Lala Recommends
Urban Vacation
Whether you are staying with us for business or an urban vacation, the Lala Boutique Hotel is strategically located, allowing you to enjoy the hottest attractions in and outside of Tel Aviv, with convenient access to the Ayalon Highway, public transportation options and a train station.
The hotel is a short walking distance from the flea market, seashore, Charles Clore Promenade and the Old Jaffa Seaport.
To complement your urban experience, take the helmet in your room, rent an electric scooter and tour the city.
We have put together all of Lala’s Recommendations with special places throughout the city that we like.
You can download our recommendations file here, but don’t worry, it will be waiting for you in the room and on WhatsApp too.
Food Lovers? We conduct cooking workshops in various cuisines – be sure to book in advance with our reservations department.
The Flea Market and the Greek Market
The hotel is ~1.5 km from the Flea Market and Old Jaffa.
The market is located between Amiad, Olei Zion, Yehuda Margoza and Beit Eshel Streets.
Visiting here, you will find unique designer boutiques, excellent restaurants, local bars and various shops offering souvenirs, antiques, records, clothes, furniture and more.
The Greek Market is near the Flea Market.
It consists of a complex of restaurants, artist studios and boutiques, located between Old Clock Square and the Flea Market.
Opening Hours
Flea Market: Sunday-Thursday 09:00-17:00, Friday until 14:00
Greek Market: Friday 10:00-17:00
Where to eat?
24 Olei Zion St.
12 Beit Eshel
Tel.: +972-3-970-2051
Opening Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11: 00-00:00 00, Friday 14: 00-01:00 Saturday 12: 00-01: 00
The line might be long, but as soon as you take your first bite, you’ll understand that it was worth the wait! Great knafeh with vanilla and pistachio ice cream.
4 Rabbi Nachman St., Jaffa Flea Market.
Tel.: +972-54-538-5210
Opening Hours: Every day, 09:00 to the last customer
If you must have knafeh but don’t want to wait in line, this is the place to go.
The store also offers a large selection of baklava that you can buy by weight.
Kosher pizza parlor
9 Beit Eshel St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-53-941-5680
Sun.-Thurs. 10:00-00:00
Friday – 10:00-One hour before the Sabbath
Saturday – One hour after the Sabbath to midnight.
A kosher meat restaurant owned by the famous Bino
3 Beit Eshel St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-518-6560
Sun.-Thurs. 08:00-00:00
Friday 08:00-16:00 Saturday – One hour after the Sabbath to midnight.
Also serves excellent breakfasts and brunches. Our favorite restaurant in the market!
Opening Hours – Sun.-Thurs. 12:00-23:30 Fri.-Sat. 12:00-01:00
10 Yehuda Margoza St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-620-2262 (we suggest that you talk to us for reservations)
A charming and mythological breakfast restaurant
8 Rabbi Yochanan St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-682-3821
Opening Hours – Sun.-Fri. Opens at 09:00. Closed on Saturday.
Another branch of the wonderful Thai restaurant that we love.
4 Margoza St., Jaffa Flea Market
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 11:30-23:30, Friday 10:00-23:00, Saturday 11:30-23:30
Tel.: +972-53-775-7575
Exquisite and highly recommended coffee
9 Rabbi Hanina St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 07:30-20:00, Friday 07:30-18:00, Saturday 08:30-20:00
The establishment prides itself on excellent sandwiches, salads, pastries, desserts, shakes and, of course, coffee. It also operates one of the best gelato stores in Israel.
8 Yehuda Margoza St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 07:00-00:00 Friday – 07:00-One hour before the Sabbath Saturday: 20:30-00:00
A trendy bar/restaurant with all of the great Israeli dishes.
6 Rabbi Nachman St., Tel Aviv, Flea Market
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 11:00-01:30
Old Jaffa and the Seaport
After visiting the Flea Market, you can take a nice walk toward Old Jaffa.
