Israeli Restaurant Near Me in Greenwich Village: Shmoné's Michelin Chef's Counter

Shmoné is named for its street. Shmoné means eight in Hebrew, and the restaurant sits at 61 West 8th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, where Eyal Shani's kitchen has held a Michelin star since 2023. It serves dinner Monday through Saturday and stays dark on Sunday. For anyone typing israeli restaurant near me below 14th Street and wanting a serious night out, the counter here is the seat to chase.

Shani is the Jerusalem-born chef behind Good People Group, which brought Miznon pita counters, the party restaurant HaSalon and Port Sa'id to New York. Shmoné is the group's most intimate room, about 50 seats wrapped around an open kitchen. The daily menu credits restaurateur Yonatan Chaitchik, and the stove belongs to executive chef Orianne Shapira, who ran the kitchen at HaSalon NYC for about six years before moving down to 8th Street.

The restaurant's own site says it earned a Michelin star in 2023 and held it in 2024, and the Michelin Guide page still lists one star in 2026. The inspectors wrote that the room fills up right as the doors open and singled out the Jerusalem bagel as a knockout. The Infatuation scored it 8.3 in September 2024 and recommended it as a date-night spot, especially from the counter.

The menu changes daily and is written in Shani's chatty voice, with dish names that sound like notes from the kitchen. On the sample menu dated January 6, 2026, the hot Jerusalem bagel with olive oil and za'atar cost $14. Order it the minute you sit down. It is the cheapest thing on the list, it arrives warm, and it gives you something to tear into while you plan the rest of the meal.

From the same sample menu, the single Hokkaido scallop with Osetra caviar was $28, a one-bite luxury you can split if you are careful with a knife. Handmade spaghetti puttanesca was $32, the most reasonable way to fill up. The showpiece was the Stretchy Stracciatella Pyrex lasagna with Périgord black truffles at $79, and the name tells you it comes to the table in the glass Pyrex dish it was baked in, which is part of the fun of ordering it with a group.

Meat is where the bill climbs. The 76 layers of Wagyu flat iron were $56, and the beef short rib, listed with the promise that you have never had one like it, was $79. The Infatuation warned that the short rib is heavy and the whole menu runs rich, so for two people pick one big meat plate, not both. For dessert, the Sticky Pistachio Cake was $19 and is the safe finish.

The Infatuation called the charcoal grilled leeks good, but not the most standout dish, and that matches how the menu is built: the vegetable plates here support the bagel, the pasta and the meat rather than steal the night. If you need to cut something to keep the check sane, cut there. A sensible order for two is the bagel, the scallop, the spaghetti and one meat dish, with the pistachio cake to finish; a group of four can add the lasagna and still keep the night within reason.

The room is loud in a cheerful way. The Infatuation described music that bounces around and cooks who hand out shots of raki, the anise spirit, across the counter. Counter seats put you face to face with the line as plates come off the grill, while tables suit a quieter conversation. That mix of music, raki and open-kitchen noise makes it closer to a dinner party than to a hushed tasting-menu room, so pick it for a celebration rather than a quiet business talk.

Book on Resy, where Shmoné takes parties of up to six. Resy notes that a counter or table preference is not guaranteed and that tables are held for 15 minutes. Cancel late and you pay: $50 per person within 24 hours for parties of one to five. Groups of six or more go on a prepaid prix-fixe of $140 per person with a 20 percent gratuity minimum, and corkage is $75 per bottle.

Walk-ins get a small number of seats. Your best shot is to arrive right at opening, when Michelin says the room starts filling, or to try for a late seat close to the 10 pm final seating. If the host turns you away, step next door to Shmoné Wine at 65 West 8th Street, a walk-in-only wine bar open Monday to Saturday from 5 to 11 pm, and ask to be called if a seat opens.

It is not an Eyal Shani restaurant and it will not feel like the counter on 8th Street, but it keeps you in the same neighborhood with hummus and grilled plates on the table instead of a long wait on the sidewalk.

The closest subway is West 4th Street–Washington Square, served by the A, B, C, D, E, F and M trains, with its main entrance at West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue; from there walk up Sixth Avenue and turn right onto West 8th. The 8th Street–NYU station on the R and W is a short walk east at Broadway. The PATH stop at 9th Street and Sixth Avenue is also close.

Before or after dinner, walk two blocks north to Jefferson Market Library at 425 Avenue of the Americas and West 10th Street, the red-brick Victorian courthouse turned branch library with a clock tower that glows after dark. Or head one block south and east to Washington Square Park, where the arch, the fountain and the chess tables keep the Village busy well past dinner.

Address: Shmoné, 61 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011, Greenwich Village. Dinner Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday, with final seating at 10 pm. Reservations on Resy for up to six guests, with a $50 per person late-cancellation fee. The kitchen serves meat and dairy and is not kosher. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP to line up a Village evening around your reservation.