Koh Thai
קו תאי
Restaurant · Thai · Asian · Sushi · ₪₪ · Beer Sheva religious council
23 Smilansky Street, Old City, Beer Sheva
The Kampai group's kosher Thai and Asian restaurant and sushi bar, in an Ottoman-era house on Smilansky Street in Beer Sheva's Old City
Koh Thai is the Thai and Asian restaurant of Beer Sheva's Kampai group, at 23 Smilansky Street in the Old City. By its own account it is in an Ottoman-era house on Smilansky, which it calls the city's legendary nightlife street, and serves kosher Asian food with a large sushi menu, cocktails with Asian flavours and music "that will make you move in your chair". The group runs eight restaurants and bars in the city, Foodis wrote in 2024, and its website names HaSifria, Kampai, KEPASA, Kampai Street Wok, Shifra and Chi-Chi among its brands. It opened Koh Thai on 16 January 2022, after a summer pop-up, mako reported that day, in the space where Kapara had been, as mako wrote in 2025. Its English page says the idea grew out of the group's trips to Thailand and that it opened while the COVID pandemic was raging. Its chef is Dror Shushan, the group's chef, who is also behind the dishes at Kampai. It closed after 7 October 2023 and reopened in 2024 as a kosher restaurant with a new team, Foodis wrote in August 2024, when its manager said the dishes had been made less spicy and lighter on fish sauce. mako wrote in July 2025 that it began as a Thai restaurant and that its menu is now more pan-Asian, with sushi and, in winter, ramen. The menu runs from bao buns, beef momo and chicken wings in Thai herbs to som tam, pad thai, pad krapow and massaman and panang curries, with a long list of special sushi rolls and combinations, a vegan section and a children's menu. Walla's Yael Reif, in a guide of 1 October 2026, called it a kosher family Asian restaurant with large, generous portions, put its pad krapow popiah and crispy wings on her must-order list, and wrote that diners can sit in the room inside or on its balcony. It also takes kosher events of up to 60 guests, with set menus served to the middle of the table. It opens in the evening from Sunday to Thursday and on Saturday night after Shabbat, and delivers and does takeaway through its own ordering page.
What happens here
- In winter
- Ramen
The restaurant menu on its website lists a ramen soup "in winter", and mako wrote in July 2025 that it serves ramen in winter. On 1 October 2026 its ordering menu had a ramen in a root-vegetable broth with white miso at 75 shekels.
As published on koh-thai.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed, back an hour after it ends
- Kosher
- Beer Sheva religious council
- Diet
- Thai, asian, sushi
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- Accessible entrance, accessible toilets and a hearing loop at the host's stand
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Takeaway
- Vegan options
- Good for families
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Koh Thai itself. Its own pictures: 41 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 17:00-00:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday night | 20:00-00:00 |
| 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.
Koh Thai has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:05 PMShabbat ends 7:00 PM
As published on koh-thai.co.il, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Its website's contact section gives Sunday to Thursday 17:00 to midnight, closed on Friday, and Saturday night from an hour after Shabbat ends until midnight; Foodis printed the same days in August 2024, with an 18:00 opening. The short text about the restaurant on the same page says it opens from 18:00 from Sunday to Thursday and half an hour after Shabbat ends. Its Google listing, as Wanderlog copies it, gives Sunday to Thursday 17:00 to midnight, Friday 12:00 to 16:00 and Saturday 19:00 to midnight, and its schedule on Tabit, where it takes table bookings, gives Sunday to Thursday 18:00 to midnight, Friday 12:00 to 16:00 and Saturday 18:30 to midnight, though Tabit takes no bookings for Friday. Delivery and takeaway, by its website, run from Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 23:00, on Friday 12:00 to 15:00 and on Saturday night from an hour after Shabbat ends until 23:00; Wolt takes orders from 12:00 to 23:00 from Sunday to Thursday and 12:00 to 15:00 on Friday.