Go to Gan HaPisga, cross the Wishing Bridge to Kikar Kedumim and stroll through the enchanting alleys going to the Jaffa Seaport.
Alternately, you can drive there and park at the Jaffa Seaport Parking Lot and progress in the opposite direction 🙂
Where to Eat?
A charming spot at the seaport, overlooking the sea.
Sandwiches, excellent pastries, wonderful coffees and shakes!
48 Retzif HaAliya HaShniya, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Every day 07:00-22:00
A charming booth selling Bedouin pitas with labaneh/chocolate and freshly squeezed juices.
Located at the beautiful Jaffa Seaport.
52 HaNamal St., Tel Aviv Yafo
Sunday – Closed, Mon.-Thurs. 09:00-22:00, Fri.-Sat. 08:00-00:00
Jaffa’s famous bakery, open 24/7. A quick solution for a small bite.
We recommend that the customized toast.
Neveh Zedek
There’s nothing like Jaffa by night and nothing like Neveh Zedek by day!
The first Jewish neighborhood outside of Jaffa’s walls has become a must-see tourist attraction where the crowded buildings and narrow streets are what make it so special.
The neighborhood offers special art galleries, designer boutiques and small Cafés. Shabazi is the main street, where most of the businesses are.
Where to Eat?
7 Kol Israel St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Fri. 07:00-16:00 Saturday – Closed
We highly recommend the cheese cake!
40 Shabazi St., Tel Aviv Yafo
Neveh Zedek branch – Corner of Shabazi and Pines Streets.
Awesome ice cream flavors! Recommended yogurt (also asai yogurt)
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 07:30-00:00
Tel.: +972-3-624-6383
An excellent steakhouse – it is a bit expensive and it is best to make reservations in advance.
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 12:00-00:00
64 Shabazi St., Neveh Zedek, Tel Aviv.
Reservations: +972-3-510-4020
Reservations required. An urban restaurant offering a stylish dining experience.
10 Shabazi St., Tel Aviv Yafo
Opening Hours: Sunday – Closed. Mon.-Thurs.: 17:00-00:030 Fri.: 09:00-17:00 and Sat. 18:00-00:30
Tel: +972-3-510-9292:
An excellent restaurant with an intriguing history in the heart of Neveh Zedek
42 Aharon Chelouche St., Neveh Zedek, Tel Aviv Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 08:00-23:00 Fri. 08:00-14:30 Saturday – After the Sabbath until 23:00
Tel: +972-3-901-8070
Florentine Neighborhood
A young and vibrant neighborhood with colorful graffiti, small neighborhood bars and beautiful art galleries.
Where to Eat?
The street with most of the bars is Haim Vital St. All you have to do is choose where to get your beer.
A large selection of bars along Haim Vital and the adjacent streets.
Shamaya’s mythological restaurant with excellent homemade dishes.
2 Haim Vital St., Tel Aviv.
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11:00-15:30
Italian cuisine, seafood and excellent desserts. The signature dish – pasta served from a giant Parmesan wheel.
3 Haim Vital St., Tel Aviv.
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11:00-01:00 Fri.: 09:00-01:00 Sat. 09:00-00:00
Excellent and highly recommended pizza!
45 Abarbanel St., Tel Aviv
Tel.: +972-3-681-2047
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11:00-04:00
Sumptuous homemade food and excellent hummus too!
44 Shalma St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-659-4373
Opening Hours: Sun.-Wed.: 07:00-22:00, Thurs.: 08:00-22:00, Fri. 08:00-16:00 Saturday – Closed
The little house with the red roof, among the neighborhood’s main pillars, is now surrounded by a charming deck garden where you can enjoy a good breakfast or cold beer.
56 Abarbanel St., Tel Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. – 11:00 until the last customer. Saturday– One hour after the Sabbath until the last customer.
