Bernard
ברנרד
Café · Bar · Sandwich bar · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
77 Rothschild Street, Rishon LeZion
A sandwich bar on Rothschild Street whose story began in 2009, with breakfasts and sandwiches by day and a bar at night until 02:30
Bernard is a sandwich bar on Rothschild Street, the nightlife street in the old centre of Rishon LeZion. By its own account its story began in 2009, when Michael, a barber, closed his barbershop, which he called "My Barbershop", and the local paper Gal Gefen names its owners as the brothers Ofer and Michael Ein Shai. It opens at 08:00, and breakfast is served until 15:00, from avocado on sourdough and a shakshuka with baladi aubergine and harissa to a big breakfast plate. By midday it is a sandwich bar, with sandwiches on a baguette that each have a name of their own, among them Simba the Lion King with entrecôte strips, the Septa Zepta schnitzel sandwich and a 220-gram burger, beside cheese sandwiches, salads, pastas and plates. At night, by its own account, the sandwich bar turns into a bar, with draught beer, cocktails and wine until 02:30. Its logo is a bear over the words "Sandwich & Fine Beer", and its website calls it "the bear". It seats guests inside and outside, takes table bookings on Ontopo, delivers through its own ordering site to Rishon LeZion and the towns around it, from Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona to Rehovot, and through Wolt, and makes trays of sandwiches and salads for events. Locals, mako's Lin Levi wrote in 2024, credit Michael and Ofer, who opened it, with starting the culinary revival of the city centre, and many of the people who later opened places of their own in the city learned the trade there. In 2021 Itzik Barel, a co-owner of Soho, told Walla that he starts his day there with coffee, breakfast or what he called the best sandwich in town, and in 2026 Ontopo's magazine put it eighth of ten nightlife spots in the city, a sandwich bar by day and the happiest pub on Rothschild at night. In November 2022 the brothers opened a second room next door, at Rothschild 79, for private events of up to 40 people and sports broadcasts, Gal Gefen reported; in 2026, mako reported, Rothschild 79 is the address of Pizza Louise, the New York-style pizzeria they opened with a pizzaiolo.
What happens here
- From opening until 15:00
- Breakfast
Its breakfasts are served until 15:00, from Avocado'z on sourdough and the Kishkashta shakshuka to the big breakfast plate at 94 shekels, with bagels beside them.
- Evenings, Sunday to Thursday and Saturday, until 02:30
- From sandwich bar to bar
By its own account, at night the sandwich bar turns into a bar, with chasers, music and a crowd until 02:30 in the morning; it closes at 17:00 on Friday and opens again at 16:00 on Saturday.
As published on bsb.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 16:00-02:30
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- sandwich bar
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- A ramp at the entrance when needed, an accessible toilet, disabled parking on the street
- Parking
- Accessible parking listed
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Open on Friday
- Breakfast
- Coffee
- Café and bar
- Takeaway
- Fresh juice
- Plant milks
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Bernard itself. Its own pictures: 232 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 08:00-02:30 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 08:00-17:00 |
| Saturday | 16:00-02:30 |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
Bernard has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:05 PMShabbat ends 7:00 PM
As published on bsb.co.il, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Its website gives Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 02:30, Friday 08:00 to 17:00 and Saturday 16:00 to 02:30; the line at the top of its home page says Saturday from 16:30. Breakfast is served until 15:00. Its booking page on Ontopo closes earlier: 08:00 to 01:30 from Sunday to Thursday, 08:00 to 16:30 on Friday and 16:00 to 02:00 on Saturday. Its Google listing, as Wanderlog copies it, gives 08:00 to 01:30 from Sunday to Wednesday and to 02:00 on Thursday, 08:00 to 16:00 on Friday and 16:00 to 01:30 on Saturday. Its own ordering site takes pickup orders from 08:00 to midnight on Sunday, to 01:00 from Monday to Thursday and to 16:00 on Friday, and from 16:00 to 01:00 on Saturday, and Wolt delivers from it from 10:00 to 01:30, to 16:00 on Friday and from 16:30 on Saturday; those are ordering hours.
Location
77 Rothschild Street, Rishon LeZion7520443
- Train: Rishon LeZion HaRishonim1.8 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 93 mlines 11, 12, 15, 17, 29, 77, 82, 85 and 8 more
- Parking: Accessible parking listedIts accessibility statement says there are disabled parking spaces along Rothschild Street and in a car park along the street. OpenStreetMap maps a surface car park about 90 metres to the north, paid surface car parks about 185 and 195 metres to the east and north-east, a free one about 205 metres to the south-east, and the paid underground Gymnasia B car park, entered from Olei HaGardom 31, about 250 metres to the south.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.42319 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
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Questions
About Bernard
- Café and bar in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 16:00 to 02:30.
- 1.8 km from Rishon LeZion HaRishonim stationBus stops within 332 m: רוטשילד/השקד, רוטשילד/גורדון, רוטשילד/התקווה, רוטשילד/השדה, ז׳בוטינסקי/רוטשילד, רוטשילד/ז׳בוטינסקי, היכל התרבות/זבוטינסקי, רוטשילד/דב הוז.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪Its Google listing, as Wanderlog copies it, and Wolt both put it in the second of four price bands. On the food menu its website links, read on 1 October 2026, the breakfasts cost 44 to 94 shekels, the first courses 19 to 66, the salads 21 to 52, the meat sandwiches 49 to 66 and the cheese sandwiches 41 to 55, the plates 59 to 79, the two pastas 51 and 59 and the desserts 54 to 58. On its drinks menu the cocktails cost 50 to 55 shekels, a bottled beer 30 to 40 and a glass of wine 35 to 56.
