Dr Shakshuka

I was pretty disappointed. Overpriced for two eggs (most places have at least three). Our Shakshuka came out super fast, though mine came out lukewarm (was it sitting out for someone else and they gave it to me), but my cousins came out sizzling. Her coffee was not good with the Turkish grinds all sitting at the bottom. I suspect with tourism down, they are not putting in 100%, which is a shame.

The food is not more than ok. Most likely a tourist trap!!! I’ve been here with my family, the moment we sat down not even 5 minutes of looking at the menu and deciding what we were going to eat we were served with salads that were ok, and then the food came. Spicy Shakshuka and a bit of meat. The food was too spicy and salty for our taste, and all of the servers were going around us in circles making it uncomfortable to eat and speak among us, not to mention that the cutlery was very dirty, we had a dead insect in our drink, I had to kill 2-3 ants on the table and the knife looked like it’s been used before. The atmosphere was very intimidating with the servers always looking at us even from the kitchen like we were some show. To conclude, this place is not worth going to, the food is pricier than it’s worth, honestly eat someplace else.

Tourist Trap (.) Not in a good way. From the moment you walk in, as you are welcomed by branded t-shirts with Dr. Shakshuka's face, full wall frescoes of the proprietor seasoning (salt bae style) pans of shakshuka, and a life sized cut out of the "chef" himself, you know this is not a good idea. We sat and attempted to escape but the waiter said the shakshuka was only 49 shekels. Tempted by the price we stayed. We ordered 2 bottles of water to quench our thirst (sorry no tap) and our total for 2 ended up at 135 shekels. Service: We went at around 8:45 am, note Tel Aviv is a late city, so we were the only ones there. The wait staff was, what it was, nothing special. Food: I gave 3 stars for the food, which is nothing I couldn't make at home in 20 minutes.

First, the food here was decent and the room with the pans hanging from the ceiling is really cool. Unfortunately, those are the only nice things I can say about this place. The staff is just awful. No smiles whatsoever. Rude AF. They try to rip you off right away, bringing stuff you didn’t order so they can charge you for it. Never again.

Food was okay, not extraordinary, but satisfying. The waiter told us that the price for "business lunch" will be 87 NIS per person. We were fine with the price as it seemed to be a good value for so much food (we were served 15 items - salads, hummus, tahini, meat, shakshouka and lot of bread, quite good lemonade). Anyway 87 NIS * 2 persons gives 174 NIS, our waiter even wrote the price down for us. He seemed quite stressed the whole time, he was pressing us to make a quick decision - we thought it's because the place was busy (around a half of the tables in the outside area was taken). I also didn't like that the waiter was smoking a cigarette just a few meters away from our table. When it came to the payment time, the waiter didn't not came with a terminal for card payments, he insisted that it will be faster and more comfortable if he'll go inside alone and charge the card himself. But... He came with a receipt for 190 NIS. I have no idea for what that additional fee was taken as it hasn't been explained. Because of this we decided to not tip them, so this lunch was a bit cheaper than planned anyway.

We walked in and got seated right away within minutes they brought out some salads to start off with and within 10 minutes our food was already on the table. It was an absolutely delicious shakshuka (we had a plane shakshuka, lamb shawarma shakshuka land one sausage shakshuka) and so were the salads. Great friendly service and a nice atmospher, no wonder they won the best shakshuka in Israel award. We met the owner and he was the nicest guy ever. If you’re in Tel Aviv-Yafo area this is a must place to visit and it’s about 30 minutes drive from almost any area near Tel Aviv.

Unsanitary tourist trap! Ordered a swarma there - the food was subpar, overpriced, came with half (!) pita and no hummus. Then the staff tried to charge me extra for the additional pitas i have asked for. Needless to say, you can get a much better deal for you buck in the area. In addition, they tried to evade taxes on my order by telling me they need cash and their credit terminal no working. I didn't have any cash so miraculously the terminal started working again. The family nearby came in with a child and asked for a child chair, the child chairs were standing beside me all covered in bird poo (!). Staff started cleaning them out in front of me while simultaniously serving food to the family. Do not come close the place!

Believe the hype. All of it. You little nerds complaining about service deserve to be slapped. Stop being stereotypical Hebrews complaining about price. You get what you pay for. You’re not here to be coddled you’re here to eat. The abrasive service is part of the experience. Order the small bites tasting menu you won’t be disappointed. Those who hate the food should stick to eating hamburgers and French fries.