Guidebook for Tel Aviv

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Guidebook for Tel Aviv

Food Scene

Along with the booming of fusion restaurants, Israel offers many traditional restaurants. Just near the Levinski market, you will find some real persian and turkish food! Good price, great food!
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Nahalat Binyamin Street
Nahalat Binyamin Street
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Along with the booming of fusion restaurants, Israel offers many traditional restaurants. Just near the Levinski market, you will find some real persian and turkish food! Good price, great food!
Kasba is the epitome of the Florentine atmosphere with its young cool crowd, good music, great balcony, dogs, hipsters, pot smokers, film students and some tourist friends. and great food too...
פלורנטין 3
5 Florentin Street
Kasba is the epitome of the Florentine atmosphere with its young cool crowd, good music, great balcony, dogs, hipsters, pot smokers, film students and some tourist friends. and great food too...
Burekas (the Hebrew version of Turkish Börek) is yummy and never expensive. Found in every supermarket (2 for a $), or better, margarine less, try Leon's real Burekass just 3 minute walk away.
Olei Zion St 17
17 Olei Zion Street
Burekas (the Hebrew version of Turkish Börek) is yummy and never expensive. Found in every supermarket (2 for a $), or better, margarine less, try Leon's real Burekass just 3 minute walk away.
There are many delish Hummus places in Israel, and especially in Yafo, like the famous Abu Hassan on Hadolfin street in Yafo, 5 minutes walk from here. Ask me how to order so you get the good stuff.
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Ha-Dolfin Street
Ha-Dolfin Street
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There are many delish Hummus places in Israel, and especially in Yafo, like the famous Abu Hassan on Hadolfin street in Yafo, 5 minutes walk from here. Ask me how to order so you get the good stuff.
One of the busiest restaurants in Jaffa, with 2 great location, but I prefer the original one deep into Arab Jaffa, famous for its sea food but mostly for the amazing variety of local tapas. Yum!
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The Old Man and the Sea
85 Kedem St
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One of the busiest restaurants in Jaffa, with 2 great location, but I prefer the original one deep into Arab Jaffa, famous for its sea food but mostly for the amazing variety of local tapas. Yum!
well, this is my favorite hummus place in Tel Aviv. Although in the center of the city, they are actually from an Arab village in the north. טעים !!
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Abu Adham
7 Carlebach St
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well, this is my favorite hummus place in Tel Aviv. Although in the center of the city, they are actually from an Arab village in the north. טעים !!
Well, this famous north African style restaurant has some nice food but a bit overrated I think. Their Shawarma (doner kebab) however, just behind the restaurant, is just amazing !
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Dr Shakshuka
3 Beit Eshel St
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Well, this famous north African style restaurant has some nice food but a bit overrated I think. Their Shawarma (doner kebab) however, just behind the restaurant, is just amazing !
Yummy ! real Italian ice cream around the corner, with original flavors and in the best corner in the flea market
Capitolina Ice Cream
9 Olei Zion St
Yummy ! real Italian ice cream around the corner, with original flavors and in the best corner in the flea market
North African Jewish food - or more specifically from Tripoli, this is a great place to try this cuisine - quite heavy but so delicious you will probably will wanna come back.
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Guetta Restaurant
8 Jerusalem Blvd
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North African Jewish food - or more specifically from Tripoli, this is a great place to try this cuisine - quite heavy but so delicious you will probably will wanna come back.
fancy a hamburger at 2am? well, you might as in tel aviv you need to eat something when you move from one party to another. Moses is always fun, and has a special deal after 23:00
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Moses
35 Rothschild Blvd
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fancy a hamburger at 2am? well, you might as in tel aviv you need to eat something when you move from one party to another. Moses is always fun, and has a special deal after 23:00
This is a great place to enjoy the local food, mostly on skewer... not for vegetarians, but very local and inexpensive.
Yefet St 160
160 Yefet Street
This is a great place to enjoy the local food, mostly on skewer... not for vegetarians, but very local and inexpensive.
