Alma
עלמא
Restaurant · Israeli · Fish · ₪₪ · Ashdod rabbinate, dairy
2 Yona HaNavi Street, by the promenade, Ashdod
A dairy bar-restaurant by the Ashdod promenade, opened in 2017 by childhood friends from the city, with fish, pasta and vegetable dishes made for sharing
Alma is a bar-restaurant on Yona HaNavi Street, beside the Ashdod promenade and a few steps from the beach and the Pirates Park, which calls itself a local food bar. It opened in February 2017, by its owners' account to Rest's magazine, founded by childhood friends who grew up in Ashdod, worked in Tel Aviv restaurants and came home at 25. mako named them in March 2025 as Geva Maimon, who runs the restaurant, and the chefs Aviram Azulai and Eyal Dayan; ynet counted Mor Dayan among the partners in 2019, the year they also opened Ma, an Asian restaurant on Martin Buber Street. For years Alma was not kosher and opened on Shabbat; in October 2024 Azulai told Ashdodi that after a long process it had received a kashrut certificate from the rabbinate, and it now closes from Friday afternoon until an hour after Shabbat ends. Its kitchen is dairy: fish, pasta, vegetables and cheeses, with no meat, in medium-sized dishes for sharing that change with the seasons, from handmade bread with Har Bracha tahini and ikra to fish cigars, an Israeli sea kebab, an Israeli paella, fish shawarma and a whole sea bass from the taboon; ynet wrote in 2023 that the baked sweet potato with sour cream had been on the menu since the day it opened. Lunch deals run until 17:00, a happy hour takes 30 per cent off the menu from 17:30 to 19:00, and it hosts private events of up to 100 guests, at the restaurant or at a home or office. ynet's lists of 2024 described a large outdoor seating area with big round tables that suits families, where in the evening the lights dim and it turns into a lively pub, and a big yard lit with strings of lights beside an open kitchen; mako put it on its list of Ashdod's best restaurants in April 2025.
What happens here
- Lunchtime, 12:00 to 17:00
- Lunch deals
Handmade bread and a starter of the diner's choice come at the price of the main course, which costs 72 to 154 shekels, from tagliatelle rosé to a whole sea bass; a soft drink adds 8 shekels and a 200 ml draught beer 10.
- 17:30 to 19:00
- Happy hour
30 per cent off the whole menu, except on festivals and their intermediate days.
- Friday, from 12:00 until an hour before Shabbat
- Friday lunch by the sea
Its own site describes Friday midday as the start of the weekend at Alma, with cocktails, music and dishes for the middle of the table such as ceviche, sashimi and a whole sea bass from the taboon. mako wrote in March 2025 of a Friday brunch with dishes at 32 to 72 shekels, among them corn croquettes, fish cigars and poached eggs with creamed spinach and hollandaise.
As published on almarest.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 17:00, back an hour after it ends
- Kosher
- Ashdod rabbinate, dairy
- Diet
- Israeli, fish
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Open on Friday
- Takeaway
- Vegan options
- Good for families
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the trade, not Alma itself. Its own pictures: 1,277 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 12:00-23:30 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 12:00-17:00 |
| Saturday night | 20:00-00:30 |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
On Saturday it opens an hour after Shabbat ends, so the time moves with the week: 20:00 this week.
Alma has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:06 PMShabbat ends 7:00 PM
As published on almarest.co.il, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Its website gives, on every page, Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 23:30, Friday from 12:00 until an hour before Shabbat begins, and Saturday night from an hour after Shabbat ends until 00:30. Its Friday closing therefore moves with the season: the 17:00 shown here is its Google listing's, as Wanderlog and the copy in its Tabit booking record, dated 27 September 2026, give it; that listing closes at 23:00 from Sunday to Thursday and gives Saturday night as 20:00 to 23:45. Its Tabit booking page says it is open from 12:00 until the last customers from Sunday to Thursday and takes Saturday-night bookings by phone only. mako printed Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 22:00 in March 2025 and 12:00 to 23:00, with Friday 12:00 to 16:00, in April 2025. Two older pages on its website, from February 2026, still describe it as open on Shabbat with a weekend brunch; the hours on every page of the site and on its booking page close it from Friday afternoon until Saturday night.
