What exactly does a Middle Eastern cocktail experience look like? Well at Alef, that involves flavourful bar snacks, creative concoctions, and a variety of live bands, all against a backdrop of buzzing crowds and aesthetic interiors that bring to life a sense of being in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or Jaffa late at night.
Come in for the happy hour (from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.) but stay to be serenaded by live music three nights a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays alongside a rotating schedule on Thursdays and Fridays, with a variety of different genres including Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences. While you sway along, you can make your way through a carefully curated list of signature cocktails, which is designed to highlight the culture of the Middle East, while also making use of local ingredients to keep operations as sustainable as possible.
Make sure to try the bar's blood orange-infused take on an Old Fashioned, the Turkish coffee-laced Fortune Teller or the best-selling Desert Rose, a spicy tequila drink with fresh basil, pistachios, and prickly pear. And when you get hungry? There are snacks in the form of fluffy pita pizza, silky hummus, and roasted eggplant baladi.