With a lot of people heading to Jerusalem for Rosh Hashana/Succos, I thought I’d share my “Best Of” list as well as my best places for lunch/dinner (most are very centrally located).
Please check the kashrut of each establishment before you go to make sure it is up to your standard.
Best Of:
Best Hummus: Haagas 1 (11 Eliyahu Ya’akov Banai)
Best Falafel: The Mandate Hummus (Betzalel St, 7)
Best Shawarma: Bandora (Shwarma on Coals) (Old City, Tiferet Israel St, 17)
Best Pizza: Ronny's (Jaffa St, 25)
Best Bureka: Ramle on Agripas (Near The Shuk)
Best Burger: Memphis (Agripas, 68)
Best Bar: Beer Bazaar (The Shuk)
Lunch:
- Haagas 1
- The Mandate Hummus
- Ben Sira (Ben Sira St, 13)
- Shalom Falefel (two locations)
- Jachnunbar (The Shuk)
- Ronny's
- Moshiko (epic shnitzel lafa)
Dinner:
- Memphis
- Crave (Ha-Shkima St, 1)
- La Piedra (King George, 59)
- Burger Market (Ha’Armonim, 3)
- Fishenchips (The Shuk)
Coffee/snacks/smoothies/beer:
- Power Coffee Works (Agripas, 111)
- Beer Bazaar
- Hatch Bar (Ha-Egoz St, 28)
- reBar (Several location)
- Etrog Man (The Shuk)
- Rugelach at Marzipan (Agripas, 44)
- Ramle bourekas