A Roundup of the Key Israel Restaurant Openings in 2024.

I usually create a list of key Israel restaurant openings at the end of the year. This year, there have been so many changes to the Israeli restaurant scene that I decided to publish a list of the openings so far, and then I will still create a complete list at the end of the year. There are a few clear trends in the Israeli restaurant scene this year: wine bars, Japanese restaurants, French brasseries, and Italian bistros.

I have included my thoughts on those places I have already eaten at, and I would love to hear your feedback on whether you have tried any of the restaurants on this list. Comment below or share a review on Restaurant Club Israel or Restaurant Club Jerusalem.

Here is a list of the most exciting restaurant openings in Israel for 2024:

Kosher Israel Restaurant Openings

• Alma is a cafe and deli in Sdei Hemed near Kfar Saba.
• Asimi is a fish restaurant overlooking the beach in Tel Aviv. It is open all day and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

• Azia 19 is a Japanese restaurant in Rehavia, Jerusalem, owned by Station 9. The menu includes a selection of exciting sushi, Izakaya, and Kushiyaki (Japanese charcoal grill) dishes. My favorite dishes are the sesame caesar salad, foie gras gunkan, and prime grill. Here is a full review.
• Bai Fan is a Chinese restaurant in the Midtown complex in Tel Aviv, owned by Bleecker Bakery and Coompaniya. The buffet restaurant is only open for lunch and targets those working in the area.

• Beit Ha’am (The People’s House) is a new venture between Cafe Yehoshua and Pizzeria Flora in the Gerard Behar Center in Jerusalem. It is a cafe by day and a bar by night.
• Berta is a food truck run by Chef Yossef Shitrit (of David & Yossef), who serves Italian food in Moshav Megadim, between Atlit and Haifa.
• Birkin is a wine and cocktail bar in Raanana with a meat bar menu.

• Caffe Pitzi is a coffee and pastry shop by Chef Haim Cohen in Bnei Barak. The original branch of Pitzi in Ramat HaSharon does not have a kashrut license but sells the same goods.
• Carmellita is an Italian restaurant in the Carmel Market that serves pizza, pasta, and salads.
• Cartola is a Brazilian meat street food restaurant in Shuk HaCarmel.
• Coffee House Hodaya is a coffee shop located in a courtyard in Moshav Hodaya near Ashkelon.
• Craft Pizza (Mehadrin) is a restaurant in Terrassa Buchman in Modi’in that serves delicious Neopolitan sourdough pizza. It is one of my favorite pizza restaurants in Jerusalem.
• Eggz is an egg sandwich restaurant in Azrieli Center Food Court. A few years ago, the egg sandwich craze traveled from Japan to Europe, so it is no surprise it has reached Israel.
• Eser by 1868 is a dairy restaurant in Ticho House in Jerusalem. The menu is divided into four sections: vegetables, gluten, fish, deep-fry, and plancha fish. I have eaten there once, and everything we tried was delicious.
• Felicita Express is a pizza and pasta food truck in Rishpon.

• Gaston is a French crepe restaurant on Dizengoff Street.
• HaBustan (Mehadrin) is a Galilean dairy restaurant in the Villa Tehila boutique hotel in Rosh Pina. During the day, it serves breakfast and lunch and becomes a bar at night.
• Happy Pizza Place is a pizza restaurant in Modi’in.

• ImerSion claims to be Israel’s first Immersive Restaurant. It can accommodate 18 diners in Tel Aviv and features a set six-course menu.
• Itzhak & Yehuda is a meat restaurant in the Dor Alon gas station in Tel Yitzhak. It serves traditional Mizrachi dishes such as kubbeh soup, couscous, and more. The restaurant also offers a selection of prepared food and salads to take home.
• Jerem is a vegan street food restaurant in Ramat Gan that serves vegan shwarma, Arais, and bolognese dishes.
• Jeruz Yard is a cafe and tasting room by the Jerusalem Vineyard Winery in the Kiryat Museum Complex in Petach Tikva.
• Kaufman & Cohen is a bakery and cafe by day and a wine bar with a dairy bar menu at night. It is co-owned by Chef Haim Cohen and is located in the industrial area of Herzliya Pituach. The wine bar is only open on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and all the baked goods are Mehadrin.
• Liwa (Tzohar) is a fish restaurant on the roof of Akotika Hotel in Akko, overlooking the sea, by the owners of El Marsa.

