Diana
דיאנא
Restaurant · Meat and grill · Home cooking · Arab · Fish and seafood · Hummus
A meat and grill restaurant on Paulus VI Street that grew from skewers sold in pita at a Nazareth cinema in 1963
Diana's story, as its Rest page tells it, begins in 1963, when Mahmoud Safadi, known as Abu Duhul, grilled skewers in the kitchen of a Nazareth cinema and sold them in pita with tahini, wrapped in newspaper, to the audience. In 1972 he moved the restaurant into a new building across the road and widened the menu to the home cooking of his parents' house, with Syrian, Lebanese and much Turkish influence, and in the 1970s he was the first to bring seafood to the area, above all to its Arab community. His son Duhul joined the kitchen in 1993, and the page credits him, a familiar face from MasterChef, with the current menu. It names stuffed lamb with rice, fresh shawarma and traditional knafeh among the dishes people come for; the restaurant's own site adds outdoor seating, live music, events and parking.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 12:00-23:00
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Diet
- Meat and grill, home cooking, arab, fish and seafood, hummus
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Open on Friday
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Diana itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Every day | 12:00-23:00 |
|---|
Candle lighting 5:54 PMShabbat ends 6:49 PM
As published on dianaa.rest.co.il, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Location
51 Paulus VI Street, Nazareth
- Train: Afula8.5 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 71 mlines 5, 6, 13, 13א, 15, 17, 18, 52 and 5 more
- Parking: Its site on Rest says the restaurant has its own parking.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Diana
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 12:00 to 23:00.
- 8.5 km from Afula stationBus stops within 131 m: אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה, פאולוס השישי/דיאנה, פאולוס השישי/אבונא אוגו, מרכזי תרבות וספורט/אל-עומאל אל-ערב.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
Diana is a restaurant at 51 Paulus VI Street in Nazareth, in the Northern District. Behind it: founder Mahmoud Safadi Abu Duhul and chef Duhul Safadi.
Hours, as listed on dianaa.rest.co.il on 5 October 2026: Every day 12:00 to 23:00.
The nearest railway station is Afula, 8.5 km away. The nearest bus stops are אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה (71 m), פאולוס השישי/דיאנה (77 m), פאולוס השישי/אבונא אוגו (121 m). Its site on Rest says the restaurant has its own parking.
Its site on Rest shows a 'kosher' tag among its icons, with no certificate and no certifier named, and the same site lists seafood among its dishes. The Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal lists only two supervised businesses in Nazareth, and this is not one of them. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Its pages name no company, but the Companies Registrar lists מסעדת דיאנא אבו דוכול בע"מ (RESTAURANT DIANA ABO ALDOHOL LTD), named for the restaurant and the Abu Duhul family behind it, as an active private company registered in Nazareth on 3 June 2010. Nazareth does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its site on Rest shows a 'kosher' tag among its icons, with no certificate and no certifier named, and the same site lists seafood among its dishes. The Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal lists only two supervised businesses in Nazareth, and this is not one of them. dianaa.rest.co.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company, but the Companies Registrar lists מסעדת דיאנא אבו דוכול בע"מ (RESTAURANT DIANA ABO ALDOHOL LTD), named for the restaurant and the Abu Duhul family behind it, as an active private company registered in Nazareth on 3 June 2010. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- The Nazareth municipality's site describes its health and business licensing department, which handles licence applications and inspects food shops and restaurants, and gives its phone and reception hours, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. nazareth.muni.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | דיאנא / Diana | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 51 Paulus VI Street | rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.697568, 35.292601 (its Rest page map) | rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-657-2919 | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | dianaa.rest.co.il | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Every day 12:00 to 23:00 | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from rest.co.il | rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its site on Rest says the restaurant has its own parking. | dianaa.rest.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Afula 8.5 km; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה 71 m; פאולוס השישי/דיאנה 77 m; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה 88 m; פאולוס השישי/דיאנה 120 m; פאולוס השישי/אבונא אוגו 121 m; מרכזי תרבות וספורט/אל-עומאל אל-ערב 131 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company, but the Companies Registrar lists מסעדת דיאנא אבו דוכול בע"מ (RESTAURANT DIANA ABO ALDOHOL LTD), named for the restaurant and the Abu Duhul family behind it, as an active private company registered in Nazareth on 3 June 2010. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The Nazareth municipality's site describes its health and business licensing department, which handles licence applications and inspects food shops and restaurants, and gives its phone and reception hours, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | nazareth.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | dianaa.rest.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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