Luma
לומא
Café · ₪₪ · Zichron Yaakov rabbinate, dairy
51 HaMeyasdim Street, Zichron Yaakov
A sourdough café and bakery on the pedestrian street, known for big sandwiches in thick panini bread
Luma is a café and artisan bakery on HaMeyasdim, the old pedestrian street of Zichron Yaakov, and everything on its menu is built on sourdough. Mor Yitzhaki, who left a career in finance and ran a patisserie business in Tel Aviv, opened it in May 2025 with business partners and his older brother Tom, a contestant on Bake Off in 2018. The display case holds big sandwiches in thick sourdough panini bread, warmed or seared to order in the oven behind the counter, and a short row of cakes, from Basque cheesecake to bostock; by Yitzhaki's account the spreads and fillings are all made on site. Outside there are seats under a large tree and a big terrace. In its first months it also opened in the evening for Roman-style sourdough pizza, wine and cocktails. Mornings are busy: mako found it full one morning and advised coming early, and in April 2026 mako's food desk named Luma's sandwiches among the five tastiest street foods in Israel and wrote that its egg salad is the best in the country. It is kosher, dairy, under the local rabbinate.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 15:00
- Kosher
- Zichron Yaakov rabbinate, dairy
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- Accessible
- Coffee
- Takeaway
- Takes credit cards
- Open on Friday
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Luma itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 08:00-18:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 08:00-15:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sukkot | 26 September to 2 October |
| Simchat Torah | 3 Octoberfrom Friday evening |
Luma has not published holiday hours. Call before you go. Sukkot: the dates and times
Candle lighting 6:04 PMShabbat ends 6:59 PM
As published on Restaurant Guru, read 2026-09-29. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
These are the hours on its Google listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it on a page updated on 27 August 2026, and it is closed on Saturday. The hours have changed since it opened: in April 2026 mako printed Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:00 and Friday 08:00 to 14:00, and in 2025, when it also served sourdough pizza in the evening, it stayed open until 20:30 (HaIr News, October) or 22:00 (Gili Mazza's blog, August).
Location
51 HaMeyasdim Street, Zichron Yaakov
- Train: Binyamina6.6 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 102 mlines 1, 70, 92, 202, 708, 710
- Parking: HaMeyasdim is a pedestrian street here.OpenStreetMap maps car parks about 100 m to the east and 100 m to the west of the café and four more within 140 m, a free car park about 185 m to the south, and a free multi-storey car park about 560 m to the south.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-09-29.
Reviews
- Google4.8141 ratings · As quoted by restaurantguru.com, read 2026-09-29Read on Google
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Questions
About Luma
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 15:00.
- 6.6 km from Binyamina stationBus stops within 258 m: הנדיב/המייסדים, המייסדים/הנדיב, זבוטינסקי/הנדיב, הרצל/יעבץ, הנשיא/הרצל, הרצל/שדרות נילי.
- Price band ₪₪Restaurant Guru gives $$ and 50 to 100 shekels a person. In April 2026 mako printed 46 to 50 shekels for the sandwiches and 22 to 36 for the cakes.
Luma is a café at 51 HaMeyasdim Street in Zichron Yaakov, in the Haifa District. Behind it: Mor Yitzhaki and Tom Yitzhaki.
It publishes no menu online; 17 of its dishes are listed below with the prices reviews printed in April 2026.
Hours, as listed on Restaurant Guru on 29 September 2026: Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 18:00, Friday 08:00 to 15:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Binyamina, 6.6 km away. The nearest bus stops are הנדיב/המייסדים (102 m), המייסדים/הנדיב (110 m), זבוטינסקי/הנדיב (131 m). HaMeyasdim is a pedestrian street here. OpenStreetMap maps car parks about 100 m to the east and 100 m to the west of the café and four more within 140 m, a free car park about 185 m to the south, and a free multi-storey car park about 560 m to the south.
On the Zichron Yaakov religious council's list of kosher businesses, in its file of 21 April 2026, among the dairy restaurants and cafés, at the level "רבנות – לאוכלי א. חלב נכרי": the local rabbinate's regular supervision, not mehadrin, for those who eat non-Jewish milk powder. mako's articles of April 2026 also call it kosher. The certificate itself, with its dates, was not found. It is listed as wheelchair accessible on restaurantguru.com.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. Zichron Yaakov does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- On the Zichron Yaakov religious council's list of kosher businesses, in its file of 21 April 2026, among the dairy restaurants and cafés, at the level "רבנות – לאוכלי א. חלב נכרי": the local rabbinate's regular supervision, not mehadrin, for those who eat non-Jewish milk powder. mako's articles of April 2026 also call it kosher. The certificate itself, with its dates, was not found. zikhron-yaakov.md.gov.il2026-09-29
- Accessibility statement
- Its Google listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it, marks it wheelchair accessible. It has no website, so no accessibility statement, and no source says whether the toilet is accessible. restaurantguru.com2026-09-29
- Companies Registrar
- No company behind it could be found: no page of the business names one, and none of the companies the Companies Registrar lists under לומא, לומה, Luma or Lumma is tied to this café. By Mor Yitzhaki's account in October 2025, he opened it with business partners and his brother Tom. data.gov.il2026-09-29
- Municipal business licence
- Zichron Yaakov's local council publishes its business licensing process and forms but no list of licensed businesses, and data.gov.il has none for the town. zy1882.co.il2026-09-29
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | לומא / Luma | facebook.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 51 HaMeyasdim Street | zikhron-yaakov.md.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.573833, 34.9539402 (its Google listing, as Restaurant Guru copies it) | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-687-0990 | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 18:00, Friday 08:00 to 15:00, Saturday closed | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from mako.co.il | mako.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Google rating | 4.8 from 141 ratings, as quoted by restaurantguru.com | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Google review text | Belongs to the reviewers | restaurantguru.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 17 dishes, with the prices reviews printed | mako.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Zichron Yaakov rabbinate, dairy | zikhron-yaakov.md.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair accessible | restaurantguru.com | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | HaMeyasdim is a pedestrian street here. OpenStreetMap maps car parks about 100 m to the east and 100 m to the west of the café and four more within 140 m, a free car park about 185 m to the south, and a free multi-storey car park about 560 m to the south. | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Binyamina 6.6 km; הנדיב/המייסדים 102 m; המייסדים/הנדיב 110 m; זבוטינסקי/הנדיב 131 m; הרצל/יעבץ 176 m; הנשיא/הרצל 242 m; הרצל/שדרות נילי 258 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | No company behind it could be found: no page of the business names one, and none of the companies the Companies Registrar lists under לומא, לומה, Luma or Lumma is tied to this café. By Mor Yitzhaki's account in October 2025, he opened it with business partners and his brother Tom. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Zichron Yaakov's local council publishes its business licensing process and forms but no list of licensed businesses, and data.gov.il has none for the town. | zy1882.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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