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ZEST is the restaurant, café and bar at JW3 led by General Manager Joshua Owens-Baigler.
It blends culinary cultures and the Tel Aviv vibe to create a more contemporary approach to Jewish cooking.
Whether you want a drink, a snack or a meal, you’ll find a fresh, delicious experience at Zest.
We look forward to welcoming you.
On Friday 3 March Zest closes at 11.30pm. There is a pop up cafe in the foyer.
On Sunday 5 March the restaurant and cafe are closed for dinner. There will be a pop up cafe in the foyer. The last seating for brunch is at 2pm.
On Saturday 11 March the restaurant and cafe are closed for dinner.
On Wednesday 15 March the restaurant and cafe are closed for dinner. There will be a pop up cafe in the foyer.
On Sunday 26 March the restaurant is closed for dinner.
From Monday 6th March until Sunday 9th April Zest opens a kosher meaty pop up restaurant in partnership with World Jewish Relief on the piazza at JW3.
Opening hours:
Mon to Thurs: 5pm-10pm
Sunday: 11am-10pm
Please see the World Jewish Relief website for more information and details:
Join us on Sundays for our Bottomless Brunches* from 10.45am (walk ins only – no reservations so make sure you arrive early to take advantage!). Now you can enjoy bottomless food as well as drink! Click the menu to see what is on offer.*
Joshua has worked at many fantastic venues including River café, Hix, Shrimpy’s, Bocca Di Lupo and was General Manager of Artusi before joining Zest in June 2015.
ZEST is the restaurant, café and bar at JW3. Its ambition is to be the home of modern, kosher Jewish cooking, its food a reflection not just of the vibrancy of the cafes and restaurants of Israel today but also of their warmth and sense of hospitality.
The menu reflects this. Excellent coffee, teas, juices; warming vegetable soups; lots of mezze; imaginative salads; colourful fish dishes; a range of nibbles and ‘small plates’; and an abundance of Zest’s own cakes and desserts.
The highly colourful plates, cups, saucers, bowls and mugs on the tables at Zest have been specifically produced for us by Adama Pottery in Kibbutz Netiv Ha-Lamed Hei in the Valley of Elah, Israel. Adama has been a family affair since 1991 and belongs to Adrianna Rozental. Adrianna runs the company but she has made clear that her husband, Hanan ‘helps her on many issues’. Adrianna employs a team of seven and although they have shipped to members of their extended family around the world this is their first commercial shipment to the UK.
Zest’s magnificent bar has been built by Cantilever Bars, one of the UK’s most innovative bar specialists, and is 15 metres wide – so there is plenty of room for you and your friends to meet!
The bar is the central feature of hospitality at Zest. One counter will feature the cakes, breads, juices, teas and coffees that will constitute the café menu while the side facing the restaurant will feature a view into the kitchen where the chefs will be hard at work.
The main span will also have the extra attraction of facing on to a series of sliding glass doors that open up on to a large piazza. Here guests can, weather permitting of course, sit outside, eat, drink and enjoy an unusual oasis.
