Old Akko · since 2019
Fish from the morning boats, cooked over olive-wood coals
Akko Ember is a thirty-two-seat grill on the port wall. We buy at the harbour before nine, light the charcoal at noon and cook what the boats brought in, simply and over real fire.
How we cook
Three rules we have kept since the first night
Only what landed today
The menu is written after the harbour, not before. If the boats come back light, the board is shorter.
Olive wood, never gas
Charcoal from pruned Galilee olive trees burns hot and clean and gives the skin a faint sweetness.
Nothing hides the fish
Lemon, salt, tahini, herbs from the market. Sauces arrive on the side so you decide.
The wall
Eat with the bay in front of you
Twelve tables stand along the Crusader-era sea wall, close enough to hear the water against the stones. From April to November the wall is where most guests sit; in winter we move inside to the vaulted hall.
Wall tables are booked in two sittings at sunset. Ask for the corner table when you call — it looks straight down the harbour mouth.
Tables & seatingTonight, roughly
A taste of the board
The exact list changes daily. These are the dishes that appear most weeks.
Full menuRed mullet, whole
₪94Grey mullet with burnt lemon
₪88Calamari over the coals
₪72Charred eggplant, tahini, pomegranate
₪44Knafeh from the Old City
₪38“We came for one dinner and returned the next night. The fish tasted like it had been in the sea that morning — because it had.”Guest note, left on the table in August
Opening hours
Find the grill
On the sea wall, inside the old port
- Address
- HaHagana St 14, Old City, Akko
- Reservations
- +972 4 991 2847
- Parking
- Public lot at the port gate, a four-minute walk along the wall.