BUKHARI - C+
Georgian, Armenian, Russian
8 Amirian St.
Tel:  58-93-63
Notes: open 11:00-24:00, a favorite best kept secret. Menu includes Tezhvezhik (fried liver with onions and tomatoes), kupati, pizza, Abkhazia Khachapuri; ten types of coffee. Everything made from scratch: order an hour before for pick-up or sit down. Nothing above 2800 AMD.

SAYAT NOVA CAFÉ - C+
Armenian, Georgian, Russian
15/14 Nalbandian St.
Tel:  52-14-61
Notes: open: 09:00-20:00; menu: khinkali, langet (grilled beef pieces), khorovatz.

SENIOR HOTEL-Restaurant - $+
URL: http://www.geocities.com/seniorhotel/seniorhotel.html
Armenian, Russian, Continental cuisine
Hanrapetutian Square: 22 Vazgen Sargsian St and 26 Nalbandian St. 26
Tel:  541-555 hotel, 581-804 restaurant-bar, 525-684
Fax:  525-684

SHIRAK HOTEL - $+
http://www.shirak-hotel.am/
Armenian, Russian, Continental
26/1 Movses Khorenatsi
Tel: (374-1) 529-915
Fax: 529-915
E-mail: shirak_hotel@infocom.am
Notes: Hotel food but pretty good.

CCCP - $+
Authentic Russian
2 Arami St.
Tel:  560-866
Notes:  Great basement restaurant with Soviet Kitsch everywhere.  Fun place to eat, food good too.

SLAVONIC - $+
Russian
13 Amirian St.
Tel: 538-999

NEAR CENTER

SLAVIC Restaurant - $+
Russian, Ukrainian
51 Baghramian St.
Tel:  271-931

BELLAGIO - $+
Tel: 545 900
3 Amirian Street between H'raparak and Mashtots (closer to H'raparak)
$10+ for meal, individual dishes are $5-10 each. French, European, Armenian and Russian menu, food is very good, just too expensive for the portions.

NOR KRUNK - $+
Khandjian just above Pavstos Biusand
$10-20 per person for Armenian-Russian food.
The cafe is middle-priced and worth the rooftop view, the restaurant is over-priced, but beautiful.

RUS - $+
Tel: 553 220
39 Sayat Nova at Charents
$10+ for authentic, unique Russian meals. Sumptuous feasts in a great Russian atmosphere.

METROPOL - $$$
Armenian-Russian, Continental
2/2 Mashtots Ave.
Tel  543-701
Fax:  543-702
Notes: a15 minute walk to the center, near Cognac Factory. Continental and Armenian-Russian food. Very expensive, not so great.

PIONEER Bar & Restaurant - $$$
Armenian, Continental, Russian, Sandwiches, food
2 Marshal Baghramian Ave.
Tel  581-819, 541-819
Fax: 151-169 (AT&T)
E-mail: aharoutounian@hotmail.com
Notes: This is a "Show Restaurant", with erotic shows from 24.00-05.00. Its as tacky as you'd think, which is part of the fun. Simulated sex not in good taste. The big city has arrived.

PULLMAN Restaurant, Bar - $$$
Armenian, Russian, Continental Cuisine 33 Sayat-Nova St.
Tel  564-232

NORK

ARMA - $+
Armenian, Russian, Continental cuisines
275 Norki Aiginer St.
Tel:  581-843
Notes: open 09:00-24:00. Fish for 1400 AMD, chicken kebob 1200 AMD. (not on map)

MAISON D'HÔTE DE NORK -$+
Armenian, Russian, Continental
123 Amaranotzayin St
Tel: (374-1) 653-949, 653-949, Mob. Tel: (374-9) 401-259
Notes: Guest hotel with courtyard café-dining, as well as indoor. Good food, quiet area, stunning vistas.

OUTSIDE CENTER

HOTEL SEBASTIA - C+
Armenian, Russian, grill, sandwiches
46, Leningradian St.
Tel.(374-1) 394700
Notes: Popular night venue, night trade. Food is good, as a result. Not for women travelers!

FITNESS CENTER Restaurant - $+
Continental, Armenian, Russian, European
10 Vagharsh Vagharshian St.
Tel:  224-577, 224-166
Fax:  226-669
Sorry, not a health food restaurant, you worked it off, so stuff your face!

IGDIR LEISURE CENTER - $+
Armenian, Russian Cuisine
24/1 Hovhanisian St. 24/1
Tel:  645-083, 523-402 Director, 649-142

HOTEL ARABKIR - $ http://www.aquarius.am/eng/harabkir1.html
Armenian, Continental, Russian
54b, Komitas St
Tel.(374-1) 231990
E-mail via Aquarius Travel: aqtrav@arminco.com
Notes: Located near the Iranian Embassy in working class neighborhood. Food is fare, filling, and affordable.

VALENSIA HOTEL AND RESORT of VALENSIA Restaurant - $$+
http://www.xgroup.am
Armenian, Russian Continental cuisine
40 Miasnikian Ave.
Tel:  543-572, 543-573
Fax:  543-571
E-mail: valensia@xgroup.am
Notes: The resort companion to the Italian Water World. Ho-hum.