Rooftop

The restaurant is located on the 8th floor in the luxury mamila hotel. When I made the reservation I asked to sit by the window, and the view of Jerusalem was breathtaking. The food was good, worth the price. I was a bit disappointed when no waiter came to take our order and we had to call someone and it took too long for the main course to arrive after the appetizers. AND THE MOST unprofessional thing was that we were not able to leave a tip with the credit card. It was only cash OR "bit" which is like "venmo" or a direct deposit to the waiters bank account, for me it felt a bit sketchy and I did not expect this from a place like this!

Menu: Meat. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options Cuisine: Israeli Location: Jerusalem, Mamilla hotel Type of restaurant: Fine Dining Pricing: Expensive Portions: Small-Moderate What makes it special: Beautiful views of the Old City

Visited the place this evening. First of all, the food was good. And the interior looks luxury including white table clothes. Due to the fact the service is very slow.. actually I didn't feel seen at all.. I visited the place with reservation and I stayed for a bit over 1,5h, which is a good time for a 3 course menu, but I only took a main and one glass of wine due to the slow service. The view is nice, but during the evening there is not much to see because the indoor lights reflect on the glass shutters to protect for wind. I found it awkward the waiter asked for service in cash before handing over the bill yet. I would wait till a guest would mention the service amount. The people who work there did not seem to have a very nice time, excluding the employees who sat at a table in the restaurant having a nice time.

I don’t even know what happened. We used to come to the rooftop a lot and last night we went with a big group since I recommended the place. I ordered the shashimi salmon/ and got an avocado shashimi in a bath of teriyaki sauce. It was very heavy . Totally not what I was expecting. The duck for main was actually very good but then when we ordered the malabi for dessert it was like eating butter instead of a light dessert that’s malabi is supposed to be. We had a bite of the lemon cake, you expect it to be lemony sour/ it was more like a puffy shortcake with some sweet lemon on it. What happened to the chef? Bring him back!!! Other then that, I found the service to be pleasant and quick and great. And the view is spectacular. I will come back again, but only because if past expiriance not because of this last time. Cocktails were also very good.

First the hotel is worth seeing in itself. As for Rooftop, it has a cool vibe, satisfactorily service and inspired food / cocktails. Great layout and views. It was warm enough despite a cool evening and the background EDM music set the tone. The starting bread was an instant winner and the Salmon was the best plate we tried. Judah Hill cocktail was on point as was the lemon olive oil cake.

The Rooftop restaurant on top of the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem offers some fantastic views over the New and Old Cities but, with the exception of some delicious roasted bone marrow I found the food to be unexceptional and the service very poor indeed. Having waited a very long time to be given a menu or offered a drink we hijacked a passing young waiter who did his very best to help and give us what we needed, despite being very busy and working in a completely different section of the restaurant. Without his initiative we would certainly have made a complaint or indeed left. Here are a few photographs of some of the food at Rooftop and a few other places in Jerusalem.

Great views of the old city! Good food! Well plated and well seasoned. Definitely would eat here again. Only draw back is not to many kid options.

Fantastic view of Jerusalem but service was a bit slow. Book ahead for dinner and it can get rained out and moved to the bar downstairs which doesn’t work at all.