This is a list of restaurants in Israel. In 2007 there were about 4,400 food and beverage vendors in Israel.[1] By 2012 about 8000 such business were reported.[2] With the highest percentage of vegan population by some estimates, Israel is home to many vegan restaurants.[3]
Restaurant chains
International chains operating in Israel
Israeli international chains
- Aroma Espresso Bar – espresso and coffee chain with 162 branches in Israel[4] and branches in the United States,[5] Canada,[6] Kazakhstan, Romania, and Ukraine.[7]
- Cofix – Israeli coffee house chain selling most items for NIS 5 with locations around Israel and Europe, as well as in Armenia and Kazakhstan[8]
- Cafe Landwer – restaurant chain with (in 2024) 65 locations in Israel[9] and 9 in North America[10]
- Machneyuda Group – operates restaurants in Israel, France, Germany, and the UK[11]
- Max Brenner – Israeli chocolate shop and restaurant[12] with 36 branches in Australia, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the US
- Miznon – Israeli chain with more than 50 restaurants around the world[13]
American international chains
- Burger King – operating 16 locations in 2023,[14] out of 19,000 worldwide
- Domino's Pizza – operating 57 locations around Israel[15] out of 19,000 worldwide
- KFC – operates 16 branches in Israel out of 24,000 worldwide
- McDonald's – 225 locations[16] out of 40,000 locations worldwide
- Papa John's Pizza – operates 25 locations around Israel,[17] out of 5,000 locations worldwide
- Pizza Hut – operating 43 locations around Israel out of 19,000 locations worldwide.
Israeli international chains
- Aroma Espresso Bar – espresso and coffee chain with 162 branches in Israel[4] and branches in the United States,[5] Canada,[6] Kazakhstan, Romania, and Ukraine.[7]
- Cofix – Israeli coffee house chain selling most items for NIS 5 with locations around Israel and Europe, as well as in Armenia and Kazakhstan[8]
- Cafe Landwer – restaurant chain with (in 2024) 65 locations in Israel[9] and 9 in North America[10]
- Machneyuda Group – operates restaurants in Israel, France, Germany, and the UK[11]
- Max Brenner – Israeli chocolate shop and restaurant[12] with 36 branches in Australia, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the US
- Miznon – Israeli chain with more than 50 restaurants around the world[13]
American international chains
- Burger King – operating 16 locations in 2023,[14] out of 19,000 worldwide
- Domino's Pizza – operating 57 locations around Israel[15] out of 19,000 worldwide
- KFC – operates 16 branches in Israel out of 24,000 worldwide
- McDonald's – 225 locations[16] out of 40,000 locations worldwide
- Papa John's Pizza – operates 25 locations around Israel,[17] out of 5,000 locations worldwide
- Pizza Hut – operating 43 locations around Israel out of 19,000 locations worldwide.
National chains
- Arcaffe – chain of cafes in Israel with 29 outlets across the country
- Big Apple Pizza – New York City–style pizza chain with 10 locations around Israel
- Black Bar 'n' Burger – burger chain with 14 locations across Israel[18]
- Burgeranch – fast-food chain with 107 restaurants and over 1500 employees in 2010[19]
- Burgers Bar – sit-down, American-style bar restaurant with 30 locations across Israel[20]
- Café Café – Israeli coffee chain with about 65 locations. Went international for a while.
- Holy Bagel – bagel store chain with 11 locations around Israel[21]
- Roladin – largest bakery chain in Israel, with 43 locations around Israel
Regional, local, and tiny chains
- Abu Hassan – hummus restaurant with 3 locations in Jaffa
- Beit Haful[22][23] – chain of 8 Mediterranean restaurants in Southern Israel[24]
- HaShamen – shawarma chain with 7 locations in the Jerusalem and Central districts
- Mike's Place – American-style bar with 3 locations around Israel[25]
- Papagaio – churrascaria-style restaurant with 2 locations around Israel[26]
- Café Rimon – chain of 2 locations in Jerusalem and 1 in Beit Shemesh[27]
International chains that failed in Israel
- The Cheesecake Factory – operated 8 locations around Israel until 2020. The Rishon store continues as The Factory.
- Dunkin' Donuts – At one time operated 9 branches in Israel, then folded.
- Sbarro – entered Israel in 1995. Had 25 branches at the height of its success, then folded.
- Starbucks – had 20 locations in the greater Tel Aviv region.[28] Pulled out for lack of profitability.
- Subway – had 23 locations around Israel.[29] Closed in 2004.
- Wendy's – operated a few years from 1987, had just a few branches.
- Wimpy – An Israeli branch started in the 1960s. It expanded to Sinai, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and Iran before folding in the 1980s.[30][31][32][33]
Restaurants
Haifa & North
- Falafel HaZkenim, Haifa – famous Israeli falafel restaurant. Briefly had a branch.
- MacDavid – started as a hamburger restaurant in Tel Aviv, grew to 28 branches nationwide, now one restaurant in Haifa.
- HaOgen, Haifa – founded 1942, this is Israel's oldest pub.[34] Since Penguin in Nahariya closed, it is also the oldest restaurant.
- Yonk – Romanian grill since 1948 in Haifa
Tel Aviv & Center
Jerusalem & South
- Aluma (restaurant) – hotel restaurant in Jerusalem
- Barood – bar-restaurant in Jerusalem serving Sephardic cuisine
- Eucalyptus – kosher meat restaurant in Jerusalem
- Machneyuda – popular restaurant in Jerusalem[37]
- Sami VeSusu – Romanian cuisine restaurant at the municipal market of Beersheba
No longer operating
- Café Hillel – cafe, espresso bar, and sandwich bar chain that closed down in 2003[38] One branch survived under the name Café Hileni.
- Café Kassit – legendary cafe in Tel Aviv
- Mișu King of the Kebab - Romanian cuisine in Jaffa.
- Mul Yam – restaurant that was located in Tel Aviv Port. It was founded in 1995 and burned down in 2015.
- Nizahon Restaurant – Romanian grill in Ashkelon, founded in 1949, closed in 2019
- Penguin – German-Israeli family restaurant from 1940 to 2022 in Nahariya
See also
External links
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