RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS Updated Dec 2009 TEL AVIV Bruno- Tel Aviv 2C- Tel Aviv Location: Azrieli Building, the Round Tower 3d Floor Address: 132 Petah Tikva Road, Azrieli Center, 49 Floor Tel: 03-6093030 Tel: 03-6081990 Price Range: Fixed-price dinner $23 - $42 Price Range: Main courses $38 - $65 per person Type of Cuisine: Mediterranean Type of Cuisine: American, Restaurant- Bar, Gourmet, Comments: Great food is a mix of elegance and Chef Restaurant. simplicity, based on fresh local ingredients Kosher: Yes Comments: Great view from Azrielli Carmela Be Nachala- Tel Aviv Address: 46 Ha Tavor St. Armada- Tel Aviv Location: Nahlat Binyamin Location: Old Port Tel: 03-6273854 Tel: 03-5445522 Price Range: $19 - $22 per person Price Range: $11 - $20 per person Type of Cuisine: Eclectic Type of Cuisine: Grilled meat and fish Kosher: No Kosher: No Comments: "Charming place for lunch or dinner -- a Comments: Good location, Serves fresh, whole grilled fish, graceful veranda-circled building that's almost 100 years as well as grilled meats & vegetables old. The staff is informed and attentive; a wine specialist explains the wine list. The restaurant is smoke free." - Aubergine- Tel Aviv Frommer's Address: David Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 03-7951255 China Lee- Tel Aviv Price Range: $11 - $20 per person Address: 7 Montifiore St. Type of Cuisine: Italian, Gourmet, Mediterranean, French Location: Along Allenby Street & Southward Kosher: No Tel: 03-510-3140 Comments: "Fine Kosher dining "- Frommer's Price Range: $10 - $20 per person Type of Cuisine: Chinese Bellini- Tel Aviv Kosher: Yes, Glatt Kosher Address: 6 Yehieli St, Suzan Dalal Center, Neve Tzedek Comments: "The soups are rich and filling. Dim sum and Tel: 03-5178486 lemon chicken are good selections, as are the duck and Price Range: $30 - $40 per person veal choices at the top end of the price list. The Asian Type of Cuisine: Gourmet, Italian, Meat staff (adorned with yarmulkes) is very helpful." - Frommer's Comments: Great Location; trendy Kosher: No Comme il Faut Café- Tel Aviv Location: Tel Aviv Port Benedict- Tel Aviv Tel: 03-5449211 Address: 171 Ben Yehuda Price Range: Small & medium menus $6 - $13. Large Tel: 03-5440345 menus $13 - $37 Price Range: Fixed-price dinner $5 - $12 Type of Cuisine: Mediterranean Type of Cuisine: Breakfast/Brunch Kosher: No Comments: Child-friendly, Outdoor seating Comments: "Maintains a somewhat calm air, even on frenzied weekend summer nights, and a delicious but Boya- Tel Aviv healthy menu." -Frommer's Location: Tel Aviv Port Tel: 02-6249138 Elimelech- Tel Aviv Price Range: Fixed-price dinner $13 - $23 Address: 35 Wolfson St. Type of Cuisine: Mediterranean Tel: 03-5182478 Comments: "Everything is good; this is an excellent choice Price Range: $15 - $25 per person if you want to people-watch and experience the eclectic Type of Cuisine: Traditional Eastern European feel of dining at the Tel Aviv Port." -Frommer's Kosher: Yes Comments: "Pleasant and the atmosphere lively, thanks to the presence of an interesting local clientele. It serves up Jewish-Polish cuisine and home-made beer. " -Haaretz Gilly's- Tel Aviv Manta Ray- Tel Aviv Location: Hangar 15, Tel Aviv Port Location: Almah Beach, near Dan Panorama Hotel, Jaffa Tel: 02-6246860 Tel: 03-5174773 Price Range: $15 - $20 per person Price Range: Main