Location
23 Smilansky Street, Old City, Beer Sheva
- Train: Be'er Sheva Center1.2 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 125 mlines 5
- Parking: OpenStreetMap maps no car park at the building.The nearest it maps is an unnamed car park about 190 metres to the south-east, and three more lie about 250 to 275 metres to the east and north-east.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.3182 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
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Questions
About Koh Thai
- Closed on ShabbatOn Saturday it opens an hour after Shabbat ends: 20:00 this week.
- 1.2 km from Be'er Sheva Center stationBus stops within 378 m: החלוץ/בי״ס בית יעקב, כפר הדרום/הרצל, בי״ס בית יעקב/החלוץ, סמילנסקי/ההגנה, שדרות נפתלי הרץ אימבר/כפר דרום, בי״ס בית יעקב לבנים/הגדודים, חטיבת הנגב/נגבה.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪Wolt marks it $$. On its own ordering menu on Tabit, last changed on 30 September 2026, the starters cost 24 to 69 shekels, the salads 49 to 59, the soups and curries 59 to 89, the wok dishes 63 to 85, the special sushi rolls 44 to 69 and the uramaki rolls 36 to 48, with sushi combinations at 98 to 168 shekels, the children's dishes at 55 and the chocolate dessert at 59. Walla wrote on 1 October 2026 that its prices are average for the genre.
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Koh Thai is a restaurant at 23 Smilansky Street, Old City in Beer Sheva, in the Southern District. Behind it: group chef Dror Shushan.
It publishes its menu on Tabit; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on koh-thai.co.il on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 17:00 to 00:00, Friday closed, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:00.
The nearest railway station is Be'er Sheva Center, 1.2 km away. The nearest bus stops are החלוץ/בי״ס בית יעקב (125 m), כפר הדרום/הרצל (169 m), בי״ס בית יעקב/החלוץ (189 m). OpenStreetMap maps no car park at the building. The nearest it maps is an unnamed car park about 190 metres to the south-east, and three more lie about 250 to 275 metres to the east and north-east.
Kosher at the regular level, not mehadrin: the Beer Sheva religious council's directory of kosher businesses, read on 1 October 2026, lists the restaurant under the company that holds its business licence, סקאיאי בע"מ, at 23 Smilansky Street, as a restaurant with a valid regular certificate ("כשרות רגילה בתוקף"); the directory gives no certificate dates. Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses names the business at that address "קותאי", with the same company's number, 514429760. Its website calls its kitchen kosher, Wolt lists it as kosher, and Walla's guide of 1 October 2026 calls it a kosher family Asian restaurant. It reopened as a kosher restaurant in 2024, Foodis wrote in August 2024. Its accessibility page lists an accessible entrance, equipped accessible toilets and a hearing loop at the host's stand, says there are no directional signs or tactile warning surfaces, and gives accessible parking as "in the BIG car park", the car park of the BIG centre on Heil HaHandasa Street, where the group's restaurant Kampai is. The page also covers the website's own accessibility, to the WCAG 2.0 AA standard, and names an accessibility contact for the group.
סקאיאי בע"מ, company number 514429760, holds its business licence and is the name under which the religious council lists its kashrut. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company incorporated on 6 April 2010, whose last annual report on file is for 2026, registered at 25 Yitzhak Nafcha Street, Beer Sheva, the address of HaSifria, the group's restaurant there. The website's privacy policy names קמפאי בע"מ (Kampai Ltd, company number 513996405), registered at the same address, as the owner of the site and of the Kampai group. It appears on the municipal business licence register.
