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Seafood Institutions

Pick your fish from the ice — the Red Sea's honest luxury

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InstitutionPick-your-fishLoud & good

Sheraton Road

Star Fish Restaurant

The one every taxi driver names first — and they're right

Hurghada's benchmark seafood house: choose your fish from the ice display, choose grilled / fried / singari (butterflied and baked in spicy tomato), and it lands with tahini, salads and Egyptian rice. Big, loud, unglamorous and consistently excellent for decades.

Best time

Dinner from 19:00; expect a short wait on weekends

Entry & fees

No entry — you pay by the kilo for what you pick. Mid-range by European standards, priceless by flavour.

Insider tip

The crab soup isn't on every menu print — ask for it. Regulars order it before the fish hits the grill.

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El Dahar (old town) fish market area

El Halaka

Fish-market dining where Hurghada's own families eat

Right by the old-town fish market, El Halaka is the local-local seafood answer: the day's catch, market prices, plastic-tableclothed honesty and flavour that embarrasses hotel restaurants. Come hungry, point at fish, trust the kitchen.

Best time

Lunch after the morning catch, or early dinner

Entry & fees

Pay per kilo at market-linked prices — the best seafood value in the city.

Insider tip

Ask for the shrimp tagine with rice cooked in the same sauce — it's the dish locals actually cross town for.

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