While many of the resto-bars (a somewhat unfortunate Israeli term for a bar/restaurant) and bar-bars clustered on and around Shlomtzion Hamalka Street – the current throbbing heart of nightlife in Jerusalem (it changes every few years) – have a distinct undercurrent of sex-trawling, most of them don't go so far as to make hooking up their very raison d'être. But Rey, on Shlomtzion offshoot Koresh Street, certainly does, as it's widely labeled among the nightlife crowd as a pick-up bar, or, as it's rendered in Hebrew, pikabar. 

A massive affair, the real live bouncers, something of a rarity in Jerusalem, ensure only the best-dressed and trendiest – or at least the most oozing in low-rent Israeli machismo – make it inside (theoretically, Rey is for partiers 24 and up). Once you get past the door, you'll be greeted with the sight of a massive, lit-up bar in the center of the room surrounded by throngs of Israelis dancing to electronica, modern Israeli rock and the international sounds of American pop.

If you're one of those tourists who insists on going to a bar packed only with Israelis, Rey fits the bill.