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Luxurious Restro-Bar at the Heart of the Market
Not a lot of people know that the name of Machane Yehuda Market was originally supposed to be Valero. Well, this new restaurant is claiming it back. Located at the city’s most vibrant market, Valero is a recently opened chef restro-bar that offers its patrons a restaurant dining area, a bar, and a private area. The menu includes meats, fish, and a host of interesting appetizers. As the night falls, Valero transforms into a fun bar with great music, drinks and a happy Machane Yehuda atmosphere.
On the Menu
Recommended dishes include: fine entrecote burger, smoked duck in cherry mustard, caramelized salmon, ravioli, branzino or veal fillet, and lamb chops with lafa bread and eggplants in za’atar.
The alcohol menu offers a wide variety of drinks and special cocktails such as the wood-sorrels cocktail, passion fruit licorice, banana split and many others incredible beverages inspired by the market’s colorful and fruitful nature.
Celebrate Events at Valero
Valero restro-bar is available for hosting private events of up to 70 guests (full restaurant buyout) and of up to 45 guests (on a partial buyout basis). The restaurant’s servers are kind and attentive, and they will make sure to create the perfect setting to make your event unforgettable. Valero offers customized and personalized menus designed to suit any type of event both in taste and budget.
Aviv Moshe, Our Chef
Chef Aviv Moshe is a native Jerusalemite, who studied culinary with Chef Shalom Kadosh and worked at Chateau Karem restaurant and at the renowned Messa restaurant in Tel Aviv. His culinary style combines French provincial cuisine with home cooking methods.
TripAdvisor Reviews
Based on 37 traveler reviews
My husband and I enjoyed a tasty meal, beautifully presented at Valero last night. Originally seated at the bar the staff offered us a more comfortable table as soon as one became available. The menu isn’t very large but there is sufficient variety to suit all tastes. I enjoyed a market salad and a...
MoreMy husband and I enjoyed a tasty meal, beautifully presented at Valero last night. Originally seated at the bar the staff offered us a more comfortable table as soon as one became available. The menu isn’t very large but there is sufficient variety to suit all tastes. I enjoyed a market salad and a wonderfully prepared piece of salmon fillet in a delicious sauce. My husband had the fish shawarma to start off followed by en entrecôte steak prepared exactly as ordered!
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Read good reviews so decided to come. Good we made a reservation - Thursday night is so busy in the market area... We were greeted with a delicious chaser - something with anis snd lemon. I don't like anis but I liked that drink.... Ordered a farmers' salad, fish shwarma and grilled denis fish. Everything...
MoreRead good reviews so decided to come. Good we made a reservation - Thursday night is so busy in the market area... We were greeted with a delicious chaser - something with anis snd lemon. I don't like anis but I liked that drink.... Ordered a farmers' salad, fish shwarma and grilled denis fish. Everything was really good snd tasty. Worth a visit!
LessWe arrived as a party of four for our 7pm reservation to find that we were the first diners that evening and the waitresses were eager to serve us. It was Happy Hour, so we enjoyed a 10% discount on food and a 2-for-1 offer on cocktails. As we sat down we found the...
MoreWe arrived as a party of four for our 7pm reservation to find that we were the first diners that evening and the waitresses were eager to serve us. It was Happy Hour, so we enjoyed a 10% discount on food and a 2-for-1 offer on cocktails. As we sat down we found the restaurant's menus to be very creatively designed. Because of Happy Hour, we each selected a different cocktail but in addition, we were given free chasers (and had to turn down the last such offer as we were driving). Deciding to share our food, we ordered quite a number of different dishes. For appetizers we chose the House Bread, the Mini "Pita Chef", the Fish Carpaccio, the Farmer’s Salad, and the Fish Shawarma (which I found to be quite delicious). For the main dishes we shared sea bream fillets, the spring chicken (pargit), and the asparagus polenta (there wasn’t much asparagus in this dish). Everything was very tasty and the portions were just right. None of us came away from the meal hungry but we didn’t want to overdo it so decided not to order dessert. In total, after the discounts and with a service tip the dinner came to 350 shekels per couple (about $95). A bit more expensive than our usual night out but we certainly got our money's worth. Highly recommended.
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