Zorba
זורבה
Restaurant · Meat pita bar · 5-65 ₪ · No kosher certificate
76 Yosef Bussel Street, Ne'ot Ganim, Netanya
A meat pita stand in a quiet Netanya neighbourhood, open at lunchtime from Sunday to Thursday, where the owner builds every pita himself around short rib cooked for 17 hours
Zorba is a meat pita stand, a "meat pita bar" as its English site calls it, in Ne'ot Ganim in the east of Netanya, a residential neighbourhood away from the market and the city centre. Assaf Vainshtein opened it in May 2020, at the start of the pandemic, in the neighbourhood where he grew up; he told Israel Hayom in November 2025 that it began as a small business whose menu grew with its customers, and that he works with Omer, his right hand, and his wife Julie. Its flagship is short rib cooked for 17 hours, seared again on the plancha and packed into a pita baked for each order, with tahini, amba, chimichurri, zhug, garlic confit and grilled onion, tomato and pepper. Vainshtein builds every pita himself, in front of the customer, which is why, as Asif's guide and Israel Hayom both wrote in 2025, there is usually a queue at the entrance. Besides the short rib there are pitas of Iraqi kebab, chicken thigh steak and chicken liver, a vegetarian chaltha (a zucchini fritter that Asif's critic Amit Aaronsohn calls a spicy, crisp Tunisian vegetable fritter), small plates of deconstructed sabich, merguez and, from Sukkot to Passover, ful masri, and to drink its sponga, a fruit soda, and draft beer. You order at the till past the open kitchen, take a pager, and eat at simple wooden tables and benches outside (mako, 2024), at the edge of a car park. It opens only at lunchtime, Sunday to Thursday. Haaretz's Eitan Leshem headlined his visit in 2022 "The rumours told of a great pita in Netanya. The queue made clear they were right"; mako's Rita Goldstein called its short rib pita in 2024 one of the best meat pitas in the country, if not the best; mako's 2026 list of Israel's best street food said it would probably make the country's top five street dishes; and Maariv's Hoshen Harel found it full at lunchtime in September 2025, with friends, business owners from nearby and families from the neighbourhood talking in Hebrew, French and English. i24NEWS's Niv Gilboa also visited it for a television piece.
What happens here
- Sunday to Thursday, 12:00 to 16:00
- Lunch only, no bookings
By its own account it works only at lunchtime and takes no bookings: you just come.
- From Sukkot to Passover
- Ful masri season
Its menu lists ful masri as a seasonal small plate, served from Sukkot to Passover, for 25 shekels.
As published on zorba1.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed Friday and Saturday
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Meat pita bar
- Prices
- 5-65 ₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
Photos
For illustration: the trade, not Zorba itself. Its own pictures: 218 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 12:00-16:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday and Saturday | Closed |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
Zorba has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:04 PMShabbat ends 6:59 PM
As published on zorba1.co.il, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Its website gives Sunday to Thursday, 12:00 to 16:00, and closed on Friday, Saturday and festivals, and says it serves until the day's food runs out; its Google listing, as the map on its website shows it, gives the same hours. The press printed a later close: 16:30 in Asif's guide (May 2025), Israel Hayom (May 2025) and Maariv (September 2025), 12:30 to 16:30 in mako's list of April 2026, and 12:00 to 17:00 in mako's review of February 2024.
Location
76 Yosef Bussel Street, Ne'ot Ganim, Netanya4236700
- Train: Netanya1.6 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 60 mlines 60, 61, 62, 606, 615
- Parking: Its website says there is plenty of parking.Its Google listing places it at a gravel car park (חנייה בכורכר) at 22 Yosef Sprinzak Street, the address Israel Hayom also gave in 2025, writing in May that it stands at the edge of a dusty car park; its website, mako and Asif give 76 Yosef Bussel Street. The pin is about 35 metres from Kikar HaBanim, the roundabout on Yosef Sprinzak Street. OpenStreetMap maps another car park about 250 metres to the south-east.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.81007 ratings · As quoted by the Google map on its website, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
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Questions
About Zorba
- 1.6 km from Netanya stationBus stops within 437 m: יוסף שפרינצק/יוסף ויתקין, יוסף שפרינצק/עובדיה אברהם הכהן, יוסף שפרינצק/הרב הגר, יוסף שפרינצק/מיכאל הלפרין, שפרינצק/שרה מלכין, יוסף שפרינצק/הרב מנחם זמבה, הרב גד מכלוף/שמואל לנדאו, ארלוזורוב/הלפרין, דרך דגניה.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪No source gives it a price band; the symbol follows its menu. On the menu on its website, read on 1 October 2026, the small plates cost 25 to 30 shekels, the pitas 40 to 65 (the short rib 65), extra meat 15 to 20 and a sponga 8. mako gave a range of 30 to 49 shekels in April 2026, and Israel Hayom 35 to 55 for the pitas in May 2025.
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Zorba is a restaurant at 76 Yosef Bussel Street, Ne'ot Ganim in Netanya, in the Central District. Behind it: founder and owner Assaf Vainshtein.
