Which restaurants on this list are sommelier-led?

George & John in Newe Ẕedeq, Alena at The Norman, and Piccola Pasta in Ṣummeil have sommelier-led wine programs. Each has an extensive wine list. George & John serves a tasting menu and a la carte. Alena at The Norman serves Mediterranean-European bistro cooking a la carte and as small plates. Piccola Pasta has the largest selection of Italian wines in Israel.

Which restaurant on this list has over 2,500 bottles of wine?

Turkiz in Shikun Lamed is the restaurant on this list with over 2,500 bottles of wine. The restaurant serves seafood and Mediterranean cooking a la carte, and its wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list. It has been a seaside restaurant since 1991.

Which restaurant on this list holds a Star Wine List award?

Habasta in Nachalat Binyamin is the restaurant on this list with a Star Wine List citation, dated 2026. The same restaurant holds a World's Best Wine Lists Awards WBWL 3-Star from 2022. Chef Elon Amir's menu changes daily, using produce from the adjacent Carmel Market, and is served as small plates and a la carte. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list.

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Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Tel Aviv

This list holds six Tel Aviv restaurants with exceptional wine programs, from eight exceptional programs citywide. Each has an extensive wine list. George & John in Newe Ẕedeq, Alena at The Norman, and Piccola Pasta in Ṣummeil have sommelier-led programs. Habasta in Nachalat Binyamin, The Drisco Tel Aviv in Newe Ẕedeq, and Turkiz in Shikun Lamed complete the list. Habasta holds a Star Wine List citation.

George & John in Newe Ẕedeq serves Mediterranean cooking a la carte and as a tasting menu, with a charcoal grill. Habasta in Nachalat Binyamin changes its menu daily using produce from the adjacent Carmel Market. Piccola Pasta in Ṣummeil is a seven-table trattoria with the largest selection of Italian wines in Israel. Turkiz in Shikun Lamed serves seafood and holds over 2,500 bottles of wine.

How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.

Alena at The Norman
Deep wine list
Alena at The Norman sits at the intersection of Tel Aviv's hotel dining renaissance and the city's deep tradition of mezze-led, ingredient-forward cooking. Recognised by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, the restaurant draws a crowd that moves between serious local diners and well-travelled guests with high expectations. The address on Nachmani Street places it in one of the city's most architecturally coherent neighbourhoods.
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.
Habasta
Deep wine list
Habasta occupies a side street off the Carmel Market and has become the reference point for Tel Aviv's natural wine crowd, with Opinionated About Dining placing it among Europe's top casual restaurants three consecutive years through 2025. Chef Elon Amir runs a market-driven Israeli kitchen where the food moves in the loose, generous rhythm of shared plates and the wine list consistently outpaces the room's modest proportions.
Piccola Pasta
Deep wine list
On Ben Yehuda Street, Piccola Pasta brings an Italian pasta-focused format to a Tel Aviv dining scene more accustomed to mezze platters and grilled fish. Relative to the city's broader Mediterranean restaurant crowd, it occupies a specific niche: a kitchen built around pasta as a discipline rather than a side. For visitors working through the city's Italian options, it sits at the more specialist end of the spectrum.
The Drisco Tel Aviv
Deep wine list
Tel Aviv's first luxury hotel, The Drisco has anchored the city's upscale accommodation scene from its address on Auerbach Street in the historic northern neighbourhood. Pairing old-world architecture with contemporary design, it houses one of Israel's most discussed hotel restaurants.
Turkiz
Deep wine list
Located on Herzl Rosenblum Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Turkiz sits within a city where Levantine culinary tradition and Mediterranean coastal influence converge. The name, Turkish for turquoise, signals the chromatic and cultural palette at play. For visitors tracking the broader Israeli dining scene, it belongs to the same conversation as the neighbourhood restaurants reshaping how Tel Aviv eats.

Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Tel Aviv

Which restaurants on this list are sommelier-led?: George & John in Newe Ẕedeq, Alena at The Norman, and Piccola Pasta in Ṣummeil have sommelier-led wine programs. Each has an extensive wine list. George & John serves a tasting menu and a la carte. Alena at The Norman serves Mediterranean-European bistro cooking a la carte and as small plates. Piccola Pasta has the largest selection of Italian wines in Israel.
Which restaurant on this list has over 2,500 bottles of wine?: Turkiz in Shikun Lamed is the restaurant on this list with over 2,500 bottles of wine. The restaurant serves seafood and Mediterranean cooking a la carte, and its wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list. It has been a seaside restaurant since 1991.
Which restaurant on this list holds a Star Wine List award?: Habasta in Nachalat Binyamin is the restaurant on this list with a Star Wine List citation, dated 2026. The same restaurant holds a World's Best Wine Lists Awards WBWL 3-Star from 2022. Chef Elon Amir's menu changes daily, using produce from the adjacent Carmel Market, and is served as small plates and a la carte. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list.