Port Sa'id

Top choice in Tel Aviv


The mothership for inner-city hipsters, this restaurant-bar next to the Great Synagogue is decorated with a library of vinyl records on wooden shelves and has a coterie of heavily tattooed regulars. There's good Middle Eastern–accented food on offer and lots of drink choices.

Get here early to score a table. Try the hummus made from lima beans.


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