Eilat Restaurants
Restaurants in Eilat
Eilat is a town of action, centered mainly around the inviting beaches and the sea. But after all the activity, food will be on your mind.
Eilat at Dusk (Photo: IsraelTourism, CC BY 2.0)
You won’t be disappointed. Eilat restaurants have a lot to offer in their diversity and healthy choices. For more about restaurants around Israel see the Baruch Haba Restaurant site that offers an English website for restaurants with an online booking service and specials and discount coupons; booking on line ensures your table is available and the restaurant is open.
Here are some of the more exotic and unique restaurants in Eilat.
Health Food Eilat
The Fountain of Health Restaurant in the Shachamon neighborhood offers meals that are not only healthy, nutritious, and kosher, but also delicious. If you or your children have special dietary needs you need not risk your health just because you’re on vacation. If you need to be on a low- or no-cholesterol diet, for example, or if you can’t have salt or are a diabetic, then you can eat lunch and dinner at this restaurant in Eilat or take away food and stay healthy while you’re on vacation.
Soom Soom Kosher Organic Vegetarian Restaurant is not only a restaurant but also a shop that sells organic produce and many health-food items. They operate a nearby clinic that offers treatments in alternative medicine. For further information email soomsoom2005@nana.co.il or call 08-635-6732.
Seafood City! (Photo: אירית לוי, CC BY 2.5)
Eilat Fish Restaurants
Since Eilat is a fishing town, fish aficionados will want to sample at least one great fish meal.
Denis Kingdom is a kosher fish and grill restaurant that’s part of the Ardag Fish Farm on the Peace Lagoon, close to Eilat’s northern border with Jordan. You can take a tour of the hatchery before sitting down to a delicious meal, enjoying a magnificent view of the Red Sea and the mountains of Edom. The fish is fresh from the tank and the sea bream or sea bass can be ordered grilled, baked, steamed or fried. Fresh rolls baked on the premises are also served, along with salads. Children’s portions are available and vegetarians can order pasta or quiche rather than fish. Kashrut is under the supervision of the Eilat Rabbinate. For further information or to make a reservation call 08-637-9898.
Moroccan Cuisine at Halleluja (Photo: Halleluja Restaurant®)
Moroccan Restaurants in Eilat
If you have a taste for local cuisine there are two Moroccan kosher restaurants in Eilat.
Famous for its couscous, the Moroccan Halleluja Restaurant, located at 1 Yotam, also has Chinese food and is Glatt Kosher Lemehadrin. The specialty of the house is oven-baked lamb called tagine. Delivery to your hotel room can be arranged and they also have a special plate for Shabbat. For further information email resthalle@walla.com or call 08-637-5752.
Lalo’s delicious couscous served with chicken, meat or soup is also very popular with the locals and is a moderately priced Moroccan restaurant. It is located at 259 Horev St., Shechunat Alef. For further information call 08-633-0578.
Fusion Food
Hamitbach (the Kitchen) is a kosher meat restaurant in Eilat run by Shachar Raphael, the prize-winning chef from the popular show of the same name. Fusion food is a combination of Mediterranean and modern cuisine. A specialty is rack of lamb with dates, figs, sweet potato and pomegranate sauce. Hamitbach is located on Herod’s Promenade on the North Shore. For further information call 08-638-0083.
Japanese Restaurant in Eilat
If you have a taste for sushi or other Japanese dishes, the Yakimono Kosher Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar on the 12th floor of the Queen of Sheba Hotel with its fantastic view of the Red Sea may be just what you are looking for. Yakimono also has two very beautiful shaded Japanese gardens. For further information call 08-630-6793.
Fast Food Eilat
Anyone traveling with children knows that fast food can often save the day when everyone is worn out and cranky. The Big Apple Pizza is kosher dairy lemehadrin located at the Red Sea Hotel Plaza. Email editor@eilat-today.com or call 08-634-0423.
Eilat Restaurants: Did You Know?
Even if a restaurant has been certified kosher, double check before going to a restaurant to make sure their kosher certification is current.
