The 10 Best Restaurants in Herzliya Pituach (2026)

Updated October 2026 · 10 picks

The best restaurants in Herzliya Pituach are Herbert Samuel at the Ritz-Carlton for kosher fine dining, Benny HaDayag at the marina for traditional fish, Nammos for Japanese-inspired seafood and Yam 7 for a sea view on the Dan Acadia promenade. Bistro 56 and Papagaio cover kosher meat at the Arena Mall. Ten, below.

1. Herbert Samuel Herzliya — Ritz-Carlton, Herzliya Marina

The best kosher fine dining on this coast, with the marina's daily catch on the menu.

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Herbert Samuel sits inside the Ritz-Carlton overlooking the Herzliya marina, and it is the most accomplished kosher restaurant north of Tel Aviv — upscale but not stiff, with a strongly Mediterranean menu that changes every season.

The standing dishes people return for are the tomato salad built from nine varieties, the lamb chops, and whatever came off the boats in the adjacent marina that morning. The Herbert Samuel name carries real weight in Israeli cooking, and the kitchen justifies it.

It is expensive, it is the district's occasion restaurant, and being kosher it closes for Shabbat — which in a district this secular genuinely catches people out.

Good to know: Ask for the daily catch rather than ordering off the menu, and start with the nine-tomato salad.

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2. Benny HaDayag — Herzliya Marina

Traditional Israeli fish restaurant at the marina — mezze first, then whatever is grilled.

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Benny HaDayag — 'Benny the Fisherman' — is the marina's traditional fish restaurant, and it runs the format that Israeli fish restaurants have used for fifty years and that remains hard to beat: a long parade of mezze salads arrives first, then grilled fresh fish and seafood.

The appeal is generosity and consistency rather than invention. The salads come in numbers, the bread keeps arriving, the fish is grilled simply, and nobody leaves hungry.

It is a family restaurant in character, with tables facing the boats, and it is busy at Saturday lunch with half of the Sharon.

Good to know: Do not fill up on the mezze, however much arrives. Ask which fish is whole and fresh that day and have it grilled.

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3. Nammos — Herzliya Marina

Japanese-inspired seafood at the top of the marina's price range, and the liveliest room in it.

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Nammos is the marina's high-end Asian restaurant, serving Japanese-inspired seafood — very fresh fish, carefully presented, with the sashimi and crudo side of the menu as the reason to come.

It is also the marina's scene: a louder, better-dressed, later-running room than its neighbours, which depending on what you want is either the appeal or the warning.

Prices sit at the top of the district. For a dinner that turns into an evening rather than a meal, it is the right choice here.

Good to know: Order from the raw side of the menu first. Later in the evening the room gets loud, so book early for a conversation.

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4. Yam 7 — Dan Acadia promenade

Open sea rather than a harbour — the best sunset table in Herzliya.

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Yam 7 sits on the Dan Acadia promenade a little south of the marina, which gives it the view the marina restaurants cannot have: open Mediterranean, uninterrupted, straight out to the horizon.

The cooking is seafood and Mediterranean, and the room is more elegant than the harbourside fish houses — it is set up for a long dinner at dusk rather than a family lunch.

Time it for sunset. On this stretch of coast the sun goes down directly in front of you, which is the whole reason to eat here rather than fifteen minutes north.

Good to know: Book for about an hour before sunset and ask for the closest table to the water.

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5. Bistro 56 — Arena Mall, first floor

Kosher meat with a marina view, and one of the highest-rated restaurants in Herzliya.

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Bistro 56 is on the first floor of the Arena Mall at the marina, which puts a kosher meat restaurant in the one position in Herzliya that every non-kosher restaurant has already taken: a terrace over the water.

It is a bistro rather than a steakhouse — a broad menu, well executed — and it reviews at the top of the Herzliya listings, which for a mall restaurant says the kitchen is doing the work.

For an observant family visiting the marina it is the obvious lunch, and it is considerably cheaper than the Ritz-Carlton.

Good to know: Ask for a table on the terrace side. Kosher, so it closes from Friday afternoon until Saturday night.

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6. Derby Bar — Herzliya Marina

A big outdoor fish restaurant facing the boats — the marina's most relaxed afternoon.

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Derby Bar is a fish restaurant at the marina with a large outdoor seating area facing the water, and it is the one to pick when what you want is to sit outside for three hours rather than to eat a considered meal.

The menu is fish, seafood and bar food, the service is unhurried, and the position — looking across the moorings to the breakwater — is as good as anything in the harbour.

It works best in the late afternoon, between lunch and dinner, when the marina is quiet and the light is good.

Good to know: Late afternoon, outside, with a plate of fried fish and a beer. That is what this place is for.

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7. Papagaio Herzliya — Arena Mall

Glatt Mehadrin Brazilian grill — all-you-can-eat skewers, at the marina.

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Papagaio is Israel's Brazilian churrascaria chain, and its Herzliya branch in the Arena Mall is Glatt Mehadrin kosher: waiters circulating with skewers of grilled meat, carved at the table, until you stop them.

