JAJA
ג'הג'ה
Restaurant · Bar · Italian · Pizza · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
86 Rothschild Street, Rishon LeZion
An Italian restaurant and pizza bar on Rothschild Street, opened in 2020 by pizzaiolo Gilad Solomon, with taboun pizzas, fresh pasta, breakfast and cocktails until late at night
JAJA is an Italian restaurant and pizza bar at 86 Rothschild Street, on the corner of Gordon Street, in the centre of Rishon LeZion. By its own account it began with pizza evenings that Gilad Solomon held for friends on Thursdays in his yard. Solomon, who has worked with dough for twenty years, started as a baker at Lechem and served as its development manager, and in 2020 he opened JAJA with his cousin Barak Birnbaum, the former owner of the veteran Auto Bar. Solomon, who won the title of Israel's pizzaiolo for 2019, writes the sauces and makes the dough himself, from Italian flour with biga and sourdough, which by his account ages for 96 hours before it goes into the taboun. The menu runs from house focaccia and a manouri pastry, the subject of a Channel 13 piece in 2023 headlined that people come from all over the country for it, through red, white and vegan pizzas and fresh pasta with a choice of sauces, to a Nutella calzone, with cocktails and wine at the bar; in the morning there is a breakfast menu of shakshuka, croissant pastries and sandwiches on Italian schiacciata. In 2024 the place was renovated from the ground up, and Israel Hayom wrote in 2025 that it had become an Italian-inspired bistro. mako's Lin Levi put it on her list of Israel's best Italian restaurants for 2025 and called the atmosphere family and neighbourly, and ynet included it in February 2026 among the tastiest pizzas in the country. It is open on Saturday too, with a DJ on Thursday and Saturday evenings, and its website announces a second branch, in Be'er Ya'akov, opening soon.
What happens here
- Monday to Friday 09:00 to 13:00, Saturday 10:00 to 13:00
- Breakfast and brunch
A morning menu of pastries, eggs and sandwiches: the manouri pastry, a croissant-dough cube with ricotta, truffle and a poached egg, two shakshukas, toasts, and sandwiches on Italian schiacciata at 32 to 40 shekels.
- Every Monday
- JAJA Monday Night
Its English home page says that every Monday chef Gilad Solomon takes over the kitchen with a special menu served on Mondays only, alongside its cocktails.
- Thursday and Saturday from 20:00
- DJ nights
Its booking page marks the evening hours on Thursday and Saturday, from 20:00, as DJ nights.
As published on jaja.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 10:00-01:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Italian, pizza, gluten-free options
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- Ground floor, an accessible way in, wide aisles and an accessible toilet
- Own website
- Open on Friday
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Coffee
- Pastries and cakes
- Vegan options
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not JAJA itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Hours not confirmed |
|---|---|
| Monday to Wednesday | 09:00-00:30 |
| Thursday | 09:00-01:30 |
| Friday | 09:00-01:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00-01:00 |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
JAJA 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 Ontopo, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Monday to Friday as its booking page on Ontopo, which its website links for table bookings, gives them for the coming week: Monday to Wednesday 09:00 to 00:30, Thursday 09:00 to 01:30 and Friday 09:00 to 01:00, with brunch until 12:30 and a DJ from 20:00 on Thursday and Saturday. Its menu of May 2026 serves breakfast from Monday to Friday 09:00 to 13:00 and on Saturday 10:00 to 13:00, and its Google listing, as Wanderlog copies it, also opens at 10:00 on Saturday; its booking page takes Saturday tables from 11:00. Sunday is not confirmed: the English contact page of its website and its booking page say it is closed on Sunday, while the Hebrew pages of its website say it is open every day from 10:00 to 01:30, its Google listing gives Sunday 12:00 to 01:00, and Israel Hayom printed Sunday hours in June 2025. Its website also gives Saturday from 09:00 to 01:00, and its English pages Thursday and Friday until 03:00; its Google listing closes at 01:00 from Monday to Wednesday and at 02:00 on Thursday and Friday. Wolt delivers from it every day, from 11:45, and on Friday and Saturday from 13:00; those are delivery hours.
Location
86 Rothschild Street, Rishon LeZion7522315
- Train: Rishon LeZion HaRishonim1.9 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 81 mlines 11, 12, 15, 17, 29, 77, 82, 85 and 7 more
- Parking: Its accessibility statement says it has no parking of its own and that there are disabled parking spaces on the street nearby.OpenStreetMap maps an open-air car park about 175 metres away and a free open-air car park about 245 metres away, and the entrances to two paid underground car parks: Gymnasia B, at 31 Olei HaGardom Street, about 340 metres away, and Gymnasia stage A, at 34 Gershon Horowitz Street, about 510 metres away.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.01672 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
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Questions
About JAJA
- Restaurant and bar in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 10:00 to 01:00.
- 1.9 km from Rishon LeZion HaRishonim stationBus stops within 412 m: רוטשילד/השדה, רוטשילד/גורדון, רוטשילד/השקד, רוטשילד/דב הוז, רמז/עולי הגרדום, רמז/הגליל, כצנלסון/לילינבלום, כצנלסון/פרופ׳ נחום.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪Wolt marks it $$. On the menu its website links, dated May 2026, the starters cost 35 to 68 shekels, the salads 62 to 73, the pizzas 55 to 89, with toppings at 8 to 12, the pastas, priced by the sauce, 61 to 105, and the desserts 32 to 61. The breakfast dishes cost 32 to 82 shekels, the cocktails 52 to 58 and a glass of wine 33 to 62.
