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Cafe Shalva

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Café · Restaurant · Mediterranean and Italian fusion with Israeli and Greek classics · ₪₪ · The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)

Shalva National Center, 1 Shalva Road, Jerusalem

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A kosher boutique café at the Shalva National Center in Jerusalem, where people with disabilities work as an equal part of the team.

Cafe Shalva is a boutique café inside the Shalva National Center, the organisation for people with disabilities and their families, at 1 Shalva Road. Its page says it is an equal workplace in which employees with disabilities are part of the team, and that its menu and management were developed together with leading culinary institutions in Jerusalem. The kitchen serves Mediterranean and Italian fusion with Israeli, Greek and Italian classics, all kosher mehadrin: salads, handmade pastas, fresh fish and desserts, and breakfasts in the morning. At the entrance to the centre the Shalva Truck, a food truck run by the café, serves coffee and fresh pastries.

17 facts checked 2026-10-13

At a glance

Shabbat
Closed. Friday until 14:00
Kosher
The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)
Diet
Mediterranean and Italian fusion with Israeli and Greek classics
Prices
₪₪ of ₪₪₪
Wheelchair
No statement
  • Own website
  • Breakfast
  • Coffee
  • Pastries and cakes
  • Open on Friday

Photos

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

A cup of coffee steaming in morning light beside a basket of bread
The green valley below Ein Kerem, on the western edge of Jerusalem

Opening hours

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Opening hours by day
Sunday to Thursday08:00-22:30
Friday08:00-14:00
SaturdayClosed

Candle lighting 5:46 PMShabbat ends 6:42 PM

As published on shalva.org, read 2026-10-13. Shabbat times in Jerusalem

Sources disagree on these hours

Its page gives Sunday to Thursday 8:00 to 22:30 and Friday 8:00 to 14:00.

Location

Map showing Cafe Shalva at Shalva National Center, 1 Shalva Road, Jerusalem

Shalva National Center, 1 Shalva Road, Jerusalem

  • Train: Jerusalem Malcha2.3 km from the door, straight line
  • Bus: Nearest stop 12 mlines 28

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

Questions

About Cafe Shalva

  • 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.
  • 2.3 km from Jerusalem Malcha stationBus stops within 196 m: מרכז שלווה/דרך שלווה, מלון רימונים/שחראי, אולמי נוף ירושלים/שחראי, עוזיאל, מלון שלום/עוזיאל.
  • Price band ₪₪On its menus a breakfast dish costs 58 to 86 shekels, handmade pasta 76 to 84 and a fish main course 98 to 129.

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