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Focaccia BarvsMona
Both Focaccia Bar and Mona are highly recommended by professional reviewers. Overall, Mona ranks marginally better than Focaccia Bar. Mona comes in at 83 with accolades from 4 reviewers like DK Eyewitness, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
Focaccia Bar
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Frommer's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
4 Rabbi Akiva Street, Jerusalem, Israel
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Fodor's "This popular haunt has been baking fluffy focaccias for 20 years...this is also one of the city's few restaurants to flout Passover restrictions on eating leavened dough. " Full review
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There are many toppings (don't miss the black-olive spread), and some tasty starters (try the fried mushrooms stuffed with goat's cheese or the fried calamari).
Fodor's "This kosher cousin of the popular Downtown restaurant welcomes you with a large display of fresh vegetables and an open taboon oven where the focaccias are baked." Full review
Frommer's "A very popular place (especially on Shabbat) filled with travelers, families, and young Jerusalemites, Focaccia Bar serves pizzas and focaccias baked in a traditional brick taboon oven." Full review
Lonely Planet "The chef in charge of the taboun (clay oven) at this popular place must be one of the hardest-working people in the city." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Situated on a quaint courtyard, this romantic place, built entirely of stone, is evocative of the early 1900s."
Time Out "Surrounded by collections painted by a local artist, visitors can indulge in the little piece of heaven that is this restaurant’s city-renown focaccia bread, served with appetizing dried tomatoes and mozzarella" Full review
Mona
Concierge Fodor's Lonely Planet DK Eyewitness Time Out
12 Shmuel Hanagid, Jerusalem, Israel
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Concierge "Located in cosmopolitan West Jerusalem, Mona is set in an art-filled cultural institution popular with the city's ever-dwindling secular population."
Fodor's "Mona's working fireplace and tree growing through the indoor section give a rustic setting to eminently modern Israeli cooking overseen by two chef-owners." Full review
Lonely Planet "Hidden inside the Old Bezalel Art School and usually missed by tourists, which is great if you’re looking for some truly local atmosphere." Full review
DK Eyewitness "This café-restaurant combines great food with a magical, arty Jerusalem atmosphere and exhibits of contemporary and historic Israeli art. "
Time Out "A vibrant restaurant with a creative and surprising menu. Situated in the old stone Artists’ House, Mona is further enlivened by its select menu where unusual, flavorful combinations always sing" Full review