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Bernard is a café at 77 Rothschild Street in Rishon LeZion, in the Central District. Behind it: co-owner Michael Ein Shai and co-owner Ofer Ein Shai. It is also a bar.
It publishes its menu on bsb.co.il; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on bsb.co.il on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 02:30, Friday 08:00 to 17:00, Saturday 16:00 to 02:30.
The nearest railway station is Rishon LeZion HaRishonim, 1.8 km away. The nearest bus stops are רוטשילד/השקד (93 m), רוטשילד/גורדון (102 m), רוטשילד/התקווה (208 m). Its accessibility statement says there are disabled parking spaces along Rothschild Street and in a car park along the street. OpenStreetMap maps a surface car park about 90 metres to the north, paid surface car parks about 185 and 195 metres to the east and north-east, a free one about 205 metres to the south-east, and the paid underground Gymnasia B car park, entered from Olei HaGardom 31, about 250 metres to the south.
No kashrut certificate was found. It is not among the 431 businesses on the Rishon LeZion religious council's own kashrut index or the 490 on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 1 October 2026, either by name, by its company's name or at Rothschild 77, and the national kosher-business site has no business under its name. Its own pages show no certificate, it opens on Saturday from 16:00, and its menu serves meat sandwiches beside cheese sandwiches. Its ordering site labels as kosher the pizzas of Pizza Louise, the owners' separate pizzeria next door. Its accessibility statement says there are disabled parking spaces along the street, provided by the municipality, and in a car park along the street; an accessible toilet in the restaurant's area; signs at the entrance; and a ramp to help at the entrance to its forecourt when needed, with the manager on hand to help. The website part of the statement is dated 31 January 2024.
Its accessibility statement and its page on Wolt name עמית 10 יזמות ופיתוח עסקי בע"מ as the company that runs it. The Companies Registrar lists it as company number 514342450, an active private company incorporated on 2 November 2009 and registered at Rothschild 77, Rishon LeZion, its own address, which filed its last annual report for 2025. It appears on the municipal business licence register.
בשנת 2009, החליט ספר מוכשר בשם מיכאל לסגור את המספרה שלו שקראו לה "המספרה שלי" ושם התחיל הסיפור שלנו. אבל בואו נקצר, כי אין לנו את כל היום. אז מה זה ברנרד סנדוויץ' בר? שאלה מעולה! אם תמצאו תשובה תעדכנו אותנו, סבבה?The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- No kashrut certificate was found. It is not among the 431 businesses on the Rishon LeZion religious council's own kashrut index or the 490 on the council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 1 October 2026, either by name, by its company's name or at Rothschild 77, and the national kosher-business site has no business under its name. Its own pages show no certificate, it opens on Saturday from 16:00, and its menu serves meat sandwiches beside cheese sandwiches. Its ordering site labels as kosher the pizzas of Pizza Louise, the owners' separate pizzeria next door. mdrl.org.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility statement says there are disabled parking spaces along the street, provided by the municipality, and in a car park along the street; an accessible toilet in the restaurant's area; signs at the entrance; and a ramp to help at the entrance to its forecourt when needed, with the manager on hand to help. The website part of the statement is dated 31 January 2024. bsb.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- Its accessibility statement and its page on Wolt name עמית 10 יזמות ופיתוח עסקי בע"מ as the company that runs it. The Companies Registrar lists it as company number 514342450, an active private company incorporated on 2 November 2009 and registered at Rothschild 77, Rishon LeZion, its own address, which filed its last annual report for 2025. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- The municipality's register of licensed businesses, updated on 2 July 2026, lists "עמית 10", the name of the company that runs it, at Rothschild 77, licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for drinking on the premises, valid to 31 December 2036 and marked as renewing. rishonlezion.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ברנרד / Bernard | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 77 Rothschild Street | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.9639879, 34.7971841 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 03-620-0107 | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | bsb.co.il | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | ontopo.co.il | bsb.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from bsb.co.il | bsb.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 02:30, Friday 08:00 to 17:00, Saturday 16:00 to 02:30 | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Breakfast; From sandwich bar to bar | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.4 from 2319 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | mdrl.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | A ramp at the entrance when needed, an accessible toilet, disabled parking on the street | bsb.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its accessibility statement says there are disabled parking spaces along Rothschild Street and in a car park along the street. OpenStreetMap maps a surface car park about 90 metres to the north, paid surface car parks about 185 and 195 metres to the east and north-east, a free one about 205 metres to the south-east, and the paid underground Gymnasia B car park, entered from Olei HaGardom 31, about 250 metres to the south. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Rishon LeZion HaRishonim 1.8 km; רוטשילד/השקד 93 m; רוטשילד/גורדון 102 m; רוטשילד/התקווה 208 m; רוטשילד/השדה 262 m; ז׳בוטינסקי/רוטשילד 265 m; רוטשילד/ז׳בוטינסקי 302 m; היכל התרבות/זבוטינסקי 308 m; רוטשילד/דב הוז 332 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Wolt | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its accessibility statement and its page on Wolt name עמית 10 יזמות ופיתוח עסקי בע"מ as the company that runs it. The Companies Registrar lists it as company number 514342450, an active private company incorporated on 2 November 2009 and registered at Rothschild 77, Rishon LeZion, its own address, which filed its last annual report for 2025. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The municipality's register of licensed businesses, updated on 2 July 2026, lists "עמית 10", the name of the company that runs it, at Rothschild 77, licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for drinking on the premises, valid to 31 December 2036 and marked as renewing. | rishonlezion.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from bsb.co.il | bsb.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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