• Falafel Banin Johnny

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  • White Vegan
Vegan
Mediterranean
Fast food
Take-out
Middle Eastern
Israeli, Kosher

Simple place offering falafel plus coated fried potatoes, and gluten-free dishes. Open Mon-Thu 9:30am-7:30pm, Fri 9:00am-2:00pm, Sun 9:30am-7:30pm.


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17 Reviews

First Review by EllieStaton

Janamonika

Points +1317

Vegan
16 May 2023

Yummy

Very good falafel sandwich with a nice crispy potato on top

Noku

Points +146

Vegan
01 May 2023

Great as described

Super little hole in the wall place. Wash your hands at the sink in the entrance, crowd in and order. Don’t let the lack of English slow you down. Order a falafel with everything. Try the mango sauce on the counter/eating area on the left, then take your pita sandwich out and eat on the bench on the sidewalk. They will split these in half if you’d like to share. About 20NIS or 30 with a drink.

laskin

Points +433

Vegan
27 Feb 2023

Probably The Best Falafel In TLV

Wow, this truly is a hidden gem. Located nearby most vibrant markets, this place is easy to miss when passing by, but it's so much worth visiting!
The staff is friendly, and while the seats are limited, it's a perfect place to grab a falafel to eat on the go. The hummus, the warm and soft pita, and the falafel itself - everything is just perfect. Now it's my go-to falafel joint, be sure to try it out!

Pros: Delicious , Central Location, Nice Staff

Cons: Not really suitable to dine-in

travelbug_87

Points +243

Vegan
05 Apr 2022

Delicious

This is a great place. The food is fresh and delicious. The staff are very knowledgeable about allergies and super nice 🙂

Pros: Delicious food, Gluten free options prepared separately

Ruddegur

Points +1411

Vegan
28 Jan 2020

Just perfect

This is what a perfect falafel tastes like.

Pros: Perfection

hwe

Points +20

Vegan
29 Sep 2019

Great falafel

Very tasteful food and the people who work there are very nice as well as the other customers. The all really make you feel welcome 😊

Pros: Very tasty vegan food, Really nice people, Cheap

larafranziska

Points +36

Vegan
26 Sep 2019

Best Falafel in Tel Aviv! You need to try!

This is the best place to eat falafel. I tried many restaurants in Tel Aviv but always came back to eat Banins Falafel. Absolutely need this recipe 😂

Nico76

Points +55

Vegan
26 May 2019

Nice

Nice falafel balls with the extra of a delicious fried aubergine as snack inside the falafel

Pros: Aubergine, Tasty falafel with hummus

H2OAddict

Points +686

Vegan
07 Apr 2019

Must try!

This is the first place my fiancé and I ate outside of our hotel on our scouting trip to Tel Aviv (we are moving here soon) and we are now actually looking in this area just to be close to this spot. I’m only mildly kidding. There are falafel restaurants all over the city, of course, but many of them serve shawarma, so we won’t eat in them, but this little authentic street shop serves fresh and hot falafel with Israeli salad, Israeli pickles, hummus, tahini, etc. We were happy that we were able to order in English as both of us need to work on our Hebrew (me especially) and got a beautiful and delicious meal with drinks for under the equivalent of US$15 (55 NIS.) My favorite part of Israeli food is all the herbs. There is plenty of parsley here and I LOVE parsley, so if you’re wondering what that flavor is in your Israeli salad, that’s it.

Pros: Authentic experience, Amazing falafel

Cons: Small with few seats

thommyeah

Points +18

Vegan
10 Dec 2018

Beste Falafel in Tel-Aviv!

Super Falafel - auf Wunsch glutenfrei!
Erste Wahl für „Fastfood“ in Tel-Aviv!❤️

Pros: Vegan, Lecker , Billig

fetss

Points +13

Vegetarian
10 Dec 2018

Delicious!

Lecker und freundlich! Unbedingt empfehlenswert! Auch glutenfrei möglich!

Pros: Sehr lecker!

Cons: Keine

alexbcn

Points +36

Vegan
24 Oct 2017

Tasty fast-food

They do have gluten-free pita bread. :-)

Pros: Gluten-free options

daroff

Points +1613

Vegan
15 Aug 2017

delicious old-school vegan falafel joint

Very pleased with this old-school falafel experience. The shop is very small, with seating for eight inside and space for a dozen or so outside, including public benches.

The falafel is fantastic. Be sure to order with chips (French Fries), as they are an excellent (& light) addition to the sandwich.

The chatter between the preparers and the customers is fun to be a part of as well - lots of jokes and laughs abound.

Pros: delicious, vegan, try the chips (french fries)!

Cons: small

A.Z.P.

Points +635

Vegan
19 Jun 2017

Smooth/Delicious Falafel

What Israeli Falafel and American Bagels share in common, is that they should be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Falafel banin is exactly that!

The Falafels here are little yellow balls (which you could eat like popcorn) that are really fresh, with a flavor and texture inside which is much smoother than the more commonly found green falafel balls,

Johnny, the owner (and the son of the original owners), is also a character who takes tremendous pride in his product. The first time I went in, I tried ordering without french fries and he strongly persuaded me to include them. Wow, was he right!!! These are no common instant fries, they are fresh potatoes fried up deliciously and one of the best parts of the meal.

This is a place with a steady stream of regular customers where you'll find the common folk of Israel, There's a reason this place has been a Tel Aviv Falafel institution for over 60 years, and hopefully it will be for another 60, as we say in Israel, Ad 120 (at least!)

Updated from previous review on 2017-06-19

Pros: Great flavors, Great authentic local experience, Kosher

LeylaStefaniSapad

Points +24

Vegan
07 May 2017

best falafel I've ever had

AMAZING amazing amazing. No other words to describe this place. Wow

TraveLaika

Points +495

Vegan
26 Nov 2016

great falafels

The falafels were just melting down, omg soo amazing and I truly loved the sauce. For the extra I took the potatoes and I asked for gluten-free bread, do it beforehand if you need it and place itself is super small

EllieStaton

Points +64

Vegan
16 Aug 2016

we really liked this place

the staff were so lovely and the falafel pitas were just what we hoped for, 17 shekel for one I think, fair price for tasty vegan fast food. we will most probably return during our short time in tel aviv. the included fried potato was the closest thing I've had to fish since becoming vegan!

Cons: like most similar places, it was a little bit dirt




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