The old port town: Arab bakeries and fish grills, the Flea Market's restaurants and bars, and Jaffa Port's hangars on the water.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Puaa fills a Jaffa flea market storefront with mismatched vintage furniture, all for sale, serving a Tel Aviv area Mediterranean menu since 1998.
OrderThe shakshuka or a plate of grilled fish with the market vegetables of the day.
TipEvery chair and table is priced and can be bought; ask staff if a piece catches your eye.
Haj Kahil near Jaffa's Clock Tower serves Arab grills, fish and mezze in a restaurant Naim Haj Kahil opened on the site of the old carriage station.
OrderA mezze spread of small starters, then a grilled fish or the ground beef sinya.
TipThe dining room sits by the Clock Tower Square; ask for a table if arriving for a group.
Vista Coffee sits on the promenade at Jaffa Port in Tel Aviv, a coffee kiosk serving Vietnamese coffee, a house blend and malabi made locally in Jaffa.
DrinkVietnamese coffee with roasted peanuts, facing Jaffa Port
TipThe bar seats facing the water are the ones to angle for at sunset.
Abouelafia on Yefet Street has baked ka'ak, pita and sambousak in Jaffa since 1879, a round-the-clock counter that predates the state of Israel.
Worth the queueSesame-studded ka'ak filled with cheese
TipOrder the cheese-filled sesame ka'ak straight from the oven; it barely survives the walk outside.
Urban Bakery moved around the corner to Nitsana Street in the Noga district, a French-trained pastry chef running croissants and macarons for Tel Aviv.
Worth the queueChocolate chip cookies and macarons
TipThe bakery relocated from Nehama Street; use the Nitsana Street address, not the old one online.
Abu Hassan on HaDolfin Street in Jaffa serves hummus and the ful triangle plate in the shop Ali Karavan opened in 1972, after selling from a cart since 1959.
TryHummus, ful and msabbaha triangle plate
TipArrive by noon; the hummus sells out most afternoons and the counter shuts for the day the moment it does.
Jaffa's Flea Market, Shuk HaPishpeshim, spreads across Olei Zion Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo with antiques, kilim rugs and market-side eateries.
TipAvoid Fridays if you want to browse calmly; midday on a quieter weekday is when vendors have time to bargain.
Delicious Israel's Eat Tel Aviv walk runs from Jaffa Port through Neve Tzedek to Carmel Market, ten or more tastings across the city's immigrant food history.
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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