Casual Food places:

Sarona Market - An old german colony that is the largest enclosed culinary markets, now hosting about 90 retail and food joints. If you cant decide on one thing then this is the place to visit.

Mifgash Rambam - By Shuk ha' carmel, great for shwarma and just overall good atmosphere.

Hakosem - By King George, they serve falafel and shwarma.

Benz - A burger place with two locations. They mainly have burgers and salads. We both love their chicken salad.

Vitrina - Famous for their fries with lemon zest, a great burger place. Usually they have a long line so be prepared.

Holstein - known for their burnt butter garlic brioche bun. We also recommend their fried chicken sandwich.

Brooklyn - decent pizza place you can go for a slice, there are three locations in Tel Aviv. They also have an amazing frozen margarita.

You can also check out the App Wolt (Israel's Uber Eats). You can choose either to deliver the food or order pick up through the app and its available in english.

Sit-down restaurants:

If you're looking to reserve a table at a restaurant, you can usually do it directly through their website or check out ontopo which is a local reservation app/website also available in english!

Abie - a grill based fish place, we recommend ordering the smoked fried potatoes. Make a reservation as they're normally fully booked at least a week in advance! They have two other restaurants of a similar style with local ingredients called Ha'achim (the brothers) and Dok.

Sun Young - Located inside a boutique hotel, they are known for their raw fish dishes. Upscale asian style restaurant. we highly recommend the tuna squares, normally we order at least 3 for the table!

Mashya - Also located in a hotel and not to far from the beach. This is a high end restaurant where you can choose to order on your own or the waiter will order for you depending on what you like to eat.

Brix - Small wine bar with an amazing selections of wines. They have good snacking food and are a fun chill vibe to sit, eat and drink.

Jonz - An upscale wine and cocktail bar with very decent Neoploitan style pizza. They play jazz and R&B and stay open pretty late. On Friday mornings they offer brunch with a completely different menu for both food and drinks.

Whiskey Bar and Museum - An underground cellar/ mosad headquarters transformed into a bar and restaurant. There walls are lined with whiskies from all over the world. Also can be found in the Sarona market complex.

Thai 148 - Serving Thai food with Mediterranean attributes. We recommend their Pad Thai which is served wrapped in an omelet. Before being a Thai restaurant this is the same location where Nitzan worked as a bar manager for a few years.

There are so many restaurants to eat along the way - too many to list. The city is filled with all types of cuisines you truly cant go wrong.

Food tours to do around Israel :

Shuk Hacarmel (Tel Aviv)

Shuk Levinsky (Tel Aviv)

Machne Yehuda (Jerusalem)