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Best Restaurants Open Late in Tel Aviv 2026
Open Late · Tel Aviv · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 14, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
More than any other chef, Eyal Shani taught Tel Aviv to eat late. His pavement bars and dinner-party rooms run on a rhythm the whole city now keeps, where the kitchen is still sending plates while the music climbs and the night turns from dinner into something closer to a party. Tel Aviv was a late city already, a Mediterranean port that does its best living once the heat has gone, but the modern late-night table here owes much to Shani and the cooks around him. The six rooms below were chosen because they hold a real standard well past midnight, from a no-reservations bar that runs until dawn to a seafood kitchen that takes orders until one. Each is ranked on how good it still is in the small hours.
1.Port Said
Eyal Shani's vinyl bar beside the Great Synagogue serves shared plates to about 5am, no reservations. Stay till close.
Eyal Shani opened Port Said in 2014 on Har Sinai street, in the shadow of the Great Synagogue just off Allenby, and it became the template for the city's late night. There is no reservation system and no printed menu in the usual sense; a short, daily-changing list of Israeli shared plates is chalked up, the records spin on an analog rig, and the crowd spills onto the pavement. Plates run roughly 30 to 70 shekels each, so a night of grazing stays affordable. The kitchen and bar run into the small hours, often to around 5am, which makes this the latest serious food in the city. Give your name, take a drink at the bar while you wait, and order in rounds as the night goes.
No reservations; give your name and wait at the bar.
2.Shila
Sharon Cohen's Catalan-Mediterranean seafood and bar on Montefiore, the kitchen open to 1am. Settle in late.
Sharon Cohen has run Shila for more than two decades, relocating his marine kitchen to Montefiore street in the centre of the city, and it remains one of Tel Aviv's most dependable late seafood tables. The cooking draws on Catalan and wider Mediterranean technique, built around the day's fish and shellfish, with a bar that does as much work as the dining room; a full dinner with wine runs around 400 to 450 shekels a head. The kitchen takes orders until 1am, so a late, unhurried seafood dinner is genuinely on the table here rather than a race against last orders. Settle in late at the bar, ask what came in that day, and let Cohen's team build the meal around it.
Book through Shila for a late kitchen seat.
3.Taizu
Yuval Ben Neriah's Asiaterranean plates and cocktails by Rothschild, service to midnight. Order the late round.
Yuval Ben Neriah opened Taizu in 2012 on Menachem Begin near Rothschild, and built what he calls an Asiaterranean kitchen, drawing the street food of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and India through a Tel Aviv lens. The room is one of the city's most polished, the cocktail programme is serious, and the menu runs from betel-leaf bites to wok dishes and curries; it sits at the upper end of the price range. The kitchen serves until midnight most nights, which makes it the late option for a proper sit-down dinner rather than a bar graze. Order the late round of small plates with a cocktail, then move into the larger dishes, and let the kitchen pace it.
Reserve through Taizu for a later table.
4.HaSalon
Shani's Wednesday-and-Thursday dinner that turns into a dance floor near the old port, open to midnight. Fly in for it.
HaSalon is Eyal Shani's flagship, open only on Wednesday and Thursday on Ma'avar Yabok in north Tel Aviv near the old port, and it is less a dinner than an event: a daily-changing Mediterranean menu of generous, produce-led plates that gives way, as the night goes on, to music, dancing on the tables and a room at full volume. Expect to spend around 500 shekels a head before drinks. Service runs to midnight, and the later you sit, the more the evening tips from dinner toward party, which is the whole point. The two-night week and the small room make this the city's hardest late table. Fly in for it on a Thursday, book well ahead, and take the latest seating you can.
Book HaSalon well ahead; take the latest seating.
5.North Abraxas
Roasted cauliflower, focaccia and a street-corner crowd on Lilienblum, the kitchen running to about midnight. Pull up a stool.
North Abraxas, which Eyal Shani opened on Lilienblum in 2012, is the rowdier, more pavement-facing of his sit-down rooms, with counter seats looking onto the open kitchen and tables that spill toward the street. The cooking is the Shani canon at its best: the whole roasted cauliflower, torn focaccia, the tomato dressed as if it were the point of the meal, and whatever the market gave that day; it sits in the upper-mid bracket. The kitchen runs to around midnight, and the counter is the seat to want, close to the fire and the noise. Pull up a stool at the kitchen counter late in the evening, order the cauliflower and the focaccia, and add plates as they call them out.
