Malka
Israeli restaurant · DUMBO ·
Mediterranean kosher cuisine with Israeli chef, fresh ingredients
Mediterranean kosher cuisine with Israeli chef, fresh ingredients
"A rustic, wood-lined Israeli spot from a celebrated Tel Aviv chef that emphasizes hyper-seasonal, ingredient-driven plates and high-acid flavors; the Dumbo location pairs a long front bar with a simple dining room. Menu highlights include puffy, olive oil–doused flatbread marbled with tomatoes, onions, and spicy peppers served with exceptionally silky tahini, parchment-roasted white asparagus, and a cult-favorite schnitzel stuffed with mashed potatoes, while the drink program mixes French and Israeli influences, from sumac-spiked Margaritas to the nutty Israeli Goldstar lager." - Kat Odell
"Israeli chef Eyal Shani’s restaurants like HaSalon and Miznon have always had a fun, celebratory vibe, and his latest in Dumbo is a good pick for New Year’s Eve. The $150 tickets, purchased in advance, go toward the menu with dishes like a green salad ($15); pasta with fish ($29); schnitzel filled with mashed potato marrow ($46); rib-eye with roasted tomatoes ($85); and a giant lamb rib called a “dinosaur bone” ($98)." - Eater Staff
"I visited Malka, Eyal Shani’s kosher restaurant, which has opened another location in DUMBO." - Emma Orlow
"Malka, the Tel Aviv kosher restaurant by way of the Upper West Side, has a second location in Dumbo for beet carpaccio, fluffy focaccia, and an on-fire fish. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation
"I found Malka to be a real role model: employees Eli Goldberg and Adrian Groenendyk created Crisis Kitchen early in the pandemic to feed people who were food insecure; owners Jessie Aron and Colin McArthur temporarily shifted the restaurant to takeout to team up with Feed the Mass and SnackBloc PDX to donate meals to wildfire evacuees; on their Instagram they frequently offered meals to food-insecure people enabled by pay-it-forward donations from customers." - Eater Staff