Updated guide to business lunches: Best deals of the day
By YANIV GRANOT/WALLA!OCTOBER 27, 2024 15:40 POMO(photo credit: Odelia Barbi)
Discover the most worthwhile business lunches in Tel Aviv, from Mediterranean delights to Japanese sushi and Italian specialties.
Café Petit, Tel Aviv
The Mediterranean brasserie on Rothschild Boulevard is extending its hours and adjusting prices for lunch.
The Deal: 15% off the entire menu by Ivan Maslov, including wine and cocktails.
What’s Inside? Spicy plate and focaccia, zucchini flower stuffed with risotto and sun-dried tomatoes, beef tartare, red tuna bruschetta with pepper aioli, grilled calamari with labneh and onion, Caesar salad with soft-boiled egg, handmade gnocchi with wild mushrooms, giant schnitzel, hamburger, and ribeye steak with demi-glace sauce.
Fine Print: Sunday to Thursday, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM.Advertisement
Café Petit (credit: ANATOLY MICHAELO)Wat Sang, Tel Aviv
One of the city’s top sushi spots offers an efficient and affordable lunch menu.
The Deal: 15% off the entire menu.
What’s Inside? Miso soup and agedashi tofu, "smashed" cucumber salad, half a miso-baked eggplant, scallop with white rice cream, salmon with Japanese pumpkin cream, shrimp with purée, chicken gyoza with lemongrass, as well as sashimi and nigiri, special rolls, and colorful chirashi bowls.
The Levantine branch of the veteran Asian group generously extends hours and offers an unusual evening business meal for takeout and delivery.
The Deal: Personal business lunch for NIS 110, couple’s meal for NIS 249, and a family meal of nine dishes for NIS 510.
What’s Inside? The format includes an appetizer, a starter, a special sushi roll, and a main dish. Options include handmade gyoza, spicy wings, namasu and tempura vegetables, bao with crispy chicken or pulled beef, stir-fries, curry dishes, and kung pao chicken.
Fine Print: Sunday to Saturday, 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM.
The veteran Italian restaurant in Ramat Hachayal refreshes its business lunch offerings, inspired by southern Italy.
The Deal: Focaccia for the table, a starter, and a main course for the price of the main dish.
What’s Inside? Spanish sashimi with orange and romesco, greens baked in the oven with brinza cheese, shrimp skewers with yellow pepper cream, cornish hen with rice and chicken broth, and fettuccine with fish. For dessert, there's intriguing caramel panna cotta and cheesecake, along with the Strawberry Sting dessert made with gin, Aperol, strawberry purée, lemon, lemongrass, and mint.
Fine Print: Sunday to Thursday, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
POMO (credit: Odelia Barbi)Tandoori Lands End, Tel Aviv
Rina Pushkarna's longstanding Indian restaurant offers an affordable lunch deal with a panoramic sea view.
The Deal: Unlimited buffet (NIS 78) at Tandoori Herzliya, and a full meal for the price of the main dish (NIS 68-78), with beer or wine for an additional ten shekels.
What’s Inside? Bowls of rice, quinoa, or noodles with beef korma, chicken tikka masala, skewers such as teriyaki chicken, tikka chicken, kebab, and fish massaman, along with soup, naan, and dessert.
Tandoori Lands End (credit: official site, SHANI BRIL)Bar Italia, Netanya
The veteran Italian restaurant overlooking the sea in Netanya refreshes its options, highlighting a lunch menu that blends signature dishes with seasonal hits.
The Deal: Dedicated lunch menu led by Shahar Barnea.
What’s Inside? Mushroom and leek croquettes, cheese arancini with yellow tomato butter, rigatoni with brisket, chicken skewers with wild rice, spinach and portobello mushroom tagliatelle, sea fish fillet with gnocchi and artichoke, amaretto brulee and baked cheesecake for dessert, as well as Pompeii Daiquiri and Aperol spritz available at the bar.
