- Price $$$$
In an ancient Jerusalem stone house near Mahane Yehuda market is the much loved Hamotzi restaurant that serves authentic and comforting homemade food at affordable prices. Chef Avi Levy combines a North African cooking style with a Jerusalem flare to create a rich kaleidoscopic of flavors. Levy uses local ingredients from the nearby market.
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Based on 551 traveler reviews
The food at Hamotzi is amazingly good. A Middle Eastern & Moroccan mix. The chef was on Masterchef and it shows. The Hummus & Falafel is so tasty and the texture is perfect. The best hummus I’ve had in many years. The sweets are made by the Chef’s mum in the day. You can...
MoreThe food at Hamotzi is amazingly good. A Middle Eastern & Moroccan mix. The chef was on Masterchef and it shows. The Hummus & Falafel is so tasty and the texture is perfect. The best hummus I’ve had in many years. The sweets are made by the Chef’s mum in the day. You can watch her in the window. They are really a great treat. Service is attentive and friendly. Thursday night is DJ night and is a lot of loud fun. Other nights are quiet and for serious eating. You will eat too much it’s so nice...
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We've waited a long time to come to Hamotzi. We like the chef and anticipated great hospitality and delicious food. At the first opportunity, after COVID lockdown, we went there. The food was good but not great. The noise however was unbearable. Loud up-beat music was pounding relentlessly all around. We asked twice to...
MoreWe've waited a long time to come to Hamotzi. We like the chef and anticipated great hospitality and delicious food. At the first opportunity, after COVID lockdown, we went there. The food was good but not great. The noise however was unbearable. Loud up-beat music was pounding relentlessly all around. We asked twice to adjust the volume down a bit but without any response. So we quickly finished our food and ran out to save our hearing.
LessWe came for dinner, two families (total of 9 people). We were seated in the upper level, where there was a very big table of 20 people near us. the group of people were very loud, in a place where the acoustics is very bad. we could not enjoy the food, we could not enjoy...
MoreWe came for dinner, two families (total of 9 people). We were seated in the upper level, where there was a very big table of 20 people near us. the group of people were very loud, in a place where the acoustics is very bad. we could not enjoy the food, we could not enjoy the atmosphere, and when commenting on that we were told there is nothing to do, since they are friends of the chef. That being said - the food was nice, not great as expected, and the service was ok. But the bottom line - it was a very bad experience for us.
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