OK, the hottest spot in Tel Aviv at the moment for cool food and a beer, a little bit of Jaffa atmosphere in south central Tel Aviv, hipsters rule !
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Port Sa'id
5 Har Sinai St
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OK, the hottest spot in Tel Aviv at the moment for cool food and a beer, a little bit of Jaffa atmosphere in south central Tel Aviv, hipsters rule !
A new and trendy Japanese Peruvian restaurant just opened in December 2015 just right here in the building, with a famous chef and all that nouveau rich stuff that some people like
Rabi Pinkhas St 4
4 Rabi Pinkhas Street
A new and trendy Japanese Peruvian restaurant just opened in December 2015 just right here in the building, with a famous chef and all that nouveau rich stuff that some people like
you can never discover all the great small Hummus places but this one is next to my office and it's great so if you come visit me for lunch - it's a Hummus date !
Tuval St 36
36 Tuval Street
you can never discover all the great small Hummus places but this one is next to my office and it's great so if you come visit me for lunch - it's a Hummus date !
Sarona market is Tel Aviv's food market with lots of options to dine or just walk around and taste some local delicatessen.
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Sarona
8 Aluf Kalman Magen
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Sarona market is Tel Aviv's food market with lots of options to dine or just walk around and taste some local delicatessen.
a great thai restaurant, with real thai food, they even grow their own herbs and vegetables to make sure it feels close to Thailand
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Nam - נאם
275 Dizengoff St
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a great thai restaurant, with real thai food, they even grow their own herbs and vegetables to make sure it feels close to Thailand
ok, maybe not the best Asian restaurant in Tel Aviv, but still almost the only one in Jaffa and it's not bad. So, if you crave pad thai or Sushi, it's not a bad option !
JASIA
7 Louis Pasteur St
ok, maybe not the best Asian restaurant in Tel Aviv, but still almost the only one in Jaffa and it's not bad. So, if you crave pad thai or Sushi, it's not a bad option !
A great place for Mexican food but also for drinks and for meeting cool Tel Aviv locals.
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Taqueria
28 Levontin St
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A great place for Mexican food but also for drinks and for meeting cool Tel Aviv locals.
Ask any Israeli about this place, and it will bring some memory back. Abulafia is like an institute and it's been around for decades. Not gourmet food but it's part of Jaffa - cheap quick carbs when you need them
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Abouelafia Bakery
7 Yefet St
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Ask any Israeli about this place, and it will bring some memory back. Abulafia is like an institute and it's been around for decades. Not gourmet food but it's part of Jaffa - cheap quick carbs when you need them
Feeling like a good, fresh, yummy and inexpensive Italian meal? You do not need to go far... 3 minute walk and you are in one of the most popular Italian restaurants in Tel Aviv. $11-$20 for pasta.
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Italkiya Bapishpishim
16 Olei Zion St
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Feeling like a good, fresh, yummy and inexpensive Italian meal? You do not need to go far... 3 minute walk and you are in one of the most popular Italian restaurants in Tel Aviv. $11-$20 for pasta.
Feeling like McDonalds? There is one is Jaffa which is open 7 days a week. Non kosher so you can get a proper Cheeseburger
McDonalds
15 Jerusalem Boulevard
Feeling like McDonalds? There is one is Jaffa which is open 7 days a week. Non kosher so you can get a proper Cheeseburger
A must go place, the real market of Tel Aviv with the freshest fruits and vegetables but also cute local restaurants, souvenirs, meat, fish, asian shop and what not.
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Carmel Market
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A must go place, the real market of Tel Aviv with the freshest fruits and vegetables but also cute local restaurants, souvenirs, meat, fish, asian shop and what not.
OK, so this little Hummus place is a Jaffa institute that was even recommended on Lonely Planet. Not my favorite Hummus but it's a matter of taste. You have to try it, then try one of my favorite ones, and let me know which one is better.
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Hummus Abu Hassan
1 Ha-Dolfin St
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OK, so this little Hummus place is a Jaffa institute that was even recommended on Lonely Planet. Not my favorite Hummus but it's a matter of taste. You have to try it, then try one of my favorite ones, and let me know which one is better.