• Machne Asada, the street food restaurant owned by Black Iron, has opened a second branch in Modi’in. It is a great way to enjoy wagyu meat at street food prices. I have tried several dishes, and they were all good.

• Me Ma Mu is a new burger chain owned by Greg and Biga. The chain has started with branches in Rehovot and Kiryat Ono, with more branches set to open by the end of the year.

• Meshek Ofaimme (Tzohar) has opened a cafe and farm shop in The George Hotel in Tel Aviv.

• Middle East street-food restaurant opened a second branch on Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv.

• Mila Savyon is a dairy restaurant by Chef Jonathan Sharvit from the 5th season of Game of Chefs. The restaurant offers a large selection of homemade ice cream and plans to open an ice cream parlor next to it.
• Moses Air is a branch of Moses Burger restaurant in Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion. I tried it when it first opened, and it was delicious and calmer than sitting in the noisy food court.
• Motsa’le (Mehadrin) is a small cafe in the Ramot Motza, next to the Beit Zayit dam. You can have a picnic in the surrounding countryside. Specials include vegetarian kubbeh hamusta and cheese kada.
• Ocean Grill is a new meat and fish restaurant in The Setai Hotel in Yaffo. The hotel’s main restaurant, Kishle, reopened after Pesach.

• Ofaimme Farm (Tzohar) has opened a shop and cafe inside Edna House in Yaffo. The cafe will be open from 8 am to 10 pm on weekdays and until 2 pm on Friday.

• Onami is a Japanese restaurant in the Hilton Hotel Tel Aviv that replaces Yakimono. It is the kosher branch of Onami on Rehov Haarba in Tel Aviv.
• Paris Bakikar is a French cafe and patisserie in Kikar Paris, Jerusalem. The sandwiches and salads are pre-made, and all the pastries I have tried so far have been great.

• Pastito (Mehadrin) is a fresh Italian pasta restaurant on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem.
• PAT – Morning & Co. (Tzohar) is a Neopolitan deli cafe by day and wine bar by night in Ashdod, owned by Farino Pizza.
• Piano Piano (Mehadrin) is an Italian restaurant with a new branch in Netanya.
• Picasso by Eran Schwarzbard (Badatz Beit Yosef) is a cafe and patisserie in Petach Tikva and Rishon Le Zion. The cafe serves salads and sandwiches as well as sweet and savory pastries.
• Pitmaster has opened a branch in Beer Sheva.
• Pronko is a meat street food restaurant by Chef Barak Cohen in Ashdod.
• Saela is the first kosher dairy restaurant on the beach in Haifa.
• Sambation Cocktail Bar (Tzohar) is a small cocktail bar in central Jerusalem. It was created by Chef Ezra Kedem and mixologist Kfir Bahar.
• Segev Burger has opened a food truck in Emek Hamatzlevah in Jerusalem.
• Sense is a restaurant in Netanya by Chef Dudu Ben Abo.

• Sphera Meat & Deli is a butcher shop and delicatessen in Ness Ziona from chef Benny Madar of Sphera restaurant.

• Sushi Bar Bazel has relocated from the Prima Tel Aviv hotel to Bograshov Street. I haven’t eaten at the new location yet, but I ordered delivery, and the sushi was delicious.
• Tipsy Cafe is an American diner in Rehavia in Jerusalem, owned by Bardak Pizza. It is an excellent option for a meal with friends or brunch; read the full review here.
• Tulum Beach is a meat restaurant on the beach in Eilat.
• Yawelli Yawelli is a Moroccan street food restaurant in Netanya, owned by Yammos on Sironit Beach.

• Yerushalmi Street is a cafe in a pastoral setting in Ein Hemed near Mevaseret Zion.
• YYY is a Moroccan street food restaurant in Tel Aviv by Chef Guy Peretz of Salon Yevani.

