Mona
מונא
Restaurant · Mediterranean · European · ₪₪₪ · No kosher certificate
Artists' House, 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street, Jerusalem
A chef's bistro in the stone building that first housed the Bezalel art school, with a walled yard, a bar and lunch on Saturday
Mona is a chef's bistro, in its own words, in the Artists' House on Shmuel HaNagid Street in the city centre: a stone building from the end of the 19th century that was the first home of the Bezalel art academy founded by Boris Schatz, as the city's tourism site and Globes describe it. A restaurant called Mona has been there for decades under changing owners. The Machneyuda group bought it in about 2012, with Moshiko Gamlieli as its chef and partner, and in November 2014 sold its share to him; Itamar Navon, then the sous-chef, came in as his partner (Haaretz and mako, 2014). It now belongs to Gamlieli, Navon and Roi Tzabag, whose group is also a partner in Bar 51 and Radler in Tel Aviv, and Globes reported in November 2024 that chef Yehuda Zaken, who started there in 2018, leads the kitchen and had become a partner. Globes also wrote that after the pandemic it put away its white tablecloths for bistro dishes with a chef's touch. The winter 2026 menu runs from Gillardeau oysters and corn agnolotti, a dish it has served from the start, to pork chop in beurre blanc, minute steak and potato gnocchi with blue crab, and a tasting menu costs 295 shekels a person. Guests sit in the old building, at the bar or out in the yard; its booking messages speak of a front yard and an inner courtyard, and Globes described a yard enclosed by walls, a stone floor and a low ceiling. It is open every evening and at midday on Saturday, and Gamlieli told Walla in 2022 that it is fullest at weekends. In 2023 it marked its tenth year with a cookbook, "Four Meals", which it brought back into print in September 2025 with three special dinners for its eleventh year (Haaretz). In 2024 its owners opened a wine bar, Nagid 12, in the building's stone courtyard. Time Out Israel put it sixth of 31 places to eat in Jerusalem in January 2026, Channel 13 named it among the city's five hottest restaurants in April 2026, and Rest's magazine listed it among the fine restaurants open over Sukkot 2026.
What happens here
- Sunday to Wednesday, 18:30 to 19:30
- Happy hour at the bar
20 percent off the menu for couples seated at the bar. Its Tabit booking page lists it for every Sunday to Wednesday from 28 September 2026 to 27 January 2027.
- Saturday, 12:30 to 15:30
- Lunch on Shabbat
On Saturday it opens at midday as well as in the evening, and its booking page takes tables for Saturday lunch from 12:30 to 15:30.
As published on Globes, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 12:30-15:30, 18:30-00:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Mediterranean, european
- Prices
- ₪₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Open on Friday
- Wi-Fi
- Takes credit cards
- Takeaway
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Mona itself. Its own pictures: 1,072 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Wednesday | 18:30-00:00 |
|---|---|
| Thursday and Friday | 18:00-00:00 |
| Saturday | 12:30-15:30, 18:30-00:00 |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
Mona has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:03 PMShabbat ends 6:58 PM
As published on Google, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
These are the hours of its Google listing, as Restaurant Guru and Wanderlog copy it on 1 October 2026 and as its Tabit page copied it on 15 September 2026. Its Tabit booking page agrees: it takes tables from 18:30 on Sunday to Wednesday, from 18:00 on Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday from 12:30 to 15:30 and again from 18:30, with no bookings for Friday midday. Rest, updated on 8 June 2026, has it open from 18:30 to 23:00 on Sunday to Thursday, from 18:00 to midnight on Friday, and on Saturday from 12:30 to 16:30 and from 18:00 to midnight, until the last guest leaves. Its Wolt page delivers until 22:00 at the same opening times and not on Friday. Channel 13 printed Friday and Saturday lunches from 12:00 to 16:00 in April 2026; no other current source has it open at midday on Friday.
Location
Artists' House, 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street, Jerusalem9459212
- Train: Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon1.4 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 49 mlines 7, 22, 72, 75, 77, 77א, 78, 92 and 5 more
- Parking: The city's tourism site marks it as paid parking.OpenStreetMap maps a paid public car park about 150 metres to the south-east and another about 210 metres to the north.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.52850 ratings · As quoted by restaurantguru.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
- Tripadvisor4.3938 ratings · As quoted by restaurantguru.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Tripadvisor
- Rest3.559 ratings · Read 2026-10-01Read on Rest
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Questions
About Mona
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 12:30-15:30, 18:30-00:00.
- 3,847 public ratingsAcross Google, Tripadvisor, Rest, each linked below with the day we read it.
- 1.4 km from Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon stationBus stops within 291 m: שמואל הנגיד/בצלאל, בצלאל/טרומפלדור, המלך ג׳ורג׳/בן יהודה, אוסישקין/נרקיס, אוסישקין/בצלאל, עליאש, המלך ג׳ורג׳/קק״ל.
