa, 3005600, Israel04-839–3576
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