Tel: +972-3-605-0061
Highly recommended galleries:
Art gallery offering attractive prices. Israeli art at unprecedented prices.
60 Abarbanel St. Tel-Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 10:00-18:00, Friday 10:00-16:00, Saturday 10:00-19:00
A special store with items and paintings created by Israeli artists.
Our lobby is decorated with special interactive works of art purchased at the gallery.
4 Avraham Stern St. Tel Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun., Mon., Wed., Thurs. 10:30-20:00 Tues. 10:30-18:45 and Fri.-Sat. 10:30-16:00
Carmel Market and Nachalat Binyamin
The vibrant and unique Carmel Market is filled with restaurants, bars, food stalls and souvenir shops.
The market runs parallel to Nachalat Binyamin where you can enjoy an Israeli art fair every Tuesday and Friday.
We found a few nice spots that we especially recommend at the market and Nachalat Binyamin.
Where to Eat?
The coolest kebab spot in the Carmel Market!
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 11:00-18:00 Fri. 10:00-16:00, Saturday – Closed
42 Rabbi Meir St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-631-1650
Tel Aviv’s Famous Stand!
47 Malan St., Tel Aviv
Ning’s restaurant An authentic Thai restaurant with the best food you can get!
17 Yom Tov St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Wed. 09:00-22:00, Thurs. 09:00-00:00, Fri. 10:00-20:00, Sat. 12:00-23:00
Tel: 0535775757
Handmade gelato on Nachalat Binyamin
11 Nachalat Binyamin St. Tel Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 11:00-22:00
A giant cheese shop! Excellent prices for any cheese you can imagine!
Sun.-Thurs. 06:00-19:00
Fri. 07:00-17:00, Saturday – Closed
Tel: +972-52-330-0722
Charles Clore Promenade
You can’t come to Tel Aviv without going to the beach! A pleasant and fun promenade, filled with people, restaurants and the unique Tel Aviv ambiance.
Where to Eat?
A charming restaurant overlooking the sea. We recommend that you make reservations in advance.
A restaurant on the beach, excellent for breakfast, lunch, dinner and just a glass of wine.
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 09:00-23:00
Adjacent to the Etzel House Parking Lot.
HaMesila Park
A long green strip was developed along the Ottoman train route, which was deserted and rundown for decades, corresponding with Tel Aviv’s original garden city plan. The park is filled with benches and gardens for a pleasant and fun urban stroll.
Where to Eat?
A young and trendy coffee and alcohol stand decorated with colorful graffiti.
Sun.-Sat. 07:00-19:00
Not far from Park HaMesila are Chef Eyal Shani’s pizza parlor and restaurant. The place is usually packed, but it is definitely worth the Tel Aviv experience.
Romano House, 9 Derekh Yafo, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel: +972-77-275-9605
Opening Hours: Every day 18:00-03:00
Additional Stroll Recommendations
When you get to Tel Aviv, put on your walking shoes and go out to discover the city.
We put together some of the special areas and spots for an urban walk, TLV style.
What’s recommended?
Don’t forget to smile at Mercedes and give her warm regards from Barbara and Guy.
9 Rohama St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 10:00-18:00 Fri. 10:00-15:00
An excellent and highly recommended Italian restaurant.
14 Tirtza St., Tel Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 12:00-23:00
A local Tel Aviv Café with excellent coffee, a deli and great sandwiches.
14 Nitzana St., Tel Aviv
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 07:00-20:00 Fri.-Sat. 07:00-17:00
13 Sgula St., Tel Aviv Yafo
Tel.+972-3-639-2687
Opening Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 07:00-19:00 Fri. 07:00-14:30
Saturday – Closed
Rothschild Blvd. and Habima Square
Tel Aviv’s first boulevard!
You can enjoy restaurants, bars and the Tel Aviv atmosphere at the boulevard that ends at the mythological Habima Square, surrounded by many coffee shops as well.