JAJA is a restaurant at 86 Rothschild Street in Rishon LeZion, in the Central District. Behind it: chef and co-founder Gilad Solomon and co-founder Barak Birnbaum. It is also a bar.
It publishes its menu on jaja.co.il; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on Ontopo on 1 October 2026: Sunday hours not confirmed, Monday to Wednesday 09:00 to 00:30, Thursday 09:00 to 01:30, Friday 09:00 to 01:00, Saturday 10:00 to 01:00.
The nearest railway station is Rishon LeZion HaRishonim, 1.9 km away. The nearest bus stops are רוטשילד/השדה (81 m), רוטשילד/גורדון (82 m), רוטשילד/השקד (91 m). Its accessibility statement says it has no parking of its own and that there are disabled parking spaces on the street nearby. OpenStreetMap maps an open-air car park about 175 metres away and a free open-air car park about 245 metres away, and the entrances to two paid underground car parks: Gymnasia B, at 31 Olei HaGardom Street, about 340 metres away, and Gymnasia stage A, at 34 Gershon Horowitz Street, about 510 metres away.
No kashrut certificate was found. It is not on the Rishon LeZion religious council's own kashrut index of 431 businesses or on the council's list of 490 on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 1 October 2026, either under its name or under its company's, and a search for its name on ikr.org.il finds nothing. Its own pages show no certificate, it is open on Saturday from the morning, and mako's list of Italian restaurants of September 2025 calls it not kosher. Its accessibility statement, last checked on 29 January 2024, says the restaurant is on the ground floor, with an accessible way into the building, wide aisles, signage and an accessible toilet. It has no parking of its own; there are disabled parking spaces on the street nearby.
Its accessibility statement names הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ as the company that owns the restaurant, and its Wolt page names the same company and number. The Companies Registrar lists הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ (HALLO SHUSHU BALONIM LTD), company number 514984178, registered at the restaurant's own address, 86 Rothschild Street: an active private company incorporated on 3 November 2013, which filed its last annual report for 2025.
JAJA עוצבה כך שתשלב בין הפנים לחוץ, בין אינטימיות לאנרגיה, בין שיש מבריק לעץ מחוספס. האווירה במקום תוססת אך לא רועשת, מוקפדת אך לא מתיימרת – בדיוק המקום שאפשר להתחיל בו ערב זוגי ולהמשיך לחגיגה עם חברים.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 on the Rishon LeZion religious council's own kashrut index of 431 businesses or on the council's list of 490 on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 1 October 2026, either under its name or under its company's, and a search for its name on ikr.org.il finds nothing. Its own pages show no certificate, it is open on Saturday from the morning, and mako's list of Italian restaurants of September 2025 calls it not kosher. mdrl.org.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility statement, last checked on 29 January 2024, says the restaurant is on the ground floor, with an accessible way into the building, wide aisles, signage and an accessible toilet. It has no parking of its own; there are disabled parking spaces on the street nearby. jaja.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- Its accessibility statement names הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ as the company that owns the restaurant, and its Wolt page names the same company and number. The Companies Registrar lists הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ (HALLO SHUSHU BALONIM LTD), company number 514984178, registered at the restaurant's own address, 86 Rothschild Street: an active private company incorporated on 3 November 2013, which filed its last annual report for 2025. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- Not found in the municipality's register of licensed businesses (updated 02.07.2026), under its name, under its company's or at 86 Rothschild Street. rishonlezion.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ג'הג'ה / JAJA | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 86 Rothschild Street | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.9643903, 34.7952933 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 077-938-6330 | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | jaja.co.il | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | ontopo.com | jaja.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from jaja.co.il | jaja.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday hours not confirmed, Monday to Wednesday 09:00 to 00:30, Thursday 09:00 to 01:30, Friday 09:00 to 01:00, Saturday 10:00 to 01:00 | ontopo.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Breakfast and brunch; JAJA Monday Night; DJ nights | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.0 from 1672 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | mdrl.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Ground floor, an accessible way in, wide aisles and an accessible toilet | jaja.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its accessibility statement says it has no parking of its own and that there are disabled parking spaces on the street nearby. OpenStreetMap maps an open-air car park about 175 metres away and a free open-air car park about 245 metres away, and the entrances to two paid underground car parks: Gymnasia B, at 31 Olei HaGardom Street, about 340 metres away, and Gymnasia stage A, at 34 Gershon Horowitz Street, about 510 metres away. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Rishon LeZion HaRishonim 1.9 km; רוטשילד/השדה 81 m; רוטשילד/גורדון 82 m; רוטשילד/השקד 91 m; רוטשילד/דב הוז 149 m; רמז/עולי הגרדום 300 m; רמז/הגליל 370 m; כצנלסון/לילינבלום 397 m; כצנלסון/פרופ׳ נחום 412 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Wolt | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its accessibility statement names הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ as the company that owns the restaurant, and its Wolt page names the same company and number. The Companies Registrar lists הלו שושו בלונים בע"מ (HALLO SHUSHU BALONIM LTD), company number 514984178, registered at the restaurant's own address, 86 Rothschild Street: an active private company incorporated on 3 November 2013, which filed its last annual report for 2025. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Not found in the municipality's register of licensed businesses (updated 02.07.2026), under its name, under its company's or at 86 Rothschild Street. | rishonlezion.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from jaja.co.il | jaja.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | jaja.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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