8 editor picks across Israel.
8 hidden gems worth the trip across Israel, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Israel guides.
Irit cooks Yemenite lachuch with a crispy egg, grated tomato and zhug in a small shack-like cafe beside her childhood home on the edge of Carmel Market.
TipLook for the bright blue door on Simtat HaCarmel; hours can shift, so come mid-morning on a weekday.
Giveret Kwaytiew off Carmel Market in Tel Aviv is chef Mati Nakash's Thai kitchen, serving duck-filled dumplings and kwaytiew bowls most visitors walk past.
TipOrder a kwaytiew bowl, the Thai noodle soup the kitchen is best known for; some dishes carry bacon, so it is not kosher.
Hanan Margilan on Mesilat Yesharim Street in Tel Aviv has served Bukharan soups and charcoal-grilled kebabs to Shapira's workers since 2007.
TipThere are no reservations, so arrive early for a table; order the dushbara dumpling soup and a charcoal-grilled kebab.
Shemaya in Tel Aviv-Yafo simmers overnight Middle Eastern stews and slow-cooked hummus in a tiny Florentin storefront that most tourists walk past.
TipCome before 13:00 for the hummus; once the pot empties for the day, the kitchen moves on to the evening stews.
Shlomo and Doron on Yishkon Street in Tel Aviv is a Yemenite family hummus counter dating to 1937, now run by its fourth generation and shut by mid-afternoon.
TipCome for an early lunch; the counter closes by mid-afternoon, and fourth-generation Elad adds new hummus dishes to the classics.
Burika Center in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market fries burika, a deep-fried pastry of potato and soft egg, into pita at the stall found by Kobi's shouted calls.
TipFollow the shouting, not a map; Kobi calls out the dish name loud enough to be heard over the whole market aisle.
The Fisherman's Restaurant in Hangar 1 at Jaffa Port has served classic fish cooking on the waterfront since 1973, facing the fishing boats in the harbour.
TipAsk what came in that morning rather than ordering from the printed menu; the freshest catch changes by the day.
Cafe Levinsky 41 mixes house-made gazoz sodas and preserved-lemon sandwiches in a tiny corner kiosk that Benny Briga opened at Levinsky Market in 2012.
TipAsk Benny for a gazoz built from the day's fruit, herbs and flowers; the old 1975 Susita truck now survives only as a small model.
Guided tour · 5h 30m
Walk 4,000 years of history in one 5.5-hour route: ancient Jaffa, Neve Tzedek, the Bauhaus White City and Carmel Market, with tastings and a licensed guide in English ...
Guided tour · 2 hours
On this extravagant tour we will have a food tasting of the Sarona Market and Azraeli Center. Your tour guide is also an Israeli soldier in the reserves.
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Learn why Neve Tzedek was built in 1887, five years before the railway See how to read a Bauhaus façade on Rothschild Boulevard Taste malawach, sabich, burekas and hal...