Sushi on Asians in Israel - Community, Jobs, Events

SUKka Sushi

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0300

SUKka Sushi is a new premium sushi chain launching across central Israel with three locations in Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, and Netanya. The brand promises a new standard of taste in sushi, featuring unique rolls, meticulous presentation, and premium-quality ingredients.

Batyush

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0300

Batyush offers boutique cooking workshops focused on Japanese and Asian cuisine, run by Batya — a molecular biologist who brings scientific precision to culinary art. Her workshops combine hands-on instruction with an understanding of the chemistry behind the food.

Ella Barlev Chef - The Japanese House

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0300

The Japanese House of Ella is a home-based cooking workshop in Ashdod run by Ella Barlev, a math teacher who turned her passion for Japanese food into a second career as a chef. Her workshops cover ramen, sushi, and dumplings (gyoza and buns), and she is known in Israeli food communities for her detailed, patient teaching style.

Azia 19

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300

Azia 19 is a kosher Japanese restaurant nestled on Aza Street in the heart of Rehavia, one of Jerusalem’s most sought-after neighborhoods. Opened by Bar Yedid, a second-generation Jerusalem restaurateur, the restaurant brings an izakaya-inspired dining experience to a city that has long lacked high-end Asian options.

Yume | Binyamina

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300

Yume — meaning “dream” in Japanese — is a kosher Mehadrin Japanese restaurant in Binyamina, founded by brothers Gil and Roi Barda. After years of culinary experience establishing some of Israel’s top restaurants, the Barda brothers joined forces to bring a blend of Japanese quality and traditional hospitality to Binyamina. The restaurant holds Mehadrin kosher certification under Badatz Beit Yosef.

Kosher Asian Restaurants in Israel: The Complete Guide (2026)

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:00:00 +0300

Israel is a rare place where kashrut and Asian cuisine genuinely intersect. A growing number of restaurateurs — Israeli, Japanese-trained, and Asian-born alike — have built kitchens that are both authentically Asian and fully certified kosher. The result is a niche that barely existed a decade ago and now spans sushi bars, pan-Asian street-food chains, a lone Vietnamese restaurant, and a mehadrin-certified Japanese izakaya in Binyamina.

Best Asian Restaurants in Tel Aviv: The Complete 2026 Guide

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Tel Aviv has the most developed Asian food scene in Israel — and one of the most varied in the Middle East. Japanese omakase counters, Thai street-food kitchens, Korean izakayas, Sichuanese dumpling bars, Indian thali joints, and Vietnamese bánh mì shops sit within a few kilometres of each other across the city’s neighbourhoods: Florentin, Carmel Market, Neve Tzedek, the old train station area, and along Dizengoff and Ibn Gabirol.

The Best Japanese Restaurants in Tel Aviv & Jaffa (2026)

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Tel Aviv and Jaffa hold the densest cluster of Japanese dining in Israel — and arguably one of the most interesting scenes in the Middle East. Florentin hides intimate izakayas and onigiri windows. Jaffa has serious omakase counters run by chefs who trained in Japan. The city’s wider sushi landscape runs from neighbourhood bars to hotel rooftops. This guide organises what’s worth knowing by type, so you can pick for the occasion rather than scroll a phone book.

Best Sushi in Tel Aviv: From Omakase to All-You-Can-Eat (2026)

Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 +0300

Tel Aviv’s sushi scene has developed into something that can stand alongside the best in Europe. The city runs the full range: a 22-seat counter in Jaffa where the chef trained for six years in Japan; a rooftop bar at one of the city’s most expensive hotels; a kosher all-you-can-eat operation in Florentin; and a Japanese street-food spot doing nothing but rice balls. If you know where to look, you’ll eat very well.

Japanese Restaurants in Israel: The Complete 2026 Guide

Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Israel has one of the most developed Japanese food scenes in the Middle East. More than 340 Japanese restaurants operate across the country — from an intimate 22-seat omakase counter in Jaffa to a Tokyo-trained ramen chef running a pop-up at a different venue each week, to a kosher izakaya in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighbourhood. Whatever brought you here — expat nostalgia, culinary curiosity, or a community gathering spot — the options have never been better.

