# List of restaurants in Israel

This is a list of restaurants in Israel. In 2007 there were about 4,400 food and beverage vendors in Israel. By 2012 about 8000 such business were reported. With the highest percentage of vegan population by some estimates, Israel is home to many vegan restaurants.

## Restaurant chains
### International chains operating in Israel
#### Israeli international chains

* Aroma Espresso Bar – espresso and coffee chain with 162 branches in Israel and branches in the United States, Canada, Kazakhstan, Romania, and Ukraine.
* Cofix – Israeli coffee house chain selling most items for NIS 5 with locations around Israel and Europe, as well as in Armenia and Kazakhstan
* Cafe Landwer – restaurant chain with (in 2024) 65 locations in Israel and 9 in North America
* Machneyuda Group – operates restaurants in Israel, France, Germany, and the UK
* Max Brenner – Israeli chocolate shop and restaurant with 36 branches in Australia, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the US
* Miznon – Israeli chain with more than 50 restaurants around the world

#### American international chains

* Burger King – operating 16 locations in 2023, out of 19,000 worldwide
* Domino's Pizza – operating 57 locations around Israel out of 19,000 worldwide
* KFC – operates 16 branches in Israel out of 24,000 worldwide
* McDonald's – 225 locations out of 40,000 locations worldwide
* Papa John's Pizza – operates 25 locations around Israel, 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
* Burgeranch – fast-food chain with 107 restaurants and over 1500 employees in 2010
* Burgers Bar – sit-down, American-style bar restaurant with 30 locations across Israel
* Café Café – Israeli coffee chain with about 65 locations. Went international for a while.
* Holy Bagel – bagel store chain with 11 locations around Israel
* 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 – chain of 8 Mediterranean restaurants in Southern Israel
* HaShamen – shawarma chain with 7 locations in the Jerusalem and Central districts
* Mike's Place – American-style bar with 3 locations around Israel
* Papagaio – churrascaria-style restaurant with 2 locations around Israel
* Café Rimon – chain of 2 locations in Jerusalem and 1 in Beit Shemesh

### 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. Pulled out for lack of profitability.
* Subway – had 23 locations around Israel. 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.

## 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. Since Penguin in Nahariya closed, it is also the oldest restaurant.
* Yonk – Romanian grill since 1948 in Haifa

### Tel Aviv & Center

* Anastasia – vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv
* Mashya – fine dining in Tel Aviv
* Herbert Samuel – Kosher fine-dining in Herzliya. Was an Israeli chain of 3 restaurants.
* Spaghettim – Italian cuisine in Petach Tikva. Was a chain with 17 restaurants nationwide in 2010.

### Jerusalem & South

* Barood – bar-restaurant in Jerusalem serving Sephardic cuisine
* Eucalyptus – kosher meat restaurant in Jerusalem
* Machneyuda – popular restaurant in Jerusalem
* 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 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