Hanamal 24
One of the top cuisine restaurants in Haifa. Serving excellent though high priced as expected food, desserts and service. Highly advised place for a gourmet dinner.
Haifa is not a gourmet center like greater Tel Aviv, but it still has plenty to offer.
Falafel and other street food. Some good falafel can be found in: Falafel Michel and Falafel HaZkenim, both in the Wadi Nisnas area; Falafel HaNasi locations in the Carmel Center and Horev Center; and at Paris Square, the lowest Carmelit station. Wadi Nisnas has many restaurants and food stalls for shawarma, falafel, and Middle Eastern sweets like baklava and knafe.
There is a huge concentration of falafel and shawarma stands downtown on Yafo Street, near the old Bat Galim Central Bus Terminal building about 400m from it. The food is cheap and authentic about âª10-15 for a falafel, and around âª20-22 for a shawarma in a pita.
Another cheap street food is the Bureka--a Turkish phyllo dough, filled pastry--which is almost as common as falafel. Price is also cheap, and it usually comes filled with cheese, potatoes, spinach and feta, or meat.
Further up the food chain are the Middle Eastern/Arabic restaurants. Most are located downtown: Abu-Yousef there are two with no relation , Hummus Faraj, Hummus Abu-Shaker on HaMeginim St., Abu Maroun in the flea market, Matza a good place 10 minutes walking distance from the shopping mall "Grand Canyon". They are all famous for their high quality hummus which is regarded as the "best of the best" in Israel. Expect to pay âª50-80 per person for a complete meal.
There are several Romanian-style restaurants; in actuality this is a hybrid of Middle Eastern and Romanian cuisine. Most are located downtown: Ma'ayan HaBira beer fountain, Cafe coffee Glida icecream Younek. Expect to pay âª50-100 per person for a meal.
Jacko - one of the best fish restaurants on Moriah Street and downtown near Natanson Street. It was a working-class restaurant until it became famous, and increased its prices a bit âª80-120 per person.
Isabella is a restaurant at the entrance of the German Colony. Isabella provides great seafood that caters to a western palate at a mid-range price. Their house wine is pretty good and overall the service is good.
tipping practice
Tipping is customary. The normal rate is 10% at all places that you sit down and are served. Don't tip at falafel, shawarma, and bureka stands. If you feel the service was poor, tip less, if it was outstanding tip a little more.