Nazareth, a famous as you think it is, turns to a quiet little town at night. There’s not much happening at night except food and sleep. While walking around, I found this small restaurant by Mary’s well. An English menu was placed on the sidewalk, so hard to miss. Chicken kebab in pita bread for 20NIS?” Not a bad idea” I thought, ‘meat’ at decent prices is rare in Israel. And to my surprise, Skewers al-Amir turned out to be SO GOOD!
Location
It’s close to the square by Mary’s well.
It is just one of those many shops. I’m sharing this simply because I enjoyed a meal here (and also because it’s CHEAP!). If you are in Nazareth during the day, it won’t be a bad idea to come here for takeaway food!
There are 3 tables inside, and 4 tables outside.
Prices
The prices look good! Chicken kebab in pita bread for 20NIS! Why not?
Everything was freshly prepared. The shopkeeper grilled 2 skewers of chicken from the freezer in front of us.
Israeli find satisfaction in falefel and hummus, but for me as an Asian, it is hard not to have such ‘simple and healthy’ food for every meal. But meat is expensive….. so finally! Feels like eating real food again!
Chicken kebab was delicious, not spicy and it was juicy! I was so satisfied!
The Owner Amir was NOT fat nor a liar
I was happy after the meal, so I wanted to leavae them a review Google Maps…. and then I saw so many bad reviews about this place. And I was confused? People said the owner here was fat and a liar, prices were not clear and microwaved food was served.
I asked the kebab man if he knew about the review of this place on Google Maps, and I read to him. “Basically they said the owner was a liar, and a fat liar.” And out of curiosity, I asked “Who’s the owner here?” I didn’t expect an answer, but I asked simply because I had a good meal here. And then he said,
I’m Amir. I’m the owner here. Am I fat?
I laughed. He wasn’t fat at all (the guy in green t-shirt in the third photo in this post was him). And then he took out his wallet… I wasn’t sure what was he going to do, until he showed me his ID. He was pretty serious!
So, I think he had enemies in the neighborhood or something. I left him a good review, and I hope he’d have real customers leaving him good reviews in future!
