Mahaneh Yehudah Experience

Food tour for 2 at Mahaneh Yehudah market

What's the plan?

If you forget Jerusalem – maybe you should see a doctor!
How can one forget the most famous and largest market in the most famous and largest city in the country?
The Banai family’s burekas, the first stand of the etrog man, Turkish-Lebanese-Israeli doner, delicacies, beers, pastries, and an atmosphere unmatched in the Middle East.
The tour should be consumed on an empty stomach only.

How does it work?
The tour operates through a smart WhatsApp chatbot where you’ll meet Giraffe’s special guide who will accompany, explain, navigate, and of course – pay for you. From the moment of purchase, you’ll have 6 months to take the tour anytime without need for coordination, just arrive at the market hungry on your own time and progress at your own pace.
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What does the tour include?
6 (!) food and drink stops with choices between various dishes and different businesses, accommodations for gluten-sensitive, vegans, and certified kosher. Is that all? Not at all: there are also routes, navigation and guidance, tours and videos, points of interest and road stories.

Note ❤️- The tour operates through one phone device but it’s for two! At each stop, you’ll receive 2 personal portions or one large portion to share.

Tour Type

independet tour

Cost per couple

₪300

Tour Length

Minimum an hour and a half

No. of Stations

Gifts to take home from the market

Navigation and guidance via WhatsApp

Informational videos on your phone

Digital food couple tour

BETTER TOGETHER
Digital food couple tour, who are you taking?

What are we eating?

We’re not into spoilers but we’re totally cool with teasers 🙂
Here are the 6 stops on the tour and the choices at each one:

Fresh Coffee 🆓🌱✡️ | Fresh Juice 🆓🌱✡️
Kurdish Pastry ✡️ | Traditional Falafel 🌱✡️ | Boutique Cheeses 🆓🌱✡️
Sabich 🆓🌱✡️ | Boutique Beer 🆓🌱✡️ | Pizza ✡️
Balkan Pasrty ✡️ | Iraqi Kubbah 🆓🌱✡️ | Jachnun No. 1 🌱✡️
Ossobuco🌱✡️ | Doner Kebab🆓🌱✡️ | Meat focaccia🌱✡️
Knaffe 🌱✡️ | Affogato 🆓🌱✡️

🆓 – Gluten-free option 🌱- Vegan option ✡️ – Kosher certification

*In each category, only one option can be redeemed for both participants.

Is it kosher?
In one word: yes!
In more words: all stops on the tour are certified kosher 🙂

Gluten-free / Vegan?
At each stop there’s at least one vegan option, and in 5 out of 6 stops there will be a gluten-free option. Choosing a vegan/gluten-free option applies to both tour participants. However, at some businesses where you receive 2 personal portions, you can get one regular and one gluten-free/vegan, and for sharing portions, you can request the “gluten” on the side.
Q&A-

Is food included in the price? The tour cost includes everything! (Yes yes, including the food)
Will the tour go through one phone? Yes. One couple’s tour (1 couple ticket) goes through one device.
What if we don’t manage with the chatbot? No problem at all 🙂 You’ll be accompanied throughout the entire tour by human customer service with speed you haven’t experienced before
What if we don’t like sharing a dish? Don’t worry! On the tour you’ll receive details in advance about each business, what you get to eat there, and whether they serve one dish to share or 2 individual portions.
How long is the tour? The tour length depends on you – the fastest will manage to finish within an hour and a half.
We started the tour and had to leave in the middle, what do we do? Feel free to take your time: from the moment you start, you’ll have 72 hours to complete all the stations.
6 months have passed since purchase, is it lost? Not at all. Extending the tour validity for 3 more months costs only 35 NIS.
Is the tour filling? The tour ranges from filling to bursting. Don’t plan a restaurant after!
We want to go out as 3 people, can we buy a single ticket? Unfortunately that’s not possible. In the case of 3 participants we recommend buying 2 couple tickets and eating more or simply taking it home! Blessed be the takeaway.
What should we bring anyway? Headphones + a personal water bottle and you’re all set.
Where to park? Mahane Yehuda Market parking lot – 88 Agrippas Street.
Want to go out with 4 couples or more together? No problem, we just ask that you coordinate with us beforehand on WhatsApp so we can update the vendors in advance.

Opening Hours

Hours when you can start the tour:

Sunday-Thursday: 10:00 – 18:30
Friday: 09:30 – 12:00

**On Sunday – Thursday some businesses on the tour begin closing from 19:30.
*We recommend starting the tour no later than 18:00.

**On Friday the market is especially crowded and there may be longer than usual waiting times. Some businesses begin closing from 14:00.
*We recommend starting the tour no later than 11:00.