Salt
סולט
Restaurant · Street food · Fish and seafood · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
Chef Alaa Musa's small fish and seafood street-food place on the main road of Haifa's lower city, serving arayes, crispy fish and Josper-grilled skewers in a pita or on a plate
Salt is the fish street-food place that chef Alaa Musa and his partner Ahmad Assadi opened in December 2025 at 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut, the main road through Haifa's lower city, in the premises of Knafeh De-Lux, the dessert café the two opened in 2020. It is Musa's third place in the lower city, after LUX (2018) and Crudo (2022) on HaNamal Street, one street away. Musa, from Akko, started at 15 at Uri Buri there, trained at the Dan Gourmet school in Haifa, was sous-chef at Carmela BaNachala in Tel Aviv and spent four years in Michelin-starred kitchens in Sweden. Walla wrote that the idea took shape in the first days of the war, and Musa told Haaretz that the knafeh trend was over. The menu is fish and seafood only, with no meat: crispy fish, fish kebab and fish arayes in a pita or on a plate with a side, skewers of white fish and shrimp, crispy anchovies and calamari, a salmon bowl, lemony freekeh and fries with lemon zest, and Layali Beirut, a semolina cream with rose water, for dessert. Most dishes pass through the Josper, a charcoal oven-grill. The room is small, with about 15 seats: a counter with the cooks behind it, a few small tables inside and more outside on the pavement, open to the street. mako described its blue, sea-themed design and plates with a blue rim like its logo, and Walla's critic wrote that the branding recalls Greece. Dips, starters and pickles wait on the counter for guests to help themselves. It also sells takeaway, ordered by phone, and delivers through Wolt. Walla's EAT list put it third among Israel's best restaurants in February 2026, mako's guide to the country's best street food in April 2026 called it the most talked-about street eatery in Haifa and singled out the fish arayes, the crispy fish and the fish kebab, and Israel Hayom's round-up of Haifa in September 2026 put it first. It opens every day, Friday and Saturday included, from 11:30, and it is not kosher. The Carmelit's lower-city station is about 150 metres away, and Haifa Center HaShmona railway station about 460 metres.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 11:30-22:30
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Street food, fish and seafood
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Takeaway
- Open on Friday
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Salt itself. Its own pictures: 44 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Every day | 11:30-22:30 |
|---|---|
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
Salt has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:04 PMShabbat ends 6:59 PM
As published on Israel Hayom, read 2026-09-30. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Israel Hayom's round-up of Haifa, published on 25 September 2026, gives it open all week from 11:30 to 22:30, which is also when Wolt takes orders from it, except on Thursday and Friday, when Wolt takes them until 23:00. When it opened in December 2025, Kolbo, Israel Hayom and mako gave 11:30 to 23:00 every day, as mako did again in April 2026, and foodis gave 11:30 to 23:30 in January 2026. Its Google listing, in Wanderlog's copy, closes at 23:30, and at 22:30 on Thursday. d.co.il gives daytime hours that are not a restaurant's. No source mentions a break between lunch and dinner.
Location
33 Derekh HaAtzmaut, Haifa3303317
- Train: Haifa Center HaShmona0.46 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 25 mlines 1, 2, 5א
- Parking: The restaurant names no parking of its own.OpenStreetMap maps the municipal car park, which charges, about 105 metres to the east, and other paid car parks about 190 metres to the north and 210 metres to the south-east.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-09-30.
Reviews
- Google4.6687 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-09-30Read on Google
Israel.com copies no review. Read them where they were written, and write yours there.
Questions
About Salt
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 11:30 to 22:30.
- 0.46 km from Haifa Center HaShmona stationBus stops within 450 m: כרמלית, המגינים/ככר ההגנה, קריית הממשלה/העצמאות, שיבת ציון/רובין, קרית הממשלה/פל ים, תחנת רכבת חיפה מרכז השמונה, המגינים/הבנקים, קרית הממשלה, קרית הממשלה/הפלי״ם, ח׳ורי/י.ל.פרץ.
- Price band ₪₪Wolt marks it $$, and its Google listing puts it at the second of four price levels. On its Wolt page on 30 September 2026 a dish in a pita costs 44 to 62 shekels, a plate with a side 84 to 92, the small dishes 26 to 54 and the sides 16 to 18. When it opened, the press gave 34 to 84 shekels a dish, and Walla quoted Musa's aim that no one should leave having paid more than 100 shekels a person, drinks included.
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Salt is a restaurant at 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut in Haifa, in the Haifa District. Behind it: chef and partner Alaa Musa and partner Ahmad Assadi.
