Samakmak

772 West Side Ave, Jersey City
(201) 333-3474

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Calamari Seafood Soup
Grilled Branzino
Rice with Shrimp
Shrimp Sandwich
Fried Calamari
Fish Platter
Grilled Orata
Tahini Sauce
Fried Shrimp
Rice Pudding

Menu

Featured items
Fresh Branzini
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Fresh Striped Bass
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Fried Calamari
Grilled Jumbo Shrimp
Calamari w/Tomato Sauce
With tomato sauce.
Grilled Salmon
With rice, salad, and tahini.

Specials
Fresh Branzini
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Fresh Striped Bass
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Grilled Salmon
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Tilapia Fillet
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Fresh Orata
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Red Snapper
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Swai Fillet
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Fresh Tilapia
With rice, salad, and tahini.
Cod Fillet
With rice, salad, and tahini.

Fried Sandwiches
Fried Fish Sandwich
Fried Shrimp Sandwich with French Fries
Fried Fish Sandwich with French Fries
Fried Calamari Sandwich with French Fries
Fried Shrimp Sandwich
Fried Calamari Sandwich

Grilled Sandwiches
Grilled Fish Sandwich
Grilled Shrimp Sandwich
Shrimp Burger
Comes with Free Soda
Grilled Fish Sandwich with French Fries
Grilled Shrimp Sandwich with French Fries
Grilled Calamari Sandwich
Grilled Calamari Sandwich with French Fries
Shrimp Burger with French Fries
Comes with Free Soda

Fish Singles (Fried or Grilled)
Fresh Branzini
FISH ONLY COOKED
Fresh Striped Bass
FISH ONLY COOKED
Grilled Salmon
FISH ONLY COOKED
Fresh Orata
FISH ONLY COOKED
Fresh Tilapia
FISH ONLY COOKED
Swai Fillet
FISH ONLY COOKED
Tilapia Fillet
FISH ONLY COOKED
Cod Fillet
FISH ONLY COOKED

Shrimp and Calamari
Fried Calamari
Grilled Jumbo Shrimp
Calamari w/Tomato Sauce
With tomato sauce.
Tagine Seafood Combo
Fried Shrimp
Alexandrian Style Shrimp
Shrimp
With tomato, green pepper, and garlic.
Fried Shrimp w/Tomato Sauce, Green Pepper, Garlic

Soup
Seafood Soup
Creamy Shrimp Soup
Creamy Seafood Soup
Shrimp Soup

Sides
Shrimp with Rice
French Fries (Small)
French Fries (Large)
Rice
Baba Ghanoush
Green Salad
Tomato, lettuce, and cucumber.
Eggplant
Tahini

Beverages
Lemonade with Mint
Soda
Water
Hot Tea
Brazilia

Dessert
Kanafeh
Rice Pudding

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Recent Reviews

This place used to be a favorite Egyptian style sea food spot. Not sure what happened, but food taste has gotten to about below/decent.
had the sea food soup, bronzini fish and shrimp tagin, everything was too salty, nothing tasted fresh. Also the seafood rice wasn’t what it used to be either!
April 2025
The women's are running this seafood business, and they're doing a good job. ??
But I would suggest them to add at least salad on the side along with the orders, because the food I ordered came with no sauce or salad or bread, nothing and it charged me about 40$ which was branzini fish and for the rice it charged me separately which is fine, but salad & sauce should be given as complimentary, or Pita bread.

Attaching the pics, the sauce...
October 2024
Move over, Astoria--this unremarkable street block offers enough casual Arabic seafood spots to make any Queens resident take notice. And as a bonus, it has not yet been "discovered" by the Yelp Elite / food influencer crowd (besides yours truly).

The Alexandrian Style Shrimp was huge and delicious, but the Grilled Branzino (and really, any whole grilled fish) is the big, belting diva of the menu and one you should not miss. Whole, ground spices are...
October 2024

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Samakmak

772 West Side Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 333-3474