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  • Safed Sushi

    Safed cuisine was once limited to the basics but today there’s a sushi bar in Tzfat where sushi aficionados can enjoy their favourite treat.

    Sushi Bar

    Sushi in Safed

     

    The Sushi bar is located at 27 Jerusalem Street. The chef spent many years learning the art of sushi-making and today he offers his expertise to Tzfat residents who can enjoy numerous types of sushi as well as other Asian food.

    The restaurant specializes in sushi as well as different types of stir fry and Thailandi food. The restaurant serves meat and has a mehadrin hechsher.

    Hours

    The sushi bar is open from 12:00 noon – 10:30p.m. daily, Sundays through Thursdays. It is open sporadically on

    Fridays. There are places to sit in the restaurant and it’s also possible to order take-out.

    Contact

    The sushi bar can be contacted at (04)6973-322

     

  • The Artisan Bakery of Safed

    The newest hip cafe recently opened in the Old City of Tsfat on Simtat Bar Yochai. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and

    Artisan Bakery of Safeddinner here. The cafe offers a delicious breakfast menu with gourmet cheeses and hand rolled bagels baked fresh every day. For lunch and dinner, there is pasta and Italian-style thin crust pizza with fresh mozzarella and salads.

    On Fridays they offer a selection of delicious breads and pastries for Shabbat. The cafe also makes their own

    fresh bread daily including a special rustic fermented bread which goes along with every dish on the menu.  Indoor and outdoor seating.

    Open Sunday to Friday from 7:30 am – 8:00pm. Motzei Shabbat, open an hour and half after Shabbat ends.

    Simtat bar Yochai, 14 in the Old Cty. Call 052-792-2068

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  • La Marjolaine – Chef Restaurant – Villa Galilee hotel

    The atmosphere:

    La Marjolaine Restaurant

     

    Imagine a paved stone stairway climbing to an old stone house. The last sun beams form an abstract picture of orange and pink over the mountains. Upon arriving at the renovated building you open a French style door and enter a unique European lobby. On the floor you’ll find heavy wool rugs, as well as classic paintings on the walls. Soft sounds of jazz music are accompanying you i

    n the background, while waiting for the host to guide you to the restaurant.

    Location:

    La Marjolaine is a kosher Chef Restaurant located at the Villa Galilee boutique hotel on the top of mount Canaan – Safed. The hotel is in a well preserved stone structure erected in 1932, and integrated into the local architecture and landscape.

    The Villa Galilee Hotel’s style is European, and reminds us of small boutique hotels there. The European feeling is well sensed in the luxurious design and furniture, a great deal of which has been imported from Italy, France and other European countries. The view from the Hotel presents the Mount Meron ridge, the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights.

    Chef Restaurant:

    La Marjolaine is the pearl of the hotel. It has a romantic atmosphere with pronounced furniture, heavy wooden tables and chairs, white tablecloths, beautiful paintings, collectibles, and relaxing music.

    La Marjolaine is a kosher French cuisine restaurant with a homey, romantic, and warm atmosphere. The restaurant offers meals inspired by French cuisine combined with local Galilee ingredients. The wine menu is based on the products of wineries from around the Galilee and the Golan, with quality series and a professional, connoisseur selection.

    From morning to evening:

    La Marjolaine has a diverse kosher menu and it is varied according to the season. Rich stews, special soups and dishes during the winter and the summer time brings with it a light and tempting menu, spiced with aromatic and rich herbs.

     

    In the mornings the restaurant offer a rich Galilean breakfast: wide selection of salads, cheese bar, hot bar

    with constantly changing dishes, different kinds of fish, home-bake cakes, different pastries, jams, home-bake breads, fruits, dried fruits, sweets and many more.

    Lunch On Route

    Group dining for lunch or dinner can be ordered in advance. We’ve got several menus for different budget and size of groups.

    Opening Hours:

    Breakfast: 8:00am – 10:30am

    Lunch: 12:00pm – 17:00pm

    Dinner: 19:00pm – 21:00pm

    Kosher certificate: rabbinate of safed

  • Grill Bar

    Opened in the summer of 2010, the Grill Bar meat restaurant is a welcome addition to the Kikar HaMaganim in the Old City. Operating in a store previously used for jewelry, Yosef Pe’er, the owner, has completely changed the small space. With artist Elinor Kaysar’s amazingly lifelike mural, you feel like you are walking into the alleyways around the Mayan HaRadum when you go into the Grill Bar.

