Neve Tsedek

Once Neve Tsedek became cool again, it has started attracting businesses catering to the rich.
But it still combines the old with the new. You’ll find here chef restaurants offering seafood or French cuisine next to small cafés that make their own pastries; slick bars and sushi places next to ice cream parlors; and restaurants for hardcore meat lovers surrounded by the homes of Tel Aviv’s pioneers that have been turned into museums.

The exclusive Dalal restaurant (10 Shabazi) has been known for hosting Israeli and foreign celebs, largely due to to the fact that its chef used to be that of Manta Ray, one of the signature restaurants in Tel Aviv. You can eat pretty much everything that is good in the world, with an Italian flavor to it. The pastries are homemade. Next door Suzanna (9 Shabazi) has been here for a long time, with its Mediterranean cuisine and pleasant outdoor patio. The prices are more reasonable here.

If you’re in the mood for homemade food, there’s Casserole (3Lilinblum), with cuisine from Tripoli, Lybia, home to Jews for generations, before immigrating to Israel in the mid 20^th century. Casserole offers a series of casseroles and stews that will warm your heart and belly.

Even after sunset there’s no reason to leave Neve Tsedek. The latest Tel Aviv trend are the so-called wine bars. If you’re in the neighborhood and have a taste for a glass of wine from a variety of 250 wines, there’s always the intimate and romantic Pri Ha’Gefen (4 Ehad Ha’Am). Another spot for those looking for some love in the air is Jajo Vino (47 Shabazi), that sits no more than 20 ?????, and includes a bar that faces the street. Nana (1 Ehad Ha’Am) is a more up market bar with a modern interior that leaves the old world behind the moment you walk in and close the doors.