• Guide to Jerusalem - 07/26/2018

    WHERE TO EAT:

    Brunch/Lunch

    • Tmol Shilshom Yoel Moshe Salomon 5
    • Café Kadosh Slomtzion Street 6
    • Nocturno Bezalel 7
    • Café Nadi Shmuel HaNagid 5
    • Café de Paris Sderot Ben Maimon 1
    • Azura HaEshkol 4 (A must-go-to for lunch!)

    Friday Brunch Buffet:

    • Café Rimon Lunz 4
    • Piccolino Yoel Moshe Salomon 12

    Vegan:

    • Village Green Yoel Moshe Salomon Street 5 (Try the vegan shakshuka!)
    • Gela In the closed market in Machane Yehuda (Vegan ice cream!)

    Dinner:

    • Machneyuda Beit Ya’akov Street 10
    • Crave HaShikma Street 1
    • Adom David Remez 4 (Inside the First Station)
    • Argento Machane Yehuda Market 6
    • Jachnun Bar Hillel 28, HaEgoz 30
    • Ishtabach HaShikma 1
    • Pasta Basta Ha-Tut 8
    • Iwo’s Meatburger Hillel 28
    • Bardak Pizza Keren HaYesod 38, Beit Ya’akov 4

    Falafel/Schwarma:

    • Pinati King George 13
    • Moshiko Ben Yehuda 5 (only takes cash)
    • Maoz Falafel King George 19

    Hummus:

    • Hummus Ben Sira Ben Sira 3
    • Hummus Abu Shukri El Wad ha-Gai Street 63 (Muslim Quarter)

    Dessert:

    • Mousseline Ice Cream 6 Haeshkol

     

    WHERE TO DRINK:
    • Zabotinsky Shimon Ben Shatakh 1 (Order a cocktail named after Israeli leaders!)
    • Freddy Lemon’s Etz Hayyim 19 (Machane Yehuda at night!)
    • Gatsby Cocktail Room Hillel 18 (Hidden next to Aroma, make sure to make a reservation!)
    • HaTaklit Heleni ha-Malka 7 (1+1 happy hour)
    • Piccadilly Heleni ha-Malka 9

     

    WHERE TO SIGHTSEE:
    • Old City
      • Jewish Sites: Western Wall, Western Wall Tunnels, Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Hurva Synagogue
      • Christian Sites: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden Tomb, Garden of Gesthsemane, Via Dolorosa, Room of the Last Supper
      • Dome of the Rock/Al Aqsa Mosque/Temple Mount (Jewish and Muslim holy site): Check online for days of the week and times for non-Muslim visitors.  Please dress modestly.

     

    WHERE TO SEE A MOVIE:
    • YES Planet Noami 4
    • Cinema City Sderot Yishak Rabin 10

     

    WHERE TO WALK/RUN/BIKE:
    • First Station David Remez Street 4 (paved path goes for 10k until you reach Malcha)
    • Gan Sacher Park Ben Tzvi 1 (views of the Knesset, Supreme Court, Hebrew University G’vat Ram)

     

    HIDDEN GEMS:
    • Nachlaot (walk this neighborhood and enjoy the street art, cute archways, small sidestreets and hip young people living there)
    • Ein Kerem (go to brunch at a restaurant or cafe in this quiet and secluded area from the city)
    • Oscar Schindler’s Grave (located in the Protestant Cemetery on Ma’ale HaShalom Street outside of the Zion Gate)