Lunel, Tel Aviv
The Florentinian brasserie led by Yinon Elal celebrates French-Yemenite love. Most romantic that way.
Lunel’s Valentine’s menu will offer, among other things, tempura fish with cilantro aioli, beer-bread bruschetta with beef fillet tataki, whipped brown butter and black caviar, sea-fish sashimi with strawberry vinegar, finger lime, blueberries and green oil, gnocchi in hawayej beurre blanc sauce with chard and salty cheese, and also lamb spare ribs with winter vegetables and demi-glace.
ZO, Tel Aviv
The cheerful restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard celebrates love with everything Don Tran knows how to do, and everything its excellent envelope knows how to do.
ZO’s Valentine’s menu includes, among other things, seaweed salad with potato noodles, sesame and wasabi, salmon tataki with red beet salsa, soup dumplings filled with beef in a garlic-honey sauce, and also coconut rice steaks with red fruits and mango sauce for dessert.
TOS, Bitter Bar
The unofficial (and completely representative) oyster association collaborates with the cheerful bar in Levinsky Market for a Scottish feast that may not be a classic Valentine’s, but certainly spreads romance in the air.
The event will take place on Friday (February 13, 12:00) at Bitter Bar and will offer the tasty creations of TOS, proper accompaniment by the Glenmorangie whisky brand, as well as liberal pours of champagne and wine.
Beit Goldberg’s Valentine’s menu will offer sushi combinations of salmon with wasabi peas and black sesame, beef in teriyaki and mirin with pickles, popcorn shrimp with pickled jalapeño, as well as avocado and cucumber with homemade teriyaki and spicy mayonnaise.
Meshek Barzilay, Tel Aviv
The veteran vegan restaurant celebrates love with a connection to the land and winter, and with the help of a romantic couple’s deal.
Meshek Barzilay’s Valentine’s menu, in a format of three starters, two mains and a dessert of choice, includes cauliflower cream soup with mushrooms, kohlrabi dumplings filled with almond “kashkaval” and miso-orange, spinach ravioli in lemon butter and a Redefine cut in wine and root vegetables. Price: NIS 450 per couple, and three half-glasses of wine for an additional NIS 85.
Juniper, Tel Aviv
The tasty cocktail bar in the Levinsky complex celebrates love, and nature, with special, occasion-tailored dishes.
Juniper’s Valentine’s menu includes, among other things, corn anelloti with brown butter and sourdough breadcrumbs, a dessert combining mascarpone cream, pecan crumble, crispy nougat and strawberries, as well as a “Blush” cocktail with gin, strawberries, thyme and dark chocolate.
Nola, Tel Aviv
The Americanist bakery collaborates with the Asufa design store for a classic and sweet lovers’ gift.
Nola’s Valentine’s box includes red velvet cookies with white chocolate chips, a candle from the “Totzeret” series with orchard scent, and also a designed greeting card, event-oriented. Price: NIS 99.
Holey Bar, Tel Aviv
The jazz bar in the Great Synagogue complex celebrates love with a couple’s deal that is romantic and worthwhile.
Holey Bar’s Valentine’s menu includes three sharing dishes — 3 dishes to choose from potato in thyme butter, roasted cauliflower, grape leaves in tzatziki and mushroom bruschetta; a salad (Caesar, beets with goat cheese or Mediterranean); a sea dish such as carpaccio, sashimi or ceviche; a wood-fired oven pizza; a dessert (crack pie, chocolate mousse or biscuit cake); and also a bottle of wine, four glasses, beer or a cocktail. Price: NIS 400 per couple.
Plomino, Jerusalem
The Italian restaurant spreads love in the heart of the capital with a wink to Rome, red flowers and balloons accordingly, a DJ and dimmed lights as required.
Here there will be, among other things, “Crudo di Tonno Rosso” with limoncello marmalade, “Frittatina di Pasta” (spaghetti, bonfire potato and Grana Padano cream coated with breadcrumbs with sour cream), ricotta gnocchi in brown butter and sage sauce, tortellini filled with pumpkin cream with broken amaretti cookies, and also cassis gelato with currants for dessert.
Sumo, Holon
The Asian restaurant celebrates love with special dishes, build-your-own desserts and plenty of Japanese alcohol.
Sumo’s Valentine’s menu, led by Avi Naamani-Luxembourg, will offer crispy wonton filled with chicken with caramel-chili sauce, beef fillet skewer with king oyster mushrooms, banana loti with caramelized bananas and coconut chips, and also a “Mango Margarita” with orange liqueur.
Omania, Deir al-Asad
The wonderful northern restaurant welcomes back Basel Marisat and sets out on a new-old romantic path, just in time.
Omania’s Valentine’s menu will offer, among other things, arugula and strawberry salad with strawberry vinaigrette and shanklish cheese, red tuna carpaccio with peas and lemon-yogurt, tiger shrimp with yellow cherry tomato sauce and burrata, butcher’s cut skewer with wild spinach and shushka pepper, and also the “Red Heart” dessert with chocolate, mascarpone cream, raspberry coulis and almond crumble.
Donyana, Acre
The waterfront and ancient walls restaurant celebrates love facing the sunset, as Saint Valentine himself probably intended.
Donyana’s special menu, led by Saher Suleiman, includes sea hits such as ceviche and calamari with labneh, fish-shawarma in pita, seafood casserole in garlic-lemon sauce, large cuts of meat, and also cocktails combining herbs, fresh fruits and flowers.
Burger Station
The burger chain celebrates romance with the things that really matter — meat, bun, dessert, togetherness.
Burger Station’s Valentine’s deal offers a starter (wings or home fries), two burgers of choice (classic, station or spicy), two sides (classic fries, seasoned fries, salad), two drinks for NIS 169, and adds dessert for a generous NIS 9.99.
Night Cookie
The indulgent cookie chain celebrates love with what really matters — a hot couple’s box, delivered to the door, and let everything else try to top that.
Night Cookie’s Valentine’s box (NIS 149) includes two “Double Trouble” desserts (a triple milk chocolate cookie on the bottom, a chocolate chip cookie on top and a Nutella and marshmallow filling; and a chocolate chip cookie on the bottom, a red velvet cookie on top and a filling of white chocolate, dark chocolate and Kinder fingers) in a personal tray, and the “Let’s see you get out of this” date card set by Blackbox, all the way to a quiet yet stormy indoor date.
