Franco Express
פרנקו אקספרס
Restaurant · No kosher certificate
Is this your business?Claim it freeA restaurant on Herzl Street in Ashkelon with pizzas, pastas, baked pastries and shakshuka, and sushi and wok dishes under the Tau Tau name
Franco Express is the in-town branch of Franco, at 3 Herzl Street, and its site is run by S.Y.R Franco Ltd. Its menu runs from pizzas in personal, couple and family sizes, vegan ones among them, to pastas in tomato, cream or olive oil sauces, baked pastries such as ziva, calzone and malawach, toasts, shakshuka and salads. A separate part of the menu, under the Tau Tau name, has sushi rolls, nigiri, steamed buns and wok dishes such as fried rice. It takes orders for pickup and delivery from Sunday to Thursday and on Saturday evening, and is closed on Friday.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 17:45-00:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Takeaway
- Vegan options
Photos
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Franco Express itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 10:30-23:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday | Hours not confirmed |
| Saturday | 17:45-00:00 |
Candle lighting 5:41 PMShabbat ends 6:37 PM
As published on francoashkelon.co.il, read 2026-10-13. Shabbat times in Ashkelon
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Sources disagree on these hours
Its site gives these as its pickup hours; it is closed on Friday.
Location
3 Herzl Street, Ashkelon
- Train: Ashkelon1.9 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 164 mlines 4
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-13.
Questions
About Franco Express
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 17:45 to 00:00.
- 1.9 km from Ashkelon stationBus stops within 253 m: אלי כהן/דוד רמז, מסוף רמז/רציפים, העבודה/הרצל, דוד רמז/הכרם, מסוף רמז/אלי כהן.
Franco Express is a restaurant at 3 Herzl Street in Ashkelon, in the Southern District.
It publishes its menu on francoashkelon.co.il; 12 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 13 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on francoashkelon.co.il on 13 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 10:30 to 23:00, Friday hours not confirmed, Saturday 17:45 to 00:00.
The nearest railway station is Ashkelon, 1.9 km away. The nearest bus stops are אלי כהן/דוד רמז (164 m), מסוף רמז/רציפים (195 m), העבודה/הרצל (219 m).
Its own website, read on 13 October 2026, makes no kosher claim and shows no certificate. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Its site's terms name ש.י.ר פרנקו בע"מ (S.Y.R Franco Ltd) as the company that runs it. The registrar lists company number 514546829 as an active private company incorporated on 4 January 2011, registered on Herzl Street in Ashkelon. Ashkelon does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its own website, read on 13 October 2026, makes no kosher claim and shows no certificate. francoashkelon.co.il2026-10-13
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-13
- Companies Registrar
- Its site's terms name ש.י.ר פרנקו בע"מ (S.Y.R Franco Ltd) as the company that runs it. The registrar lists company number 514546829 as an active private company incorporated on 4 January 2011, registered on Herzl Street in Ashkelon. data.gov.il2026-10-13
- Municipal business licence
- Ashkelon's municipal site gives the phone line and hours of its business promotion and licensing department, with guidance for business owners, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. ashkelon.muni.gov.il2026-10-13
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | פרנקו אקספרס / Franco Express | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 3 Herzl Street | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.668586, 34.586355 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 08-672-2243 | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | francoashkelon.co.il | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 10:30 to 23:00, Friday hours not confirmed, Saturday 17:45 to 00:00 | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from francoashkelon.co.il | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 12 items with prices | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | francoashkelon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Ashkelon 1.9 km; אלי כהן/דוד רמז 164 m; מסוף רמז/רציפים 195 m; העבודה/הרצל 219 m; דוד רמז/הכרם 232 m; מסוף רמז/אלי כהן 253 m; דוד רמז/הכרם 254 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its site's terms name ש.י.ר פרנקו בע"מ (S.Y.R Franco Ltd) as the company that runs it. The registrar lists company number 514546829 as an active private company incorporated on 4 January 2011, registered on Herzl Street in Ashkelon. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Ashkelon's municipal site gives the phone line and hours of its business promotion and licensing department, with guidance for business owners, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | ashkelon.muni.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | francoashkelon.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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