5 editor picks across Israel.
5 tasting menu restaurants worth the trip across Israel, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Israel.
OCD in Jaffa seats 19 around an open kitchen for Raz Rahav's tasting menu of 16 to 20 plates, blending Israeli and Jewish flavours with haute cuisine.
TipThe price rises to ₪760 per person from 1 October 2026. Book well ahead; the room is 19 seats.
Hiba is chef Yossi Shitrit's fine-dining room on Menachem Begin, serving a seasonal tasting menu of ten to fifteen courses in two seatings a night.
TipDinner runs Monday to Friday in two seatings, 18:00 and 21:00; wine pairings cost ₪240 classic or ₪420 for rarer regional bottles.
Pastel sits inside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on Sha'ul HaMelech, where chef Teddy Kagan runs a seasonal kitchen with a terrace over the sculpture garden.
TipClosed Sundays. The Friday schedule splits into a lunch and a separate evening seating.
Popina in Neve Tzedek is chef Orel Kimchi's open-kitchen dining room, sorting seasonal produce into pickled, steamed, baked, roasted and slow-cooked plates.
TipThe kitchen closes at 23:00 but the room stays open for the last table. Closed Saturdays for now.
Studio Gursha on Derech Salame is chef Elazar Tamano's Ethiopian and pan-African tasting room in south Tel Aviv, plating dishes rooted in his own heritage.
TipChef Elazar Tamano's own linoleum prints line the walls; gursha is the Ethiopian gesture of feeding someone the first bite.
Day trip · 14 hours
Discover the lost city of Petra on this day tour with a local guide. Feel like Indiana Jones as you explore the 2,300-year-old shrines and tombs of the city and visit ...
Day trip · 10 hours
Spend Christmas Eve where it all started, in the holy city of Bethlehem. Enjoy a tour of Jerusalem, visiting its Old City, and then head over to Bethlehem for a festiv...
Private tour · 3 hours
Set sail on a private yacht tour from Tel Aviv Marina. Enjoy a glass of local wine, listen to stories about Tel Aviv and Jaffa, and take in the stunning views of the M...
