Jerusalem: Rina and Alice (August 2018)

This restaurant is located about a 10-minute walk from the Waldorf. (Although it was only a 0.5-mile walk, it was not on flat roads but instead on gentle hills, making the walk slightly more challenging after a long day.) 

The restaurant is located on the street level of strip of residentail buildings, although it is located near other restaurants (Satya, P2, Bardak Pizza). The focal point of the restaurant is its open kitchen with its wood-fired pizza oven, with some seats at a bar that allow guests to watch the kitchen staff at work. Seating is available at tables in the front of the space (under a glass sunspace roof) or on the side and in the rear. The chefs/owners are a wife-and-wife couple.

At Rina and Alice, we shared two starters (hummus and cauliflower), one wood-fired pizza (cooked in a clay oven called a taboon), and three rounds of drinks for about $55 USD. Although we were able to use a credit card for the bill, we had to leave our gratuity in cash. We felt lucky to find this restaurant open on Friday night, when so many others seemed to be closed because of Shabbat.