Dining

Israel offers a wide range of dishes for the gourmet. Falafel, a dish made of fried ground chickpeas and served with salad in pita is very popular with tourists. Shwarma which is a lamb dish served in pita is also a popular and filling meal. Mediterranean specialties like shish kebab, baklawa- a sweetmeat are also a treat for the palate.

McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Dunkin' Donuts have also left their mark on the nation and there is a chain of these outlets in Israel. It is advisable for tourists with sensitive stomach to rely on bottled water, though water in Israel is generally safe.

It is also necessary for the restaurants in Israel to have a Teudat certificate that is typically displayed in the windows or is produced on request.

A. Top Restaurants

Agvaniya

19 Sheinkin St,

Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel: +972 3525 6666

This is a restaurant that is famous for its pizzas. It is a kosher pizzeria that takes into accounts the dos and don'ts for the Jews. For the connoisseur, the sight of a true brick-oven is quite heartening as it ensures a freshly baked pizza. It is possible for the tourist to watch a machine flatten the delicate dough .The pizza is tossed with artistic finesse by the chef who first layers it with Ripe red tomato sauce as a base followed by a sprinkling of cheese and veggies. The pizza in this restaurant is paper-thin and is very popular. Pizza is sold by the slice and is quite reasonably priced.

Blue Bar

Top floor, Dizengoff Centre,

Dizengoff Street,

Tel Aviv, Israel.

This is a restaurant coupled with a bar as well as a lounge and is a popular haunt for many tourists.

Yotvata,

78 Herbert Samuel St ,

Tel Aviv,

Israel

Phone - +972 3510 7984

This is an eating-place that is established by a group of Southern Dairy kibbutzniks. Its canteen style interior also echoes the kibbutz beliefs.

Moon

58 Bograshov St , Tel Aviv, Israel

Phone - +972 3629 1155

This is an eating-place that is renowned for its sushi. It is a restaurant that offers the best of Japanese cuisine. It was the first restaurant in Israel to introduce the conveyor-belt sushi bar. It is located in the stylish and posh area of Tel Aviv.

Vongoly Seafood Bar

14 Ibn Gvirol Street , Tel Aviv, Israel

Phone - +972 3 691 5952

This is a seafood restaurant inspired by French cuisine that is stylishly set in the capital city of Israel and is patronized by a cultured and wealthy crowd.