courses $14 - $20 per person Type of Cuisine: Chicken/BBQ/Grill Type of Cuisine: Seafood Comments: "In summer, Gilly's means fine grilled meats Kosher: Yes served on a spacious deck overlooking the sea. In colder Credit Cards: Not Accepted weather, there's a vast, high-ceiling dining room." -Fodor's. Comments: Right on the beach "and is perfectly positioned to catch the sun setting over the Herbert Samuel- Tel Aviv Mediterranean. The food is simply prepared, but full of Address: 6 Koyfman flavor and ingenuity." -Frommer's Location: Near Zion Square Tel: 03-5166516 Meat Bar- Tel Aviv Price Range: $25 - $200 per person Address: 52 Chen Boulevard Type of Cuisine: French / Moroccan Tel: 03-6956276 Kosher: Yes Price Range: Main courses around $26 per person. Comments: Excellent Continental Lunches around $14 per person. Type of Cuisine: Steaks & hamburgers Ingrid- Tel Aviv Kosher: No Address: Rehov Hamasger 9 Comments: Meat is grilled by the chef in full view of the Location: Yad Harutzim industrial zone diners. Tel: 03-6880222 Price Range: $8 - $50 Messa- Tel Aviv Type of Cuisine: Meat Address: 19 Ha'arba'a St. Kosher: Yes Tel: 03-6856859 Comments: Restaurant/Bar; "menu is extensive, catering Price Range: Main courses $17 - $29 per person. Fixed- to a multitude of tastes"- The Jerusalem Post price lunches start at $18 per person. Type of Cuisine: Nouvelle French Kyoto Salsa- Tel Aviv Kosher: No Address: 31 Montefiore St. Comments: Exotic – all white restaurant with an all black Tel: 03-5661234 bar Price Range: $30 - $45 per person Type of Cuisine: Latin and Japanese Mul Yam- Tel Aviv Kosher: Yes Location: Tel Aviv Port Comments: Restaurant, also offers a selection of courses Tel: 03-5469920 and cooking workshops Price Range: Main courses $22 - $49 per person Type of Cuisine: Seafood Lilit- Tel Aviv Kosher: No Address: 42 Maza (By Rothschild Blvd) Comments: "Cutting-edge seafood restaurant/oyster Tel: 03-6298772 bar."- Fodor's Price Range: $30 - $45 per person Type of Cuisine: Dairy and Fish Nana- Tel Aviv Kosher: Yes Address: 1 Achad Haam St. Comments: Restaurant- Bar Location: Neve Tzedek Tel: 03-5161915 Lukas- Tel Aviv Price Range: over $20 - $40 per person Address: 5 Mazah St., Old Tel Aviv Type of Cuisine: Meat, Seafood, French Tel: 03-52-52565 Kosher: No Price Range: $20 - $40 per person Comments: Excellent food, Private room available. Type of Cuisine: Brasserie, Seafood, French Comments: Restaurant- Bar Nanutchka- Tel Aviv Address: 2 Lilienblum St. Maganda Restaurant- Tel Aviv Tel: 03-5162254 Address: 26 Rabbi Meir St. Price Range: Business lunch Sun-Thurs noon-5pm $10 - $13; Location: Yemenite Quarter & Carmel Market dinner and a la carte main courses $11 - $18 Tel: 03-51-79990 Type of Cuisine: Georgian, Russian Price Range: Main courses $6.50 - $15 per person. Fixed- Kosher: No price lunches start at $18 per person. Comments: "Provides a lively mix of old and new plus very Type of Cuisine: Yemenite, Middle Eastern tasty, interesting food." – Frommer’s Kosher: Yes Credit Cards: Not Accepted NG Meat Bar- Tel Aviv Comments: "Airy, modern, and very attractive. The cuisine Address: 6 Ehad Ha'am St. (just above Tazza D'oro) is Yemenite Middle Eastern, strictly kosher, and includes Location: Neve Tzedek grilled meats such as lamb shashlik, kabob, and skewered Tel: 03-5167888 duck. The menu is in English and Hebrew. In summer, the