The 7 Best Kosher Asian Restaurants in Tel Aviv (2026)

Updated August 2026 · 7 picks

The best kosher Asian restaurants in Tel Aviv in 2026 are Nini Hachi on Ben Yehuda, Sushi Bar Bazel on Bograshov and Yoko Sushi Bar in Florentin. Asian is the cuisine kosher diners miss most, because so much of it depends on shellfish and on sauces that are hard to certify — but Tel Aviv now has a real certified scene across sushi, izakaya and pan-Asian cooking. Every restaurant below names its certifying authority.

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

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

A serious certified sushi bar working across fish and meat.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

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. Yoko Sushi Bar — Florentin

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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4. Kanki Sushi & Wine — Bograshov Street

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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5. Go Asian Canteen — Yitzhak Sadeh Street and Azrieli Center

Fast pan-Asian sharing plates, certified, in the business district.

₪₪ Mid-rangeKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Go Asian Canteen runs a pan-Asian sharing menu across two certified Tel Aviv locations — one on Yitzhak Sadeh and one in the Azrieli Center — aimed squarely at the lunchtime office crowd and at families in the evening.

It is a meat kitchen, so the menu leans on wok dishes, noodles and grilled skewers rather than anything creamy. The canteen framing keeps it quick and affordable, which is exactly what the certified scene tends to lack: most kosher Asian in Tel Aviv is priced as an occasion.

The Azrieli branch in particular is useful, since the mall sits on top of a major train and bus interchange.

Good to know: The Azrieli branch is directly above the Savidor and HaShalom transport hub — handy between trains.

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6. 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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7. Sekai Japan — HaBarzel Street, Ramat HaHayal

Certified Japanese in the northern tech district.

₪₪₪ UpmarketKashrut Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Sekai Japan sits on HaBarzel Street in Ramat HaHayal, the northern office and technology quarter, and serves a certified Japanese menu to a district full of people working late.

It is not in the tourist part of the city, and that is rather the point: north Tel Aviv has a substantial observant population and a working population that needs somewhere certified to eat, and the restaurants there are judged on consistency rather than on scene.

Straightforward, reliable Japanese food, and considerably easier to get into on a weeknight than the central options.

Good to know: Out in the northern tech district rather than the centre — best reached by car or a short taxi.

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Frequently asked questions

Why is Asian food difficult to keep kosher?

Three reasons stack up. Shellfish, squid, eel and crab are all forbidden, which removes a large part of the Japanese, Thai and Chinese repertoires. Many standard sauces — oyster sauce, fish sauce, some soy and mirin — need certification of their own. And dishes that combine meat with dairy, or pork in any form, are out entirely. A certified Asian kitchen has to rebuild the cuisine around what remains.

Can you get real sushi at a kosher restaurant?

Yes, with substitutions. Salmon, tuna, sea bass and other finned fish with scales are all permitted, so the core of a sushi menu survives intact. What disappears is shellfish — no shrimp, crab, eel or scallop — so kitchens substitute imitation crab made from permitted fish, or build rolls around salmon, tuna, avocado and vegetables instead.

Why are most kosher sushi bars in Israel meat kitchens?

It sounds contradictory, but many certified sushi restaurants are classified basari (meat) so they can also serve grilled skewers, teriyaki chicken and beef dishes alongside the fish. The consequence is no cream cheese, which rules out a whole family of modern rolls. A few — Kanki on Bograshov, for instance — are certified dairy instead, and those can do the creamy rolls but no meat.

Is the soy sauce kosher?

At a certified restaurant, yes — the supervision covers ingredients as well as the kitchen, so the sauces on the table have been checked. Standard supermarket soy sauce is often certified too, but naturally brewed varieties can raise questions, which is exactly the sort of thing a hechsher exists to resolve on your behalf.

Are these restaurants open on Friday night?

No. Every certified kosher restaurant in Israel closes from Friday afternoon until Saturday night. Several reopen on Motzei Shabbat, and Saturday night is a genuinely good time to eat out in Tel Aviv as the city comes back to life.

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

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

3. Yoko Sushi Bar — Florentin

4. Kanki Sushi & Wine — Bograshov Street

5. Go Asian Canteen — Yitzhak Sadeh Street and Azrieli Center

6. Onami — Hilton Tel Aviv, Independence Park

7. Sekai Japan — HaBarzel Street, Ramat HaHayal

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