Popina
פופינה
Restaurant · Chef's cuisine · ₪₪₪ · No kosher certificate
3 Ahad Ha'Am Street, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Is this your business?Claim it freeChef Orel Kimchi's restaurant in Neve Tzedek since 2013, in an old stone building with an open kitchen at its centre and a green garden
Popina is a modern chef's restaurant in Neve Tzedek, opened in 2013 by chef Orel Kimchi in an old building of stone walls and retro stained glass, with a green garden. Its open kitchen stands in the middle of the room, so diners can talk to the chef and his team. Its site says Kimchi was the chef of Cavalier in Jerusalem, worked for Joël Robuchon in Paris, trained at Arzak in San Sebastián and won S.Pellegrino's prize for the best young chef in the world under 30. Besides the menu there is a six-course tasting menu, served every evening it is open until 22:30 with no need to book it ahead.
What happens here
- Every evening it is open, until 22:30
- Tasting menu
Six courses for 430 shekels a diner, with five matched glasses for 215 more; no need to book it ahead.
As published on the restaurant's website, read 2026-10-13.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 23:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Diet
- Chef's cuisine
- Prices
- ₪₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Popina itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Friday | 18:00-23:00 |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:48 PMShabbat ends 6:43 PM
As published on the restaurant's website, read 2026-10-13. Shabbat times in Tel Aviv
Sources disagree on these hours
Its site gives 18:00 to 23:00 from Sunday to Friday and says it is closed on Saturday for the time being. The kitchen closes at 23:00, and the restaurant stays open until the last customer.
Location
3 Ahad Ha'Am Street, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Train: Tel Aviv HaHagana1.9 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 159 mlines 16, 21, 24, 31, 64, 65, 82, 168 and 1 more
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-13.
Questions
About Popina
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 23:00.
- 1.9 km from Tel Aviv HaHagana stationBus stops within 331 m: מגדל שלום/הרצל, מגדל שלום/מונטיפיורי, מגדל שלום/אחד העם, מגדל שלום/גרוזנברג, הרצל/יהודה הלוי, יהודה הלוי/נחלת בנימין.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪₪On its menu the dishes cost 78 to 188 shekels; the six-course tasting menu is 430 shekels a diner, and five matched glasses add 215.
Popina is a restaurant at 3 Ahad Ha'Am Street, Neve Tzedek in Tel Aviv-Yafo, in the Tel Aviv District. Behind it: chef and founder Orel Kimchi.
It publishes its menu on the restaurant's website; 12 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 13 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on the restaurant's website on 13 October 2026: Sunday to Friday 18:00 to 23:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Tel Aviv HaHagana, 1.9 km away. The nearest bus stops are מגדל שלום/הרצל (159 m), מגדל שלום/מונטיפיורי (179 m), מגדל שלום/אחד העם (200 m).
Its website says nothing about kashrut and shows no certificate, and it is not in the Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 13 October 2026. Its menu has seafood and dishes that mix meat and cream. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
It appears on the municipal business licence register.
פופינה היא מסעדת שף מודרנית בתל אביב, המהווה כבר חלק בלתי נפרד מהנוף הציורי של שכונת נווה צדק בתל אביב: המסעדה שוכנת במבנה עתיק שעוצב בקווים נקיים עם ויטראז'ים בסגנון רטרו, קירות אבן וגינה ירוקה.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its website says nothing about kashrut and shows no certificate, and it is not in the Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 13 October 2026. Its menu has seafood and dishes that mix meat and cream. rabanut.co.il2026-10-13
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-13
- Companies Registrar
- Its website names no company. popina.co.il2026-10-13
- 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 3 Ahad Ha'Am Street that requires a business licence, over 223 square metres, with a start date of 1 September 2016; it was read on 13 October 2026. The register lists a second café and restaurant use at the same address, over 375 square metres from 1 July 2007, held by a company of another name, The HaArba'a Club Ltd; Popina's own pages name no company, so the register does not say which of the two is the restaurant's. gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il2026-10-13
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | פופינה / Popina | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 3 Ahad Ha'Am Street, Neve Tzedek | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.063299, 34.768272 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 03-575-7477 | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | popina.co.il | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | ontopo.com | popina.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from popina.co.il | popina.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Friday 18:00 to 23:00, Saturday closed | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Tasting menu | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪₪ | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 12 items with prices | popina.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | rabanut.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Tel Aviv HaHagana 1.9 km; מגדל שלום/הרצל 159 m; מגדל שלום/מונטיפיורי 179 m; מגדל שלום/אחד העם 200 m; מגדל שלום/גרוזנברג 231 m; הרצל/יהודה הלוי 250 m; יהודה הלוי/נחלת בנימין 331 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its website names no company. | popina.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 3 Ahad Ha'Am Street that requires a business licence, over 223 square metres, with a start date of 1 September 2016; it was read on 13 October 2026. The register lists a second café and restaurant use at the same address, over 375 square metres from 1 July 2007, held by a company of another name, The HaArba'a Club Ltd; Popina's own pages name no company, so the register does not say which of the two is the restaurant's. | gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the restaurant's website | popina.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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