George & John
ג'ורג' וג'ון
Restaurant · Modern Israeli · Mediterranean · ₪₪₪ · No kosher certificate
6 Auerbach Street (the Drisco hotel), Tel Aviv-Yafo
A chef restaurant on the ground floor of the Drisco, a hotel of 1866 in Jaffa's American Colony, with a modern Israeli menu and a list of some 250 wines
George & John is the restaurant of the Drisco, a hotel in the American Colony on the seam between Tel Aviv and Jaffa, and takes its name, by its own account, from the brothers George and John Drisco, who opened the Jerusalem Hotel here in 1866 and with it the first restaurant outside Jaffa's walls. Conservators restored the building between 2010 and 2018, when the hotel and the restaurant reopened; Walla notes that 2026 is the building's 160th year, and the cocktail list has one called 160 Years in a Glass. The restaurant calls its menu modern Israeli, made from local, seasonal produce with broad Mediterranean influences, and keeps some 250 wines. Guests sit in a dining room that mako described in 2025 with a gleaming marble floor, white tablecloths and a bar fit for Paris or London, in the garden, or in a private room for up to 24 in what was the old hotel's wine and liquor store. Under chef Tomer Tal it was ninth on MENA's 50 Best Restaurants in 2022, sixth and the best in Israel in 2023, and twentieth in 2024. Tal announced in September 2024 that he was leaving, and Elad Dagan and Tal Suchami, who closed their restaurant Mansoura to take over, stayed less than a year. In November 2025 the kitchen passed to Yaron Fishniak, 27, who had been Tal's sous chef and who, Calcalist reported in April 2026, started out washing dishes at a shawarma stand in Rishon LeZion. He kept the crab pasta and cut the prices: Time Out put the old bill at 700 to 800 shekels a person, and Walla wrote in January 2026 that it now prices like an ordinary Tel Aviv restaurant, with a dinner for two at 560 shekels. Haaretz's critic Sagi Cohen headlined his review of November 2025 that George & John was an excellent restaurant again, Walla's Yaniv Granot put it seventh among the ten restaurants in Israel most worth going to in January 2026, and Time Out listed it first, in the lowest of three price bands, among its 26 fine-dining restaurants in Tel Aviv in June 2026. Breakfast is served every morning, and on Friday and Saturday it is open to everyone from 10:30 to 12:30. The hotel, owned by Avi Zak, has been a member of Relais & Châteaux since 2023, and the light rail's Elifelet stop is about 170 metres away.
What happens here
- Friday and Saturday, 10:30 to 12:30
- Breakfast open to all
On Friday and Saturday the hotel's breakfast is open to everyone from 10:30 to 12:30, at 165 shekels a diner before service: sparkling wine, an unlimited tray of starters, hot drinks and juices, and a main per diner, from eggs any way to a Drisco-style Benedict on brioche, avocado toast or aubergine shakshuka. From Sunday to Thursday it is served from 08:00 to 10:30, at 150 shekels.
As published on gandj.co.il, read 2026-10-01.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 10:30-12:30, 18:00-21:30
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Modern Israeli, mediterranean
- Prices
- ₪₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- Wheelchair access, an accessible toilet, a lift or ground-floor access, and parking services
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Open on Friday
- Breakfast
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not George & John itself. Its own pictures: 635 posts on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 08:00-10:30, 18:00-21:30 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 10:30-12:30, 17:00-21:30 |
| Saturday | 10:30-12:30, 18:00-21:30 |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
George & John 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 gandj.co.il, read 2026-10-01. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
The times are breakfast and dinner, as its website's Hebrew pages give them; its Google listing, as the copy in its Tabit record of 27 September 2026 shows it, gives the same. On Friday and Saturday breakfast is for hotel guests from 08:00 and open to everyone from 10:30 to 12:30, and its booking page adds that Friday breakfast is served until 13:00. Its English pages still close dinner at 21:00 from Sunday to Friday.
