The 8 Best Kosher Asian Restaurants in Israel (2026)

Updated August 2026 · 8 picks

The best kosher Asian restaurants in Israel are Nini Hachi, the most complete certified Japanese menu in the country, and Sushi Bar Bazel in Tel Aviv, with Sushi Rehavia and Sheyan the Jerusalem standards. Kosher Japanese works because fish is pareve; kosher Chinese and Thai are harder and rarer. Eight, below.

1. Nini Hachi — Old North, 228 Ben Yehuda Street, Tel Aviv

A full kosher izakaya — the most complete Japanese menu certified in Israel.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv (regila); meat under Rabbanut Jerusalem

Nini Hachi is the most convincing kosher Japanese restaurant in the country, and it works by leaning into the meat classification rather than around it. As a bassari kitchen it serves meat and fish and no dairy, which lets it run a full izakaya menu instead of a sushi counter alone.

The range is genuinely wide: hand-rolled sushi and sashimi, teppanyaki, wok noodles and kushiyaki skewers off the grill. It feels like a proper izakaya — dark, busy, built for ordering in waves across the table rather than a plate each, which is also the best way to eat here.

On Ben Yehuda in the Old North, it is an easy walk from most of the northern hotels, which makes it one of the more practical picks for visitors.

Good to know: Order in rounds and let the kitchen pace it — skewers and raw fish arrive as they are ready, not in courses.

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2. Sushi Bar Bazel — Bograshov Street, Prima City Hotel, Tel Aviv

A serious certified sushi bar working across fish and meat.

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Sushi Bar Bazel operates out of the Prima City Hotel on Bograshov and is among the more ambitious certified sushi operations in Tel Aviv, covering sushi, sashimi and a broader Asian menu.

Working across fish and meat gives the kitchen more to do than a sushi counter alone, and the fine-dining framing means the plating and the fish selection are held to a higher standard than the neighbourhood sushi chains manage.

Its hotel setting makes it a convenient option for visitors staying in the centre, and Bograshov runs straight down to the beach.

Good to know: Ask what fish came in that day rather than ordering the set platters — the selection varies.

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3. Sushi Rehavia — Azza Road, Emek Refaim, HaPalmach and the city centre, Jerusalem

The city's default certified sushi, with a branch near wherever you are.

₪₪ Mid-rangeKashrut Rabbanut Yerushalayim

Sushi Rehavia grew from a single branch in Rehavia into the chain most Jerusalemites mean when they say sushi, with locations on Azza Road, Emek Refaim, HaPalmach Street and in the city centre.

The menu covers as broad a selection as certification allows. Without shellfish, salmon, tuna and vegetable rolls carry the range, alongside noodle dishes, soups and starters. It is consistent rather than remarkable, which for a neighbourhood chain is the correct ambition.

The spread of branches is the real advantage: whichever part of central or southern Jerusalem you are in, one of them is close by.

Good to know: No shellfish under kashrut — the salmon, tuna and vegetable rolls are where the menu is strongest.

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4. Sheyan — Rehavia, the windmill courtyard, Jerusalem

Pan-Asian fusion in one of the most attractive courtyards in the city.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Yerushalayim

Sheyan sits in the historic windmill courtyard in Rehavia and works a fusion concept drawing on northern China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Japan — a wider brief than the sushi-led restaurants that dominate certified Asian dining in Israel.

That breadth is the point. Once shellfish and pork are off the table, a kitchen ranging across several Asian traditions has more room to build a full menu than one confined to a single cuisine, and Sheyan uses it.

The setting does a lot of work too. Rehavia is a leafy, largely residential district built in the 1920s and 30s, and the courtyard is a genuinely pleasant place to sit.

Good to know: Ask for a table in the courtyard rather than inside — the setting is half the reason to come.

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5. Kanki Sushi & Wine — Bograshov Street, Tel Aviv

A dairy sushi kitchen — the creamy rolls other kosher bars cannot serve.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Kanki is certified halavi rather than basari, and for kosher sushi that single classification changes the whole menu. Because it serves no meat, it can serve dairy — which means cream cheese rolls, dairy sauces and the entire softer register of modern sushi that meat-certified kosher sushi bars have to leave out.

The wine programme is taken seriously alongside it, and fish-plus-dairy is a far easier pairing proposition than a meat kitchen's.

If you have eaten kosher sushi in Israel and found it oddly restricted, this is the restaurant that explains why — and fixes it.

Good to know: The dairy classification is the point — order the rolls that need cream cheese, since few kosher places can make them.

