The Thai Market
התאילנדית בשוק
Restaurant · Thai · Street food · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
4 Lunz Street, Talpiot Market, Haifa
A small Thai street-food restaurant on Lunz Street in Haifa's Talpiot Market, cooked by a Thai-born chef and her son, with plastic chairs, no phone and no bookings
The Thai Market (in Hebrew HaThailandit BaShuk, "the Thai in the market") is Shai Arel's Thai restaurant on Lunz Street in Haifa's Talpiot Market. Arel, a veteran restaurateur of Haifa and the Krayot who won Survivor Philippines in 2010 and sold his restaurants in 2015, opened it around the turn of 2023: mako wrote on 19 January 2023 that it had been open barely a month, and that he had chosen a less developed street on purpose, to recreate the simple market restaurants of Thailand. The kitchen is led by Wisitini Sangsuwan, known as Ni, a chef born in Chumphon province in southern Thailand who cooked for Thailand's embassy in Israel, and her son Guy Blau, a graduate of the Danon cooking school (Globes, February 2023). The room is made to feel like a Bangkok market eatery: Formica tables bought at the flea market, plastic chairs, cutlery in a box and loud eighties music, with a few tables outside. By its own account on social media, as a Haifa blog quoted it, there are no bookings, no phone, no delivery and no takeaway. The short menu runs from som tam, larb gai and pad thai to tom yam, kuay teow and a green curry made with a paste the chef's mother sends from Thailand, a whole fried sea bass and banana roti, and many soups and curries come in a small size. Fish comes from the fishmonger across the street and meat from a nearby butcher, while spices, pastes and dried fish are brought from Thailand. It is busy: Globes reported queues of 30 to 40 minutes on Thursdays and Fridays, ynet found it full within minutes of noon in February 2025, and mako reported in January 2026 that it feeds 800 people a day, with eleven Thai cooks in its kitchen. Time Out's 2025 list of Haifa's restaurants called it restaurant-level street food at very fair prices. Arel has since opened the Thai's Bar at 9 Lunz Street in 2024 and, at the start of 2026, HaItalkiya BaShuk, an Italian restaurant directly opposite at No. 3, where Guy Blau also leads the kitchen. It is not kosher, and it is closed on Saturday.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed Friday and Saturday
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Thai, street food
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- Accessible
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Takes credit cards
- Wi-Fi
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not The Thai Market itself. Its own pictures: 1,119 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | 12:00-16:30, 18:00-22:00 |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 12:00-16:45, 18:00-22:00 |
| Friday | Hours not confirmed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
The Thai Market 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 Google, read 2026-09-30. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
These are the hours on its Google listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it (updated on 13 September 2026): Sunday 12:00 to 16:30 and 18:00 to 22:00, Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 16:45 and 18:00 to 22:00, and closed on Friday and Saturday. Every other source gives it Friday hours, 12:00 to 16:00: Israel Hayom in November 2024, ynet in February 2025 and a Talpiot Market guide by Eden Tours, as Globes did in 2023. Its own Instagram page could not be read, so Friday is not settled. Israel Hayom and Eden Tours give Monday to Thursday, without Sunday, and ynet gave Sunday to Thursday, 12:00 to 23:00.
Location
4 Lunz Street, Talpiot Market, Haifa
- Train: Haifa Center HaShmona1.6 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 35 mlines 3, 6, 6א, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19 and 11 more
- Parking: The restaurant names no parking of its own.OpenStreetMap maps a small car park about 90 metres to the north, another about 130 metres to the north-east and a third about 190 metres to the east, none marked as paid, and mako wrote in January 2026 that parking near Lunz Street is very hard to find. The Talpiot Market bus stops are 35 to 55 metres away.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-09-30.
Reviews
- Google4.71439 ratings · As quoted by restaurantguru.com, read 2026-09-30Read on Google
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Questions
About The Thai Market
- 1.6 km from Haifa Center HaShmona stationBus stops within 298 m: שוק תלפיות, הרצל/סוקולוב, סוקולוב/הרצל, שוק תלפיות/יחיאל, שוק תלפיות/ארלוזורוב, הרצוג/סוקולוב, הרצל/חיים וייצמן, ארלוזורוב/מיכאל, לב הדר.
- Price band ₪₪Google's listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it, puts it at 50 to 100 shekels a person. Globes printed a range of 25 to 98 shekels a dish in February 2023. In February 2025 ynet printed 37 shekels for the hand-rolled popia pak spring rolls, 39 for som tam with sticky rice, 67 for yam kin, a fried-fish salad, and 32 or 65 for kuay teow soup, small or large; many soups and curries come in a small size.