Location
6 Auerbach Street (the Drisco hotel), Tel Aviv-Yafo6811910
- Train: Tel Aviv HaHagana2.1 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 60 mlines 73, 119
- Parking: Its accessibility statement says it has parking services for disabled visitors.OpenStreetMap marks paid parking on both sides of Auerbach Street and maps a car park about 75 metres to the east, an open paid car park about 95 metres to the north, free open car parks about 105 and 150 metres to the north-east, and the HaTachana car park, with 770 paid spaces, about 340 metres to the north-west.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-01.
Reviews
- Google4.51701 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Google
- Tripadvisor4.3185 ratings · As quoted by wanderlog.com, read 2026-10-01Read on Tripadvisor
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Questions
About George & John
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 10:30-12:30, 18:00-21:30.
- 1,886 public ratingsAcross Google, Tripadvisor, each linked below with the day we read it.
- 2.1 km from Tel Aviv HaHagana stationBus stops within 407 m: מכון אבני/אילת, אליפלט/הרבי מבכרך, ת.רק״ל אליפלט/אילת, דרך שלמה/דרך קיבוץ גלויות, ת.רק״ל שלמה, שלבים/אליפלט, דרך שלמה/שלבים, מתחם התחנה/פרופ׳ קויפמן, דרך שלמה/אליפלט, אצטדיון בלומפילד/דרך קיבוץ גלויות, בית האצ״ל/גולדמן.
- 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 the copy in its Tabit record of 27 September 2026 shows it, is in the third of four price bands. On the summer evening menu its website showed on 1 October 2026 the first courses cost 32 to 96 shekels, the middle courses 128 to 168, the main courses 128 to 196, the prime rib 85 shekels per 100 grams and the desserts 46 to 76; cocktails are 59 shekels and wines by the glass 39 to 78. Breakfast is 150 shekels a diner from Sunday to Thursday and 165 on Friday and Saturday, before service. Since November 2025 it has offered a dinner for two at 560 shekels (Walla, Simply Eat), and Time Out wrote that guests used to spend 700 to 800 shekels a person.
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George & John is a restaurant at 6 Auerbach Street (the Drisco hotel) in Tel Aviv-Yafo, in the Tel Aviv District. Behind it: chef Yaron Fishniak and hotel owner Avi Zak.
It publishes its menu on gandj.co.il; 18 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 1 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on gandj.co.il on 1 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 10:30 and 18:00 to 21:30, Friday 10:30 to 12:30 and 17:00 to 21:30, Saturday 10:30 to 12:30 and 18:00 to 21:30.
The nearest railway station is Tel Aviv HaHagana, 2.1 km away. The nearest bus stops are מכון אבני/אילת (60 m), אליפלט/הרבי מבכרך (171 m), ת.רק״ל אליפלט/אילת (254 m). Its accessibility statement says it has parking services for disabled visitors. OpenStreetMap marks paid parking on both sides of Auerbach Street and maps a car park about 75 metres to the east, an open paid car park about 95 metres to the north, free open car parks about 105 and 150 metres to the north-east, and the HaTachana car park, with 770 paid spaces, about 340 metres to the north-west.
No kashrut certificate was found. It is not among the 1,081 businesses on the Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's kashrut list, read on 1 October 2026, under its own name, under the Drisco hotel's or at 6 Auerbach Street. Its own pages show no certificate, it serves dinner on Friday evening and on Saturday, and its menu has oysters and crab pasta. mako listed it as not kosher in January and February 2025. Its accessibility statement, last updated on 16 September 2024, says the restaurant has wheelchair access, an accessible toilet, lifts or ground-floor access, and parking services for disabled visitors.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. It appears on the municipal business licence register.