The Best Japanese Restaurants in Israel (2026)

Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

No foreign cuisine has shaped Israeli dining quite like Japanese food. Sushi is everywhere — in shopping-mall food courts, kosher neighbourhood counters and delivery apps from Eilat to Nahariya — and over the last few years the scene has matured well beyond the California roll. Florentin now hides intimate izakayas and onigiri windows, Jaffa has serious omakase counters, and chefs who trained in Japan are opening kaiseki rooms. Japanese is by far the largest single cuisine in our community directory, with hundreds of listings, which is exactly why this guide exists: to point you at the places worth a special trip.

OBI - Sound & Kitchen

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Yarin Ben Shushan

Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Kona Sushi Bar | קונה סושי

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0300

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Kona Sushi Bar (קונה סושי) is a kosher sushi bar and pan-Asian wok kitchen based in Modiin. It runs as a small local chain with two branches in the city — the flagship at Lea Imenu 1 and a second branch inside Modiin Center mall — and delivers to the wider Modiin area (Modiin, Maccabim, Re’ut, Shilat, Kfar Ruth, Hashmonaim, Lapid, Kfar HaOranim, Nof Ayalon).

Kimuraya

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Kimuraya (木村屋.J) is an authentic Japanese izakaya that opened its first Tel Aviv branch at Maze Street 3 on November 1, 2025. It belongs to the acclaimed Kimura-ya chain, which operates around 200 outlets across Japan, and brings that heritage to Israel with a menu designed by a Japanese chef and interiors by designer Mayuka Kojima.

HaYapani

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0300

HaYapani is an authentic Japanese restaurant in Mishmar HaSharon’s Alonit Complex, led by Chef Guy Toledo, a sushi master with over 20 years of experience in Israel’s Japanese dining scene. Toledo has managed and co-founded dozens of restaurants including Kyoto, the River chain, Japanika, and Nori, and opened his own sushi restaurant Omai in Florentin in 2010. His passion for Japanese cuisine began during a formative stay in Osaka, where he discovered the city’s legendary fish market and learned from local kitchen masters.

Sin Chan Tiberias

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0300

Sin Chan is a popular kosher Chinese and Asian restaurant chain with a branch in the heart of Tiberias. Known as one of the best Asian restaurants in the north of Israel, it serves a wide menu spanning Chinese classics, sushi, dim sum, noodle dishes like pad thai, soups, stir-fries, and seafood options.

Yoko Sushi Bar

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300

Yoko Sushi Bar is one of Florentin’s go-to spots for Japanese food, known for its all-you-can-eat sushi deal at ₪129. Sushi chefs prepare fresh rolls right in front of you, and the menu extends beyond sushi to include dim sum, wok dishes, noodles, and poke bowls.

Kimura-Ya

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Kimura-Ya is the first Israeli branch of a Japanese izakaya chain with nearly 180 locations across Asia. Located on Mazeh Street in Tel Aviv, the restaurant brings authentic Japanese dining with no local adaptations – chefs from the chain trained the local team to deliver an izakaya experience as it’s meant to be.

Kimura-Ya: Japanese Izakaya Chain Lands in Tel Aviv

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Kimura-Ya: Japanese Izakaya Chain Lands in Tel Aviv
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Mazeh Street in Tel Aviv has a striking new addition: the first Israeli branch of Kimura-Ya, a Japanese izakaya chain with nearly 180 locations across Asia. The chain, which first expanded outside Asia to Dubai (where it operates four branches), has chosen Tel Aviv as its next destination.

Sakura

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0300

Sakura is a Japanese bar and restaurant in Givat Shmuel, near Bar Ilan University, designed as a blooming Japanese boulevard with cherry blossom trees, black doors, and gold walls. The kosher establishment is led by Chef Elhanan Filipson, who specializes in Japanese cuisine.

