Jewish Eating and Drinking

Jewish Eateries

Aviv

You can always rely on Aviv for good portions, and well-prepared dishes using fresh ingredients. Service is consistently efficient and friendly.

Bevis Marks Restaurant

London’s most stylish kosher venue boasts a view of the adjoining 18th century synagogue. Food at Bevis Marks is a mix of European and Middle-Eastern influenced fare.

Dizengoff’s

Dizengoff's is a busy Israeli restaurant that serves up the best latkes (fried potato cakes) in London. For meat lovers there are hearty soups such as chicken or kooba (dumpling) as well as delicious stuffed artichokes, grilled meats and kebabs.

Reuben’s

This West End kosher deli bustling at lunchtime when it’s packed with office workers wanting a sandwich. In the evening, Rueben's basement restaurant offers a heartier choice of barley soup, grilled chicken wings, steaks, lamb chops and chips.

Solly’s

Enjoy delicious mixed grills, brick oven-baked pitta bread and wonderfully fresh salads at this local favourite. Solly's now offers a takeaway service also.

Kosher Specialities

These days kosher restaurants aren't just for traditional food – they offer everything from Italian to Sushi.

The Burger Bar

A kosher hamburger? Yes, it exists at this US-style diner that serves up 19 types of burger including sweet chilli, avocado and aubergine. The Burger Bar even offers non-diary milkshakes.

Met Su Yan

Kosher oriental restaurant Met Su Yan serves sushi, a wide variety of fish, and an extensive choice of lamb, beef, duck and chicken.

Kavanna

London’s first kosher curry restaurant specialises in tandoori delicacies, including charred chicken wings, chicken tikka masal – without real cream – and lamb biriani. Popular – and usually packed with locals.

Bakeries

Jewish bakeries are an experience in their own right. Bursting with everyone from elderly Jewish ‘bubbas’ (grandmothers) to teenagers just hanging out, they offer up a slice of Jewish life that probably hasn’t changed much in 100 years – as well as selling wonderful varieties of bread and cakes, of course.

Carmelli

Carmelli is a favourite with Orthodox Jews.

J Grodzinski

Part of the M&D Gordzinski chain that stretches back to 1888, J Grodzinski specialises in traditional festival cheese and honey cakes.

Hendon Bagel Bakery

Come to the Hendon Bagel Bakery for challah and rolls of superlative quality. There’s also sweet cheese danish, plain croissants and boreka.