Price Range: over $25 per person restaurant offers rooftop dining." -Frommer's Type of Cuisine: Meat Kosher: No Shipudei Hatikva- Tel Aviv Comments: "Tucked away in a quiet corner of the Address: 37 Ha'etzel St., Hatikva city,...small, elegant eatery specializes in fine cuts of meat Tel: 03-6878014 expertly prepared." - Fodors "Several intimate rooms, Price Range: $14 - $22 per person decorated with candelabras and big sofas creating a Type of Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Gill/Barbecue romantic atmosphere. At night, it is fun dining at the bar Comments: "Family-owned restaurant chain is the best with its more lively ambiance. " - Haaretz known of the many grills along Ha'etzel Street." -Fodors Papagaio- Tel Aviv Spaghettim- Tel Aviv Address: 14 Ha'arba'a St. Address: 18 Yavne St. Location: Near Ha-Bimah & Mann Auditorium Tel: 03-5664479 Tel: 03-5626888 Price Range: $6 - $12 per person Price Range: Dinner $29. Lunch $18. Type of Cuisine: Italian Type of Cuisine: South American Grill Kosher: No Kosher: Yes Comments: "The food is delicious, filling, and Comments: "All-you-can-eat grill where you pay a fixed imaginative...more than 50 kinds of interesting sauces, price and take whatever you like from skewer-carrying ranging from traditionals such as carbonara to unusual waiters, or roasts and steaks fresh off the fire."- Frommer's creations such as an olive oil-based sauce filled with breast of tender, fresh sautéed chicken, dill, garlic, and Pastis- Tel Aviv lemon; or a salmon and asparagus sauce with white wine Address: 73 Rotshild Avenue and nutmeg." -Frommer's Tel: 03-6290964 Price Range: around $20 per person Sushi Samba- Tel Aviv Type of Cuisine: Italian, Seafood, Meat Address: 27 Habarzel St. Comments: "Wooden tables and high ceilings, it is a Location: Ramat Hahayal popular restaurant that best embodies the Tel-Aviv spirit. " Tel: 03-644345 - Haaretz Price Range: Main courses $20 - $50 per person Type of Cuisine: Japanese, Sushi Bar Raphael- Tel Aviv Kosher: No Address: 87 Ha Yarkon St. Comments: Fresh and delicious food. Location: On main floor of high-rise attached to the south side of the Dan Hotel, Off and on Ha-Yarkon Street Yakimono- Tel Aviv Tel: 03-5226464 Address: 5 Yodei Ha'sira St. Price Range: Main courses $18 - $31; Fixed-price lunches Tel: 03-5443864 $18 - $22 Price Range: $7 - $14 per person Type of Cuisine: Rustic French Type of Cuisine: Japanese, Sushi Kosher: Yes Kosher: No Comments: "Handsome and spacious restaurant, with Comments: "With a 3-decade-long run, Yakimono is the large windows overlooking the sea, is always busy...menu oldest sushi restaurant in Tel Aviv...You'll always find a reflects a feel for French/Mediterranean cuisine heavily changing selection of fresh sushi and sashimi of the day." - touched with the flavors of Israel."- Frommer's Frommer's Red Chinese Restaurant (Hasinit Haaduma)- Tel Aviv Yotvata in Town- Tel Aviv Address: 326 Dizingof St. Address: 76 Herbert Samuel Promenade Tel: 03-5466347 Tel: 03-5104667 Price Range: $7 - $18 per person Price Range: $10 - $25 per person Type of Cuisine: Far East / Asian, Chinese, Thai Type of Cuisine: Dairy, Vegetarian Kosher: No Kosher: Yes Comments: "It's a bit more affordable than Yin Yang, with Comments: Israeli-style, fresh veggies, dairy, fruit shakes, the kind of menu familiar to those who frequent Chinese good breakfast.