Non-Kosher Israel Restaurant Openings

• 2SR is a wine bar that serves Asian dishes in Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv.
• Adhams Smoke House from Nazareth has opened a second branch in Nof HaGalil Center.
• Amita Bakery in Tel Aviv has opened a second branch inside Beit Ha’Ir Museum in Bialik Square.
• Augustine is a brasserie in the Industrial area of Ra’anana, owned by Cafe Noir and Sebastian. The menu includes the classic Cafe Noir schnitzel.
• Bagel’z is a meat bagel restaurant in Kiryat Ono.
• Benjamin is a restaurant in Hod HaSharaon by Chef Daniel Shalit that features local produce and creative cocktails.
• Blend 5 is a wine bar and restaurant in the Brown JLM Mamilla hotel, collaborating with Adom restaurant.

• Bread Club from Rishon LeZion has opened a branch in Tel Aviv on Ibn Gvirol. The menu was designed by Chef Tomer Amedia, former head chef of Yudale, and The Palomar by the Machneyuda group.
• Cafe 16 is Ruthie Brudo and the R2M group‘s new cafe next to Herzl 16.
• Cafe du Soleil is a French brasserie owned by Bucke Cafe in Tel Aviv.
• Cafe Margo is a brasserie in Petach Tikva by Chef Ohad Levi.
• Cafe Otef has a branch in Sarona run by residents of Netiv HaAsara and one in Florentine run by residents of Reim.
• Cafe Petit is a Parisian-style brasserie on Rothschild in Tel Aviv, in place of Moses Burger.
• Cafe River is a coffee shop and patisserie owned by On the River. It is located at the Yardenit Complex at the entrance of Kibbutz Kinneret.

• Cafe Royal is a bistro bar on Hayakron Street in Tel Aviv, opposite the beach. Menu items include NYC Bagel Breakfast, Avocado Toasted Truffle & Soft Scrambled, and Truffle Gouda Cheese Burger.
• Casa Tua is an authentic Italian patisserie in Herzliya Pituach by the owners of Calata 15, which is, in my opinion, one of the best Italian restaurants in the country. Everything I tried at the store was delicious.

• Chatuchak Restaurant is a Thai restaurant in Netanya with an authentically Thai design and menu.
• Cinnabon has opened a branch in Ofer Kiryon Kiryat Bialik.
• Croûte is a European bistro in Tel Aviv by the We Love You Too Group, in place of Gan Hashikmim restaurant.
• De Facto is a lounge bar in the Poli Urban Hotel in Tel Aviv.
• Dona Donuts is a donut and coffee shop in Haifa. In addition to interesting sweet flavors such as Layali Beirut and Halabi, the store also offers salty donuts filled with cream cheese and chives, zaatar and labneh, and a toasted donut with roast beef and cheese.

• Fish Royal is a fish restaurant in Rishon LeZion.
• Fortuna is a pizza restaurant in Hod HaSharon. It is the sister restaurant to Fortuna Eilat.
• Gia is a Japanese Izakaya restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, where Yakimono restaurant used to be. Chef Avner Areji used to work in Dinings restaurants in London and Tel Aviv.

• HaKosit is a bistro and vermouth bar on Malkhi Yisrael Street instead of Malki Bar in Tel Aviv. It has happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. every day except Friday and offers a free drink with every meal ordered.
• Hoffman is a wine bar in Rishon LeZion.
• Ikari is a Japanese cafe in the Carmel Market.
• Jolene Wine Bar is a wine bar in Ramat HaSharon and the sister bar to Jony Wine Bar in Herzliya Pituach.
• Kimiko is a Japanese restaurant in Haifa with a menu focusing on nigiri and sashimi.

• Kiosk del Pasta is an Italian restaurant on Ibn Gvirol in Tel Aviv serving fresh pasta.
• Kona is a bistro in Downtown Haifa owned by the owners of Breada Bakery.
• La Passage is a cafe and delicatessen in Herzliya.
• Lauren is a wine bar in Bitan Aharon near Netanya.
• LP is a cocktail bar and restaurant in Tel Aviv owned by the Imperial Group. The menu focuses on small and medium-sized dishes cooked on coal.
• Mela is a cafe on the corner of Dizengoff and Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv, a second branch of Mela Cafe on Bezel Street. 
• Mercatino is an Italian restaruant in Ramat Yishai.
• Merloza (kosher not supervised) is a fish restaurant in Tel Aviv that has moved from Carmel Market to Lilenblum Street, where Timna used to be.
• Mi Va is an Italian bar in Tel Aviv headed by Chef Shahar Ben Galim. It has taken over from Simta.
• Mizumi is a Japanese restaurant on the Kinneret, in place of Aleta.