Location
2 Yona HaNavi Street, by the promenade, Ashdod7722202
- Train: Ashdod Ad Halom5 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 16 mlines 7, 11, 16
- Parking: OpenStreetMap maps open car parks along the promenade about 50, 130 and 140 metres from it.The municipal tourism company's page for it, last updated in September 2023, lists free parking.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.31613 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
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Questions
About Alma
- Closed on ShabbatOn Friday it closes at 17:00, and on Saturday it opens an hour after Shabbat ends: 20:00 this week.
- 5 km from Ashdod Ad Halom stationBus stops within 434 m: הטיילת/סמטת אל הים, הטיילת/מקס נורדאו, מרכז קליטה ב/מרטין בובר, בית ספר יהלום/הרב מנחם מנדל הגר, מקס נורדאו/קדושי בלזן, אבא הלל סילבר/מקס נורדאו, ז׳בוטינסקי/יאיר שטרן, ז׳בוטינסקי/אבא הלל סילבר, אבא הלל סילבר/נורדאו.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪Its Google listing, as the copy in its Tabit booking record gives it, puts it in the second of four price bands. On the menu its website showed on 1 October 2026, the small starters cost 26 to 38 shekels, the vegetable dishes 38 to 66 and the salads 58 to 64, the pastas, gnocchi and risotto 62 to 112, and the fish dishes 66 to 144, from 66 for a fish carpaccio to 144 for a whole sea bass from the taboon; the house pizza is 62. At lunch a main course of 72 to 154 shekels comes with bread and a starter. The cocktails cost 42 to 48 shekels and a bottle of wine 160 to 240.
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Alma is a restaurant at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, by the promenade in Ashdod, in the Southern District. Behind it: chef and co-owner Aviram Azulai, chef and co-owner Eyal Dayan, co-owner and manager Geva Maimon, and partner Mor Dayan.
It publishes its menu on almarest.co.il; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on almarest.co.il on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 23:30, Friday 12:00 to 17:00, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:30.
The nearest railway station is Ashdod Ad Halom, 5 km away. The nearest bus stops are הטיילת/סמטת אל הים (16 m), הטיילת/מקס נורדאו (57 m), מרכז קליטה ב/מרטין בובר (141 m). OpenStreetMap maps open car parks along the promenade about 50, 130 and 140 metres from it. The municipal tourism company's page for it, last updated in September 2023, lists free parking.
Its website calls it a kosher restaurant and a dairy one, with fish, pasta and vegetables and no meat, and says it is considered kosher by the nature of its menu; it names no certificate or certifying body. It is not on the Ashdod religious council's list of supervised businesses, read on 1 October 2026, under its name, under its company or at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, where the list has an event hall, and the national kosher-business site ikr.org.il lists no Ashdod businesses. Ashdodi reported on 31 October 2024 that it had received a kashrut certificate from the Ashdod rabbinate after years of opening on Shabbat, and mako and Debbest wrote in March 2025 that it had become kosher. It closes from an hour before Shabbat until an hour after it ends. Its accessibility statement, last updated on 1 December 2024, covers its website only. The municipal tourism company's page for it, last updated in September 2023, lists access for people with disabilities.
Its website names no company. The Companies Registrar lists ס.א.נ.ס קולינריה בע"מ, company number 515545234, at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, Ashdod, postcode 7722202, in the care of "מסעדת עלמא - הטיילת אשדוד" (Alma restaurant, the promenade, Ashdod): an active private company incorporated on 9 November 2016, whose last annual report on file is for 2026.