    Yosef, originally from Tiberius, ran cafes and restaurants all over the north, before being drawn to open his Gril

    l Bar in the heart of the Old City. He wanted to connect his soul to his calling of providing people

    Grill Bar with good food and the location of his café-restaurant, so he chose the holy city of Safed.

    The Menu: Meat

    Although the menu is fairly standard fare, falafel (14shk) shwarma (25-40shks), shish kebabs (25-45shks) chicken sticks (28 -45shks) and so on, everything is made fresh on the spot ‘al ha aish’ (on the grill). The stir-fry chicken (35shks) adds variety and gives Yosef a chance to show his cooking abilities and the beef steak (90shks) shows off his skill with the grill. He also offers omelets with a choice of fillings and he certainly knows how to make fries (15shks). Popular with locals and tourists alike, you can choose to have your meal in a pita, a baguette or served on a plate with salad. The Israeli breakfast is also good, but as this is a meat restaurant don’t expect a cheese side platter or milk in your morning tea or coffee! Why not do what the locals do and have herbal tea or Turkish coffee instead. For dieh

    ards he does offer soya milk. In cold weather, for a real winter warmer, why not try a bowl of his delicious daily soup offering at only 10shks! It must be one of the best bargains in Safed!

    Seating

    In summer it is very pleasant to sit at the tables outside in the kikar (square), and people watch. Yosef has room for about 20 customers at any one time but even so, he still manages fast service. With his pleasant manner and ability with languages, he speaks Arabic, English, French, German and Spanish and his native Hebrew, he can communicate easily with almost everyone.

    During the winter, you can still sit outside if the weather is warm enough, otherwise there is some seating inside, enough for four, but it can be a bit of a snug fit. Of course, you can always get take choose to order take out and bring food back to your zim

    mer or hostel if you prefer.

    Drinks

    Grill Bar offers a choice of cold beers: – Carlsberg, Goldstar or Heineken and a wide selection of canned soft drinks, juices and cola. Hot drinks are also available.

    Hours

    Winter: 9am – 10pm
    Summer: 9am – late

    Kashrut: Mehadrin Safed. All Meat is either Rav Landau or Edit Haredit B’datz.

    Contact Info

    To order take out or to make enquiries about catering

    Tel 077 439 0395 or 054 948 9404

  • Late Night Bites

    if you are looking for a late night quick bite after getting off a long bus journey at the bus station, just go straight out of the bus station. Cross the street, keeping the gas station on your left and walk up Jerusalem Street towards the gesher (bridge) and the midrahov. As you continue walking up the street, you will find a few snack bars that stay open quite late. There are almost no other snack places in central Safed normally open this late at night so grab your chance while you can.

    GUSTO

    Late Night Bites

     

    On your left the first snack stand you come to is a nice trendy looking shwarma bar. With three tables outside in summer and 2 tables inside as well, as a long bar with 5 stools, you can enjoy your meal in comfort. Prices start at 22nis and you can have your shwarma on a plate and sit down, or have it in a pita or baguette to take away. This stand is also licensed so you can drink a beer with your meal. You can certainly eat with gusto here, enjoying a variety of different meats and chicken until 2am!

    Kashrut Certificate: Regular Rabbinate

    Address:116 Jerusalem Street
    Tel no: 077 558 2119

    Opening Hours: 8am – 2am Sunday thru Thursday

     

    PIZZA PIE

    If on the other hand you prefer pizza late at night why not try the recently opened Pizza Pie, just across the street. With four tables inside and three outside during the summer, there is plenty of room for soldiers who appreciate the 10% soldiers discount an

    d the free toppings given by the pizza parlor. As it also has a B’datz hechsher don’t be surprised to see a lot of ‘black hatter’ yeshiva students in the parlor.
    Apart from regular pizza (40nis for a pie) you can have toasts, garlic breads and salads. They also offer ice-cream as a dessert and have a good choice of soft drinks. The pizza parlor offers free delivery within Safed.

    Kashrut Certificate: Mehadrin – B’datz (Eidit Haredit)

    Address: 118 Jerusalem Street
    Tel no: 077 201 9416/7

    Opening Hours: 10am -2am Sunday -Thursday

    RAFI’S SHWARMA

    Just up the street again you will find another small shwarma bar simply called Rafi’s Shwarma. With two tables outside for summer and three inside you can easily chat with the friendly staff in the cozy atmosphere. Apart from the usual shwarma choices you can also get falafel and French fries. Prices are fairly standard for Safed with shwarma in a pita at 25nis and a larger shwarma portion in a baguette.