The menu it publishes on zorba1.co.il runs from Chaser at 5 ₪ to Slow-cooked short rib in pita at 65 ₪, 16 items in all, read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on zorba1.co.il on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 16:00, Friday and Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Netanya, 1.6 km away. The nearest bus stops are יוסף שפרינצק/יוסף ויתקין (60 m), יוסף שפרינצק/עובדיה אברהם הכהן (101 m), יוסף שפרינצק/הרב הגר (215 m). Its website says there is plenty of parking. Its Google listing places it at a gravel car park (חנייה בכורכר) at 22 Yosef Sprinzak Street, the address Israel Hayom also gave in 2025, writing in May that it stands at the edge of a dusty car park; its website, mako and Asif give 76 Yosef Bussel Street. The pin is about 35 metres from Kikar HaBanim, the roundabout on Yosef Sprinzak Street. OpenStreetMap maps another car park about 250 metres to the south-east.
No kashrut certificate. Its kashrut statement says the place holds no official certificate and works without outside kashrut supervision, and that in practice it keeps every rule of halacha at a strict level: glatt and mehadrin meat only, no milk or dairy of any kind, separate utensils and prep surfaces, vegetables and herbs washed against insects, bishul Yisrael, closed on Shabbat and festivals, and chametz sold before Passover. It is not among the 605 businesses in the Netanya religious council's directory of kosher businesses (last modified on 18 November 2025) or the 579 on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, both read on 1 October 2026; the business both list at 76 Yosef Bussel Street is another one. The national kosher-business site finds no business by its name. mako (2026) and Israel Hayom (2025) call it kosher without a certificate. Its accessibility statement, last updated in September 2026, covers its website, which it says meets Israeli Standard 5568 at level AA, and says nothing about access at the stand itself.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. Netanya does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
פיתיה בשרית בנתניה. אונטריב בבישול ארוך של 17 שעות, בפיתה שנאפית לכל הזמנה.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- No kashrut certificate. Its kashrut statement says the place holds no official certificate and works without outside kashrut supervision, and that in practice it keeps every rule of halacha at a strict level: glatt and mehadrin meat only, no milk or dairy of any kind, separate utensils and prep surfaces, vegetables and herbs washed against insects, bishul Yisrael, closed on Shabbat and festivals, and chametz sold before Passover. It is not among the 605 businesses in the Netanya religious council's directory of kosher businesses (last modified on 18 November 2025) or the 579 on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, both read on 1 October 2026; the business both list at 76 Yosef Bussel Street is another one. The national kosher-business site finds no business by its name. mako (2026) and Israel Hayom (2025) call it kosher without a certificate. zorba1.co.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility statement, last updated in September 2026, covers its website, which it says meets Israeli Standard 5568 at level AA, and says nothing about access at the stand itself. zorba1.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company behind it, and none of the six companies the Companies Registrar finds for זורבה or Zorba is registered in Netanya. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- Netanya publishes no register of licensed businesses. Its business-licensing pages set out the process, the forms, the fees and the types of licence; its list of registered databases names one that holds licensing data but is not a published list; and data.gov.il has no such register for the town. netanya.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | זורבה / Zorba | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 76 Yosef Bussel Street, Ne'ot Ganim | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.3150895, 34.8856205 (its Google listing, as the map on its website shows it) | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 052-820-0702 | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | zorba1.co.il | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 16:00, Friday and Saturday closed | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Lunch only, no bookings; Ful masri season | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.8 from 1007 ratings, as quoted by the Google map on its website | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 16 items with prices | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Statement published | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its website says there is plenty of parking. Its Google listing places it at a gravel car park (חנייה בכורכר) at 22 Yosef Sprinzak Street, the address Israel Hayom also gave in 2025, writing in May that it stands at the edge of a dusty car park; its website, mako and Asif give 76 Yosef Bussel Street. The pin is about 35 metres from Kikar HaBanim, the roundabout on Yosef Sprinzak Street. OpenStreetMap maps another car park about 250 metres to the south-east. | zorba1.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Netanya 1.6 km; יוסף שפרינצק/יוסף ויתקין 60 m; יוסף שפרינצק/עובדיה אברהם הכהן 101 m; יוסף שפרינצק/הרב הגר 215 m; יוסף שפרינצק/מיכאל הלפרין 232 m; שפרינצק/שרה מלכין 290 m; יוסף שפרינצק/הרב מנחם זמבה 324 m; הרב גד מכלוף/שמואל לנדאו 392 m; ארלוזורוב/הלפרין 402 m; דרך דגניה 437 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company behind it, and none of the six companies the Companies Registrar finds for זורבה or Zorba is registered in Netanya. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Netanya publishes no register of licensed businesses. Its business-licensing pages set out the process, the forms, the fees and the types of licence; its list of registered databases names one that holds licensing data but is not a published list; and data.gov.il has no such register for the town. | netanya.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from zorba1.co.il | zorba1.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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