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Restaurant · Encino ·
Israeli fish restaurant with grilled & fried options, plus mezze
Israeli fish restaurant with grilled & fried options, plus mezze
"If you’re in the mood for a light brunch, ideally one that involves lemon-drenched seafood, head to Tel Aviv Fish Grill in Tarzana. This fish-leaning Israeli restaurant (related to this popular shawarma spot) gets packed most mornings with families splitting hummus, tart pickles, warm pita, and their fish of choice. The golden fish schnitzel, dunked into a garlicky lemon-parsley sauce, is perfect for one, but the delicately fried whole white bass with flaky tender meat belongs on the table for groups." - brant cox, sylvio martins
"Is brunch too early to eat an entire fried fish? The answer is no, especially if you’re at Tel Aviv Fish Grill. Every family-style fish entree at this kosher Israeli spot in Tarzana (the seafood spinoff of an excellent shawarma restaurant) is light and fresh, but we especially love the whole-fried white bass that effortlessly pulls from the bone, and the butterflied branzino slathered in harissa. All orders arrive with tons of pita and mezze, like hummus and tart pickles to name a few. If you’re here solo, get the fish schnitzel bathed in garlicky lemon-parsley sauce." - brant cox, sylvio martins
"Is brunch too early to eat an entire fried fish? The answer is no, especially if you’re at Tel Aviv Fish Grill. Every item at this seafood-leaning Israeli spot in Tarzana tastes light and fresh, including that whole-fried white bass. The breading is minimal, the meat effortlessly pulls off the bone, and it comes with a tangy lemon garlic dip and mezze spread with hummus, smoky roasted eggplant, and spicy pickles, to name a few. If you’re here solo and find a whole fish to be a bit much, you can’t go wrong with the golden fish schnitzel." - sylvio martins, brant cox
"A casual fish grill serving a generous array of grilled and fried fish alongside a banchan-tray’s worth of spreads and salads; the sea bream filet is typically served with butter, garlic, and lime, but the reviewer chose a daily special preparation of paprika, capers, lemon, and thyme, accompanied by roasted fingerling potatoes. The fish was flakey and juicy to the last bite — not the most generous portion but large enough to share when paired with an appetizer of falafel and a side of hummus — and there’s a tray of eight different salads (roasted beets, quinoa, cherry tomatoes, tahini, and more) that can be replenished upon request." - Eater Staff
"We’ve all heard that a "Mediterranean Diet" is key to outliving David Attenborough. If you subscribe to such beliefs, eat the seafood spread at this casual Israeli restaurant in Tarzana until you're 100 years old. Tel Aviv Fish Grill grills and fries all kinds of fish, like a particularly good butterflied branzino slathered in harissa. Every order arrives with tons of pita and mezze dishes, including hummus and spicy pickles, to name a few." - sylvio martins, brant cox