    Kashrut Certificate: Regular Rabbinate

    Opening Hours: times vary

  • Ha’Ari 8 Restaurant

    Ha’Ari 8 is set in a century-old old stone building complete with sweeping stone arches. It is below the Hotel Carmel and is ideally located in the heart of the Old City of Safed with its cobbled pathways and ancient synagogues. It is also close by all the galleries and the Artists’ Quarter.

    Ha'Ari 8 Restaurant

     

    Warm and Authentic Tzfati Ambiance

    After a day of sightseeing and shopping in Tzefat, there is no better place to relax. You will be welcomed by the fr

    iendly staff and made to feel at home. Catch up on email on the wireless internet and pour over the wide collection of cookbooks. Children enjoy playing in the “Art Corner,” while adults can view the latest exhibits from talented local artists.

    The Menu

    Using only fresh, locally grown ingredients, Ha’ari 8 Restaurant offers a diverse meat menu prepared in a modern kosher kitchen. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner here, or come at night for a glass of wine or homemade arak. You can start your day with a delicious pareve omelette served with Israeli salad. For lunch, there is a selection of home made soups, assorted crispy salads, zesty dips plus an array of hearty sandwiches and burgers from which to choose.

    Dinner at Ha’Ari 8

    At night, the lights dim and you can dine to soft music. There is an extensive meat menu including burgers and fries, schnitzel, chicken with barbeque or chilli sauce, old Angus rib eye steak, all served with your choice of rice, fries or potato. There is also a child menu and vegetarian dishes. Desserts include homemade apple pie, chocolate soufflé, assorted refreshing sorbets and more.

    Catering Your Simcha

    Ha’Ari 8 also caters family events, plus private and group functions for up to 100 people. There is also a private room for 40 guests.

    Address: Rehov Ha’ari 8

    Phone number: 04 692 0033; cell 052 706 1191

    Opening hours: 10 am to 10 pm weekdays; Fridays until an hour before Shabbat; and motzei Shabbat. Closed on Shabbat and festivals.

    Kosher Certification: Mehadrin

  • The Mercazi (Center) Restaurant

    The Mercazi or Center Restaurant probably serves the best value meal in Safed. Located at 37 Jerusalem Street, this restaurant is an off-shoot of the Central Hotel, where the cooking is done.

    Mercazi (Center) RestaurantA small clean restaurant, the Mercazi has room for three tables and offers an excellent take-away service. The resta

    urant has a friendly, helpful staff who speak some English as well as, of course, Hebrew.

    The Bargain

    If you are really hungry why not start with the daily soup which is available for 15shks or 10shks if you take away.

    Otherwise just go straight for the real bargain that makes this meat restaurant a wonderful recent addition for locals and tourists alike. A meal for the grand price of 25hsks a plate!

    While not cordon-bleu cooking, the food is hot, plentiful and tasty with choices like honey roasted chicken, roasted meat, schnitzel, or baked Moroccan fish. You are offered a selection of fish, chicken or meat, a choice of two side dishes from vegetables, rice, potatoes or pasta as well as two side salads! You really can’t go wrong whatever you choose, while you wonder how they can do it for the price.

    The salads come in small take-away containers in the chill cabinet and you can choose from a variety of fresh raw vegetables, pickled salads as well as cooked salads such as fried eggplant.

    Bread is automatically offered and is included.

    The Drinks

    Only cold drinks are available and are offered at normal restaurant and bar prices.

    Take Out

    As well as offering individual portions, you can also buy meals by the kilo for take out. Prices are equally reasonable, 60shks a kilo for the meat and chicken portions, and 25hsks a kilo for the pasta, potatoes and rice. Salads are also available in small or large portions. Moroccan style cakes are offered for 20shks a half kilo.

    For Shabbat

    If you are visiting Safed for Shabbat you can choose traditional specialties such as kugel and cholent to take out. Also on offer are Sephardi Shabbat dishes you may be less familiar with, so why not try something a bit different like the couscous.

    Catering

    The Mercazi Restaurant also offers a catering service. Whether you are getting together with friends, having a bar / bat-mitzva, or hosting guests from out of town it’s worth checking out their catering menu and prices.

    Kosher Certificate:

    Mehadrin Safed. All meat and chicken is glatt kosher being either B’datz or Rav Landau.