במישור החוף הצפוני של אשדוד שוכנת עלמא, בר מסעדה מקומי, שזורה בנוף האשדודי, לרקע האוניות המחכות לעגון בנמל, לקולות מצילי הים שאינן זרות לתושבי עיר החוף. כמו אשדוד, היא אוהבת לבלות, לארח, שקטה ואלגנטית.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its website calls it a kosher restaurant and a dairy one, with fish, pasta and vegetables and no meat, and says it is considered kosher by the nature of its menu; it names no certificate or certifying body. It is not on the Ashdod religious council's list of supervised businesses, read on 1 October 2026, under its name, under its company or at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, where the list has an event hall, and the national kosher-business site ikr.org.il lists no Ashdod businesses. Ashdodi reported on 31 October 2024 that it had received a kashrut certificate from the Ashdod rabbinate after years of opening on Shabbat, and mako and Debbest wrote in March 2025 that it had become kosher. It closes from an hour before Shabbat until an hour after it ends. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility statement, last updated on 1 December 2024, covers its website only. The municipal tourism company's page for it, last updated in September 2023, lists access for people with disabilities. almarest.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- Its website names no company. The Companies Registrar lists ס.א.נ.ס קולינריה בע"מ, company number 515545234, at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, Ashdod, postcode 7722202, in the care of "מסעדת עלמא - הטיילת אשדוד" (Alma restaurant, the promenade, Ashdod): an active private company incorporated on 9 November 2016, whose last annual report on file is for 2026. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- Ashdod's list of businesses holding a business licence, dated 3 August 2026, has no row under Alma's name or its company's. At 2 Yona HaNavi Street it lists other businesses: Porto, a café and restaurant with a bar licence, Pizzeria Del Porto, the Ahuvat HaSapan event halls, a barber's and Mardusha 26. ashdod.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | עלמא / Alma | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 2 Yona HaNavi Street, by the promenade | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.813404, 34.641424 (its Google listing, as Wanderlog copies it) | wanderlog.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 053-963-3885 | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | almarest.co.il | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | tabitisrael.co.il | almarest.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from almarest.co.il | almarest.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 23:30, Friday 12:00 to 17:00, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:30 | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Lunch deals; Happy hour; Friday lunch by the sea | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.3 from 1613 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Ashdod rabbinate, dairy | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Statement published | almarest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | OpenStreetMap maps open car parks along the promenade about 50, 130 and 140 metres from it. The municipal tourism company's page for it, last updated in September 2023, lists free parking. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Ashdod Ad Halom 5 km; הטיילת/סמטת אל הים 16 m; הטיילת/מקס נורדאו 57 m; מרכז קליטה ב/מרטין בובר 141 m; בית ספר יהלום/הרב מנחם מנדל הגר 152 m; בית ספר יהלום/הרב מנחם מנדל הגר 160 m; מקס נורדאו/קדושי בלזן 275 m; מקס נורדאו/קדושי בלזן 282 m; הטיילת/מקס נורדאו 318 m; אבא הלל סילבר/מקס נורדאו 366 m; ז׳בוטינסקי/יאיר שטרן 413 m; ז׳בוטינסקי/אבא הלל סילבר 413 m; אבא הלל סילבר/נורדאו 434 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its website names no company. The Companies Registrar lists ס.א.נ.ס קולינריה בע"מ, company number 515545234, at 2 Yona HaNavi Street, Ashdod, postcode 7722202, in the care of "מסעדת עלמא - הטיילת אשדוד" (Alma restaurant, the promenade, Ashdod): an active private company incorporated on 9 November 2016, whose last annual report on file is for 2026. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Ashdod's list of businesses holding a business licence, dated 3 August 2026, has no row under Alma's name or its company's. At 2 Yona HaNavi Street it lists other businesses: Porto, a café and restaurant with a bar licence, Pizzeria Del Porto, the Ahuvat HaSapan event halls, a barber's and Mardusha 26. | ashdod.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from almarest.co.il | almarest.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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