Reserve through North Abraxas, or take a late counter stool.
6.Romano
Shani's bar-restaurant in the Beit Romano compound off Jaffa Road keeps going past midnight. Keep it for after-hours.
Romano sits inside the Beit Romano building on Derech Yafo near the border of Jaffa, part of a compound that runs as bar, club and eating room across the night, with Eyal Shani's kitchen at its centre since 2015. The food is loose, market-led Mediterranean cooking built for sharing late and loud, with a sound system and a crowd that treats midnight as early; it sits in the upper-mid bracket. This is the after-hours option, the place to land when a dinner elsewhere has finished and you want to keep the night going with more plates and a drink. Keep it for after-hours, come with a group, and order to the table rather than per person.
Book through Romano, or arrive late for the bar.
Avoid for a late dinner
Right city, wrong hour
OCD. Raz Rahav's tasting-menu room is one of the most ambitious meals in the city, but it runs fixed early seatings by reservation and is long finished before the late crowd is out. Save it for a planned, early evening rather than a spontaneous late table.
Sarona Market food court. The big covered market is handy and stays open into the evening, but it is a mall food hall, not a destination dinner, and it winds down earlier than the bars around it. Use it for an early-evening graze, and head to one of the rooms above when you actually want to eat late.
Late-night strategy in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv splits into two late-night strategies, and knowing which a place follows is the whole game. The no-reservations rooms, Port Said and North Abraxas among them, work on names and waiting, so the move is to give your name and take a drink at the bar; a late arrival often beats the early queue. The sit-down rooms, Shila, Taizu and HaSalon, take bookings, and the later slots are the ones to ask for. HaSalon is the exception that needs real planning, open only Wednesday and Thursday and booked well ahead.
The city runs latest at the end of the week, Thursday and Friday nights, when rooms that close at midnight midweek push later and the bars run toward dawn. Port Said is the safety net, serving food until around 5am with no booking required, so it works as both a late dinner and the last stop of the night. For one long evening, sit down early at Taizu or Shila, then drift to Port Said or Romano when the kitchens elsewhere have closed. Dress is relaxed across all of them, and tipping is expected at around twelve to fifteen percent.
Frequently asked
What are the best restaurants open late in Tel Aviv?
Port Said leads, serving food until around 5am beside the Great Synagogue with no reservations needed. Shila on Montefiore takes kitchen orders until 1am, Taizu and North Abraxas run to around midnight, and Romano in the Beit Romano compound keeps going past midnight. Tel Aviv is a late city, so a midnight table is normal rather than unusual.
How late do restaurants serve dinner in Tel Aviv?
The latest is Port Said, which serves shared plates until around 5am. Shila's kitchen takes orders until 1am, Taizu and North Abraxas run to about midnight, HaSalon serves to midnight on its two nights a week, and Romano continues past midnight. The end of the week, Thursday and Friday, runs latest of all.
Where can I eat after midnight in Tel Aviv?
Port Said beside the Great Synagogue serves food until roughly 5am with no booking, making it the surest after-midnight option. Shila on Montefiore takes orders until 1am, and Romano in the Beit Romano compound off Jaffa Road runs its kitchen and bar past midnight. All three work as a genuine late dinner rather than just a late drink.
Do you need a reservation to eat late in Tel Aviv?
It depends on the room. Port Said and North Abraxas take no reservations, so you give your name and wait at the bar, and a late arrival often beats the early queue. Shila, Taizu and Romano take bookings, and you should ask for a later slot. HaSalon is open only Wednesday and Thursday and must be booked well ahead.
Which late-night spot in Tel Aviv is best for a lively night?
HaSalon is the one, an Eyal Shani dinner on Wednesday and Thursday that turns into dancing on the tables as the night goes on. Port Said and Romano are the rowdier, no-fuss options that run latest, with crowds spilling onto the pavement past midnight. Book HaSalon ahead, and treat Port Said as the open-ended late stop.
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