Cafe Al HaMayim
קפה על המים
Café · No kosher certificate
Mesilat Zion pool, at the entrance to Moshav Mesilat Zion, Mesilat Zion
The café inside the Mesilat Zion pool compound off Route 38, beside a children's forest of play areas, and open on Shabbat
Cafe Al HaMayim is the café of the Mesilat Zion swimming pool, at the entrance to the moshav by the Sha'ar HaGai interchange, halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It serves breakfasts, salads, soups, shakshuka in a sizzling pan, bourekas, schnitzels or a burger with chips, pizzas, quiches, children's dishes, Lavazza coffee and desserts, and it is open while the pool is open, so during pool hours entry is paid. Beside it is the Children's Forest, with a gym corner, bouncy castles, game tables and play areas. The pool's site says the café keeps going through the winter, with beer evenings on Thursdays, challah schnitzel on Fridays and home-made jachnun on Saturdays, and its winter-enclosed seating takes private events from 30 people.
What happens here
- Thursdays, in winter
- Beer evenings
The café stays open through the winter months with beer evenings on Thursdays
- Fridays
- Challah schnitzel
A schnitzel in challah, one of its weekend specials
- Saturdays
- Home-made jachnun
Jachnun made at home, served on Saturdays
As published on the pool's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Wheelchair
- It covers the website: an accessibility menu built to the Israeli standard 5568 at level AA; it does not describe the pool or the café
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Breakfast
- Coffee
- Good for families
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Cafe Al HaMayim itself.
Location
Mesilat Zion pool, at the entrance to Moshav Mesilat Zion, Mesilat Zion
- Train: Beit Shemesh5 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 209 mlines 115, 408, 412, 449, 614, 615, 617, 637 and 6 more
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Cafe Al HaMayim
- 5 km from Beit Shemesh stationBus stops within 485 m: מחלף מסילת ציון, מלבר ג, מלבר ב, קוצין/קרלה.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
Cafe Al HaMayim is a café at Mesilat Zion pool, at the entrance to Moshav Mesilat Zion in Mesilat Zion, in the Jerusalem District.
The nearest railway station is Beit Shemesh, 5 km away. The nearest bus stops are מחלף מסילת ציון (209 m), מלבר ג (410 m), מלבר ב (428 m).
Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026. The pool's site says the food is kosher but the café opens on Shabbat and so has no certificate, and that a kosher or mehadrin menu can be ordered for events. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
It appears on the municipal business licence register.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026. The pool's site says the food is kosher but the café opens on Shabbat and so has no certificate, and that a kosher or mehadrin menu can be ordered for events. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings galimmz.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. The Companies Registrar lists a company called בריכת מסילת ציון בע"מ, incorporated in 1988, as struck off; nothing on its pages links it to today's pool or café. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Mesilat Zion are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. The pool is on it as בריכת מסילת ציון, licence 100630006, as a café or snack bar, a swimming pool, a kiosk, play equipment and a parking ground for hikers. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | קפה על המים / Cafe Al HaMayim | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Mesilat Zion pool, at the entrance to Moshav Mesilat Zion | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.79872, 35.01228 (the pool's website) | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 054-260-4311 | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Café line 02-991-5836 | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | galimmz.co.il | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Beer evenings; Challah schnitzel; Home-made jachnun | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | It covers the website: an accessibility menu built to the Israeli standard 5568 at level AA; it does not describe the pool or the café | galimmz.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Beit Shemesh 5 km; מחלף מסילת ציון 209 m; מחלף מסילת ציון 245 m; מלבר ג 410 m; מלבר ב 428 m; קוצין/קרלה 485 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 Companies Registrar lists a company called בריכת מסילת ציון בע"מ, incorporated in 1988, as struck off; nothing on its pages links it to today's pool or café. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Mesilat Zion are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. The pool is on it as בריכת מסילת ציון, licence 100630006, as a café or snack bar, a swimming pool, a kiosk, play equipment and a parking ground for hikers. | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | galimmz.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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