BOTZ
BOTZ
Restaurant · Desert cooking over open fire · Local produce · ₪₪₪ · No kosher certificate
5 Har Oded Street, Mitzpe Ramon
A chef's restaurant on Har Oded Street where chefs Tal Ashkenazi and Omer Seltzer cook local produce over open fire, with a tasting dinner on Thursdays.
BOTZ serves meals that, in its own words, bring guests, chefs, farmers and local producers together and tell the story of the desert: of arid land and the rare produce born of it, transformed over open fire. Its chefs, Tal Ashkenazi and Omer Seltzer, combine traditional cooking techniques born in the region with contemporary ones gathered around the world. Its booking page gives evenings with an open menu, from which dishes are ordered freely, a full tasting dinner of 14 courses on Thursdays, and lunch on Fridays from 12:00 to 16:00 in its wine yard, with a menu for the time of day and a selection of its wines. The bistro menu runs from embers-baked sourdough naan and fatteh to chicken sofrito with kohlrabi and buckwheat pici with chicken hearts.
What happens here
- Thursdays
- Tasting dinner
A full tasting dinner of 14 courses in the chefs' concept, 450 shekels a person, with an optional wine pairing.
- Fridays, 12:00 to 16:00
- Lunch in the wine yard
An open lunch menu in its wine yard, with a selection of its wines.
As published on its Ontopo page, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 16:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Desert cooking over open fire, local produce
- Prices
- ₪₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Open on Friday
Photos
For illustration: the town and the trade, not BOTZ itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Hours not confirmed |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 18:00-23:00 |
| Friday | 12:00-16:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:57 PMShabbat ends 6:51 PM
As published on Ontopo, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
These are the hours in the table on its Ontopo page, which shows it closed on Saturday and Sunday. A notice on the same page, for the hours from 1 August, gives open-menu evenings from Sunday to Tuesday, 18:00 to 22:00, the tasting dinner on Thursdays and lunch in the wine yard on Fridays, 12:00 to 16:00, while its bistro menu is served Monday to Wednesday, 18:00 to 22:00; Sunday is therefore not confirmed.
Location
5 Har Oded Street, Mitzpe Ramon
- Bus: Nearest stop 33 mlines 55, 60, 64, 65, 160, 392, 660
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About BOTZ
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 5 days a week; on Friday it closes at 16:00.
- Price band ₪₪₪Its bistro dishes cost 28 to 74 shekels; the Thursday tasting dinner of 14 courses is 450 shekels a person, and a pairing of about five wines adds 150.
BOTZ is a restaurant at 5 Har Oded Street in Mitzpe Ramon, in the Southern District. Behind it: chef Tal Ashkenazi and chef Omer Seltzer.
It publishes its menu on Ontopo; 10 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 5 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on Ontopo on 5 October 2026: Sunday hours not confirmed, Monday to Thursday 18:00 to 23:00, Friday 12:00 to 16:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest bus stops are רובע דרכי הבשמים (33 m), בית עלמין/כביש 40 (268 m), הר צין/הר עריף (316 m).
Not on the Mitzpe Ramon religious council's list of supervised businesses, on the council's own website or on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, both read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Mitzpe Ramon does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
אנו מגישים ארוחות המייצרות מפגש אינטימי בין אורחים, שפים, חקלאים ויצרנים מקומיים, שמספרות את סיפורו של המדבר. זהו סיפור על אדמה צחיחה ועל חומרי גלם נדירים שנולדו מתוכה ועוברים טרנספורמציה מעל אש גלויה.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Not on the Mitzpe Ramon religious council's list of supervised businesses, on the council's own website or on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, both read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. mdmp.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its booking page names no company. ontopo.com2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Mitzpe Ramon's local council publishes a business licensing page with the department's contacts, its uniform specification and a draft licensing guide put out for public comment in February 2026, but no list of licensed businesses; none is on data.gov.il either. mitzpe-ramon.muni.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | BOTZ / BOTZ | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 5 Har Oded Street | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 30.6215059, 34.8013623 (its Ontopo page) | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 058-737-7851 | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | ontopo.com | ontopo.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Opening hours | Sunday hours not confirmed, Monday to Thursday 18:00 to 23:00, Friday 12:00 to 16:00, Saturday closed | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Tasting dinner; Lunch in the wine yard | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪₪ | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 10 items with prices | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | mdmp.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | רובע דרכי הבשמים 33 m; רובע דרכי הבשמים 64 m; בית עלמין/כביש 40 268 m; הר צין/הר עריף 316 m; נחל ניצנה/נחל איילות 391 m; נחל ניצנה/נחל איילות 404 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its booking page names no company. | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Mitzpe Ramon's local council publishes a business licensing page with the department's contacts, its uniform specification and a draft licensing guide put out for public comment in February 2026, but no list of licensed businesses; none is on data.gov.il either. | mitzpe-ramon.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from its Ontopo page | ontopo.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | Our own check | Linked, not copied |
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