Butchery - Netivot

I normally take photos as food is served, but I got carried away by the aromas and forgot until after we started eating! Because of that, I included a photo of another table being served a large platter that the waiter carved for them. Yonatan, our server, provided excellent service. He spoke enough English to assist with menu options. The menu is available in Hebrew and English (possibly more languages, but those are the ones we saw , but my husband isn 't familiar enough with the naming of beef cuts in Israel. With a strong preference for thick cuts of meat cooked rare, he ordered the 350 gram Golan Heights entrecote 54 shekels per 100 grams (he received a 30% discount off that price for a reason we didn 't quite understand maybe because it was his birthday? He asked that it be cut 2 fingers thick and wasn 't satisfied when the finger thickness didn 't equal that of his fingers. I had suggested that he specify in centimeters, but he discounted my advice. To the restaurant 's credit, the steak arrived on a sizzling platter heated with coals and was rare. My son and I shared starters of homemade bread with 3 traditional spreads; tahini, spicy red schug with citrus, and the third seemed to contain pumpkin possibly with roasted tomatoes. It was good and reasonably priced at 21 shekels. Our second starter was perfectly crispy cigars filled with a mixture of goose breast, chicken, veal, almonds, and raisins, served with a hot fruit confit. Absolutely delicious, and priced at 52 shekels for 2. I shared a combination platter for 2 with my son that contained 1 Golan Heights sirloin steak, 2 tenderloin steaks, and 2 Foie gras. The steaks arrived between rare and medium rare, so it was nice to have the grill platter for continued heating to obtain the perfect medium rare. That platter is priced at 380 shekels. Both platters came with roasted potatoes, a variety of peppers, tomatoes, and onions. We enjoyed the house wine (36 shekels per person , which turned out to be a Carmel Winery Selected brand Cabernet Sauvignon. Sharing one of the best hot fudge cakes ever (40 shekels we learned that our house wine came with free refills! Our astute server quickly returned to our table and opened a new bottle, refilling our glasses because he understands the connection between rich chocolate and dry red wine! Excellent service earned Yonatan a nice tip. The atmosphere was quiet and the seating was comfortable. The restrooms were clean. We dined inside because we were there mid day and the sun was hot. They have a very nice outdoor seating area that I imagine has a wonderful atmosphere for evening dining. Conveniently located in the Old City, we plan to return to The Butchery in Be 'er Sheva again.

In my opinion an overpriced restaurant with mediocre service. Not very clean (from water pitcher to guest toilet). No extras with the meat even though we spend 1500 ils on meat dishes for 5 pax, we stil had to pay for some simple fries. The meat dishes were ok but nothing to write home about.

Appetizers get 5 stars, the steaks only 3. Nice place, attentive service

Nice, tasty and fair price. At the beginning there was a lot of flies, but when the food came they gone.

The waiter convinced us to take a dish we didn't originally want. The meat was of very low quality, large parts inedible, the service was bad, nobody asked us how it was and our waiter couldn't care less.