Israel Restaurant Openings, Closings, and Foodie News for November.

Welcome to the November edition of Israel Restaurant Openings and Foodie News, your monthly guide to the newest restaurants, culinary trends, chef updates, and food events across the country. From exciting kosher and non-kosher openings to notable closures and must-visit dishes, this roundup will keep you in the know about where to eat and what’s happening in Israel’s vibrant dining scene.

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Kosher Israel Restaurant Openings

• Bazir (Badatz Kehilot) is a brasserie by Chef Israel Dudek and HaGoren, located in the BSR Tower in Bnei Barak.
• Billibar is a dance and pool bar in Netanya’s Poleg Industrial Zone with a dairy menu, and offers a happy hour from 6 to 8 pm with 20% off the entire menu.
• Bisrabak is a burger and street-food restaurant on Agripas, near the Shuk, owned by TikTok star Meitar Saadon.
• Chiko Miko has opened a second branch of their dessert cafe in Tel Aviv, serving waffles, pancakes, and filled croissants.
• First Jerusalem (Badatz Machpud) is a Moroccan & Israeli meat restaurant in Rehavia, replacing Cafe Landwer on the corner of Ben Maimon and Azza streets. The owner previously had a kosher restaurant in Marrakech.
• Haburika Shuk HaCarmel has opened a branch in District 6 in Ashdod.
• Haset (Tzohar) is an Ethiopian restaurant on HaDekel Street, near Shuk Machane Yehuda.
• Kitkat Fairy Tale (Mehadrin) is a bakery and cafe from Tel Aviv that has opened a second branch in Ashdod.
• Leo is a meat restaurant and bar in the new Expo Eilat complex, built in place of the Eilat airport. Eyal Golan owns Leo, and French chef Vanessa Abittan, winner of MasterChef Israel 2019, runs the kitchen.
• Patachou Boutique is a Parisian bakery in Jerusalem, originally on Agripas Street near the shuk, now with a second branch on Hareket Street.
• Pizza Louise is a New York-style sliced pizza restaurant in Rishon LeZion.

• Season 02 (Dairy no supervision) is a seasonal dairy and fish restaurant in the Artist’s Stables complex in Pardes Hanna by Chef Nomi Giat, a finalist in the Games of Chefs.
• SMB (Mehadrin) is a takeaway and delivery burger restaurant in Kiryat Shmona.
• Steakiya is a new grilled meat/ shipudia / steakiya restaurant from the Machneyuda Group, next to Shuk Machane Yehuda, in place of Tzemach, on Beit Yaakov Street.  The menu includes skewers starting at NIS 56, such as pargit, kebab, hearts, picanha, butcher’s cut, and Denver cut; Prime rib, tomahawk, and picanha steaks, as well as arais, siska cigars, lachmajun, bone marrow, and more. It is a pop-up, but hopefully it will be successful and become permanent. It is open for lunch and dinner. Rumour has it that Tzemach is relocating, but I am not sure where and when.
• Sunset Kitchen is a dairy and fish restaurant in the Daniel Herzliya Hotel.

Not Kosher Israel Restaurant Openings

• Botte is an Italian bar and restaurant in Givatayim.
• Caffe Primo is a cafe in Tel Aviv designed to be like a home living room. By day, it is a cafe; by night, a bar.
• Charcuterie is a meat-focused sandwich restaurant on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, run by Chef Dor Bernstein.
• Corner 22 is a modern brasserie in a historic stone building in Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem.
• Culina is a contemporary restaurant in Caesarea with a long central bar and an open kitchen. Chef Ori Ankava crafts a menu featuring fish, seafood, meat, and pasta.

• Habalkon is a restaurant and deli on Tel Aviv’s Ben Yehuda Street, by Chef Yahaloma Levi.
• Hasimta is a smashburger chain by Chef Idan Panda, with a new branch at the Azrieli Tel Aviv food truck complex. Options include cheeseburgers, bacon cheeseburgers, and crispy chicken.
• Kohi is a cafe on Ben Yehuda in Tel Aviv, focusing on specialty coffee, matcha, and fresh food.
• Senior is a small restaurant in the industrial area off Yitzhak Sadeh Street in Tel Aviv by Chef Eyal Senior. It is open Tuesday to Thursday evenings and fits 30 people.
• Sikh is a Galilean meat skewer restaurant in the Florentine Quartet in Tel Aviv, owned by the Brûlé group.
• Sizzle is an American-style fried chicken restaurant in Petach Tikva.

• Aluf Restaurant is a grilled meat restaurant and bar due to open soon in the Hatnufa Complex in Talpiot in Jerusalem.
• These restaurants are now under kashrut supervision:
  • Bar Hasimta (Tzohar) in central Jerusalem, with pizza and cocktails
  • All branches of Moses Shop are now kosher
  • Si Cafe Gash
• Dafna-le is a new entertainment complex on Kibbutz Dafna (Upper Galil) with shops and restaurants. Most venues operate on Shabbat and are not kosher. These include:
  • Buza Ice Cream
  • Jolan Bakery & Cafe
  • Klompus
  • Pizza Truck
• Jaffa Flea Market now has a Farmer’s Market every Wednesday, from 4 to 10 pm.
• Shake Shack has opened its fifth branch in Kiryat Ono.
• Eyal Shani’s Miznon has opened a branch in Taiwan.
• The following restaurants have closed or will close soon:
  • Hamotzi in Jerusalem by Chef Avi Levi.
  • Pergamon restaurant in Jerusalem – the bar is still open.
  • The Streets cafe on King George in Tel Aviv.
  • Winona Forever wine bar in Tel Aviv by chef Evyatar Malka will close at the end of November.

Israel Food & Wine Events 

• Minato Herzliya is offering an Omakase menu on Tuesdays, 25 November & 2 December 2025.
• Cheers x MyYain Lillet in the Sky Wine Festival, 22 November 2025, NIS 145-199.
• ReWine & The Galilee Farm, The Galilee Farm, 28 November 2025.
• The Biblical Feast, The Biblical Museum of Natural History, 24 December 2025, $380.
• Sommelier, Heichal Hatarbut Tel Aviv, 12-13 January 2026, NIS 95-120.
• Terravino, The Grap Man House, 5 February 2026.

Recent Debbest Dishes

• I was excited to finally check out the interesting flavors at Arte Glideria on Nahalat Binyamin. I tried the lemon & Campari and coffee granita, which were both delicious, but ended up with the vegan pistachio, which was the best vegan pistachio I have ever had.
• Had dinner at the newish David 16 (Kosher) in Jerusalem. The setting is beautiful, and even though the tables are far apart, the acoustics are terrible, and it was very loud from people talking and loud music, even at 7:30 pm on a Sunday. My tuna tartare looked and tasted great. Both the market salad and the liver pâté were good but lacked a punch.  My fillet steak was slightly overcooked and a bit dry, and the gravy was very thin, adding little flavor. I loved the mashed potatoes, but the plate needed additional vegetables for balance, ideally something green. The dessert looked better than it tasted. Overall, it is a nice restaurant for large groups and those who like simpler dishes, but not for those seeking interesting flavor combinations. Everything on the menu was very safe.

• Another fantastic dinner at Janjariya (Kosher) at the Ramban Hotel in Jerusalem. The honey olive oil dip and whipped tahina were both so good. We loved the veal tongue carpaccio and beef tartar. The mains were good but not as good as the starters.

• Dinner at Rothschild 48 Brasserie in the R48 Hotel from Ruti Broudo‘s R2M Hospitality Group.  Everything was great, but my favorite dishes were the amberjack carpaccio and the drum fish confit. The desserts were also great.

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