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One of the reasons we were so excited to stay in Jaffa was the variety of quality restaurants in the area. Although we only had one night in Tel Aviv, we knew we would at least have a good meal to finish our trip to Israel.
Before leaving our hotel, we narrowed down our search to a few restaurants in the flea market area. There were several mouth-watering choices. We couldn’t decide on one place, so we walked towards them to think about it on the way.
When we got to the flea market, some of the streets were jam packed with people sitting at outdoor cafés and restaurants. This was definitely a good sign.
We checked out some of the menus and they all looked fantastic. Unfortunately, there was a long wait for every restaurant.
Raisa
In the end we were able to get a seat at the bar at Raisa after a five minute wait. It’s a lively place with a friendly staff and an appealing menu. They also had a decent selection of beer, wine, and cocktails.
Marisol tried the seafood fettuccine and I was craving the burger and fries. We washed it down with a bottle of Israeli wine. Both meals were excellent. The fettuccine had a good mix of flavors and textures while the burger was juicy and exactly what I was looking for.
Golda
It’s good we didn’t have room for dessert at Raisa, because just around the corner we spotted Golda. They make several different flavors of creamy gelato and frozen yogurt. If you can’t decide, you’ll be able to try some samples.
We visited Golda both after dinner at Raisa and the next day before heading to Ben Gurion Airport for our flight to Istanbul. We were very happy with all of the flavors we had.
Staff was friendly on our first visit but extremely rude on our second visit. I didn’t appreciate them throwing napkins at Marisol when she asked, or asking us when we were going to pay before we had even finished our orders. Even with the bad experience, we’d go back again.
Next Time…
We hope to visit Tel Aviv again in the near future because there were lots of restaurants in Jaffa we would have been happy to try.
