Shrimps House — Restaurant in Haifa

What a great place. Cheaper than most fish and seafood restaurants and the dishes are excellent. We ordered grilled LAVRAK and DENIS (sea bass and sea bream, respectively). They were both excellent and the squeeze of lemon we added on top brought out all the fish flavors. The kid had shrimp and calamari mix in butter and garlic sauce. The sauce was very good. The calamari were made just right and the shrimp was okay. The meal comes with pitas and salads (mangold, tabbule, carrots, beets, humus, tahini, and peppers). The salads were really delicious. Service was great. And... This is not a place you come to for the "atmosphere". You just come to...

We arrived on time, but our table wasn't ready. It took 20 min to sit (with infant 2 years old, it not so good experience). The order was taken within 10 min. Then it took 30 min for salads...., beer and juice. Salads were renewed only after i asked and it took 10 min. Main dishes arrived with salads renewing. The main dishes were not bad. But not bad is not good. Grilled shrimps were too dry. The taste of Shrimps with tomatoes was tomatoes only. The chicken breast was too seasoned. Shrimps with garlic and butter was good. 15 after main dishes arrived, we were asked if staff can clean our table. It was my last time in...

The good: decent prices, generous servings, fresh salads, properly cooked shrimps and calamari (not overcooked). The bad: the menu seems to have lots of items, but the choice is really minimal - a few sauces to choose from over a choice of some seafood + a few fish dishes. The garlic butter souce we had was simply pitiful. The chilli sauce that came with fried shrimps calamary was absolutely plain. The fried shrimps had so much sesame seeds on them (why??), the delicate shrimp taste was completely obscured. All in all that was a very...