Tel Aviv Travel Guide - Eating Out

There’s a mix of the older, established restaurants and a variety of newcomers. This is a city of people who love food, so there’s never far to walk to find somewhere good to eat.

Local cuisine

Israeli cuisine is an interesting mix of international culinary cultures and shows influences from Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Spanish, German and Eastern European styles. Dishes popular throughout the country include couscous, falafel, humus and chopped liver.

Other long-time favourites include bagels, which have been a part of Jewish culture and cuisine for over 400 years; matzoth ball soup, comprising chicken broth and golf ball-sized matzoth balls and blintzes, Jewish crepes, which are thin pancakes, rolled around any one of a number of fillings, such as sweetened cottage cheese, mashed potatoes and onion or even apple, cherry or blueberry fillings when they are served as dessert.