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    The Armadillo - an unpresumptuous and cool local bar in the area of Shenkin St.

    One of the latest trends in Tel Aviv is the local or "neighborhood" bars.  New bars are opening up in the middle of residential areas to provide a casual and easygoing drinking option.  The Armadillo Bar is amongst the most popular.

    Everyone knows everyone here, but since Tel Aviv has a rather less than friendly atmosphere in principle (neighbors just walk past each other without so much as a smile!), there isn't a cramped feeling of intimacy.  It usually has a very pleasant buzz in the place, and at least one local celebrity can be spotted almost every evening.  The décor is nice yet unimaginative, but if you want to get the local vibe it is one of the best places.

    A second "branch" of Armadillo has opened on Dizengoff Street, and its name - Armadillo-Cerveza (do tell it from its big sis). Once again, an excellent  mellow bar that is packed every day of the week.

    Open: Sun-Thu 18:00-2:00, Fri 20:00-3:00. Sat 19:00-3:00
    Address: 51 Ehad Ha'am St., 174 Dizengoff St.
    Tel: (03) 620-5503  


    Comments (6)
    • Samantha Gore  - ARMADILLO - DO NOT BE TREATED THIS BADLY

      What a shame! Finally after two weeks of guest lists and reservations we found a nice, cool, relaxed local bar on Dizengoff. How excited we were! On our last night we went back there and local friends joined us. On a bill of 231 NIS they left 250 NIS on the table and went home. My partner and I decided to stay for another drink. The waitress spoke to us in Hebrew and I asked her to translate. She said "this is not right I earn at least 10% for a tip". The people who paid had gone, we were foreigners and the tip was only 4NIS short!!! I, to my shame, explained the situation and asked for another drink. I gave her a tip that was more than 10% of the whole amount and was left with dirty looks. For the huge money they charge in these bars, how dare they complain when people we are no longer with only left 8-9%??? I have had some amazing service in TLV and tipped accordingly, but some whiny 18 year old, complaining about me to the management when she could not afford one of the d...

    • Jack  - Another Armadillo

      The bar has opened a third place in the Carmel Market area, and this bar is larger, so you CAN throw a cat Peter, and the staff are great, terrific food, amazing music, and the drinks are a reasonable price. The clients tend to be a a little older 30+, just the type I like. It's along Nahalat Binyamin/Montefiore

    • Jack  - I've also been there....

      This is one cool place. The bar staff are great, generous, and polite. There is more than enough room, I don't understand the idiot who wants to throw a cat in a bar. It is intimate, the music fantastic, food is deliscious. Obviously Peter above is wrong, he must have pi**ed someone off

    • cetin  - I've been there too

      I 've been there too, staff were kind. I was a tourist and had 2 shots for free without a reason. Music was fine but hard to hear, yes crowded but nice atmosphere.

    • Peter  - Ive been there

      Ive been there, the bare staff are rude, there no space to throw a cat

    • Justin  - great area - great bar

      crazy little bar

      cool venue

      cool staff

      good music

      good beer

      good vibes

      not too pretentious...

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