Best Tasting Menus in Tel Aviv

Aria

Aria occupies a address on Nahalat Binyamin Street, one of Tel Aviv's most characterful pedestrian corridors, where the arts market crowds thin by evening and the neighbourhood settles into something more deliberate. The restaurant sits inside Tel Aviv's broader wave of venues reframing Israeli dining through structured, considered menus rather than the loose sharing-plate format that dominated the previous decade.

George & John

Deep wine list

George & John on Auerbach Street brings creative Israeli cooking into conversation with the communal bread traditions that define the country's table. Recognised by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and La Liste (75 points, 2025), the restaurant under Chef Tomer Tal operates in Tel Aviv's mid-tier creative bracket, where the emphasis falls on produce, craft, and the kind of shared eating that makes Israeli food worth travelling for.

Hiba

Hiba, on Menachem Begin Road in Tel Aviv, is the restaurant associated with chef Yossi Shitrit, a name that carries significant weight in Israeli fine dining. Positioned within Tel Aviv's competitive upper tier, Hiba draws on Shitrit's established critical reputation to anchor its place in the city's serious dining conversation. Advance planning is advisable for anyone intending to visit.

Mashya

Mashya on Mendele Mokher Sfarim Street brings chef Yossi Shitrit's refined take on Israeli cuisine to one of Tel Aviv's most considered dining addresses. The kitchen works a weekly dinner schedule with Friday and Saturday brunch service added to the programme.

Oasis

On a revitalized stretch of central Tel Aviv, Oasis has operated under the same ownership for over a decade, with Chef Rima Olivera and her husband shaping a dining room where wine fluency and culinary continuity coexist. The restaurant draws a loyal following to Montefiore Street 17, positioning itself within a city increasingly defined by chef-led neighbourhood anchors rather than hotel dining or trend-chasing formats.

OCD Restaurant

OCD Restaurant on Tirtsa Street brings a highly structured, ritual-paced tasting format to Tel Aviv's modern Israeli dining scene. Chef Raz Rahav holds dual rankings in both the Opinionated About Dining Europe and Asia lists for 2024 and 2025, and La Liste placed the restaurant at 89.5 points in 2025. Dinner runs Tuesday through Friday evenings, with Friday lunch the only midday service.

Opa

Among Tel Aviv's growing cohort of plant-forward restaurants, Opa on Ha-Khalutzim Street has drawn serious attention from critics and diners alike. Chef Shirel Berger leads a young team whose all-vegetable cooking has earned recognition from the We're Smart Green Guide, placing Opa inside a small tier of Israeli restaurants redefining what vegetables can do on a plate.

Popina

Popina holds consecutive La Liste recognition (77pts in 2025, 76pts in 2026), placing it firmly among Tel Aviv's most consistently regarded Israeli cuisine addresses. Located on Ahad Ha'Am Street in the city centre, it draws both neighbourhood regulars and visitors looking for a serious introduction to the city's modern Israeli table.

R48

R48 sits on Rothschild Boulevard as the flagship of Tel Aviv's R2M hospitality group, anchoring its reputation around an 11-course degustation menu and an extensive wine program. It operates in the upper tier of the city's contemporary Israeli dining scene, where multi-course tasting formats have become a serious competitive arena. The address alone signals intent: Rothschild is where Tel Aviv's dining ambitions tend to consolidate.

Treysar

Treysar occupies a second-floor address inside Tel Aviv Port Market's Hangar 12, placing it within one of the city's most architecturally layered food destinations. The port market format sets a particular dining register: casual in form, deliberate in content, with the surrounding market energy shaping how food arrives and how long guests tend to stay. It sits in a section of the city where converted industrial space and sea-facing orientation have become the dominant culinary backdrop.