Starfish Seafood Restaurant

Starfish Seafood Restaurant is a long-running fish house on Hotel Street, the Sheraton Road side of Sakkala, close to the Hurghada Marina area on Egypt's Red Sea coast. The kitchen is built around the daily catch rather than a fixed menu of plated dishes. Diners choose fish by weight, typically in the range of EGP 700-1,400 per kilogram (about $14-28), and ask for it grilled or fried, which is the traditional way of eating seafood in Hurghada. Seafood soup, fried shrimp and grilled fish of the day are the dishes most associated with the restaurant, and they make a sensible first order for visitors who want to see what the Red Sea kitchen does best. Side dishes follow the usual Egyptian seafood-house pattern of tahini, salads, bread and rice, so a shared table of several plates is the common way to eat here. The dining room is informal, with a casual dress code of shorts and sandals that suits the resort district around it, and conversation rather than music tends to set the tone. Families, groups of divers and package-holiday guests staying along Sheraton Road make up much of the clientele, and the venue holds a rating of about 4.4 out of 5. The hours run from 11:00 to 01:30 daily, which allows both a late lunch and a long evening meal. No alcohol programme is a focus of the venue, and drinks are mostly soft drinks, fresh juices and tea. Reservations are rarely necessary: walk-ins are normally fine, and groups of six or more are advised to book by phone or through the venue's Google Maps listing. Seafood is priced by weight, so visitors should confirm the weight and the per-kilogram price before the fish is cooked to avoid surprises on the bill. Sakkala is the busiest tourist quarter of Hurghada, and the restaurant is easy to combine with an evening walk toward the Marina or along Sheraton Road. Prices are moderate by international standards and typical for fresh seafood in the Red Sea governorate.