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new Tel Aviv hotel restaurants to look out for

Like many luxury hotels around the world, Israeli hotels have clocked on to the advantage of having their own gourmet restaurant, one that not only offers fantastic culinary experiences to hotel guests, but also to diners from outside. Japanese fusion, kosher open-flame BBQ pits, rooftop lounge bar delights, and modern brasserie casual dining – here are 5 exciting new hotel restaurants to try out this season / By Sharon Ben David

Flame I The Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel Photo: Itiel Zion

Flame, the Carlton’s new open flame meat eatery, was inaugurated in August 2023. It has a traditional Argentinian charcoal “parilla” at the center of the restaurant, with enormous cuts of meat and mouth-watering steaks sizzling away at all hours. When it first opened, foodies flocked over to get

a taste of the new kid on the block, but then October 7 happened, and the owner was drafted as a reservist and the restaurant closed. After a period of uncertainty, it reopened with celebrity chef Oren Assido, winner of reality T.V. show “Game of chefs” heading the kitchen. His own restaurant

had closed after he himself had been drafted, serving four months as a reservist. Assido seems to have blended in perfectly with the Flame’s atmosphere and food philosophy, creating a new menu with North African influences and lots and lots of top-quality meat. carlton.co.il

32 ATMOSPHERE SEPTEMBER 2024