It publishes its menu on Wolt; 16 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 30 September 2026.
Hours, as listed on Israel Hayom on 30 September 2026: Every day 11:30 to 22:30.
The nearest railway station is Haifa Center HaShmona, 0.46 km away. The nearest bus stops are כרמלית (25 m), המגינים/ככר ההגנה (224 m), קריית הממשלה/העצמאות (276 m). The restaurant names no parking of its own. OpenStreetMap maps the municipal car park, which charges, about 105 metres to the east, and other paid car parks about 190 metres to the north and 210 metres to the south-east.
No kashrut certificate. It is not on the Haifa religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 29 September 2026, under its name, its company or its address (the two kosher businesses the list has at 35 Derekh HaAtzmaut are its neighbours). None of its pages that could be read shows a certificate, its menu has shrimp and calamari, and it opens on Saturday. Israel Hayom in December 2025 and mako in April 2026 call it not kosher. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Its Wolt page names הנמל 13 חיפה בע"מ, company number 515758720, at Salt's own address, 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut, as the business behind it; Wolt names the same company for the chef's Crudo, and the company is named for LUX's address, 13 HaNamal Street. The Companies Registrar lists it, in English HANAMAL 13 HAIFA LTD, as an active private company incorporated on 19 December 2017, in the care of Alaa Musa. No page of Salt's own names a company, and the companies in the register named Salt (סולט) are unrelated businesses. Haifa 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
- No kashrut certificate. It is not on the Haifa religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 29 September 2026, under its name, its company or its address (the two kosher businesses the list has at 35 Derekh HaAtzmaut are its neighbours). None of its pages that could be read shows a certificate, its menu has shrimp and calamari, and it opens on Saturday. Israel Hayom in December 2025 and mako in April 2026 call it not kosher. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-09-30
- Accessibility statement
- It has no website with an accessibility statement, its easy page could not be read, and none of the sources read says whether the entrance is step-free or whether there is an accessible toilet.2026-09-30
- Companies Registrar
- Its Wolt page names הנמל 13 חיפה בע"מ, company number 515758720, at Salt's own address, 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut, as the business behind it; Wolt names the same company for the chef's Crudo, and the company is named for LUX's address, 13 HaNamal Street. The Companies Registrar lists it, in English HANAMAL 13 HAIFA LTD, as an active private company incorporated on 19 December 2017, in the care of Alaa Musa. No page of Salt's own names a company, and the companies in the register named Salt (סולט) are unrelated businesses. data.gov.il2026-09-30
- Municipal business licence
- The Haifa municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses: its business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, the business-licensing data on its list of registered databases is a database, not a published list, its open-data portal's only businesses dataset covers the Sammy Ofer stadium complex, and none of its datasets on data.gov.il is a register. haifa.muni.il2026-09-29
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | סולט / Salt | facebook.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut | wanderlog.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.818817, 35.000065 (Google's pin, as Wanderlog copies it) | wanderlog.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-603-3848 | israelhayom.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Every day 11:30 to 22:30 | israelhayom.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from mako.co.il | mako.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.6 from 687 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 16 items with prices | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | The restaurant names no parking of its own. OpenStreetMap maps the municipal car park, which charges, about 105 metres to the east, and other paid car parks about 190 metres to the north and 210 metres to the south-east. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Haifa Center HaShmona 0.46 km; כרמלית 25 m; המגינים/ככר ההגנה 224 m; קריית הממשלה/העצמאות 276 m; שיבת ציון/רובין 310 m; קרית הממשלה/פל ים 328 m; תחנת רכבת חיפה מרכז השמונה 366 m; המגינים/הבנקים 395 m; קרית הממשלה 409 m; קרית הממשלה/הפלי״ם 436 m; ח׳ורי/י.ל.פרץ 450 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Wolt | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its Wolt page names הנמל 13 חיפה בע"מ, company number 515758720, at Salt's own address, 33 Derekh HaAtzmaut, as the business behind it; Wolt names the same company for the chef's Crudo, and the company is named for LUX's address, 13 HaNamal Street. The Companies Registrar lists it, in English HANAMAL 13 HAIFA LTD, as an active private company incorporated on 19 December 2017, in the care of Alaa Musa. No page of Salt's own names a company, and the companies in the register named Salt (סולט) are unrelated businesses. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The Haifa municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses: its business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, the business-licensing data on its list of registered databases is a database, not a published list, its open-data portal's only businesses dataset covers the Sammy Ofer stadium complex, and none of its datasets on data.gov.il is a register. | haifa.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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