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Breakfast:
Paying guests get breakfast for free. If you are staying on points you need to be gold or diamond to get free breakfast. (source)

Parking:
Complimentary (No longer, is now 60sh for self park - Drago)

Shuls Nearby:
Great Synagogue - Approx. 7 minute walk
Kotel around 15min walk thru the mall & arab Shuk (Only suggested when soldiers are present like friday night on the way home)
Hotel has a Shul in the basement
Shul across the street

Hechsher: Plain Rabbanut Yerushayim (not mehadrin)
hechsherim in isreal
whatever your rabbi says you can eat, someone else's rabbi says is treif

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast (Hechsher, Early flight, etc') please PM shimino1

If you get free drinks vouchers and don't use them, I'll buy it off you for 10 shek per voucher.
PM shimino1

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast please PM dragoddfer, and he may be able to pay for the breakfast.

« Last edited by Mimo on October 25, 2022, 01:41:54 AM »

Author Topic: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem  (Read 1151167 times)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3480 on: August 17, 2017, 03:33:22 PM »
Plenty of reports in this thread. Just search it.
hopefully there are no pictures

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3481 on: August 17, 2017, 06:07:47 PM »
Whats different about it?
Main difference, nothing that involves on-the-spot melacha.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3482 on: August 17, 2017, 06:08:31 PM »
Main difference, nothing that involves on-the-spot melacha.

Ahh, so its not anything extra-spectacular ...

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3483 on: August 17, 2017, 06:39:18 PM »
Friday night at the WAJ.

Shabbos lunch at the WAJ free breakfast, which of course is different then on weekdays.
For good food I'd definitely recommend the Plaza. 5 min walk and much better food. WAJ has been a disaster for shabbos meals.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3484 on: August 17, 2017, 06:43:43 PM »
For good food I'd definitely recommend the Plaza. 5 min walk and much better food. WAJ has been a disaster for shabbos meals.
+1 for me.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3485 on: August 17, 2017, 07:09:01 PM »
If anyone could be more specific that would be very helpful

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3486 on: August 17, 2017, 07:17:43 PM »
I enjoyed Friday night at the WAJ, though it was 2.5 years ago.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3487 on: August 17, 2017, 07:19:50 PM »
I enjoyed Friday night at the WAJ, though it was 2.5 years ago.
I hated Friday night so badly that I made sure to eat enough at a kiddush shabbos morning. I came back to the hotel and just washed to be yotzei the seudah, gave a few licks here and there. Didn't regret the move.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3488 on: August 17, 2017, 07:23:20 PM »
For good food I'd definitely recommend the Plaza. 5 min walk and much better food.
And Kosher.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3489 on: August 17, 2017, 07:25:08 PM »
And Kosher.
Your accusing people of eating non kosher?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3490 on: August 17, 2017, 07:31:59 PM »
Your accusing people of eating non kosher?
here we go again

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3491 on: August 17, 2017, 07:49:37 PM »
+1 for me.
For good food I'd definitely recommend the Plaza. 5 min walk and much better food. WAJ has been a disaster for shabbos meals.


Any specifics on the plaza?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3492 on: August 17, 2017, 08:11:49 PM »
I enjoyed Friday night at the WAJ, though it was 2.5 years ago.
To be more precise, Friday night is actually pretty good. Though shabbos morning Kiddush which you are referring as free breakfast is downright disgusting. Some Israeli salads and that's it. Not even herring. Then comes the Suede which is a bit better than the kiddush however very unimpressive. No eggs / liver, Chulent was chickpeas in water... The only thing edible was the fish.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3493 on: August 17, 2017, 11:06:32 PM »
To be more precise, Friday night is actually pretty good. Though shabbos morning Kiddush which you are referring as free breakfast is downright disgusting. Some Israeli salads and that's it. Not even herring. Then comes the Suede which is a bit better than the kiddush however very unimpressive. No eggs / liver, Chulent was chickpeas in water... The only thing edible was the fish.

I have to disagree.  We always loved the breakfasts.  Last time we were there for Pesach and it was STILL delicious. Granted, I live in Denver where we are restaurant deprived...lol...plus I don't really like "heimishe" foods like herring or cholent!  ;D

I thought the salads and all the hot foods were so good.  The year-round pastries are amazing and so we're the the hot foods, even the pesadik, non-gebrokts lasagnes, eggs, etc. and the potato au gratin were heavenly.

I also love that the WAJ dinner is a sit down menu, not buffet madness like other places.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3494 on: August 18, 2017, 04:39:44 AM »
And Kosher.
What's the kashrus at the plaza? And the price, if you know it
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3495 on: August 18, 2017, 09:38:16 AM »
What's the kashrus at the plaza? And the price, if you know it
Mehadrin I believe. Around 390 nis per person per meal.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3496 on: August 18, 2017, 09:48:47 AM »
Any men's mikvah walking distance from the Waldorf?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3497 on: August 18, 2017, 10:06:15 AM »
Mehadrin I believe. Around 390 nis per person per meal.
i checked last week and leonardo plaza said 350 adult 250 child for normal shabbos meals. rabbanut mehadrin, and their mashgiach is a pretty cool dude. i found food there slightly better than waldorf friday night, but ambiance and wine at waldorf had value.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3498 on: August 18, 2017, 01:34:15 PM »
Any men's mikvah walking distance from the Waldorf?
Old City

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #3499 on: August 19, 2017, 09:26:23 PM »
What's the kashrus at the plaza? And the price, if you know it
I have heard from a few knowledgeable Rabbanim, that the Rav in charge of the Kashrus in the Plaza is very reliable. (They have Rabbanut Mehadrin, and Aguda. Neither of which I would eat, as per the instruction of many Rabbanim)