Yossi Shitrit's AFRIT in Tel Aviv: address, reported prices and booking details
AFRIT, the grill restaurant associated with chef Yossi Shitrit, is listed at Leonardo da Vinci Street 12 in Tel Aviv-Yafo. A report published by Israel Hayom on 12 October gives examples of its menu prices, while the restaurant's booking page confirms the address and offers reservations. For anyone planning a visit, the useful distinction is between a quoted dish price, the cost of a complete meal and the opening hours for a particular date.
A grill restaurant with a shared-table format
Israel Hayom describes the new restaurant as a place built around food from the fire, skewers and dishes intended for sharing. The restaurant's description on Ontopo also identifies Shitrit and presents a lunch and dinner menu featuring meat, fish, intermediate dishes, wine and cocktails. That agreement between the report and the business listing supports the basic description of the venue.
It does not establish that the restaurant served its first customers on the day the article appeared. The news is the published introduction and menu information; an exact opening-day claim would require a separate dated announcement. Nor is this a restaurant review based on a visit. The distinction matters because a description of a menu can help readers choose a place without making unsupported promises about the cooking, atmosphere or service.
For English-speaking readers, a shippudiya is a restaurant centred on skewers and grilled food. The term explains the format, rather than a fixed price level or a guarantee that every dish arrives as part of a set meal.
What the reported prices actually cover
The examples in Israel Hayom range from NIS 28 for a falafel dish to NIS 180 for lamb chops. Cocktails are reported at NIS 52-62. These are useful reference points, but they should be read as examples of separate items. They do not mean that a complete meal costs between NIS 28 and NIS 180 per person.
A shared-table order requires a different budgeting question: which dishes will the group order, and how many people will share them? A starter, a grill dish and a drink each add a separate part to the bill. A diner considering the restaurant for a casual lunch may therefore need different information from a group planning a long evening with several rounds of food.
The available examples also do not establish portion sizes, the price of every skewer or whether particular accompaniments are included. Before treating a price as a comparison with another restaurant, compare the same kind of order. A listed main dish and a full meal package are different products, even when both involve grilled meat.
The address and the reservation options
The restaurant's Ontopo listing gives the full address as Leonardo da Vinci Street 12, Tel Aviv-Yafo. It provides a table-search interface and the telephone number 077-3034380. Searching the full street name is a practical way to avoid ambiguity when entering the destination into a navigation service.
The booking page offers a way to select a date, time and party size. That is more useful for a specific visit than assuming a general description of lunch and dinner means every service is available every day. Readers making a reservation should use the result for their chosen date and keep the confirmation rather than relying on a screenshot of an earlier search.
No verified parking arrangement, public-transport route or walking time is included in the information checked for this report. A reserved table also does not establish a reserved parking space. Anyone combining the meal with another appointment should plan those two parts of the visit separately.
The hours listing needs a date-specific check
The weekly schedule retrieved from Ontopo lists Monday at 12:00-17:00 and Tuesday at 12:00-18:00. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are listed at 12:00-22:00, with Saturday closed. Sunday hours were not clearly identified in the retrieved listing.
There is a material complication: a separate label on the same page reads “today: closed”, alongside the Monday schedule. Those two pieces of information should not be silently reconciled by choosing whichever is more convenient. They are a reason to confirm the intended visit through the booking interface or by telephone.
In particular, the page does not support promising that the restaurant is open on Monday evening. It also does not establish whether the weekly schedule reflects introductory service arrangements or the longer-term timetable. Readers planning a meal should ask about the actual date, rather than simply asking whether the restaurant normally serves dinner.
What to establish before choosing a table
The checked information does not establish kosher certification, step-free access, accessible toilets, an English-language menu or the handling of particular food allergies. These are separate questions that deserve specific answers from the venue. A description of dishes is not a substitute for confirmation of a requirement on which a diner depends.
For a group, the most useful conversation before booking covers service time, the current menu and any dietary or access needs. Asking whether the kitchen can accommodate those needs before committing is more helpful than assuming that a menu category answers every practical question.
The choice can then rest on concrete information: the address, the reservation available for the selected date, the dishes the group wants and their current prices. The published menu examples provide a starting point. A confirmed booking and a clear understanding of the order turn that starting point into a workable plan for the meal.
