Ben Ami
בן עמי
Bakery · Café · Pastry shop · Cakes, cookies and pastries · Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council (regular supervision, dairy)
21 Nachmani Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Is this your business?Claim it freeThe Tel Aviv branch, on Nachmani Street, of a pastry maker that began in Kfar Vitkin in 1990 and is known for its cheesecake
Ben Ami is a pastry maker founded in Kfar Vitkin by the pastry chef Ben Ami Bartini Shavit, who learned to bake from his grandmother Zehava; its well-known cheesecake, Savta Zehava, is named after her. It began trading in 1990, moved to the Or Akiva industrial zone in 2008 and was bought in 2014 by the Natali Plus group. Its site lists three shops, in Or Akiva, Herzliya and Tel Aviv, and a range of round and loaf cakes, yeast cakes, cookies, personal desserts and savoury pastries, with dairy, parve, vegan, keto and no-added-sugar lines. The Tel Aviv shop, on Nachmani Street, is open from Sunday to Thursday from 7:30 to 16:00 and on Friday until 14:00.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 14:00
- Kosher
- Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council (regular supervision, dairy)
- Diet
- Pastry shop, cakes, cookies and pastries
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Pastries and cakes
- Open on Friday
- Vegan options
Photos
On the chain's Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Ben Ami itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 07:30-16:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 07:30-14:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:48 PMShabbat ends 6:43 PM
As published on the bakery's website, read 2026-10-11. Shabbat times in Tel Aviv
Location
21 Nachmani Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Train: Tel Aviv HaHagana1.6 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 164 mlines 23
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-11.
Questions
About Ben Ami
- Bakery and café in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
- 1.6 km from Tel Aviv HaHagana stationBus stops within 234 m: בלפור/מלצ׳ט, מונטיפיורי/אלנבי, שד׳ רוטשילד/נחמני, ת. רק״ל אלנבי/רוטשילד, שד׳ רוטשילד/בלפור.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
InstagramFacebookTikTokbenami.co.il
Ben Ami is a bakery at 21 Nachmani Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo, in the Tel Aviv District. It is one of the 3 Ben Ami branches listed on benami.co.il. Behind it: founder Ben Ami Bartini Shavit. It is also a café.
It publishes its menu on Wolt; 12 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 13 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on the bakery's website on 11 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:00, Friday 07:30 to 14:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Tel Aviv HaHagana, 1.6 km away. The nearest bus stops are בלפור/מלצ׳ט (164 m), מונטיפיורי/אלנבי (172 m), שד׳ רוטשילד/נחמני (180 m).
The Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 11 October 2026, lists it as בן עמי at 21 Nachmani, as a dairy restaurant under regular supervision, with a certificate valid until 20 April 2027. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
It appears on the municipal business licence register.
קונדיטוריית בן עמי נוסדה על ידי בן עמי ברתיני שביט בכפר ויתקין, מתוך אהבה ואומנות לאפייה שעברה מדור לדור. עם השנים, הפכה הקונדיטוריה לשם דבר בארץ ובעולם, עם מתכונים ייחודיים, חומרי גלם איכותיים ושירות ללא תחרות.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- The Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 11 October 2026, lists it as בן עמי at 21 Nachmani, as a dairy restaurant under regular supervision, with a certificate valid until 20 April 2027. rabanut.co.il2026-10-11
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-11
- Companies Registrar
- Its home page and its about page name the group that owns the brand but no registered company. benami.co.il2026-10-11
- Municipal business licence
- Tel Aviv-Yafo's register of licensed businesses, which the municipality publishes as open data and reloads nightly, lists a café and restaurant use at 21 Nachmani Street that requires a business licence, over 102 square metres, with a start date of 1 December 2025; it was read on 11 October 2026. It is the only café or restaurant use at the address, where the register also lists a private clinic. gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il2026-10-11
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | בן עמי / Ben Ami | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 21 Nachmani Street | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.0660705, 34.7747295 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 03-560-9960 | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Chain | Ben Ami, 3 branches | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | benami.co.il | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from benami.co.il | benami.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:00, Friday 07:30 to 14:00, Saturday closed | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from benami.co.il | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 12 items with prices | wolt.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council (regular supervision, dairy) | rabanut.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Tel Aviv HaHagana 1.6 km; בלפור/מלצ׳ט 164 m; מונטיפיורי/אלנבי 172 m; שד׳ רוטשילד/נחמני 180 m; ת. רק״ל אלנבי/רוטשילד 226 m; ת. רק״ל אלנבי/רוטשילד 232 m; שד׳ רוטשילד/בלפור 234 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its home page and its about page name the group that owns the brand but no registered company. | benami.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Tel Aviv-Yafo's register of licensed businesses, which the municipality publishes as open data and reloads nightly, lists a café and restaurant use at 21 Nachmani Street that requires a business licence, over 102 square metres, with a start date of 1 December 2025; it was read on 11 October 2026. It is the only café or restaurant use at the address, where the register also lists a private clinic. | gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the bakery's website | benami.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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