Aluma (restaurant)

Aluma was a restaurant in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel.

History

In 2016, it opened inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel. It resided where the Kohinoor Indian restaurant once stood, situated on the lobby floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. With 3 million shekels, investors converted the space into a Kosher chef's restaurant.
The restaurant was named "Aluma", meaning "beam" in Hebrew, after the beams that illuminated the tables. It was designed by Michael Azoulay; he is known for designing restaurants and hotels in both Israel and the United States. The restaurant seated 180 people, some indoors and others in an outdoor terrace, and also included a private room.
The Chef was Michael Katz, a member of the Master Chefs of Belgium and a former instructor at Cordon Bleu. The restaurant's menu was based on classical European cookery, mixed with Israeli cuisine. Some of the restaurant's dishes included pickled sardines, beef carpaccio, hot sabih salad, Bouillabaisse fish stew, and pastry-wrapped salmon. It also had a bar that served mixed alcohol drinks. The restaurant adhered to strict Kashrut standards.
It received favorable reviews from both Ynet ''and The Jerusalem Post.''