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The Thai Market is a restaurant at 4 Lunz Street, Talpiot Market in Haifa, in the Haifa District. Behind it: owner Shai Arel, chef Wisitini Sangsuwan, and chef Guy Blau.
Hours, as listed on Google on 30 September 2026: Sunday 12:00 to 16:30 and 18:00 to 22:00, Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 16:45 and 18:00 to 22:00, Friday hours not confirmed, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Haifa Center HaShmona, 1.6 km away. The nearest bus stops are שוק תלפיות (35 m), הרצל/סוקולוב (99 m), סוקולוב/הרצל (107 m). The restaurant names no parking of its own. OpenStreetMap maps a small car park about 90 metres to the north, another about 130 metres to the north-east and a third about 190 metres to the east, none marked as paid, and mako wrote in January 2026 that parking near Lunz Street is very hard to find. The Talpiot Market bus stops are 35 to 55 metres away.
It is not among the 509 businesses on the Haifa religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 29 September 2026, whose only entry on Lunz Street is at No. 1, and none of its pages that could be read shows a certificate. Globes (2023), ynet (2024) and mako (2024) call it not kosher; a Haifa blog wrote in January 2023 that it was kosher without a certificate. It is listed as wheelchair accessible on restaurantguru.com.
תאילנדית בשוק בע"מ (THAI IN THE MARKET LTD), company number 516921434, is registered at 4 Lunz Street, Haifa, the restaurant's address: an active private company, incorporated on 15 January 2024, about a year after the restaurant opened. No page of the restaurant that could be read names the company that runs it. Haifa does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
מסעדת רחוב תאילנדית בשוק תלפיות בחיפה , מטבח תאילנדי מסמטאות בנגקוק באוירת השוקThe public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- It is not among the 509 businesses on the Haifa religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 29 September 2026, whose only entry on Lunz Street is at No. 1, and none of its pages that could be read shows a certificate. Globes (2023), ynet (2024) and mako (2024) call it not kosher; a Haifa blog wrote in January 2023 that it was kosher without a certificate. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-09-30
- Accessibility statement
- Google's listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it, marks it wheelchair accessible. It has no website of its own with an accessibility statement. restaurantguru.com2026-09-30
- Companies Registrar
- תאילנדית בשוק בע"מ (THAI IN THE MARKET LTD), company number 516921434, is registered at 4 Lunz Street, Haifa, the restaurant's address: an active private company, incorporated on 15 January 2024, about a year after the restaurant opened. No page of the restaurant that could be read names the company that runs it. data.gov.il2026-09-30
- Municipal business licence
- Haifa publishes no register of licensed businesses: the municipality's business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, its list of registered databases names a business-licensing database that is not published, and neither its open-data portal nor data.gov.il has such a register. haifa.muni.il2026-09-30
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | התאילנדית בשוק / The Thai Market | facebook.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 4 Lunz Street, Talpiot Market | globes.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.8082188, 35.0019028 (Restaurant Guru (the pin of its Google listing)) | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday 12:00 to 16:30 and 18:00 to 22:00, Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 16:45 and 18:00 to 22:00, Friday hours not confirmed, Saturday closed | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from globes.co.il | globes.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.7 from 1439 ratings, as quoted by restaurantguru.com | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | restaurantguru.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair accessible | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | The restaurant names no parking of its own. OpenStreetMap maps a small car park about 90 metres to the north, another about 130 metres to the north-east and a third about 190 metres to the east, none marked as paid, and mako wrote in January 2026 that parking near Lunz Street is very hard to find. The Talpiot Market bus stops are 35 to 55 metres away. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Haifa Center HaShmona 1.6 km; שוק תלפיות 35 m; שוק תלפיות 54 m; הרצל/סוקולוב 99 m; שוק תלפיות 103 m; סוקולוב/הרצל 107 m; שוק תלפיות/יחיאל 114 m; שוק תלפיות/ארלוזורוב 155 m; הרצוג/סוקולוב 177 m; הרצל/חיים וייצמן 256 m; ארלוזורוב/מיכאל 291 m; לב הדר 298 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | תאילנדית בשוק בע"מ (THAI IN THE MARKET LTD), company number 516921434, is registered at 4 Lunz Street, Haifa, the restaurant's address: an active private company, incorporated on 15 January 2024, about a year after the restaurant opened. No page of the restaurant that could be read names the company that runs it. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Haifa publishes no register of licensed businesses: the municipality's business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, its list of registered databases names a business-licensing database that is not published, and neither its open-data portal nor data.gov.il has such a register. | haifa.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from TikTok | tiktok.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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