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This bright, buzzy and ever-popular Israeli vegetarian restaurant is a favourite for fresh and light Middle Eastern dishes, with plenty of vegan and gluten-free options. The menu spreads to fatoush salad, zucchini and mushroom pie and ziva (pastry fingers filled with cheese), as well as a great meze sampler of hummus, felafel and labane (sour cream cheese) served in neat little brass bowls.

All seating is on floor cushions and you have to take your shoes off, so make sure you’re wearing your clean pair of socks. A popular stand at street level serves takeaway felafel wraps.


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