HaBasta is a seafood restaurant in Kerem Hateimanim, Tel Aviv.
Editorially verified September 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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...
Address: HaShomer Street 4, Tel Aviv-Yafo
M25 works the meat alley of Tel Aviv's Carmel Market as both butcher and restaurant, with chef Jonathan Borowitz running a nose to tail grill of Israeli beef.
OrderThe smoked and fried shawarma, plus whatever cut the butcher counter recommends that day.
TipFriday runs two services, lunch until 16:00 and dinner from 18:30; the kitchen is closed Saturday and Sunday.
The Old Man and the Sea on Kedem Street has served Jaffa's hilltop sea view since 1999, with a set menu of salads, tabun pita and grilled fish or meat.
OrderThe set menu: a spread of daily salads, warm tabun pita, a main of fish or seafood, then coffee and awameh.
TipAsk for a table on the terrace at sunset; the room seats large groups easily.
Suzana in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv seats diners on a terrace under a big tree and a small rooftop deck, serving Middle Eastern classics like falafel and tabouli.
OrderFalafel and tabouli from the Middle Eastern classics, eaten on the tree-shaded terrace.
TipThe rooftop deck has only a few tables; ask for one when booking if you want the view over Neve Tzedek.
Dr. Shakshuka in Jaffa, Tel Aviv runs a kosher Tripolitan kitchen founded in the early 1990s, plating shakshuka with couscous, shawarma and schnitzel.
OrderA shakshuka variation with a side of couscous and vegetables.
TipKosher hours apply: closed from Friday afternoon until after Shabbat ends on Saturday.
M25 works the meat alley of Tel Aviv's Carmel Market as both butcher and restaurant, with chef Jonathan Borowitz running a nose to tail grill of Israeli beef.
OrderThe smoked and fried shawarma, plus whatever cut the butcher counter recommends that day.
TipFriday runs two services, lunch until 16:00 and dinner from 18:30; the kitchen is closed Saturday and Sunday.
Cafe Noir has run its European bistro on Tel Aviv's Ahad Ha'am Street since 1997, plating raw fish, handmade pasta and a well known schnitzel.
OrderThe schnitzel or a plate of handmade pasta from the changing specials board.
TipLunch is the busy sitting; evenings settle into a slower, more romantic pace.
Claro fills a restored 1886 Templar winery in Tel Aviv's Sarona quarter, an open kitchen led by chef Tal Feigenbaum with produce collected from farms daily.
OrderWhatever the market van brought in that morning; ask the server for the day's standout vegetable dish.
TipSaturday lunch runs without full service; the brunch and dinner sittings are the reliable slots.
