Samakmak Seafood

Absolute favorite restaurant in New Jersey. I am transported back home to Alexandria, Egypt. You must order the grilled stripped bass,eggplant, jumbo shrimp and rice pudding. Please understand that the fish isn’t burnt, it just is cooked with a special seasoning that blackens the skin. Let us not be ignorant like a few of these reviewers…

I’m sorry, the fish is worth $22.99?? Fish that’s as big a my hand? I’m 5’ for reference. The calamari I ordered was $17.99 and they gave me such a small amount. I ordered from Ubereats after looking through pictures from reviews and the portions looked reasonable from the pictures. My total was $47.24 but what I got wasn’t worth that.

You don’t come here for the atmosphere, You come here for the Food, and the food itself is absolutely top notch. The grilled shrimp and shrimp rice are especially absolutely fantastic. You can tell that it’s cooked with love and care and feels like a homemade meal. The staff was very nice and polite as well as quick with serving our food. That being said. I do think that the overall condition of the restaurant should be better kept. The air was a bit cold and it felt a bit lacking in terms of cleanliness.

Terrible experience by all means. Place was dirty. Staff not wearing masks. Food had tons of spices on the outer layer which was burnt. The fish was not cleaned from the inside before cooking. Extra charged. Ordered 3 special meals ( one tilapia listed for 20$, two brazini each should be 23$, 3 soda cans each listed 2$, I was charged 90$). Good reviewes must be from family or friends. Too long waiting time. I would never go back again. NEVER.

This is definitely a hole in the wall restaurant, so people who put negative reviews of the restaurant looking a certain way are not focusing on what matters most....the food! My family and I enjoyed our experience and the food tremendously. We ordered the branzino fish, seafood soups, rice with shrimp, friend calamari and eggplant. Every dish was authentic and reminded us of some of our favorite seafood restaurants in Egypt. The gentleman and woman who were cooking and waiting on us were very nice and attentive. Our order came out fresh and hot, right off the stove! If you are looking for authentic Egyptian style seafood, this is your place!