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Cafe Ella

קפה אלה

Café · Restaurant · Breakfasts, bruschettas, salads and dairy dishes · ₪₪ · The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)

69 Herzog Street, Jerusalem

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A kosher neighbourhood café on Herzog Street, open from seven in the morning, known for its breakfasts and stone-oven shakshukas.

Cafe Ella is a kosher café at 69 Herzog Street, open from 7:00 every weekday until the evening and until 14:00 on Friday. Its menu runs from breakfasts served until noon, one of them called Good Morning Rasco, to shakshukas baked in a stone oven, bruschettas, polenta, salads and fish starters such as salmon gravlax and seared tuna. Its owner, a trained cook, writes on its site that he opened it out of a love of people and of hosting. Laptops are welcome from Sunday to Thursday between 7:00 and 11:00 and between 15:00 and 19:00, for up to an hour.

17 facts checked 2026-10-13

At a glance

Shabbat
Closed. Friday until 14:00
Kosher
The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)
Diet
Breakfasts, bruschettas, salads and dairy dishes
Prices
₪₪ of ₪₪₪
Wheelchair
No statement
  • Own website
  • Facebook page
  • Breakfast
  • Coffee
  • Open on Friday

Photos

On its Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Cafe Ella itself.

Shakshuka in a metal pan: eggs baked in tomato sauce, sprinkled with herbs

Kjetil Ree / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Shakshuka in a metal pan: eggs baked in tomato sauce, sprinkled with herbs
A Templer house with a balcony of flowers in Jerusalem's German Colony

Opening hours

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Opening hours by day
Sunday to Thursday07:00-22:30
Friday07:00-14:00
SaturdayClosed

Candle lighting 5:46 PMShabbat ends 6:41 PM

As published on cafeella.net, read 2026-10-13. Shabbat times in Jerusalem

Sources disagree on these hours

Its site gives Sunday to Thursday 7:00 to 22:30 and Friday 7:00 to 14:00; it is closed on Saturday night.

Location

Map showing Cafe Ella at 69 Herzog Street, Jerusalem

69 Herzog Street, Jerusalem

  • Train: Jerusalem Malcha2.5 km from the door, straight line
  • Bus: Nearest stop 41 mlines 17, 19, 19א, 92, 267, 509, 517

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-13.

Questions

About Cafe Ella

  • Café and restaurant in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
  • Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
  • 2.5 km from Jerusalem Malcha stationBus stops within 171 m: הרצוג/רסקו, הרצוג/ניות, טשרניחובסקי א׳, טשרניחובסקי/פיכמן.
  • Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
  • Price band ₪₪On its menu a breakfast costs 48 to 86 shekels (178 for the chef's breakfast for two), a shakshuka 64 and starters 48 to 58.

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