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Northern port city’s restaurants have more to offer than just fish, beer. Nowadays it has everything, from goose skewers to chopped liver, from smoked herring to shrimp

International cuisine Italian Pubs and seafarers Fish 
Meat Asian restaurants 
The city on the Carmel can be proud of its restaurants. It has old fashioned workers’ restaurants, seamen’s bars, home-style restaurants and trendy restaurants. The national chains have also left their mark on the mountain, and along with them a new wave of young chefs has arrived, with the belief that Haifa residents also deserve finger-licking worthy food.

 

International cuisine
“Renee” – a restaurant which opened this past July on Reches Hacarmel, across from a blue bay, and has managed to find a good spot on the hilltop. A unique atmosphere created by an old stone house adds to the view. The menu was put together by Chef Yair Sharon, and it is based on local ingredients and meat, fish, seafood and pasta dishes. The bar overlooking the sea offers a variety of spirits, wine and cocktails.

99 Yefe Nof St., 972-4-8375602.

 

“Harbor 24” – a heavy metal door opens on to a staircase, which leads to a loft containing one of Haifa’s most beautiful restaurants. Architect Nathan Feibish built this space to showcase his work, with intimate nooks with plenty of atmosphere and character. The menu is made up of French gourmet dishes, with touches of Italian and Mediterranean cuisine.

24 Hanamal St., 972-4-8628899.

 

“The1872 Reservation” – the restaurant is located in a three story Templar house built in 1872. The house has been restored and reserved. The basement holds a bar and ancient wine cellar. The menu is based on European cuisine, shrimp skewers, warm goose liver escalope, osso buco of lamb or filet of beef.

15 Ben Gurion St., 972-4-8551872.

 

“Oliver” – a combination of subdued conservativeness during the day, and action at night. The epitome of the restaurant is a bright red bar, with a selection of 40 kinds of wine from Israel and the world, and a rich spirits bar. The menu is based on meats aged on the premises, fish, seafood, and daily chef’s specials. The buildings roof comes to life at night and becomes a dance bar.

8 Fliman St., 972-4-8501007.

 

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Italian
“Dante” – the restaurant’s owners went beyond Italian food, and brought Italian culture as well, including pictures depicting 13th and 14th century Italy. In addition, you can find home made limoncielo, tiramisu in an individual mug, music from Italian movies, and a menu which includes focaccias, minestrone, bruschetta, pizza margarita, pasta napolitana, veal scallopini piccata and fruit di mari. Little Italy.

119 Hanasi Boulevard, 972-4-8371173.

 

“Isabella” – The restaurant is nestled in the middle of the German Colony, and has an intimate atmosphere. There is a sit-down counter in the center of the restaurant for light meals. The appetizers include the traditional antipasti, four cheese pasta, pizza margarita, red tuna filet, filet of grouper, risotto and gnocchi. The desserts include tiramisu and pear nougat.

6 Ben Gurion St., 972-4-8552201.

 

“Pasto” – the restaurant is directly across from the fountain on Moriah Boulevard, and its name, pasto, means “meal” in Italian. The Italian menu is inspired by Sicilian cuisine, with light touches of French and Mediterranean cuisine. There is a variety of of meat, fish, and seafood dishes, as well as hearty soups.

110 Moriah Boulevard, 972-4-8344502.

 

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Pubs and seafarers
“The Godfather” – a local pub which is a watering hole for sun-stroked seamen. The atmosphere is created by the regular characters and discussion groups who come here to warm their bellies with fine whiskey. Twenty years is plenty of time for the owners, brothers Yaacov and Ezra, to get to know almost every customer. They gave up the waves for dry land over two decades ago, but did not give up the ale. The walls are covered with posters and pictures of “The Godfather” movies. Drinkers can have cold cuts or roast beef with their drink. Eaters can order fish, seafood or goulash soup.

30a Kdoshei Bagdad St., 972-4-8671888.

 

“The Beer Fount” – an old style saloon that is more than 30 years old. It was founded by Meir Nahum, and is now run by his son Reuven and his grandson Shlomi. The bar used to have a single Goldstar tap, but now has Czechs, Blondes, Brunettes and dark Guinesses. The kitchen provides a mixture of European Jewish food with chopped liver, smoked herring, kreplach with plenty of onions, home made pickles and big-bellied fried potatoes. The restaurant’s tradition, starting with the grandfather, is of smoked meats, beef or pork pastrami, and a goose leg serves with very hot horseradish.