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6. Yoko Sushi Bar — Florentin, Tel Aviv

A twenty-year Florentin sushi bar that took certification in 2024.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Yoko had been running in Florentin for around two decades before it took kosher certification, and that history is the interesting part: this is an established sushi bar with a following that chose to certify, rather than a kosher restaurant built from scratch.

For kosher diners it filled an obvious gap. Florentin is one of the most alive parts of Tel Aviv — a former workshop district turned bar and street-art quarter — and it had almost nothing certified worth eating in.

The room and the menu are unchanged from the pre-certification version apart from what kashrut removes, which is the strongest possible argument that certification need not cost a restaurant its character.

Good to know: The certified option in Florentin — worth knowing if you want to spend an evening in that quarter.

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7. Japanika — Cinema City, Jerusalem

Japanese and pan-Asian cooking inside a fully kosher entertainment complex.

₪₪ Mid-rangeKashrut Rabbanut Yerushalayim

Japanika has been at Cinema City since 2014, serving sushi, starters, soups, noodles and grilled dishes in a room done out in warm wood and bamboo.

Its setting is what makes it particularly useful. Cinema City is a large entertainment complex that operates as a kosher site and closes for Shabbat, which is unusual at that scale — so a family can see a film and eat a proper Asian meal in the same trip without checking anything twice.

The menu runs wider than sushi alone, which suits a group where not everyone wants raw fish.

Good to know: Inside the Cinema City complex — easy to combine dinner with a film, and it closes for Shabbat like the rest of the site.

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8. Onami — Hilton Tel Aviv, Independence Park

Hotel Japanese dining above the sea, fully certified.

₪₪₪₪ SplurgeKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Onami is the Japanese restaurant at the Hilton Tel Aviv, which sits on the cliff above Independence Park with the sea directly below it. The hotel is fully kosher, and Onami operates under the same certification.

Hotel restaurants in Israel are often the default kosher answer rather than a positive choice, but a dedicated Japanese kitchen inside a certified hotel is a different proposition — it is a real restaurant rather than a dining room serving a buffet.

It is priced as a hotel restaurant, and it suits a special occasion or a meal where the setting matters as much as the food.

Good to know: The Hilton is fully kosher throughout, which makes it a reliable base if kashrut governs your whole trip.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there good kosher sushi in Israel?

Yes — kosher sushi is one of the genuine success stories of certified dining here, because kosher fish is pareve and can be served in either a dairy or a meat kitchen. Nini Hachi and Sushi Bar Bazel in Tel Aviv are the strongest, and Sushi Rehavia is the reliable Jerusalem default with branches across the city.

Why is kosher Asian food difficult?

Shellfish, eel and pork are all out, which removes a large part of the standard Japanese, Chinese and Thai repertoire. Dashi, oyster sauce, fish sauce and mirin all need certified substitutes. The kitchens that do it well have rebuilt the pantry rather than simply omitting dishes.

What is the difference between kosher dairy and kosher meat sushi?

A halavi sushi bar can serve cream cheese rolls, spicy mayo and tempura with dairy batter; a basari one can serve beef and chicken rolls and a meat menu alongside. Most kosher sushi bars in Israel pick one. Kanki in Tel Aviv is dairy; Sushi Bar Bazel works across fish and meat.

Which hechsher do kosher Asian restaurants in Israel carry?

Mostly local Rabbanut or Rabbanut Mehadrin, with Tzohar increasingly common in Tel Aviv. The certificate at the door names the certifier and the expiry date. Several of the newer Tel Aviv places took certification recently, which is worth checking if you saw an older listing.

Do kosher Asian restaurants in Israel deliver?

Most do, through the main Israeli delivery apps, and sushi is one of the most-delivered categories in the country. Note that delivery stops before Shabbat and resumes Saturday night, and that the Thursday-night peak makes delivery times considerably longer than advertised.

Where is the best kosher Japanese in Israel?

Nini Hachi is generally regarded as having the most complete certified Japanese menu in the country — a full izakaya rather than a sushi counter. Onami offers hotel Japanese dining with a sea view, and Sekai serves the northern Tel Aviv tech district.

1. Nini Hachi — Old North, 228 Ben Yehuda Street, Tel Aviv

2. Sushi Bar Bazel — Bograshov Street, Prima City Hotel, Tel Aviv

3. Sushi Rehavia — Azza Road, Emek Refaim, HaPalmach and the city centre, Jerusalem

4. Sheyan — Rehavia, the windmill courtyard, Jerusalem

5. Kanki Sushi & Wine — Bograshov Street, Tel Aviv

6. Yoko Sushi Bar — Florentin, Tel Aviv

7. Japanika — Cinema City, Jerusalem

8. Onami — Hilton Tel Aviv, Independence Park

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