Haifa is a mixed city, so not everything is kosher and not everything closes on Shabbat. The good news: the city's kashrut certificates are public and easy to check.
Checking kashrut
Certificates issued by the Haifa Religious Council are published on the Ministry of Religious Services kashrut portal (Haifa is authority 3). On 5 October 2026 it listed 509 certified sites: 423 at the regular level and 86 Mehadrin. Each entry shows the level, whether the place is certified for dairy, meat or parve, and the expiry date; most current Haifa certificates run to 19 April 2027.
The certified list includes supermarket branches (Shufersal, Rami Levy, Osher Ad, Victory, Yochananof, Carrefour, Yesh), bakeries, cafes, pizzerias, hotels, event halls and workplace cafeterias. The restaurant and cafe listings here come from that portal and show the level.
A dated Beit Ole page warns that its own list of certified restaurants is out of date and says to check with the restaurant. I'd do the same: look at the certificate on the wall.
Supermarkets
- Osher Ad (31 Derech Bar Yehuda): Sun-Tue 10:00-23:00, Wed-Thu 10:00-00:00, Fri from 07:30 to 13:00 in winter or 15:00 in summer.
- Rami Levy has branches at Azrieli Haifa mall, Admiralty and 111 Derech Bar Yehuda. The Bar Yehuda branch reopens about an hour after Shabbat until 23:00; the Azrieli and Admiralty branches are closed on Motzei Shabbat.
- See all groceries and bakeries.
Malls
- Grand Kanyon (54 Derech Simcha Golan): Sun-Thu 10:00-21:30, Fri 09:00-15:00, Saturday night 20:30-23:00.
- Azrieli Haifa (4 Flimann St, about 150 stores, free parking, next to Hof HaCarmel station): Sun-Thu 09:30-21:30, Fri 08:30-15:00, and Motzei Shabbat from 30 minutes after Shabbat until 23:00.
- Lev HaMifratz sits next to a railway station and the Haifa Bay bus station.
Markets
The municipality lists four:
- Talpiot market (Sirkin St, Hadar), the city's historic market, with produce on the lower floor plus restaurants and bakeries; it's being restored.
- The flea market (9 Kibbutz Galuyot St), daily, roughly 08:00-16:00: vintage, antiques and second-hand.
- Wadi Nisnas: produce, coffee blends, falafel and shawarma, butchers, sweets and cheeses.
- The "Turkish market" in the Lower City, which is actually a culture and leisure centre rather than a market.
On campus
The kashrut portal lists several kosher cafes and food outlets on the Technion campus, including Techno Hummus in the student building.
In an emergency
During emergencies the municipality publishes lists of supermarkets and Super-Pharm branches that are open.
