Stumbled on this restaurant near the Machaneh Yehuda market at lunch time. We think we were the only tourists there. Friendly and gracious service. We enjoyed two roasted eggplant appetizers and then the kubbeh hamusta soup - a Jewish Kurdis soup with meat dumplings. All was terrific!
Photo: Ima
Photo: Ima
Photo: Ima
- Price $$$$
- Accessibility
- Business Meals
- Free Parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kosher
- Take Away
Just Like Mom Used to Make
Ima is a family-owned restaurant in the Nahlaot neighborhood that’s been a Jerusalem favorite for over 30 years. Though she’s trained a talented kitchen staff, Miriam Binyamin, the original Mom, is still known to cook at the restaurant even today preparing her signature simple, but tasty Mediterranean and Middle Eastern classics.
What’s on the menu?
At Ima, you’ll find all your Mediterranean and Middle Eastern favorites, including kubeh soup (meat or vegetarian), stuffed vegetables, salads and main courses like the fish of the day, Middle Eastern meatballs, chicken skewers, schnitzel, Jerusalem mix grill and much more.
Lunch is a popular hour at Ima thanks to the generous business lunch deal, but don’t be shy about stopping by for dinner with friends or even a date and pairing your meal with a nice bottle of wine from the restaurant’s choice collection. Ima can also host private events and offers a variety of special menus to suit any occasion.
Additional Information
Ima is certified kosher under the supervision of the Jerusalem Rabbinate.
Photos: Courtesy of Ima and Mushkie Haskelevich
TripAdvisor Reviews
Based on 235 traveler reviews“Eat lunch like a local!”
“A promising name that doesn’t deliver”
Service in Israeli restaurants is notoriously bad; at Ima it was exceptionally awful. Multiple servers seemed to be on the first day on the job. Perhaps they were? The 2nd course was brought while we were eating the appetizers. We were placed near the noisy kitchen in a mostly empty restaurant as a...
MoreService in Israeli restaurants is notoriously bad; at Ima it was exceptionally awful. Multiple servers seemed to be on the first day on the job. Perhaps they were? The 2nd course was brought while we were eating the appetizers. We were placed near the noisy kitchen in a mostly empty restaurant as a staff member made a racket as he dropped clean silverware into bins. He did stop when asked. No one however was nasty or aggressive; rather, they are simply clueless. nnThe food was lousy to OK. The vegetarian tomato based soup seemed out of a can. I’m unsure why I ate it. The chicken breast was edible. The vegetable platter was notably unattractive but edible. nnThe 4+ rating is a mystery. I will remember not to return.
Less“Good Chicken & Hummus”
Very tasty and doog Chicken Breast. The garlic Olives and the Hummus was also recommendable. Definately a place where we could stop by again.