This cozy, authentic restaurant celebrates the richness and diversity of Moroccan cuisine. Located in a lovely 200-year-old building in downtown Jerusalem, Darna offers a warm, inviting atmosphere in which to enjoy authentic Moroccan dishes. Typical menu items include glazed Cornish hen with almonds, raisins and onions, lamb couscous with prunes and spices, and veal tanjiya with wheat and red peppers. Darna offers a daily discount business lunch special that includes choice of Moroccan salad, a filling meat entree and mint green tea. Guests can try the Morrocan pastry platter that comes with marzipan, coconut cookies, ground nuts and dates in powdered sugar and almond balls. Darna also serves the finest boutique wines from the many kosher wineries of Israel.
Darna
3 Horkanos Street
Jerusalem, Israel 94235
011 +972 2 624540
darna.co.il
Chakra offers a wide range of Mediterranean-style dishes influenced by both local recipes and far-reaching international flavors and cooking styles. Located on King George Street in Jerusalem's busy city center, this immensely popular restaurant can often be seen with a long line out the door. Diners often start off with some red tuna ceviche served with kohlrabi, chopped liver in calvados, or fire grilled eggplant with feta cheese, fresh tomatoes and olive oil. Main courses include seafood dishes like black mussels in coconut milk served with rice and meat dishes like chicken breast escalope in cream and mushrooms. If guests want to try a diverse sampling of chef Ilan Garousi's eclectic cuisine, they should arrange for a tasting spread with their waiter. Chakra's drink list is impressive, featuring more than 20 different malt whiskeys, wines from around the world and traditional spirits from the region.
Chakra
41 King George Street
Jerusalem, Israel 94235
011 +972 2 6232223
chakra-rest.com
Chef Moshe Basson has made a name for himself as a regional food archaeologist thanks to to this interesting Jerusalem restaurant. Eucalyptus's rustic, country décor provides the special atmosphere in which to enjoy foods that have stood the test of time, many of which are made from recipes that are thousands of years old. Basson's signature dishes include Jerusalem artichoke soup, lamb served over smoked green wheat, chicken-stuffed figs in tamarind sauce, and ma'aluba, a very traditional baked chicken and rice dish prepared with an array of tongue-tickling spices. Though most dishes contain meat, many are available in vegetarian form so guests should just ask. Sample tasting menus can also be arranged.
Eucalyptus
7 Horkanos Street
Jerusalem, Israel 94235
011 +972 2 6244331
