29 editor picks in Tel Aviv.
29 upscale places in Tel Aviv, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Tel Aviv: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Tel Aviv food.
Cote on Ahad Ha'am behind Rothschild Boulevard is the R2M hospitality group's wine bar, run by three Israeli sommeliers and a 2026 Star Wine List winner.
TipIt opens at 18:00 every evening except Friday, when it closes for the day and reopens Saturday evening.
HaBasta beside Tel Aviv's Carmel Market runs chef Elon Amir's daily changing menu, scribbled on paper on the wall, with a strong international wine list.
OrderThe crab burekas and a plate of shrimp or calamari cooked a la plancha.
TipOutdoor tables sit right in the market lane; book ahead for a Thursday or Friday dinner.
Kinto in Neve Tzedek is the country's only fully kosher Georgian room, its Tbilisi trained cooks adapting khachapuri and stews for a Tel Aviv crowd.
OrderA round of khachapuri with different fillings, shared at the start of the meal.
TipThursday and Saturday nights bring live Georgian music and toasting from 21:00.
Bellboy inside Hotel Berdichevsky in Tel Aviv pours creative cocktails in playful vessels, with Butler, a 12-stool bar with one bartender, hidden behind it.
TipButler, the 12-seat bar hidden behind Bellboy, needs a separate reservation and pours classic cocktails with oysters.
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.
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.
North Abraxas on Lilienblum is Eyal Shani's small restaurant and bar, a seasonal menu cooked in an open kitchen that diners watch from the bar seats.
TipThe small bar overlooks the open kitchen; ask for a seat there if you want to watch the cooks work.
Tirza on Ha-Khalutzim Street in Florentin is OCD's little sister, a wine bar where director Aviv Hajaj curates over 200 labels and a long by-the-glass list.
TipAsk the wine team to open a bottle by the glass if your pick is not already poured that night.
Milgo Milbar on Rothschild Boulevard is chef Moti Titman's seafood room in Tel Aviv, fusing Mediterranean and Middle Eastern plates around the daily catch.
OrderA raw fish starter followed by the daily whole catch, grilled simply.
TipThe Bauhaus building on Rothschild draws a full room by evening; book ahead for dinner.
Taizu on Menachem Begin runs chef Yuval Ben Neriah's Asian and Middle Eastern fusion menu for sharing, from har gow dumplings to wild fish ceviche.
TipEvery Sunday night from 19:00 is the Indian Feast; the regular menu runs the rest of the week.
Yaffo-Tel Aviv on Yigal Alon is chef Haim Cohen's dining room, pairing couture pastry with the classic Mediterranean plates that built his career.
TipWednesday splits into a lunch and evening service; the rest of the week runs one long sitting.
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.
223 on Dizengoff Street has run as a New York style cocktail bar since October 2008, pouring classics at any hour of the night in Tel Aviv's Old North.
TipHappy hour runs 18:00 to 20:00 every day, with the full menu at a flat ₪35.
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.
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.
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.
Dallal has run Mediterranean cooking from a restored Neve Tzedek building in Tel Aviv since 2007, pairing seasonal fish and meat with its own pastries.
OrderA fresh pasta or risotto special alongside a pastry from the Dallal bakery counter.
TipThe restaurant is closed on Sunday; Friday opens at 09:00 and Saturday at 10:00 for a long weekend lunch.
Rashel at Tel Aviv Port is a kosher Moroccan restaurant run by owner Shimon, plating festive dishes like pastilla and matbuha in a striking dining room.
OrderThe pastilla starter and a bowl of warm homemade matbuha to share.
TipKosher hours apply: closed Friday, reopening Saturday evening after Shabbat ends.
Fantastic inside the PLAY Sea Port hotel in Tel Aviv blurs bar, restaurant and theatre, with surreal cocktails and live music on Wednesdays.
TipHappy hour runs daily 18:00 to 20:00, with half off drinks and a quarter off the food menu.
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.
Romano sits above Beit Romano's old arcade in south Tel Aviv, where chef Pasha Chakin cooks Eyal Shani inspired plates of meat, fish and vegetables.
OrderWhatever fish or vegetable dish the kitchen is running that night; the menu turns over often.
TipHappy hour Sunday to Thursday 18:00 to 19:00 takes 20 percent off the whole menu; book on Ontopo.
Nini Hachi runs a kosher Japanese meat kitchen on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv's Old North, plating sushi, teppanyaki and wok dishes with dedicated kit.
OrderThe table opening deal of six small plates, then the seared salmon Nam Tok.
TipKosher hours apply: it closes Friday afternoon and reopens on Saturday once Shabbat ends.
Dallal Bakery runs an artisanal French patisserie in a historic Neve Tzedek building in Tel Aviv, baking croissants, tarts and sourdough bread daily.
TipThe bakery sits on Kol Yisrael Chaverim Street, a separate address from the Dallal restaurant on Shabazi.
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.
Meat Bar on Chen Boulevard near Rabin Square, founded in late 1994 by two brothers, dry-ages its own steaks and grills them in a Peter Luger-style oven.
OrderAn in-house aged steak cut, ordered simply grilled with the side salads.
TipThursday is the late night; every other day the kitchen closes by 23:30 at the latest.
Kalamata occupies an old stone building on Kedumim Square, plating Greek leaning Mediterranean food with a sea view over Old Jaffa's rooftops.
OrderGrilled seafood off the daily catch with a side of the Greek salad.
TipSunday service ends at 17:00; ask for a window table facing the sea when booking.
Ewa Safi hides on Neve Tzedek's edge in Tel Aviv, a Moroccan riad room of tagines, couscous and slow stews built for a long, home style dinner.
OrderA tagine of the day with couscous, shared family style around the table.
TipKosher hours apply: open Sunday to Thursday evenings only, closed Friday and Saturday.
Pereh on Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv is a chef-driven bistro from Aviad Peled and Uri Steinberg, baking its own bread and changing the seasonal menu daily.
OrderThe stuffed chicken wing, or whatever seasonal vegetable dish the kitchen is running that day.
TipThe kitchen bakes its own bread and ages fish and meat in house; the menu changes daily, so ask what is best.
A.K.A on Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv is a three-room chef's restaurant, cocktail bar and wine bar with an open kitchen and octopus with rosti.
OrderThe octopus with rosti, or a seasonal small plate ordered facing the open kitchen.
TipGo up to the Sid and Nancy wine bar for more than 160 bottles, or book the aperitivo hour for 20 percent off the menu.
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