מסעדת KOH THAI מגישה מטבח אסייתי כשר, חוויתי ומרגש וזאת לצד תפריט סושי עשיר. מסעדת קו תאי ממוקמת בבית עתיק יומין, מהתקופה העות'מאנית, בלב העיר העתיקה של באר שבע, ברחוב סמילנסקי, רחוב הבילוי המיתולוגי של העיר. השף דרור שושן מגיש בקו תאי תפריט אותנטי איכותי בלי הנחות לכשרות. לצד המנות הטעימות, מגישים קוקטיילים מפתיעים בניחוחות אסייתיים והכל יחד יוצרים מסעדה שמחה עם מוסיקה שתגרום לכם לנוע בכיסא.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Kosher at the regular level, not mehadrin: the Beer Sheva religious council's directory of kosher businesses, read on 1 October 2026, lists the restaurant under the company that holds its business licence, סקאיאי בע"מ, at 23 Smilansky Street, as a restaurant with a valid regular certificate ("כשרות רגילה בתוקף"); the directory gives no certificate dates. Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses names the business at that address "קותאי", with the same company's number, 514429760. Its website calls its kitchen kosher, Wolt lists it as kosher, and Walla's guide of 1 October 2026 calls it a kosher family Asian restaurant. It reopened as a kosher restaurant in 2024, Foodis wrote in August 2024. mdb7.org.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility page lists an accessible entrance, equipped accessible toilets and a hearing loop at the host's stand, says there are no directional signs or tactile warning surfaces, and gives accessible parking as "in the BIG car park", the car park of the BIG centre on Heil HaHandasa Street, where the group's restaurant Kampai is. The page also covers the website's own accessibility, to the WCAG 2.0 AA standard, and names an accessibility contact for the group. koh-thai.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- סקאיאי בע"מ, company number 514429760, holds its business licence and is the name under which the religious council lists its kashrut. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company incorporated on 6 April 2010, whose last annual report on file is for 2026, registered at 25 Yitzhak Nafcha Street, Beer Sheva, the address of HaSifria, the group's restaurant there. The website's privacy policy names קמפאי בע"מ (Kampai Ltd, company number 513996405), registered at the same address, as the owner of the site and of the Kampai group. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses on data.gov.il, last updated by the municipality on 28 July 2026, lists "קותאי" at 23 Smilansky Street, company number 514429760, with licence 3149011 for a restaurant serving alcoholic drinks ("מסעדה ומשקאות משכרים"), a renewable licence valid to 31 December 2033. data.gov.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | קו תאי / Koh Thai | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 23 Smilansky Street, Old City | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.2373271, 34.7874157 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 08-665-4854 | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | koh-thai.co.il | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | tabitisrael.co.il | koh-thai.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from koh-thai.co.il | koh-thai.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 17:00 to 00:00, Friday closed, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:00 | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Ramen | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.3 from 182 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | tabitisrael.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Beer Sheva religious council | mdb7.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Accessible entrance, accessible toilets and a hearing loop at the host's stand | koh-thai.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | OpenStreetMap maps no car park at the building. The nearest it maps is an unnamed car park about 190 metres to the south-east, and three more lie about 250 to 275 metres to the east and north-east. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Be'er Sheva Center 1.2 km; החלוץ/בי״ס בית יעקב 125 m; כפר הדרום/הרצל 169 m; בי״ס בית יעקב/החלוץ 189 m; סמילנסקי/ההגנה 274 m; שדרות נפתלי הרץ אימבר/כפר דרום 294 m; בי״ס בית יעקב לבנים/הגדודים 338 m; חטיבת הנגב/נגבה 378 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Wolt | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | סקאיאי בע"מ, company number 514429760, holds its business licence and is the name under which the religious council lists its kashrut. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company incorporated on 6 April 2010, whose last annual report on file is for 2026, registered at 25 Yitzhak Nafcha Street, Beer Sheva, the address of HaSifria, the group's restaurant there. The website's privacy policy names קמפאי בע"מ (Kampai Ltd, company number 513996405), registered at the same address, as the owner of the site and of the Kampai group. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses on data.gov.il, last updated by the municipality on 28 July 2026, lists "קותאי" at 23 Smilansky Street, company number 514429760, with licence 3149011 for a restaurant serving alcoholic drinks ("מסעדה ומשקאות משכרים"), a renewable licence valid to 31 December 2033. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from koh-thai.co.il | koh-thai.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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