Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Jerusalem from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Jerusalem
Mamilla Hotel, David Citadel Hotel and Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem each hold a Star Wine List award for 2026. Each also holds Forbes Recommended and Virtuoso Luxury Hotel Partner recognition for that year.
Mamilla Hotel, in Mamilla, holds a Star Wine List award for 2026, along with Forbes Recommended and Virtuoso Luxury Hotel Partner recognition in the same year. The hotel runs four food and beverage venues. A rooftop restaurant overlooks the Tower of David. Another is a dedicated Israeli wine space.
David Citadel Hotel, in Mamila, holds a Star Wine List award for 2026, with Virtuoso Luxury Hotel Partner and Forbes Recommended recognition in the same year. The hotel overlooks the Old City, with panoramic views and an infinity pool. Architect Piero Lissoni redesigned the rooms and suites.
Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem, in Mamilla, holds a Star Wine List award for 2026, with Forbes Recommended and Virtuoso Luxury Hotel Partner recognition the same year. The hotel has two Mediterranean restaurants. It occupies a historic stone building with a glass atrium, mixing Greco-Roman, Gothic and Ottoman architecture.
Chakra in Rekhavya, Notre Dame Rooftop Restaurant in Yemin Moshe and Mona in Givat Ram each have an extensive wine list. Each has a wine list and an a la carte menu.
Chakra, in Rekhavya, is a chef-owned modern Mediterranean Israeli restaurant with an extensive wine list. The format is a la carte. The menu is seasonal and changes daily, with Josper-grilled meats and whole fish. La Liste scored it 76 points in 2026. World Culinary Awards named it Israel's Best Restaurant 2025.
Notre Dame Rooftop Restaurant, in Yemin Moshe, serves Mediterranean fine dining with wine and cheese. The list is extensive. The format is a la carte. The room is a rooftop on the fourth floor of the Notre Dame Center, with panoramic views of the Old City walls and rooftops, and a sightline to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mona, in Givat Ram, is a modern Mediterranean Israeli restaurant in a historic Artists' House, with the cuisine by acclaimed chefs. The wine programme has an extensive wine list, and the format is a la carte. The kitchen draws on a Mediterranean-Levantine pantry.
Jerusalem has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Mamilla Hotel, David Citadel Hotel and Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem hold Star Wine List awards for 2026. Chakra has an extensive wine list and a daily-changing seasonal menu.
None of the venues in our guide holds a Wine Spectator award.
Machneyuda, in Mahane Yehuda, offers a tasting menu, along with a la carte and small plates. It serves modern Middle Eastern fusion cooking, with a wine list and craft cocktails. Its daily-changing, market-led menu is prepared in an open kitchen.
Mamilla has Mamilla Hotel and Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem, both with Star Wine List awards for 2026. David Citadel Hotel holds the same award in Mamila. Extensive wine lists and wine lists are at Chakra in Rekhavya, Notre Dame Rooftop Restaurant in Yemin Moshe and Mona in Givat Ram.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, Israel
On King George Street in central Jerusalem, Chakra has held consistent placement on La Liste's global restaurant rankings across consecutive years, reflecting the depth of its modern Israeli kitchen. For visitors mapping Jerusalem's serious dining scene, it represents a reliable entry point into the city's contemporary approach to regional cuisine.
Jerusalem, Israel
Machneyuda in Jerusalem delivers Modern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors steps from Mahane Yehuda Market. Must-try plates include Sirloin Tartare with Green Almonds, Chicken Livers with Mash, and Pistachio Hash Cake. The open kitchen, communal long tables, and daily-changing, market-led menu create a lively, sensory dining scene where chefs interact with guests and Israeli wines pair with bold, seasonal flavors. Reservations are essential for weekend dinners; expect a dynamic atmosphere, theatrical service, and inventive tasting menus from about $80. Widely acclaimed in travel and food press, Machneyuda offers an authentic Jerusalem dining experience that balances rustic soul food with refined technique and playful hospitality.
Jerusalem, Israel
Azura operates out of the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, serving slow-cooked Sephardic and Mizrahi dishes that trace directly to the Iraqi and North African Jewish kitchen. The cooking runs on charcoal braziers and heavy pots rather than modern technique, and the menu reflects what arrived at the market that morning. It is among the more-discussed traditional lunch counters in the city.
Jerusalem, Israel
On Betsal'el Street in the heart of Jerusalem's arts district, Menza draws from the deep larder of Israeli and regional Mediterranean produce. The kitchen's approach reflects a city that has always traded in agricultural abundance, positioning it alongside the more established names that define serious dining in the capital.