Sightseeing

come see the other side of TLV - where African refugees huddle, Filipinos, Chinese and Indian shop and transvestite prostitutes work. It is not dangerous but for sure interesting, especially on Friday
Levinsky 90
90 Levinski Street
come see the other side of TLV - where African refugees huddle, Filipinos, Chinese and Indian shop and transvestite prostitutes work. It is not dangerous but for sure interesting, especially on Friday
I like to visit universities in different countries, just to see the local student life in a new place. Why don't you try to do that in Tel Aviv? It can be a fascinating anthropological experience...
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Tel Aviv University
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I like to visit universities in different countries, just to see the local student life in a new place. Why don't you try to do that in Tel Aviv? It can be a fascinating anthropological experience...
Jerusalem, of course you must go. But do you need to spend a night there? It's 45 minute away by bus, and it's not for everyone to stay there. It really depends. I'll tell you more when we meet.
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Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, of course you must go. But do you need to spend a night there? It's 45 minute away by bus, and it's not for everyone to stay there. It really depends. I'll tell you more when we meet.

Drinks & Nightlife

If you wanna meet an arab-jewish-left wing-hipster-sexually ambigous crowd, come to the Ana Lulu bar, just across the street from my house. Arab music, Israeli beer and old jaffa atmosphere
HaPninim
HaPninim
If you wanna meet an arab-jewish-left wing-hipster-sexually ambigous crowd, come to the Ana Lulu bar, just across the street from my house. Arab music, Israeli beer and old jaffa atmosphere
Shpagat is a gay bar but not only, it's a meeting point for all kind of Tel Aviv hipsters and also just a nice place to have a drink in the heart of the city, with a real Tel Avivian vibe
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Shpagat
43 Nahalat Binyamin St
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Shpagat is a gay bar but not only, it's a meeting point for all kind of Tel Aviv hipsters and also just a nice place to have a drink in the heart of the city, with a real Tel Avivian vibe

Essentials

So many things people heard about the security at the Israeli airport. Well.. for sure it's different from what you've experienced in other airports, but it's not that bad. Ask me for specific details
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Ben Gurion Airport
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So many things people heard about the security at the Israeli airport. Well.. for sure it's different from what you've experienced in other airports, but it's not that bad. Ask me for specific details
If you're not in the mood for a humiliating, long and private interrogation, even if EL AL offers you a better price, better don't fly with them. Can take up to 2 hours of questioning on the way here
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Tel Aviv-Yafo
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If you're not in the mood for a humiliating, long and private interrogation, even if EL AL offers you a better price, better don't fly with them. Can take up to 2 hours of questioning on the way here
The biggest Israeli Pharm chain's Jaffa branch - on Jaffa's main street. You can find anything there from condoms to diapers. open 7 days a week morning till night, except friday till 16:30.
Sderot Yerushalayim 49
49 Sderot Yerushalayim
The biggest Israeli Pharm chain's Jaffa branch - on Jaffa's main street. You can find anything there from condoms to diapers. open 7 days a week morning till night, except friday till 16:30.
Tel Aviv offers free WIFI in most central places, simply connect to the FREE_TLV WIFI, click approve and you are connected.
עולי ציון 16
16 Olei Zion Street
Tel Aviv offers free WIFI in most central places, simply connect to the FREE_TLV WIFI, click approve and you are connected.
do not buy a sim card from the thieves at the airport. come to me first and we will figure out something, or you can always also use my extra free sim card I have for guests!
Ami'ad St 8
8 Ami'ad Street
do not buy a sim card from the thieves at the airport. come to me first and we will figure out something, or you can always also use my extra free sim card I have for guests!
2 change places are located at the clock tower, open on week days from early morning till evening. Closed on Saturdays
SOLAN MONEY EXCHANGE
8 Kikar HaAtsmaut
2 change places are located at the clock tower, open on week days from early morning till evening. Closed on Saturdays
Rent your local bike at the nearest Tel-o-fun station, pay around $5 per day, change it every 30 minutes to not get charged more, and ride all over the city as much as you like, discover it from within while biking. You have a station to return or change the bike every 200 meters more or less.
Rabi Akha Street
Rabi Akha Street
Rent your local bike at the nearest Tel-o-fun station, pay around $5 per day, change it every 30 minutes to not get charged more, and ride all over the city as much as you like, discover it from within while biking. You have a station to return or change the bike every 200 meters more or less.

Getting Around

When taking a taxi, the driver must start the meter by law. However, when they see a tourist they try to offer a fixed price which is at least twice higher. never agree. worst case - find another.
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Tel Aviv Ha'Hagana station
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When taking a taxi, the driver must start the meter by law. However, when they see a tourist they try to offer a fixed price which is at least twice higher. never agree. worst case - find another.
Suncar is a small local and mostly cheap car rental agency with really good prices and within walking distance from my place.
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SunCar
36 Rehov HaMerkava
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Suncar is a small local and mostly cheap car rental agency with really good prices and within walking distance from my place.

Entertainment & Activities

Tel Aviv's Cinematheque is a cultural center not only for great movies since the beginning of cinema but also for festivals, political gatherings and musical events.
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Tel Aviv Cinematheque
5 HaArba'a St
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Tel Aviv's Cinematheque is a cultural center not only for great movies since the beginning of cinema but also for festivals, political gatherings and musical events.

Shopping

A great shop for Israeli designers' items with a really cool collection of small and cute things, many with really unique and interesting designs.
Asufa
2 Nakhman St
A great shop for Israeli designers' items with a really cool collection of small and cute things, many with really unique and interesting designs.