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in Jerusalem

Mantra, a gourmet chef restaurant and wine bar located in the prestegious Feingold courtyard in the heart of Jerusalem, is housed in a pastoral 120 year old structure complete with a romantic outdoor courtyard. Head chef Yaakov Elisha invites you to enjoy a culinary experience of delectable meat, seafood and fish dishes, alongside fresh hand-made pasta. The desserts, also made on site, will leave read more

The sister restaurant of kosher haute cuisine institution Gabriel is just about its big brother's opposite: where Gabriel focuses on meaty Parisian bistro fare, Gabriela casts its gaze across the Mediterranean toward Italy, serving up light, fresh Italian dairy dishes and fish - prepared with the same attention to detail and fresh ingredients that made Gabriel a hit.

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Shipudei Hatikva is the largest meat restaurant chain in Israel, serving a large clientele of daily customers for over 30 years. The restaurant offers generous portions and features a rich meat menu, salads, kid meals, home-style dishes, and of course desserts to end off on a sweet note.

The new Jerusalem branch, which holds Beit Yosef Mehadrin Kashrut certification, read more

An appropriately named Jerusalem soul food landmark, Chatzot (midnight) serves up Jerusalem's favorite meat dishes until the late night (which, for this sometimes-sleepy town, is about midnight). Walk down Agrippas Street past the market and chances are you'll get hit by the drifting aroma of fried onions, sizzling oil and spiced meat – that would be Chatzot.

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Much like its angelic namesake usually does in the Bible and Quran, Gabriel comes bearing a timely message: diners need not choose between bending to the dictates of a higher power and those of international haute cuisine. Fine dining can be kosher, and Gabriel is the proof.

Like many of the establishments popping up in Mamilla, Jerusalem's new luxury playground, Herzl seems to embody the two driving forces of life in the Holy City: reverence for the city's storied past and a restless cosmopolitanism that seeks to combine Jerusalem's native culture with flavors and attitudes from abroad.

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Grand Café joined the many cafes dotting Baka's leafy, pastoral thoroughfare, Beit Lechem Road, in November 2011, distinguishing itself with both aesthetic and culinary excellence and appeal. The design is pleasant, attractive and well thought out. When the weather allows, diners can sit at the bright outdoor sidewalk patio which boasts around twenty small round tables and decorative read more

Inside the upscale Crowne Plaza Hotel is Kohinoor, an elegant but relaxed Indian restaurant serving authentic cuisine from the Persian-influenced northern subcontinent.

Rina Pushkarna, Kohinoor's co-owner and head chef, was born in Delhi to a Jewish family and married into a Brahmin family at age 16. Her husband was a captain in the Merchant Marines, so for nine years, she read more

The newest addition to Jerusalem's ever popular network of sweet-tooth satisfying Belgian waffle bars is Waffle Factory. Located on Emek Refaim in the German Colony, Waffle Factory's claim to fame is the "create your flavor" motto : this joint is a place where you can choose exactly what you want - and the choice extends far beyond waffles.

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Black Bar 'n' Burger comes packed with a pretty bold claim for a chain in a country not known for burgers: "the best burger in town. Any town." The Jerusalem branch of Israeli chef Tzachi Buchester's ever expanding national chain of burger joints, the kosher Black Bar 'n' Burger occupies prime real estate on Shlomtzion HaMalka Street, done up in primal reds and blacks read more

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market has no shortage of places where you can grab a falafel or shwarma to go, but the newly opened Jacko's Street, the market's first chef restaurant, brings the level of dining in the "shuk" to a new level.

The decor and ambiance of the restaurant is half the experience at Jacko's Street. From the warehouse-chic style brick read more