The format is the appeal. It is not subtle food and it is not meant to be — it is a fixed price, an enormous quantity of grilled meat, and a salad bar, which with teenagers or a hungry group is exactly the right answer.

Being inside the Arena Mall it is a short walk from the marina itself, and it is one of the few strictly kosher options in the district.

Good to know: Go hungry and pace yourself — the first skewers to arrive are not the best ones. Check the current hechsher if it matters to you.

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8. Casa Bella — Herzliya Marina

Italian cooking at the marina, for when nobody wants another plate of grilled fish.

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Casa Bella is the marina's Italian restaurant, and on a strip dominated by fish houses that is a genuinely useful thing to be — pasta, pizza and the Italian standards, with a terrace on the water like everyone else.

It is a neighbourhood restaurant rather than a destination, which is reflected in the prices and in the crowd of local families.

It is also the easiest option here with small children, since the menu needs no negotiation.

Good to know: The best choice here for a family with children, and the cheapest terrace table at the marina.

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9. Benedict Herzliya — Facing the sea, Herzliya Pituach

Breakfast 24 hours a day, with a large outdoor terrace opposite the sea.

₪₪ Mid-range

Benedict built a national chain on serving breakfast around the clock, and the Herzliya Pituach branch has the best setting of any of them: a big outdoor seating area facing the sea.

The menu is breakfast in every direction — eggs Benedict in a dozen versions, shakshuka, Israeli breakfast, pancakes, and a bread basket that arrives whether you asked for it or not.

It is the right answer at nine on a Saturday morning before the beach, and the right answer again at one in the morning when nothing else on this coast is open.

Good to know: Saturday morning before the beach is the move. Outdoor tables go first, and they are the reason to come here rather than another branch.

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10. Cafe Cafe Herzliya Marina — Herzliya Marina

A kosher dairy cafe overlooking the boats — the district's easiest coffee and breakfast.

₪₪ Mid-range

Cafe Cafe is a national dairy chain, and its Herzliya marina branch holds Badatz Machpud supervision, which makes it the most straightforward kosher coffee and breakfast in Pituach.

Nobody is claiming this is destination cooking. What it is, is a reliable Israeli breakfast, decent coffee and a table overlooking the marina, at a third of the price of the restaurants either side of it.

For an observant family spending a morning at the marina, it does a job that nothing else here does.

Good to know: The kosher breakfast option at the marina. Confirm the current supervision at the branch itself if it matters.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Herzliya Pituach?

The coastal half of Herzliya: a wealthy district of villas, embassies, tech headquarters and hotels, built around a marina and a run of beaches about fifteen kilometres north of central Tel Aviv. The inland half of Herzliya is an ordinary Israeli town; Pituach is where the sea, the Arena Mall, the Ritz-Carlton and the Dan Acadia are, and where the restaurants are.

Which Herzliya Pituach restaurants are kosher?

More than you might expect for a district like this. Herbert Samuel at the Ritz-Carlton runs a kosher kitchen, Bistro 56 on the first floor of the Arena Mall is kosher meat, Papagaio's Arena Mall branch is Glatt Mehadrin, and the Cafe Cafe overlooking the marina holds Badatz Machpud supervision. The marina's fish restaurants are generally not kosher.

Where do you eat with a sea view in Herzliya?

Two separate strips. The marina — the Arena Mall and the quayside, where the restaurants face the boats and the breakwater — and the Dan Acadia promenade a little to the south, where the view is open sea rather than a harbour. For a sunset the promenade wins; for atmosphere and a drink afterwards, the marina.

Is Herzliya Pituach worth the trip from Tel Aviv?

For a specific meal, yes: it is twenty to thirty minutes by car or taxi, the parking is easy in a way Tel Aviv's never is, and the marina restaurants are calmer and more spacious than their equivalents in the city. For general sightseeing, less so — this is a residential and business district with good beaches, not a place to wander.

How do you get to Herzliya Pituach without a car?

Train to Herzliya station and then a ten-minute taxi, which is the fastest option from central Tel Aviv, or buses up the coast road. Note that the station is in the inland town, a real distance from the marina, so budget for the last leg. On Shabbat there are no trains or buses and you will need a taxi both ways.

Are the restaurants open on Shabbat?

The non-kosher ones are — the marina fish restaurants and the promenade terraces trade through the weekend, and Saturday lunch by the sea is the district's best meal of the week. The kosher restaurants, including Herbert Samuel, Bistro 56 and Papagaio, close from Friday afternoon until Saturday night.

1. Herbert Samuel Herzliya — Ritz-Carlton, Herzliya Marina

2. Benny HaDayag — Herzliya Marina

3. Nammos — Herzliya Marina

4. Yam 7 — Dan Acadia promenade

5. Bistro 56 — Arena Mall, first floor

6. Derby Bar — Herzliya Marina

7. Papagaio Herzliya — Arena Mall

8. Casa Bella — Herzliya Marina

9. Benedict Herzliya — Facing the sea, Herzliya Pituach

10. Cafe Cafe Herzliya Marina — Herzliya Marina

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