The View
February 2026
They don't call it "The View" for nothing. The View Restaurant on the Netanya promenade, has the view of a lifetime. The View Restaurant is the meat restaurant answer to its sister restaurant, Hayekev, the landmark dairy Netanya restaurant.
The patio of The View Restaurant is the go-to place in the spring/summer. In the winter you will enjoy the beautiful toasty warm indoor space.
 Have you ever looked at a restaurant menu and wanted to order everything?
That is the idea at the new View Restaurant in Netanya. The new team at Netanya’s View Restaurant have reworked this once, over-the-top restaurant, into something for everyone and every occasion. The new Chef Rafael Matok gets his inspiration from Chef Asaf Granit, one of the most creative chefs and restaurateurs on the culinary landscape.
The menu is in three sections + dessert. In the “Openers” section, choose between the selection of parve salads with a price per, or for about 100 shekels, just order them all. My favorite was the humus, laced with chick peas and crunchy crumbled bread, topped with roasted pine nuts. The packaged humus that we know is but a distant cousin to this delicious humus.
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The “Openers” section works best when you are not in for a full meal that dents your pocketbook, but something light and tasty that you can enjoy in a pleasant space. Say you’re at the beach with the wife and some friends and you want a bit of refreshment. Order the openers, a beer or two, and for under 150 shekels you had some good food and a nice break in a very beautiful setting. Count me in.
If you are here for a more exciting meal you can choose from the more elaborate appetizer menu, where the chef-style carpaccio fish and meat dishes appear. My companion was attracted to the liver dish, but we decided to leave that for another visit and we skipped right over to the main dishes.
The main dishes run from the basic affordable to the high-end smoked dishes. They range from a burger, shipud, or fish fillet, to the higher end meats. Non meat or fish eaters will enjoy the risotto with pine nuts and zatar. Each of these dishes come to the table as a platter with lovely vegetable side dishes.
My fish fillet was served on a platter with chick peas, cooked Turkish-style spinach, almond cream, and salsa sauce. The warm fish contrasted the cold almond cream. My companion chose the butcher’s cut meat skewer. We passed on the veal sweetbreads, pricier than the other dishes but surprisingly less expensive than the equivalent at other restaurants.
 How do they keep the prices of these fish and meat main dishes so low? Here’s the trick… Each dish is a single-person portion. You might not be able to share the dishes, but they are priced to enable ordering more than one per person. My Fish fillet main dish (NIS 86) was low cost by any standard. This dish included but one fillet, rather than the usual two. With the lovely vegetable side dishes, I didn’t miss the second fillet. I will admit that I have never seen a half fish swimming in the ocean.
My companion first thought that a single shipud main course would not be satisfying. Surprise! The butcher cut skewer platter came with Jerusalem artichokes in a chicken-based gravy. The carby vegetable with the gravy were irresistible.
There are them’s that do, and them’s that don’t. For the them’s that do, there are grilled meat dishes by the 100 grams. Take a look at the meat aging in the restaurant refrigerators on view. Choose your cut and let the chef do his thing. Most pieces are about 500 gr on the bone, which lose about 20% when cooked. These can be shared with your dining companion.
These reasonably sized dishes will leave you a chance to enjoy a dessert. We chose the Yuzo lemon ring dessert with meringue and fruit. This is a beautifully presented, creative dessert, that we have not seen yet. Kudos to Chef Refael on a great menu and a great meal.
From the menu:
Openers: NIS 22 - 24
Ficaccia with dips NIS 32
Humus NIS 18
Eggsalad NIS 21
Appetizers: NIS 68 - 78
Sashimi NIS 68
Chopped liver NIS 51
Mains:
House burger NIS 96
Fish fillet 86
Skewer NIS 122
Rosotto NIS 68
Entrecote 350 gr NIS 238
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