    Hours:

    Winter: Sunday – Thursday 11am – 5/6pm.  Fridays 11am to one hour before Shabbat

    Summer: Sunday – Thursday 11am – 9pm, later in the height of summer.

    Major Credit Cards accepted.

  • Gan Eden

    Perched above the town on Har Canaan you will find another one of Safed’s hidden surprises, the Gan Eden restaurant. It has a small, boutique-style restaurant feel, although it actually seats up to 60 outside, and 40 inside in a choice of four intimate rooms. In the summer, you can enjoy the view of Meron from the shaded garden deck, and in the winter you have the pleasure of a wood burning stove to keep you warm inside.

    This restaurant, run by the Brigel family, aims for quality and certainly delivers it, both in the décor and in the food. With chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, prints and photographs on the walls, mosaic floor tiles and proper tablecloths on the tables, Gan Eden is the place to go for a special occasion.

    The Menu: Dairy

    The Italian based menu is all homemade, from the fresh baked bread to the delectable desserts. They also have a small select wine list from Israeli wineries (from 45-89shks the half bottle)

    Starters

    The anti-pasti salads offered include an aromatic tomato and fresh basil mix, char-grilled peppers and wonderful olives. However, you may prefer to choose the delicious cheese filled dumplings (29shks) or decide to share one of the main course salads (from 47shks) like the stir fried halumi cheese with fresh figs over lettuce, tomatoes and mushrooms, as a first course instead.

    Gan Eden

     

    Pasta & Pastry

    If you are want to try something a bit different than the regular pasta choices (from 49shks), why not try the more unusual sweet potato ravioli in a cream sauce with raisins? Or, if you can spare the calories, go for the filo pastry stuffed with mushrooms, vegetables or Swiss chard (59shks) which will simply melt in your mouth.

    Fish

    If you prefer fish, the variety of baked fish dishes offered by the Gan Eden is second to none. Apart from the more normal Salmon, they also have a choice of Sea Bream and Sea Bass, which is usually difficult to find elsewhere. These are all served with a choice of baked potatoes or herb rice, green salad and vegetables (81shks).

    The Desserts

    The desserts (28-32shks) on display in the chill cabinet are difficult to resist, so why not share one and that way you won’t feel so guilty? Whether you choose the cheesecake, the apple cake or the three chocolate cake, something sweet will certainly round off your meal.

    Small And Large Groups

    There is a private room that can host up to 10 guests for a private party or you can book the whole restaurant in advance for a function or large group. There is a choice of special group menus available or you can order a la carte if you prefer.

    Opening Hours

    The restaurant is open for breakfast (100shks for two) lunch and dinner.

    Sunday to Thursday 9.00am – 11.00pm all year round , Fridays from 9.00am – 2.00pm.

    Closed: Shabbat

    Kosher Certificate: Rabbinut Safed.

    Credit Cards: Visa, MasterCard, IsraCard

    Reservations: Highly recommended

    Tel: 04 697 2434 or 052 434 9755

    Getting There

    By Car: Take the Hagedud HaShelishi road up towards the Canaan Spa Hotel and it is on your right, next door to the Villa Galilee Hotel.

    By Bus: take the no 3 and get off the second stop after the Canaan Shopping Mall.

  • Mendi’s

    Mendi’s is the place to go if you are looking for a meat restaurant offering traditional Jewish food in a hamishe atmosphere. With its B’datz (Eidat Charedi) hechsher, Mendi’s is very popular with the “frum” yeshiva crowd and gets very crowded during bein hazemainim (yeshiva vacation time).

    Located at 29 Jerusalem Street, after the Midrahov, almost opposite Yoram’s greengrocers, Mendi’s is a welcome

    Mendi's recent addition to Safed’s choice of restaurants. Mendi’s also does take out, especially for Shabbat, as well as catering for small and large g

    roups. The restaurant provides seating for 20, is simple and clean, and the friendly staff speak Hebrew and Yiddish as well as some En

    glish.

    The Menu: Meat

    As you enter the restaurant there is a chill cabinet, deli-style, offering everything from chopped liver to schnitzel and beef. Mendi’s also has some more unusual items so why not choose the schnitzel stuffed with vegetables or the very popular stuffed beef and eggplant for a change. There is also roast chicken or even chicken on the grill if you are watching your calories.

    All meals come with a choice of two side dishes: rice, potatoes, salads, or vegetables and range from 35shks for

    chicken to 45shks for beef and liver. If you prefer something a bit lighter try the delicious salmon. Just ask for bread (2shks) if you want to make “hamotzi” and the staff will be happy to oblige.

