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Ginger

ג'ינג'ר

Restaurant · Bar · Asian fusion · Sushi · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate

Tourist Centre, 9 Derech Yotam, Eilat

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An Asian fusion restaurant with a sushi bar and a cocktail bar in Eilat's Tourist Centre, open since the 1980s, first as Mai Thai

Ginger is an Asian fusion restaurant with a sushi bar and a cocktail bar in the Tourist Centre on Derech Yotam, in the heart of Eilat's nightlife area. It has been open since the 1980s: ynet wrote in 2017 that it had operated in Eilat since 1986 and that some know it by its earlier name, Mai Thai, and the company behind it, registered in 2005, is still called מאי תאי ג'ינג'ר בע"מ. In 2010 ynet named Adi Ben Yakir, who also owned the floating Pago Pago restaurant, as its owner, and in 2020 ynet and Walla named Ronen Mor as the owner of Ginger and Pago Pago. By its own account the owners pick the Thai cooks in its kitchen and bring them over, and the room, in clean modern lines with armchairs and sofas, is a quiet, air-conditioned place by day with a view of the mountains, and a bar-restaurant at night, with seats at the bar or at tables. Its menu runs from gyoza, steamed buns and soups such as tom yam, ramen and massaman to Thai salads, curries and stir-fried rice and noodle dishes that come vegetarian or with tofu, chicken, beef or seafood, chef's dishes such as a Japanese sirloin steak and goose breast in miso, and a long sushi list. There is a children's menu, a vegan and a gluten-free section, a house lager made for it with ginger, lemongrass and yuzu, sake, Japanese whisky, and a small shop of green teas, teapots and sake sets. From Sunday to Friday it serves a business lunch until 16:00, and it delivers through its own ordering page and through Wolt. mako's 2026 guide to Eilat called it an old and much-loved Asian restaurant with a huge menu and good sushi, a real crowd-pleaser; mako's writer singled out its dumplings and sashimi platter in 2024, and Rest's Eilat guide, updated that year, passes on locals' tips for the ramen or the Thai soup, the California maki, the cashew chicken, the Exotica curry and the pad Thai.

26 facts checked 2026-09-29

What happens here

Sunday to Friday, 12:00 to 16:00
Business lunch

A starter from a short list and a main course: 86 shekels for most dishes with chicken or tofu, 94 for those with beef and a few others, and 106 for those with seafood.

As published on gingereilat.com, read 2026-09-29.

At a glance

Shabbat
Open Saturday 12:00-23:00
Kosher
No certificate
Diet
Asian fusion, sushi, gluten-free options
Prices
₪₪ of ₪₪₪
Wheelchair
Accessible parking, chairs for people who find sitting hard, a Braille menu, direction signs, a hearing loop at the host stand and warning strips; no accessible toilet and no wheelchair access
Parking
Accessible parking listed
  • Own website
  • Active on Instagram
  • Facebook page
  • Open on Friday
  • Takeaway
  • Vegan options
  • Good for families

8 of the 62 restaurants in Eilat hold a kosher certificate

29 of the 62 restaurants in Eilat are open on Saturday

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Photos

On its Facebook

For illustration: the trade, not Ginger itself. Its own pictures: 376 posts on Instagram

Steamed bao buns; its menu runs from gyoza and steamed buns to curries, noodles and a long sushi list
Sushi rolls on tiered stands; mako's writer singled out its sashimi platter in 2024

Opening hours

Checking the clock in Israel

Opening hours by day
Sunday
12:00-23:00
Monday
12:00-23:00
Tuesday
12:00-23:00
Wednesday
12:00-23:00
Thursday
12:00-23:00
Friday
12:00-23:00
Saturday
12:00-23:00

Candle lighting 4:23 PMShabbat ends 5:20 PM

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Sources disagree on these hours

These are the hours on its website, every day from Sunday to Saturday, and its booking schedule on Tabit, last changed in April 2025, says the same. Its Google listing, as its Tabit record copied it on 2 September 2026 and as Wanderlog shows it, closes at 22:00 every day, and it takes orders on Wolt from 12:00 to 22:00. The tourism site eilat.city gives 12:00 to 23:00 on its Hebrew page and 12:00 to 03:00 on its English page, and d.co.il gives 12:00 to 23:00 every day.

Location

Map showing Ginger at Tourist Centre, 9 Derech Yotam, Eilat

Tourist Centre, 9 Derech Yotam, Eilat8803212

  • Bus: Nearest stop 145 mlines 11, 15, 30
  • Parking: Accessible parking listedIts accessibility statement lists parking bays for disabled drivers, and the English page of the tourism site eilat.city says it has ample parking. OpenStreetMap maps three unnamed car parks around 100 metres from the Tourist Centre, to the west, the north and the south.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-09-29.

Reviews

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Questions

About Ginger

  • Restaurant and bar in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
  • Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 12:00 to 23:00.
  • 3,032 public ratingsAcross Google, Tripadvisor, Rest, each linked below with the day we read it.
  • Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
  • Price band ₪₪Rest puts it in the second of four price bands, at 60 to 120 shekels, and its Google listing, as its Tabit record copied it on 2 September 2026, at the same level. On its menu of September 2026 the curries and stir-fries cost from 58 shekels vegetarian and 76 to 96 with tofu, chicken, beef or seafood, the inside-out rolls 52 to 72, the chef's specials 92 to 158, and the business lunch 86 to 106.

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