Salwa's House
הבית של סלווה
Restaurant · Authentic Arab home cooking · No kosher certificate
Ein Naqquba, by Ein Hemed, Kiryat Anavim and Abu Ghosh, Ein Naqquba
A home restaurant in the yard of Salwa's house in Ein Naqquba, serving Arab home cooking on Fridays and Saturdays
Salwa's House serves Arab home cooking in the yard of her house in Ein Naqquba, the village beside Ein Hemed, Kiryat Anavim and Abu Ghosh. Its listing on the council's tourism site names trays of maqluba, homemade salads of wild and garden greens, karas pastries filled with green za'atar, spinach, chard, meat or goat's cheese, and stuffed vine leaves, courgettes and aubergines. It opens on Fridays and Saturdays from 12:30 to 19:00, takes groups on other days by arrangement, and cooks dishes to order for taking home. Family events such as birthdays and bar mitzvahs can be held in the yard, and it caters for up to 200 people at the customer's home.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 12:30-19:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Authentic Arab home cooking
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Takeaway
- Homemade drinks and pies
- Open on Friday
- Good for families
Photos
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Salwa's House itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Friday and Saturday | 12:30-19:00 |
Candle lighting 5:55 PMShabbat ends 6:50 PM
As published on tour-yehuda.org.il, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Fixed opening hours are Friday and Saturday, 12:30 to 19:00. Breakfast earlier in the day, and groups on any day of the week, are by arrangement by phone.
Location
Ein Naqquba, by Ein Hemed, Kiryat Anavim and Abu Ghosh, Ein Naqquba
- Train: Biblical Zoo7.7 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 46 mlines 188
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Salwa's House
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 12:30 to 19:00.
- 7.7 km from Biblical Zoo stationBus stops within 357 m: הדקלים/המעיין, הדקלים/הרימון, מרכז מסחרי, קופת חולים כללית, נבעה.
Salwa's House is a restaurant at Ein Naqquba, by Ein Hemed, Kiryat Anavim and Abu Ghosh in Ein Naqquba, in the Jerusalem District.
Hours, as listed on tour-yehuda.org.il on 5 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday closed, Friday and Saturday 12:30 to 19:00.
The nearest railway station is Biblical Zoo, 7.7 km away. The nearest bus stops are הדקלים/המעיין (46 m), הדקלים/הרימון (93 m), מרכז מסחרי (205 m).
Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. Its tourism-site listing marks it as open on Shabbat. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company.
בחצר הבית של סלווה ניתן ליהנות מאוירה פסטורלית ומאוכל ביתי טעים במיוחד. מיטב מאכלים ערביים אותנטיים. ניתן להזמין מראש ולקחת הביתה.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. Its tourism-site listing marks it as open on Shabbat. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- No company of that name in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Ein Naqquba are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | הבית של סלווה / Salwa's House | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Ein Naqquba, by Ein Hemed, Kiryat Anavim and Abu Ghosh | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.79474136, 35.12090263 (the map on the Mateh Yehuda tourism site) | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 054-335-5353 | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday closed, Friday and Saturday 12:30 to 19:00 | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from tour-yehuda.org.il | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Biblical Zoo 7.7 km; הדקלים/המעיין 46 m; הדקלים/הרימון 93 m; הדקלים/הרימון 152 m; מרכז מסחרי 205 m; קופת חולים כללית 260 m; נבעה 357 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | No company of that name in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Ein Naqquba are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the Mateh Yehuda tourism site | tour-yehuda.org.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | Our own check | Linked, not copied |
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