    Shabbat Take Out

    Where Mendi’s really comes into its own is in its Shabbat take out service. If you are coming from out of town for the weekend why not order your Shabbat meals in advance and just stop by to pick them up when you arrive. With a full Shabbat menu choice of fish, chicken soup, chopped liver, cholent, kugels, chicken or meat, as well as side dishes, you are sure to have plenty to please everyone. On a Friday morning they are open from 9.30am till 3 hours before Shabbat and will even deliver as far as Meron for a group order. If you just want to pick up an extra kugel or chopped liver (25shks) to offer your guests, don’t leave it until the last minute in case they run out

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    Catering

    Mendi’s offers a full catering service from a small Kiddush for a Brit Mila to meals for a Sheva Brachot. They will also be very happy to cater your large Safed wedding given a couple of weeks notice.

    Restrooms

    Up a couple of steps at the back of the restaurant are two very clean restrooms in keeping with the whole, well-maintained restaurant.

    Opening Hours

    Sunday – Thursday 12 noon – 10pm (or even later during bein hazemainim)

    Fridays: 9.30am – 3 hours before Shabbat candle lighting.

    Tel 04 692 3067 or 052 760 9099 to order take out or to discuss Mendi’s catering service. Delivery service available.

    Kosher Certification: Mehadrin Safed & Eidat Charedi B’datz.

  • Meals at the Rimonim Hotel

    Gracious Dining

    Until relatively recently, the terms “Jewish cooking” and “gourmet dining” had, seemingly, little in common. Eastern European Jewish cooking was viewed as being basically meats and starches, with a healthy dose of chicken shmaltz (fat) in almost

    Rimonim Hotel Meals everything, while the dishes of North African Jews, mostly from Tunisia and Morocco, were viewed as simple and spicy.

    This was true for “Israeli cooking” as well, which was widely believed to consist of nothing more inventive than the ubiquitous falafel…a dish that, in any case, has its origins in Arab cuisine.

    In recent years, Jewish and Israeli cooking has begun to develop. Connoisseurs of fine dining have come to appreciate the intricacies that go into preparation of “Jewish food”. Israeli cuisine is has also begun to attract the notice of reviewers as Israeli chefs have become more adventurous in their cooking, and more aware of how to use native Israeli fruits and vegetables in preparation of traditional Jewish food.

    Dining at the Rimonim Hotel

    In Tzfat, this trend has been most noted at the local Rimonim Hotel.   The Rimonim Hotel is Tzfat’s 5-star hotel, offering hospitality in a natural yet gracious and luxurious setting. For many years, in addition to its hotel accommodations, the Rimonim has extended its dining facilities to people from outside the hotel as well as its own guests, and during this time, the reputation of the Rimonim dining room has grown to the point that its dining room is today appreciated as Tzfat’s main kosher gourmet eatery – indeed, one of Northern Israel’s most celebrated gourmet eateries.

    This reputation is well-deserved, especially in the last few years, as the chefs have become increasingly aware of new and creative ways to prepare the food in accordance with the rich offerings of Israel’s land. Vegetables are local, seasonable and plentiful, lightly cooked with hints of herbs and spices that bring out their bountiful flavors. There is also a wide variety of grains and legumes, so the various meats and fishes become a secondary to the healthier produce which is offered in a wide variety of ways.
    The meals are served buffet-style, and diners have an assortment of dozens of salads and side dishes to choose from at every meal, with a large selection of meats, poultry and fish to select. Diners are welcome to return to the buffet often, and homemade breads complete the gastronomic experience. The Rimonim’s dining room is set in the hotel’s garden, surrounded by the greenery of the plants and foliage that create the lovely atmosphere that the Rimonim is so well known for. A magnificent view of Mt. Meron  completes the experience, and diners often take their coffees and scrumptious deserts outside to the garden to enjoy the scene.

    Aside from Rimonim guests, others are also welcome to order meals at the Rimonim – breakfasts, with their salads, fruits and delectable cakes are a favorite – and it is possible to pre-pay and arrive with a voucher, which makes the Rimonim meals an easy option for Sabbath-observant guests who don’t handle money on Shabbat.

    The Rimonim may be contacted by phoning 972-4-699 4666 to order or inquire about their dining opportunities. Breakfasts are 75 shekels per person, and dinners and Shabbat meals are 130 shekels per person.