• Moon Sushi has opened a new branch in Savyon. This branch features a robata grill for traditional Japanese fireside cooking.
• Moses Shop has opened a branch in Zichron Yaakov.
• Nivo Grill Kitchen is a Turkish meat grill restaurant in Florentine, Tel Aviv, owned by the owners of Mutfak in Yaffo.
• Noema is an Israeli fusion restaurant on Nachalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv, headed by Chef Ruslan Usov (formerly of Toto).

• Oomai sushi and asian food take-out restaurant has opened a fourth branch on Dizengoff in Tel Aviv. The chain sells really good pre-made sushi rolls and other Asian food.
• Osu is an Asian burger stall in Carmel Market by Chef Eyal Kitches, who previously owned The Bun stall.
• Oyster Club is an oyster and champagne bar on Nachalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv.
• Pardes is a restaurant in The George Hotel in Tel Aviv, operated by Chef Barak Aharoni, formerly the chef at The Norman Hotel. It is open for lunch and dinner, and the menu changes daily. The restaurant has an open kitchen and garden.
• Petite Wine is a wine bar owned by and next to Banh Mi Nong in Tel Aviv. The bar menu features food from the restaurant.
• Pizza 194 is a New York-style pizza restaurant in Rehovot.
• Pizza 25 is a pizza restaurant by the Grinberg Group in Azorei Hen in North Tel Aviv.
• Pizza by Chakra is a pizzeria and Italian bistro by the owners of Chakra in Jerusalem. The menu includes traditional Italian dishes such as Caprese salad, Vitello Tonnato, Arancini, and a range of classic pizzas. The pizza lives up to the hype and is even delicious when delivered.

• Plaza Cafe is a cafe in Dizengoff Square, open daily from 9 am to midnight.
• Poselsky is a cafe in Downtown Haifa serving breakfast and desserts, including British fudge.
• R&D by Benedict is an experimental lab in Tel Aviv from the Benedict Restaurant group serving new breakfast dishes.
• Rollzzz is a sushi restaurant in Haifa.

• Rooftop 48 is a restaurant and cocktail bar by Chef Tsvika Strauss (formerly of Social Club) on the roof of the Mayer House Hotel on Kikar Dizengoff in Tel Aviv, replacing Roodi.
• Rosso is an Italian wine bar on Nachalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv.

• Sako is a Pan-Asian restaruant in Sharonim Complex in Hod Hasharon. The menu includes sashimi, bun rolls, spring rolls, tori ramen, chirashi, and various sushi rolls.

• Sante Bistro Chef is a Mediterranean bistro in Kfar Saba. It opened in September but closed again as the chef had military service. It has now re-opened.
• Shake Shack has opened its first branch in Israel near the Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv.
• Shlemach is a pizza restaurant in Tel Aviv by Roy Goren.
• Sumac is a Galiliean Druze restaurant in the Zichron Yaakov Mall.
• Tapa is a cocktail and tapas bar in the Hotel Botanica in Haifa with views over the Bahai Gardens.
• Taverrna Romana is an Italian restaurant in Tel Aviv by Chef Bentzi Arbel and Chef Omer Cohen, the owners of Kapara Mio and Calabria.
• Thai nii is a pop-up Thai restaurant in Moshav Basra, Sharon region. It is open Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights.
• The Taboon Factory is a bakery and coffee shop next to Habima in Tel Aviv. It serves burekas, focaccia, sambusak, and salads.
• The Wine Shop is a wine bar on Montefiore Street from the Triger Group. In addition to an extensive selection of wines by the glass and bottle, the menu includes bar food such as beef tartare, baked camembert, and endive salad.

• VC24 is the new incarnation of Vicky Christina in the Hatachana complex in Tel Aviv. It is no longer a Spanish tapas bar but more of a restaurant.

• West el Balad is a bakery by Druze chef Naifa Mulla, inside the Suzanne Dallal Center, near her restaurant Naifa.

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