At Kikar Habima, we recommend that you visit Robina Bar for a beer or Lachmanina for coffee and a pastry.
Dizengoff
There’s nothing like a stroll along Dizengoff St., filled with bars, restaurants and stores. When you reach the mythological Dizengoff Circle, take a seat and soak in the Tel Aviv sun and unique ambiance.
We recommend an especially magical pen store at 74 Dizengoff St. and tell Shimon that Barbara and Guy sent you.
Dizengoff Center – A large and air conditioned shopping mall (look for the Fairy Forest store at Building B, Gate 6).
Spa
A special and enchanted spa in the middle of the Flea Market.
All of their rituals introduce an element of cleansing, physical work and relaxation. The spa uses only natural materials from around the world, just as each culture developed its unique therapeutic treatments.
Treatments begin at 350 NIS.
Talk to us for benefits or to make reservations.
Address: 26 Beit Eshel St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel: +972-3-945-5925
Natural Gardens - The Botanical Garden
Just across the street from the hotel is a beautiful green lung in the heart of the city.
A huge garden with a playground, fitness equipment and a picnic area.
You can visit the Russian Church located in the heart of the garden, but you might have to wait outside.
Behind the church is a beautiful botanical garden, suitable for a romantic stroll or for the entire family.
The garden covers 4 acres with hundreds of wild plants characteristic of Israel. The garden is filled with water pools and a marsh growing hydrophilic plants, fish and turtles. The garden further features a winter puddle and grove, growing the four species and seven species.
July-August | Sun.-Thurs. 08:00-15:00
Rest of the year | Every Saturday | 08:00-16:00
To schedule visits during the week, call Shlomo Akad, Garden Manager at +972-53-724-7150
Nearby Breakfasts
After coffee and snacks at our bar, we put together our favorites of the breakfast/brunch list
Ruti Broudo’s deli, offering sandwiches, pastries, salads and various delicacies.
Romano House, 84 Derekh Yafo, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Opening Hours: Sun.-Wed.: 07:30-17:00, Thurs.: 07:30-18:00, Fri. 08:00-15:00
Also serves excellent breakfasts and brunches. Our favorite restaurant in the market!
Opening Hours – Sun.-Thurs. 12:00-23:30 Fri.-Sat. 12:00-01:00
10 Yehuda Margoza St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-620-2262 (we suggest that you talk to us for reservations)
A charming and mythological breakfast restaurant
8 Rabbi Yochanan St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel.: +972-3-682-3821
Opening Hours – Sun.-Fri. Opens at 09:00. Closed on Saturday.
A trendy bar/restaurant with all of the great Israeli dishes.
6 Rabbi Nachman St., Tel Aviv, Flea Market
Opening Hours: Sun.-Sat. 11:00-01:30
A charming spot at the seaport, overlooking the sea.
Sandwiches, excellent pastries, wonderful coffees and shakes!
48 Retzif HaAliya HaShniya, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Every day 07:00-22:00
An inexpensive and tasty hummus meal!
Just a 10-minute walk from the hotel!
Shalabim and Derekh Ben Zvi Junction, 35 Derekh Ben Zvi
Opening Hours: Sun.-Fri. 09:00-16:00 Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Driving in Tel Aviv
Recommended parking spots
By car – On weekends, park behind the Bloomfield stadium and avoid entering the market area. Turn right from Ben Zvi to Shalabim, take your first left onto HaTchia St. and start looking. It’s a 5-minute walk to the market, beginning on Olei Zion St.!
Etzel House parking lot
Western Shore parking lot
HaTahana Compound parking lot
Jaffa Seaport parking lot
Your room comes with complementary helmets.
We recommend using WIND – call us for a benefit code.
Outside the hotel are bike paths that cross the entire city.
If you like walking – put on your walking shoes and enjoy!
Have fun!!!
Don’t forget to tag @LALA_TLV #Lala Recommends
And if you discover new places, be sure to tell us about them!
