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For illustration: the town and the trade, not Samarkand itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram

Samarkand

Name: Samarkand
Address: 34 Derech Ben Zvi, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, IL
Telephone: +97236811122

סמרקנד

Restaurant · Bukharan

34 Derech Ben Zvi, Tel Aviv-Yafo

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A Bukharan restaurant on Derech Ben Zvi, founded in 1995 by a chef from Samarkand

Samarkand was founded in 1995 by the father of the family, Eliyahu Pozailov, who had worked as a chef at a restaurant in Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and its site says it was the first restaurant in the country to bring Bukharan hospitality to the Israeli public. The secrets of the Uzbek kitchen passed from father to son and grandson, and the cooking still follows the traditional methods. The staff explain the meats, dumplings, soups and pastries on the menu, and long tables are opened at lunch and in the evening. Birthdays can be held in a side room or in the large hall, which takes up to 80 people. It has two branches: the first in Or Yehuda and this one in Tel Aviv.

16 facts checked 2026-10-13

At a glance

Shabbat: Saturday not confirmed
Kosher: Unknown
Diet: Bukharan
Wheelchair: there are steps, and a separate accessible entrance for disabled guests

Own website
Active on Instagram
Facebook page

Photos

On the chain's Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Samarkand itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram

Skewers of lamb and whole tomatoes over glowing charcoal

A long street wall in Florentin painted with a blue and grey floral mural, with a wire fence and trees rising behind it — A long street wall in Florentin painted with a blue and grey floral mural

Opening hours

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Opening hours by day
Sunday to Thursday	09:30-23:30
Friday and Saturday	Hours not confirmed

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

On Friday its site has it open from 9:00 until an hour before Shabbat, and on Saturday night from half an hour after Shabbat ends, with no closing time.

Location

34 Derech Ben Zvi, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Waze Google Maps

Train: Holon Wolfson1.5 km from the door, straight line
Bus: Nearest stop 114 mlines 46, 83

Questions

Sunday to Thursday 09:30 to 23:30, Friday and Saturday hours not confirmed. As listed on the restaurant's website, read on 13 October 2026.

Its Saturday hours are not confirmed. On Friday its site has it open from 9:00 until an hour before Shabbat, and on Saturday night from half an hour after Shabbat ends, with no closing time.

34 Derech Ben Zvi, Tel Aviv-Yafo. As listed on samarkand.co.il, read on 13 October 2026.

Its menu of 13 October 2026 lists Lagman soup at 45 ₪, Chebureki, 3 pieces at 55 ₪, Salmon skewer at 47 ₪, Hummus with mushrooms at 45 ₪, among others. The full menu is on wolt.com.

Its site says the restaurant is kosher and closed on Shabbat. The Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 13 October 2026, lists Samarkand as an events hall under mehadrin supervision at 36 Ben Zvi, with a certificate valid until 20 April 2027, and has no entry at 34 Ben Zvi.

By train: Holon Wolfson station is 1.5 km away. By bus: the nearest stops are דרך בן צבי/היינריך היינה (114 m), האקדמית תל אביב-יפו/היינריך היינה (166 m), מכון הרישוי/דרך בן צבי (196 m), אצטדיון בלומפילד/דרך בן צבי (293 m).

03-681-1122, as published on samarkand.co.il.

No. We found no listing on Wolt or on 10bis when we checked on 13 October 2026.

About Samarkand

1.5 km from Holon Wolfson stationBus stops within 293 m: דרך בן צבי/היינריך היינה, האקדמית תל אביב-יפו/היינריך היינה, מכון הרישוי/דרך בן צבי, אצטדיון בלומפילד/דרך בן צבי.
Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.

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Samarkand is a restaurant at 34 Derech Ben Zvi in Tel Aviv-Yafo, in the Tel Aviv District. It is one of the 2 Samarkand branches listed on samarkand.co.il. Behind it: founder Eliyahu Pozailov.

It publishes its menu on Wolt; 11 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 Thursday 09:30 to 23:30, Friday and Saturday hours not confirmed.

The nearest railway station is Holon Wolfson, 1.5 km away. The nearest bus stops are דרך בן צבי/היינריך היינה (114 m), האקדמית תל אביב-יפו/היינריך היינה (166 m), מכון הרישוי/דרך בן צבי (196 m).

It appears on the municipal business licence register.

The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.

Kosher certificate: Its site says the restaurant is kosher and closed on Shabbat. The Tel Aviv-Yafo religious council's index of kosher businesses, read on 13 October 2026, lists Samarkand as an events hall under mehadrin supervision at 36 Ben Zvi, with a certificate valid until 20 April 2027, and has no entry at 34 Ben Zvi. rabanut.co.il2026-10-13
Accessibility statement: None found on its site or its listings samarkand.co.il2026-10-13
Companies Registrar: Its website names no company. samarkand.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 34 Derech Ben Zvi that requires a business licence, over 555 square metres, with a start date of 1 May 1998; it was read on 13 October 2026. It is the only café and restaurant use at the address, where the register also lists a bakery and a school. gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il2026-10-13

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Field	Value	Source	Read on	Use
Name	סמרקנד / Samarkand	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Address	34 Derech Ben Zvi	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Coordinates	32.048403, 34.764002 (the government's address map)	govmap.gov.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Phone	03-681-1122	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Chain	Samarkand, 2 branches	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Website	samarkand.co.il	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Opening hours	Sunday to Thursday 09:30 to 23:30, Friday and Saturday hours not confirmed	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
What it is like	Written from samarkand.co.il	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Menu	11 items with prices	wolt.com	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Kosher certificate	Unknown	rabanut.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Accessibility	there are steps, and a separate accessible entrance for disabled guests	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Train and bus	Holon Wolfson 1.5 km; דרך בן צבי/היינריך היינה 114 m; דרך בן צבי/היינריך היינה 131 m; האקדמית תל אביב-יפו/היינריך היינה 166 m; מכון הרישוי/דרך בן צבי 196 m; האקדמית תל אביב-יפו/היינריך היינה 236 m; אצטדיון בלומפילד/דרך בן צבי 293 m	openstreetmap.org	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Delivery apps	Not on Wolt or 10bis	Our own check	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Companies Registrar	Its website names no company.	samarkand.co.il	2026-10-13	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 34 Derech Ben Zvi that requires a business licence, over 555 square metres, with a start date of 1 May 1998; it was read on 13 October 2026. It is the only café and restaurant use at the address, where the register also lists a bakery and a school.	gisn.tel-aviv.gov.il	2026-10-13	Fact, shown
Photographs	2 licensed	instagram.com	2026-10-13	Linked, not copied

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