Sakura: Japanese Cherry Blossom Bar Opens Near Bar Ilan University

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0300

In an unexpected location that might be the last place you’d guess for an authentic Japanese dining experience, Sakura has opened in Givat Shmuel, bringing cherry blossoms, sake, and traditional Japanese cuisine to this quiet residential neighborhood near Bar Ilan University.

Otoro

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:06:00 +0300

Otoro is a kosher hand-roll sushi bar in Ramat Gan, bringing an authentic and modern Japanese dining experience to Israel. Each hand roll is crafted from just three components – premium raw fish, perfectly seasoned sushi rice, and crisp seaweed – prepared and meant to be eaten by hand.

Otoro: Authentic Hand-Roll Sushi in Ramat Gan

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:06:00 +0300

Otoro, a kosher hand-roll sushi bar located at HaChilazon 1 in Ramat Gan, brings an authentic and modern Japanese dining experience to Israel. The restaurant distinguishes itself with a minimalist approach, focusing on high-quality, fresh ingredients to craft traditional hand-roll sushi.

Izakaya Karkur

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0300

Izakaya is the kind of place that, by rights, should not be in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. A genuine Japanese tapas bar — the small-plates-and-sake format that Tokyo runs on — usually demands the foot traffic of a big city. Here it sits on HaMoshav Street, in a small town better known for its arts scene and weekend market, and that incongruity is half the story. Critic Gil Gutkin wrote in Haaretz that this is the sort of Japanese street food you used to have to fly to Japan — or at least to London or New York — to eat. You can now do it on a Thursday night in the Sharon countryside.

Izakaya Karkur: Authentic Japanese Dining Experience in Pardes Hanna-Karkur

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0300

Izakaya Karkur represents a remarkable culinary achievement in Israel’s dining landscape, bringing authentic Japanese flavors to the charming town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur. This establishment stands as a testament to the power of culinary authenticity, offering diners an experience that transports them directly to the heart of Japan while remaining firmly rooted in Israeli hospitality.

Wat Sang Sushi & More

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0300

Wat Sang Sushi & More sits at HaRakevet 12, on the corner of Levontin behind the old customs house — a quiet edge of the Gan HaShmal district, the artsy central Tel Aviv pocket of design studios, small bars and independent kitchens. It is a chef’s sushi bar in the Tokyo sense: a long counter at the centre of the room, the chef working in front of you, the menu treated as a craft rather than a checklist. For a city where “sushi” too often means an assembly-line salmon roll, Wat Sang is one of the addresses serious eaters point newcomers toward.

Wat Sang Sushi & More

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0300

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Location: HaRakevet 12, corner of Levontin (behind the old customs house), Tel Aviv
Cuisine: Japanese (Sushi, Ramen, Robatayaki)
Price Range: ₪₪-₪₪₪
Kosher: No

Sushi on Asians in Israel - Community, Jobs, Events

SUKka Sushi

Batyush

Ella Barlev Chef - The Japanese House

Azia 19

Yume | Binyamina

Kosher Asian Restaurants in Israel: The Complete Guide (2026)

Best Asian Restaurants in Tel Aviv: The Complete 2026 Guide

The Best Japanese Restaurants in Tel Aviv & Jaffa (2026)

Best Sushi in Tel Aviv: From Omakase to All-You-Can-Eat (2026)

Japanese Restaurants in Israel: The Complete 2026 Guide

The Best Japanese Restaurants in Israel (2026)

OBI - Sound & Kitchen

Yarin Ben Shushan

Kona Sushi Bar | קונה סושי

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Kimuraya

HaYapani

Sin Chan Tiberias

Yoko Sushi Bar

Kimura-Ya

Kimura-Ya: Japanese Izakaya Chain Lands in Tel Aviv

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Sakura

Sakura: Japanese Cherry Blossom Bar Opens Near Bar Ilan University

Otoro

Otoro: Authentic Hand-Roll Sushi in Ramat Gan

Izakaya Karkur

Izakaya Karkur: Authentic Japanese Dining Experience in Pardes Hanna-Karkur

Wat Sang Sushi & More

Wat Sang Sushi & More

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Kimura-Ya: Japanese Izakaya Chain Lands in Tel Aviv
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