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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9520 on: October 03, 2017, 08:54:29 AM »
Remove waffle bar from that list, imho.
Gabrielle’s
Joy - mamilla
Red heifer
Picollino
Grill bar (not so fancy but great food & it’s great for experiencing an Israeli restaurant).
Crave and/or ishtabah in the shuk.
Hasandak - dairy, shuk. Great for a lunch
Ahavat hayam
L’entrecote in Tel Aviv
Sumesa (never been, heard good things) ramat gan
There’s a kosher dairy place in zikhron Yaakov
solid list!
Anything in yerushlaim similar to grill bar? Looking for an Israeli style place that serves salads and laffa/pitta while waiting for the food...

Any reviews on this place
http://www.marvadhaksamim.rest-e.co.il/menu
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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9521 on: October 03, 2017, 09:33:14 AM »
solid list!
Anything in yerushlaim similar to grill bar? Looking for an Israeli style place that serves salads and laffa/pitta while waiting for the food...
Grill Bar is in Yerushalayim. You're looking for 2 such places or you're not interested in Grill Bar?
Any reviews on this place
http://www.marvadhaksamim.rest-e.co.il/menu
Been there at least once, but it was a while ago - don't remember much. My Israeli cousins love it.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9522 on: October 03, 2017, 09:47:09 AM »
Grill Bar is in Yerushalayim. You're looking for 2 such places or you're not interested in Grill Bar?Been there at least once, but it was a while ago - don't remember much. My Israeli cousins love it.
was just at grill bar, looking for another place similar to it
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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9523 on: October 03, 2017, 10:40:19 AM »
Any recent data points on the condition of Ein Mabua  נחל פרת‎‎?

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9524 on: October 03, 2017, 11:10:22 AM »
Looking for an Israeli style place that serves salads and laffa/pitta while waiting for the food...
Entrecote.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9525 on: October 03, 2017, 11:13:42 AM »
Entrecote.
+1 on the pitas and the Chummus with Lamb. Everything else there is MEH.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9526 on: October 03, 2017, 11:36:24 AM »
+1 on the pitas and the Chummus with Lamb. Everything else there is MEH.
If i remember right, depends on what you ordering, some food are horrible, some are good.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9527 on: October 03, 2017, 05:40:41 PM »
IINM the standard ones are 87cm.
Sounds like a standar "90cm" mattress size :)
Any recent data points on the condition of Ein Mabua  נחל פרת‎‎?
There's a need for a data point? - never heard of a "condition"

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9528 on: October 03, 2017, 07:27:02 PM »
Remove waffle bar from that list, imho.
Gabrielle’s
Joy - mamilla
Red heifer
Picollino
Grill bar (not so fancy but great food & it’s great for experiencing an Israeli restaurant).
Crave and/or ishtabah in the shuk.
Hasandak - dairy, shuk. Great for a lunch
Ahavat hayam
L’entrecote in Tel Aviv
Sumesa (never been, heard good things) ramat gan
There’s a kosher dairy place in zikhron Yaakov

Forgot about sheyan.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9529 on: October 03, 2017, 07:31:15 PM »
If i remember right, depends on what you ordering, some food are horrible, some are good.
"Good" is drastic stretch.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9530 on: October 03, 2017, 08:47:32 PM »
Friend is going and he wants to do a restaurant tour of Israel...
He's going to the wrong for a restaurant tour.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9531 on: October 03, 2017, 09:14:56 PM »
Forgot about sheyan.
And Keyara also a great restaurant, delicious food.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9532 on: October 03, 2017, 11:04:08 PM »
And Keyara also a great restaurant, delicious food.

Closed a while ago.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9533 on: October 04, 2017, 12:02:17 AM »
Closed a while ago.
Oh.. Didn't hear anything about it, they had good food. pity!

Any special reason?

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9534 on: October 05, 2017, 05:50:16 PM »
Oh.. Didn't hear anything about it, they had good food. pity!

Any special reason?
Slow tourism during stabbing intifada hit them hard I believe

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9535 on: October 08, 2017, 04:11:20 AM »
Slow tourism during stabbing intifada hit them hard I believe
And that they didn't have a good hechsher and alot if rabbaeim and rosh yeshivos here said stay away

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9536 on: October 08, 2017, 07:34:47 AM »
And that they didn't have a good hechsher and alot if rabbaeim and rosh yeshivos here said stay away
Debatable.
Obviously.

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9537 on: October 08, 2017, 08:29:16 AM »

There’s a kosher dairy place in zikhron Yaakov
what's the name?
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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9538 on: October 08, 2017, 08:34:23 AM »
Debatable.
Obviously.
Not debatable about not having a good hechsher as cheyanne the other restaurant isn't doing well either the past year and half since the rabbanim here told peole to stop going

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Re: Israel Master Thread: Things To Do, Places To Eat
« Reply #9539 on: October 08, 2017, 08:37:29 AM »
Not debatable about not having a good hechsher as cheyanne the other restaurant isn't doing well either the past year and half since the rabbanim here told peole to stop going
Waldorf is doing just fine with plain Rabbanut as are hundreds of others.