The Eucalyptus
האקליפטוס
Restaurant · Ancient and modern cooking of the Land of Israel
Felt Alley, by 14 Hativat Yerushalayim Street, Jerusalem
Is this your business?Claim it freeChef Moshe Basson's restaurant facing the Old City walls, which cooks with the plants and herbs the Bible names.
The Eucalyptus is run by its chef and owner, Moshe Basson. Its site tells how, as a boy in 1960, he planted a eucalyptus tree in his parents' yard in Jerusalem on Tu BiShvat, and how the family's first restaurant later opened under its branches. The menu draws on the home cooking of the region over generations and on plants and herbs named in the Bible, with dishes from Basson's Iraqi roots, wines from the Judean Hills, local craft beers and house cocktails. It sits on the first floor of a Jerusalem-stone building from the end of the 19th century, looking out on Teddy Fountain, the Old City walls and the Tower of David, and the room is decorated like a Middle Eastern house, with antiques the chef collected, murals and embroidered rugs, lit by candles. Its site says the restaurant recently won first prize at the international couscous competition in Italy, and that Basson's son Roni has joined its management. It serves dinner from Sunday to Thursday, by reservation.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed Friday and Saturday
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Diet
- Ancient and modern cooking of the Land of Israel
- Wheelchair
- Not accessible to people with reduced mobility and has no accessible toilets; the restaurant is in a listed historic building.
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not The Eucalyptus itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 17:30-23:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday and Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:38 PMShabbat ends 6:34 PM
As published on the-eucalyptus.com, read 2026-10-11. Shabbat times in Jerusalem
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Sources disagree on these hours
From the opening-hours table on its home page: dinner Sunday to Thursday, closed on Friday and Saturday. Its contact page gives 18:00 as the opening time, says a reservation is required, and adds that lunch and breakfast can be arranged for special events.
Location
Felt Alley, by 14 Hativat Yerushalayim Street, Jerusalem9411714
- Train: Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon2.7 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 67 mlines 30, 38א, 124, 125, 163, 203, 204, 231 and 5 more
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-11.
Questions
About The Eucalyptus
- 2.7 km from Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon stationBus stops within 414 m: חטיבת ירושלים/ יצחק קריב, הקישלה/הפטריארכיה הארמנית, ממילא/קריב, שער יפו/יפו, שער ציון/חב״ד, הרובע היהודי/חב״ד.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
InstagramFacebookthe-eucalyptus.com
The Eucalyptus is a restaurant at Felt Alley, by 14 Hativat Yerushalayim Street in Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem District. Behind it: chef and owner Moshe Basson.
It publishes its menu on the-eucalyptus.com; 12 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 13 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on the-eucalyptus.com on 11 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 17:30 to 23:00, Friday and Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon, 2.7 km away. The nearest bus stops are חטיבת ירושלים/ יצחק קריב (67 m), הקישלה/הפטריארכיה הארמנית (251 m), ממילא/קריב (254 m).
Its site links a meat kosher certificate from the Jerusalem Rabbinate and religious council that ran until 31 January 2026. The restaurant is not on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026. It is listed as not wheelchair accessible on the-eucalyptus.com.
Jerusalem does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
המסעדה שואפת להחיות מסורות אוכל נשכחות אשר סודותיהן נשמרו במשך אלפי שנים ומקורם בתקופת התנ”ך. אנו משתמשים במגוון צמחים ועשבי תיבול אשר צויינו במקרא, ויוצרים מהם מאכלים עכשויים עם קריצה אסתטית להיסטוריהThe public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its site links a meat kosher certificate from the Jerusalem Rabbinate and religious council that ran until 31 January 2026. The restaurant is not on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026. the-eucalyptus.com2026-10-11
- Accessibility statement
- Listed as not wheelchair accessible the-eucalyptus.com2026-10-11
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. the-eucalyptus.com2026-10-11
- 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.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | האקליפטוס / The Eucalyptus | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Felt Alley, by 14 Hativat Yerushalayim Street | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.7745928, 35.2270496 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 02-624-4331 | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Website | the-eucalyptus.com | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | the-eucalyptus.com | the-eucalyptus.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from the-eucalyptus.com | the-eucalyptus.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 17:30 to 23:00, Friday and Saturday closed | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from the-eucalyptus.com | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 12 items with prices | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Not accessible to people with reduced mobility and has no accessible toilets; the restaurant is in a listed historic building. | the-eucalyptus.com | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon 2.7 km; חטיבת ירושלים/ יצחק קריב 67 m; הקישלה/הפטריארכיה הארמנית 251 m; ממילא/קריב 254 m; שער יפו/יפו 324 m; שער ציון/חב״ד 346 m; הרובע היהודי/חב״ד 414 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. | the-eucalyptus.com | 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.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the restaurant's website | the-eucalyptus.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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