48 Hours of Drinking in Tel Aviv

Anita La Mamma del Gelato Bar draws a steady local crowd in Neve Tzedek. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Rothschild 65 Roof draws a steady local crowd in City Center. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Mike's Place draws a steady local crowd in City Center. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Anna Loulou Bar occupies a narrow, atmospheric space in a restored Ottoman-era building tucked into the winding stone alleyways of Old Jaffa. The bar's interior Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Aria Restaurant Bar draws a steady local crowd in City Center. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Bar Michael draws a steady local crowd in City Center. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Bar Shira draws a steady local crowd in Florentin. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Beer Bazaar is the most respected Israeli craft beer specialist in Tel Aviv. The bar pours around 100 Israeli craft beers — Shapira, Negev, Dancing Camel, Bazel Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.