4 Natanson St., 972-4-8623193.

 

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Fish
“Jacko” – Yaacov Alalouf, better known as Jacko, opened this small and humble restaurant in the lower city near the Turkish market 30 years ago, after many years on fishing boats. He prepared the fish, and his wife Simcha made the stews and salads. Small plates of ikra, roast eggplants, Arab tahini, Bulgarian cheese, pickled fish and chopped vegetable salad are served on the rough wooden tables. The restaurant offers fresh grilled fish in the oven or the frying pan, fresh seafood, and a dessert of a spongy, syrupy semolina cake or crescent cookies filled with nuts and cinnamon.

12 Kehilat Saloniki St., 972-4-8668813.

 

“Dolphin” – this restaurant was opened 34 years ago by Adina Hanoch, who passed on the chef’s baton to her son Itsik and his wife Ilana. The appetizing starters include a refreshing tzatziki, fried eggplants, roast peppers, a Greek salad with cheese dices and anchovies, and a grouper ceviche with fresh vegetables. The main courses include lobsters, jumbo shrimp tempura, and various sauces with roquefort or pesto, calamari and muscles. Among desserts are warm apple pie and semolina cake.

13 Bat Galim St., 972-4-8523832.

 

“Misadag” – this restaurant looks on to the waves and was opened about 40 years ago. It is currently run by the second generation of the Shitrit family. On the menu: shrimp, calamari, oysters, St. Peter’s fish, mullet, sea bream and red mullet, fried or grilled in butter and garlic. There are also grilled kabobs, starters and a variety of alcohol.

Bat Galim promenade, 972-4-8524441.

 

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Meat
“Sinta Bar” – this small intimate bistro lies in the heart of the Carmel. Chef Ram Lasri offers a Moroccan pastille stuffed with spring chicken, dried fruits and pistachios, escalope served on beet leaves with hyssop pesto, or a lamb burger, served in different weights. The restaurant’s bar offers various wines and spirits.

131 Moriah Boulevard, 972-4-8341170.

 

“Burger Place” – this restaurant began as an upscale hamburger restaurant, but has recently turned into a stylish meat restaurant spanning two floors and with a big bar. They serve breakfast, business lunches and age beef entrecote, spring chickens and hamburgers.

157 Hahistadrut Boulevard, 972-4-8721988

 

“Fetouch” – this restaurant is named after the famous Lebanese salad which combines vegetables with small bits of pita fried in olive oil and hyssop. The menu combines Arab dishes with Mediterranean dishes: stuffed grape leaves, sfiha, kube, fried Arab cheese, tabule salad and pita with hyssop and cheese.

38 Ben Gurion Boulevard, 972-4-8524930.

 

“Yonak Ice Cream Cafe” – Yehuda Milshtein founded an ice cream factory in the lower city in 1948. He went further and opened a traditional Romanian restaurant adjacent to it, which is still called “ice cream café”. As we sit at the table, thick slices of bread arrive with cabbage, tomatoes and cucumbers, plates with onion-wrapped smoked fish, a garlic-rich roast eggplant and ikra. The most poplar appetizer is Romanian kabob, followed by grilled meat, entrecote, filet and pork steak, all generously lathered in garlic. If you ask for your main course to come with a “shpritz”, you’ll also get red wine with sparkling water.

23 Kibbutz Galuyot St., 972-4-8667929.

 

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Asian restaurants
“Tatami” – the first Japanese restaurant to open in the hears of the Carmel’s leisure area. A large aquarium is located in the middle of the restaurant, which also features dark wooden chairs and dim lighting. Among the most notable dishes are crispy penko sushi, chicken and ginger gyoza, Korean style grilled meats, miso soup and sobe noodles.

10 horev St., 972-4-8254787.

 

“Lichi” – this Asian restaurant combines Thai, Chinese and Japanese cuisine, and rests and the top of Mount Carmel. It has a small covered space and a few tables on the deck for milder days. They serve traditional Thai dishes of noodles, soups, curries and coconut milk. The sushi bar provides sashimi, nigiri, tempuras and 13 types of warm sushi. The seafood bar includes calamari, shrimp, oysters and crab in Asian flavors and sauces.

139 Hanasi Boulevard, 972-4-8103030.

 

“Frangelico” – this restaurant is most identified with its impressive sushi bar, offering over 80 types of sushi, but the menu offers the best of all worlds: Greek salad, seafood bisque, entrecote, veal tortilla and crème brule or pana cotta for dessert. What captures the eye, however, is the large bar, with diners sitting on both sides, ordering light sushi courses with beer, wine or colorful cocktails.

132 Moriah Boulevard, 972-4-8322240.

 

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