- Price band ₪₪₪Rest puts it at 3 of 4 on price, Wolt and its Google listing at 3, and Restaurant Guru gives 200 to 350 shekels a person. On its winter 2026 menu the openers cost 22 to 42 shekels, the starters 68 to 92, the main dishes 88 to 138 and the desserts 36 to 64, and the tasting menu is 295 shekels a person.
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Mona is a restaurant at Artists' House, 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street in Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem District. Behind it: chef and co-owner Moshiko Gamlieli, chef and co-owner Itamar Navon, co-owner Roi Tzabag, and chef and partner Yehuda Zaken.
It publishes its menu on Tabit; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on Google on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Wednesday 18:30 to 00:00, Thursday and Friday 18:00 to 00:00, Saturday 12:30 to 15:30 and 18:30 to 00:00.
The nearest railway station is Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon, 1.4 km away. The nearest bus stops are שמואל הנגיד/בצלאל (49 m), בצלאל/טרומפלדור (100 m), המלך ג׳ורג׳/בן יהודה (180 m). The city's tourism site marks it as paid parking. OpenStreetMap maps a paid public car park about 150 metres to the south-east and another about 210 metres to the north.
No kashrut certificate was found. It is not on the Jerusalem religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 1 October 2026, either by name or at 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street. Its own pages show no certificate; it opens on Friday evening and on Saturday, and its menu has pork chop, bacon, oysters, mussels and blue crab. The city's tourism site and Globes call it not kosher. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Jerusalem does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
אנחנו מאמינים גם באוכל פשוט וטעים. אנחנו אומרים פשוט – אבל פשוט זה אף פעם לא פשוט. כדי שדברים יסתדרו מאליהם בצורה נעימה וטבעית צריך להתכונן לפרטי פרטים.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- No kashrut certificate was found. It is not on the Jerusalem religious council's list of kosher businesses, read on 1 October 2026, either by name or at 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street. Its own pages show no certificate; it opens on Friday evening and on Saturday, and its menu has pork chop, bacon, oysters, mussels and blue crab. The city's tourism site and Globes call it not kosher. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- It has no website, and so no accessibility statement. The city's tourism site marks it as not accessible, while Restaurant Guru marks it wheelchair accessible; its Tabit booking form lets a guest note a wheelchair. No source describes the entrance or the toilet. itraveljerusalem.com2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- No page of the restaurant names the company that runs it. The Companies Registrar lists an active private company named מונא מסעדות בע"מ, company number 513736710, incorporated on 25 September 2005, but no source ties it to the restaurant. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- No published register of licensed businesses was found for Jerusalem: none of the 114 datasets on the city's open-data portal is such a register, and data.gov.il has none for the city. jerusalem.datacity.org.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | מונא / Mona | facebook.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Artists' House, 12 Shmuel HaNagid Street | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.7799264, 35.214473 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 02-622-2283 | tabitisrael.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Table bookings by phone, on its Tabit page 054-989-5943 | tabitisrael.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | tabitisrael.co.il | itraveljerusalem.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from tabitisrael.co.il | tabitisrael.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Wednesday 18:30 to 00:00, Thursday and Friday 18:00 to 00:00, Saturday 12:30 to 15:30 and 18:30 to 00:00 | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Happy hour at the bar; Lunch on Shabbat | globes.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.5 from 2850 ratings, as quoted by restaurantguru.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.3 from 938 ratings, as quoted by restaurantguru.com | tripadvisor.com | Fact, shown | |
| Tripadvisor review text | Belongs to the reviewers | tripadvisor.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Rest rating | 3.5 from 59 ratings | rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Rest review text | Belongs to the reviewers | rest.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪₪ | drive.google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | drive.google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | itraveljerusalem.com | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | The city's tourism site marks it as paid parking. OpenStreetMap maps a paid public car park about 150 metres to the south-east and another about 210 metres to the north. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon 1.4 km; שמואל הנגיד/בצלאל 49 m; בצלאל/טרומפלדור 100 m; בצלאל/טרומפלדור 137 m; המלך ג׳ורג׳/בן יהודה 180 m; אוסישקין/נרקיס 213 m; אוסישקין/בצלאל 247 m; אוסישקין/נרקיס 253 m; עליאש 256 m; עליאש 262 m; אוסישקין/בצלאל 266 m; המלך ג׳ורג׳/קק״ל 291 m; המלך ג׳ורג׳/קק״ל 292 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Wolt | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | No page of the restaurant names the company that runs it. The Companies Registrar lists an active private company named מונא מסעדות בע"מ, company number 513736710, incorporated on 25 September 2005, but no source ties it to the restaurant. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | No published register of licensed businesses was found for Jerusalem: none of the 114 datasets on the city's open-data portal is such a register, and data.gov.il has none for the city. | jerusalem.datacity.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from rest.co.il | rest.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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