בקומת הכניסה של מלון דריסקו תל אביב, שוכנת מסעדת ג'ורג' וג'ון, אשר קרויה על שמם של מייסדי המלון בשנת 1866. ג'ורג' וג'ון מציעה תפריט ישראלי עדכני ועכשווי, תוך שימוש בחומרי גלם מקומיים – עונתיים. המסעדה מציגה תפריט יין עשיר ומגוון הכולל כ 250 תוויות בקבוקים איכותיים ומגוונים, מקומיים ובינלאומיים.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 1,081 businesses on the Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's kashrut list, read on 1 October 2026, under its own name, under the Drisco hotel's or at 6 Auerbach Street. Its own pages show no certificate, it serves dinner on Friday evening and on Saturday, and its menu has oysters and crab pasta. mako listed it as not kosher in January and February 2025. rabanut.co.il2026-10-01
- Accessibility statement
- Its accessibility statement, last updated on 16 September 2024, says the restaurant has wheelchair access, an accessible toilet, lifts or ground-floor access, and parking services for disabled visitors. gandj.co.il2026-10-01
- Companies Registrar
- Its website's terms say the Drisco hotel and the restaurant belong to מלונות המושבה האמריקאית, a joint venture with the dealer number 558188991, and its accessibility statement writes the name as מלונות המושבה האמריקאית בע״מ. No active company and no registered partnership of that name or number is listed on data.gov.il. data.gov.il2026-10-01
- Municipal business licence
- Tel Aviv-Yafo's register of licensed businesses, read on 1 October 2026, lists the building at 6 Auerbach Street as a hotel, licensed since 1 March 2017, over 3,053 square metres. The restaurant, on the hotel's ground floor, has no entry of its own. gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ג'ורג' וג'ון / George & John | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 6 Auerbach Street (the Drisco hotel) | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.0568471, 34.7626408 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 03-726-9309 | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | The Drisco hotel 03-741-0000 | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | gandj.co.il | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | tabitisrael.co.il | gandj.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from gandj.co.il | gandj.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 10:30 and 18:00 to 21:30, Friday 10:30 to 12:30 and 17:00 to 21:30, Saturday 10:30 to 12:30 and 18:00 to 21:30 | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Breakfast open to all | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.5 from 1701 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | google.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | google.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.3 from 185 ratings, as quoted by wanderlog.com | tripadvisor.com | Fact, shown | |
| Tripadvisor review text | Belongs to the reviewers | tripadvisor.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪₪ | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 18 items with prices | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | rabanut.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair access, an accessible toilet, a lift or ground-floor access, and parking services | gandj.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its accessibility statement says it has parking services for disabled visitors. OpenStreetMap marks paid parking on both sides of Auerbach Street and maps a car park about 75 metres to the east, an open paid car park about 95 metres to the north, free open car parks about 105 and 150 metres to the north-east, and the HaTachana car park, with 770 paid spaces, about 340 metres to the north-west. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Tel Aviv HaHagana 2.1 km; מכון אבני/אילת 60 m; מכון אבני/אילת 127 m; אליפלט/הרבי מבכרך 171 m; אליפלט/הרבי מבכרך 195 m; ת.רק״ל אליפלט/אילת 254 m; דרך שלמה/דרך קיבוץ גלויות 270 m; ת.רק״ל שלמה 280 m; ת.רק״ל שלמה 290 m; שלבים/אליפלט 358 m; דרך שלמה/שלבים 360 m; מתחם התחנה/פרופ׳ קויפמן 386 m; שלבים/אליפלט 390 m; דרך שלמה/אליפלט 398 m; אצטדיון בלומפילד/דרך קיבוץ גלויות 400 m; בית האצ״ל/גולדמן 407 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its website's terms say the Drisco hotel and the restaurant belong to מלונות המושבה האמריקאית, a joint venture with the dealer number 558188991, and its accessibility statement writes the name as מלונות המושבה האמריקאית בע״מ. No active company and no registered partnership of that name or number is listed on data.gov.il. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Tel Aviv-Yafo's register of licensed businesses, read on 1 October 2026, lists the building at 6 Auerbach Street as a hotel, licensed since 1 March 2017, over 3,053 square metres. The restaurant, on the hotel's ground floor, has no entry of its own. | gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from gandj.co.il | gandj.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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