Jerusalem leans dessert and Middle Eastern before anything else, with Tziga Ice Cream and Hamarakia both pulling 4.9 ratings, and Muffin Boutique anchoring the bakery slot. Ice cream tops the signatures at 6 venues and shakshuka follows at 5, while Mimonis and CASA LAVI fill the Mediterranean and Western corners. The Italian lane runs 10 deep behind the headlines.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Try the cauliflower shawarma and eggplant steak for standout flavors
Must go · #5 
Must go · #6 Bring cash as the venue is cash only
Must go · #8 
Must go · #9 Try the Lotus cookie and Bounty vegan ice cream flavors
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Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
6 places worth stopping for ice cream
Try the vegan ice cream pops and sorbets
Try the orange aperol vegan gelato
Try the Lotus cookie and Bounty vegan ice cream flavors
Try the parve chocolate vegan ice cream
5 places worth stopping for shakshuka
Try the vegan shakshuka
Enjoy the fresh, homemade hummus
Try the vegan fried halloumi cheese and vegan shakshuka with Zero Egg
Enjoy the variety of vegan desserts, especially mini pies
3 places worth stopping for muffin
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 158 Jerusalem venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Enjoy the hummus, reported as the best in Jerusalem
Enjoy the vegan bagels with vegan cream cheese
Bring cash as the venue is cash only
Try the cauliflower shawarma and eggplant steak for standout flavors
Cities where the ice cream signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Jerusalem has 158 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Hamarakia (המרקייה), Muffin Boutique, Tziga Ice Cream. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Jerusalem scores 39.4/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 30 vegan-friendly venues and 24 high-quality restaurants out of 158 analyzed.
Jerusalem has 2 fully vegan restaurants and 36 vegetarian restaurants. 30 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Jerusalem's top signature dishes for vegans are ice cream, shakshuka, muffin. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Jerusalem leans Italian. Italian is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
Hamarakia (המרקייה) is ranked #1 in Jerusalem by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
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