Jerusalem, Israel
On Shmu'el ha-Nagid Street in the heart of West Jerusalem, Mona occupies a position in the city's mid-to-upper dining tier where modern Israeli cooking meets the layered culinary inheritance of a city shaped by multiple civilisations. The address places it close to the cultural corridor running through the German Colony and Rehavia, and the kitchen draws on the same Mediterranean-Levantine pantry that defines Jerusalem's most considered restaurants.
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Perched on the fourth floor of the Notre Dame Center, one of Jerusalem's most recognisable nineteenth-century pilgrim hospices, this rooftop restaurant occupies a position, both literal and symbolic, that few dining rooms in the city can match. The Old City walls and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre sit within direct sightline, making the setting as much a part of the meal as anything on the plate. Reserve well ahead, particularly for sunset sittings.
Jerusalem, Israel
The Culinary Workshop pairs Modern French Grill with Israeli Fusion cooking with craft cocktails, an open kitchen, and a leisurely pace on Hebron Rd in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, Israel
Tmol Shilshom occupies a second-floor courtyard apartment on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street, in the heart of Jerusalem's Nahalat Shiva neighbourhood. A bookshop-café that has anchored the city's literary and intellectual life for decades, it operates as a meeting point between Hebrew literature, Israeli home cooking, and the unhurried pace of the Old City's western edge. For visitors wanting context alongside coffee, it delivers both.
Jerusalem, Israel
גולדן בורגר GOLDEN BURGER is a smart City Center pick when the plan is a kosher American-style burger, not a long sit-down meal. At about $18 per person, it works for a quick lunch, dinner, late-night bite, solo meal, or casual group stop, with the main reason to go being the house-developed burger-and-sauce identity.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, Israel
Open since 1931, the King David occupies an refined position on King David Street where the Old City walls are visible from most guest rooms. A Leading Hotels of the World member and La Liste Top Hotels scorer with 91 points in 2026, it has hosted heads of state and served as Jerusalem's official venue for state occasions across nearly a century. The 233 rooms and suites are distributed across a six-storey pink quartz building with private gardens, two pools, and four dining venues.
Jerusalem, Israel
The American Colony Hotel occupies a late-Ottoman stone compound on Louis Vincent Street, positioned between East and West Jerusalem. A 2025 World Travel Awards winner for Israel's Leading Boutique Hotel and a Small Luxury Hotels of the World member, it draws diplomats, journalists, and long-stay guests who treat its garden and shaded courtyard as a working base rather than a backdrop.
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Positioned on King David Street between the Old City walls and Jerusalem's modern centre, the David Citadel Hotel holds a Star Wine List award (2026) and a recent redesign by architect Piero Lissoni across its 385 rooms and suites. The property draws a guest list that spans diplomats, heads of government, and cultural figures. For Jerusalem luxury, it competes directly with the Waldorf Astoria and Mamilla Hotel in the upper tier of the city's hotel market.
Jerusalem, Israel
Positioned at the edge of Jerusalem's Mamilla Avenue, directly facing the Old City walls, Mamilla Hotel occupies among the more historically charged addresses in Israeli hospitality. Designed by Moshe Safdie and Piero Lissoni, the property holds a 2026 Star Wine List award and houses four distinct food and beverage venues, including a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Tower of David and a dedicated Israeli wine space.
Jerusalem, Israel
Among Jerusalem's grand city-centre hotels, the Waldorf Astoria occupies a late-1920s landmark building on Gershon Agron Street, within walking distance of the Old City. Its 225 guestrooms, the largest in Jerusalem, sit alongside two Mediterranean restaurants, a Guerlain spa, and a recognition from Star Wine List 2026. For travellers who want proximity to history without sacrificing physical scale, it occupies a specific tier in the city's hotel market.
Jerusalem, Israel
Alegra Boutique Hotel holds a Michelin Selected designation for 2025, placing it among Jerusalem's most closely watched small properties. Sitting on Derech Ha'achayot Street, the hotel draws attention for its design-led approach at a scale that separates it from the city's larger luxury addresses. For travellers who want considered aesthetics over corporate scale, Alegra occupies a distinct position in Jerusalem's accommodation offer.
Jerusalem, Israel
InterContinental Jerusalem is now listed by IHG with bookable room categories, dining, spa, indoor pool, and current check-in details in central Jerusalem. Confirm exact address and availability directly with IHG before travel.
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