Tel Aviv Eat 2026 — the Asian-food guide to Israel's biggest food festival

Tel Aviv Eat is back for its 10th edition — Israel’s largest food festival, taking over Charles Clore Park on the Jaffa beachfront for four nights, Monday 11 to Thursday 14 May 2026, 18:00–23:00. Entry is free; you pay per dish at each stall, with portions priced between ₪25–45. The 2026 lineup runs to ~80 stalls; we’ve cross-referenced the official lineup against our directory and confirmed six Asian-cuisine stalls, all real Tel Aviv outfits you can also visit year-round.

Here is what to look for if you came for the Asian food.

Confirmed Asian vendors

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Kimchi’s Korean Restaurant

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The Tel Aviv Korean staple is running a stall across all four nights with a focused street-food menu: tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes in spicy gochujang sauce), Korean corndogs, KFC-style fried chicken wings, gimbap (Korean rice rolls), Korean BBQ off the grill, and soju bombs to wash it all down. Lines build up fast after 19:00 — go early or later in the evening if you want to skip the queue.

If you missed them at the festival, both Tel Aviv branches are in our directory: Kimchi’s Korean Restaurant.

Dim Sum Shop

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The Dizengoff dim sum specialists are at the festival with a stand built around their Cantonese repertoire — steamed pork buns, har gow shrimp dumplings, and the rotating chef specials they normally cycle through at the restaurant. Quick-turnaround stall, perfect for a snack between heavier mains.

Brick-and-mortar location: Dim Sum Shop on Dizengoff 50.

Kanu — Vietnamese street food

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Tel Aviv doesn’t have many Vietnamese stops, so Kanu’s appearance at the festival is worth a queue. Expect their signature bánh mì sandwiches and pho-adjacent street snacks built for handheld eating in the park.

Their permanent location is on Herzl 77: Kanu.

Mochikva

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The Israeli mochi specialists — soft Japanese pounded-rice cakes with modern fillings (matcha, salted caramel, halva, fruit). Closer to dessert than dinner, but a strong palate-cleanser between savoury rounds.

Find Mochikva year-round: Mochikva directory listing.

Eggzit

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Hong Kong-style bubble waffles (eggettes / 雞蛋仔) — that crisp-on-the-outside, custardy-on-the-inside honeycomb-pattern street snack you’d queue for in Mong Kok. Eggzit normally runs as a delivery + pop-up operation, so the festival is a rare chance to grab one fresh off the iron.

Directory listing: Eggzit.

Thai Street Food

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The Shalom Aleichem 14 Thai stop — “Authentic & Original Thai Cuisine, sawasdee ka” — is at the festival with a stall built for handheld eating: pad thai, curries, and the rest of their street-food menu in to-go portions.

Year-round at: Thai Street Food on Shalom Aleichem 14.

Beyond the festival — pop-ups in May

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Tel Aviv Eat finishes Thursday night, but the city’s Asian-food calendar continues. Two highlights on the directory worth knowing about:

• OBI x Down Town Ramen vol.2 — chef-driven Japanese pop-up nights at OBI on Yavne 31, every Sunday from 17 May through 31 May. Tokyo-style ramen, then a fish-market night, then a Thai/Korean-inflected ramen evening to close.
• OBI - Sound & Kitchen itself runs Monday–Saturday from 19:00 with sushi, yakitori and a DJ booth — a more relaxed alternative to festival queues.
• Down Town Ramen — chef Sagi Dadush’s wandering ramen project, no fixed location; check his Instagram for the next residency.

Practical info

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• Where: Charles Clore Park, Tel Aviv-Yafo (south end of the seafront promenade, between Jaffa and Neve Tzedek)
• When: Mon 11 – Thu 14 May 2026, 18:00–23:00 each evening
• Getting there: parking is scarce — bus, tram, scooter or a 10-minute walk from Allenby/Rothschild. Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line stops at “Yehuda Halevi” or “Allenby”
• Pay: card and cash both accepted at most stalls; Bit is common
• Crowd: peaks Wed–Thu after 20:00 — the Monday opening and the early hours on weeknights are the calmest

Updates and the live vendor lineup go up on the festival’s official Instagram, @tel.aviv.eat. If you spot another Asian vendor we should add to this guide, let us know on the community forum.