6 editor picks in Tel Aviv.
6 brunch in Tel Aviv, editor-picked for brunch open sunday. The sunday brunch destinations editors return to. All brunch in Tel Aviv.
HaBasta off Carmel Market runs lunch on Friday and Saturday from a menu that changes daily with the market, scribbled on paper on the wall by the chef.
OrderWhatever seafood the paper menu on the wall lists that day, plus the crab burekas.
TipFriday and Saturday lunch runs 12:00 to 16:00 before a break for dinner; the menu changes with whatever the market has that day.
Cafe 65 on Rothschild Boulevard serves breakfast as one dish from the menu plus an all-you-can-eat buffet, from shakshuka to brioche French toast.
OrderThe all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet with one hot dish from the menu.
TipThe breakfast price covers one hot dish from the menu plus the buffet, so order the dish first and graze while it cooks.
Suzana on Shabazi Street in Neve Tzedek serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 11:00 on a shaded terrace under a big tree, with a few rooftop tables.
OrderA late breakfast on the terrace under the big tree, ordered from the new seasonal menu.
TipThe kitchen is rolling out a new menu, so ask what has changed; the terrace under the big tree is the table to request.
Meshek Barzilay off Rothschild Boulevard runs an organic vegan kitchen in Tel Aviv, with weekend brunch starting two hours earlier than weekday lunch.
OrderThe organic vegan breakfast plate with tahini and fresh-baked bread.
TipWeekend brunch opens at 10:00, earlier than the weekday lunch start; go early to beat the wait.
Schmearz Bagels brought a New York-style bagel counter to upper Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv in 2025, run by MasterChef VIP winner Michal Epstein.
OrderThe classic Nova bagel with cream cheese and capers, or the house-cured pastrami salmon.
TipPopular flavours sell out by midday, so weekday mornings before 10:00 are the safest bet for the Nova bagel.
Cafe Paul's on Yefet Street, one of the first Jaffa coffee shops to grind its own beans, runs an old-school room from breakfast into an easy lunch menu.
OrderBreakfast platter with a cup of the house-ground coffee.
TipThe old-school decor and regulars make this a slower start than the trendier Tel Aviv brunch rooms.
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