CENTER
ARA MARUTYAN Restaurant, Bar & Café - C-$+
Armenian cuisine, sandwiches, summer café
7-5 Amirian St.
Tel: 538-761
Fax: 538-761
E-mail: marut@arminco.com
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.
KHACHAPURI STANDS - C
Khachapuri
Aram St., off Abovian
Notes: Khachapuri is a treat if done well, a cheese pastry. The stand also serves piroshki, biurek, ponchik and meat khachapuri. Dirt cheap at 50-100 AMD each.
KHINKALI - C
Georgian cuisine
14 Mashtots St
Tel: 534-614
Notes: Open 09:00-21:00, serves tasty Georgian food including khinkali (Georgian ravioli) at 60 AMD each, a full plate is 10-15 ravioli. Hot dog and fries for less than $2.
LE PETIT PARIS - C+
French bread, pastries, sandwiches
11 Khorenatsi (next to Hotel Shirak)
Tel: 523-822
Notes: A bit of France in the Yerevan landscape. Tasty, a little more then it should cost. But tasty.
LEBANESE KITCHEN - C+
Sargisian street (down from HSBC, opposite Shahumian Statue)
1500 AMD for filling meal, lamadjium that will stuff you for 500 AMD.
MR. PIG SANDWICH SHOP - C
30 Arami St. (corner of Abovian St)
Tel: 544-644
E-mail: dolmam@arminco.com
Sandwich shop run by Dolmama, sandwiches from 350 AMD for half-portions Hot dog to 1800 for large steak and eggs or Roast Pork, mushrooms and cheese sandwiches. Pastrami, tuna, bagels , cream cheese and croissants. Mmm-mmm!
NATURA GOLD TEA-HOUSE - C+
Tea
11 Abovian St.
Tel 569-091
PIZZA DI ROMA - c+
Abovian above H'raparak
1300 AMD for salad bar.
SHARMA STANDS
Along all major streets, GUM, Shukas, Parks, Yarmakas.
Sharma and Middle Eastern sandwich stands proliferate through the city. 100 AMD for Sharma sandwich, 150-250 AMD for more meaty fare. Best is along Tigran Mets and Isahakian Streets. This is street food.
NEAR CENTER:
ARAGAST Café - C-$
Sandwiches, Armenian cuisine
41, Isahakian St.
Tel: 522-303
ARMENIAN CUISINE - C-$
Armenian
42 Mashtots Ave.
Tel: 580-268
Notes: family cooking, starts at 300 AMD, up to $10+. You choose
BAREV Café-Bistro - C
14 Isahakian St.
Tel: 562-225
Notes: open 08:30-23:00, is another best kept secret: a classy joint with reasonably priced sandwiches, grill and Armenian cuisine.
BAR-BISTRO - C+
Sandwiches
38 Abovian St.
Tel: 561-529
Noes: open: 09:00-22:00; menu: sandwiches.
BISTRO - C+
Bar Food
39 Abovian St.
Tel: 567-606
Notes: open: 09:00-23:00, serves hamburgers and hot dogs.
BISTRO - C+
Armenian, Georgian
37 Mashtots Ave.
Tel: 534-919)
Notes: open: 09:00-21:00; menu: khorovatz, lamadjo (stuffed Georgian "pizza"), chanakh (bread bowl with meat, potatoes, beans).
BISTRO - C+
Desserts
47 Nalbandian St.
Tel: 52-32-56
Notes: open 09:00-01:00; menu: desserts only.
BROASTER CHICKEN - C+
Armenian, American food, sandwiches
15 Tigran Metsi Ave.
Tel 586-145, 528-025
Notes: Good roast chicken and a combination of American and Armenian meals and sandwiches. Hard to go beyond $6, but we guess you could.
BUFFET - C+
5 Baghramian St.
1500 AMD for cold salad bar, includes glass of tan.
CAFE RIVIERA Café - C+
Sandwiches, food
8 Sayat Nova St.
Tel: 584-420
Notes: Meals beyond $5 yes, but many individual selections way below.
DOKA Pizza - C-$
Pizzas, sandwiches
38 Abovian
Tel: 522-699, 555-555, 580-033 delivery on order; 561-175, 563-966
E-mail: docapizza@usa.net
Notes: Good snack, though not really Italian.
EDEN - C+
Armenian Grill
14 Isahakian St.
Tel: 580-026
Notes: open 09:30-22:00; menu: grill.
GRANDI MOLINI - C+
Armenian Grill
38 Mashtots Ave.
Tel: 533-548
Notes: open 10:00-22:00; menu: grill.
HAMBURGERS - C
Armenian-style hamburgers sold from trailers.
1. Tumanian Street, at the corner of Terian Street, across the Opera Swan Lake
2. Corner of Tumanian Street and Abovian Street
3. Others are along the Ring Park, by Isahakian St.
Notes: Tasty, quick and cheap. Closed in winter.
KOMITAS Café - C-$
Coffee, sandwiches
Sayat-Nova Ave., across from Opera House
Notes: Open in warm weather/season
MONICA - C+
Sandwiches
33 Toumanian St.
Tel: 53-85-38
Notes: open 09:00-20:00; menu: sandwiches.
PIZZA DI ROMA Pizza - C+
URL: http://www.sil.am
1/2 Movses Khorenatsi St.
32 Tumanian St. 32
Tel: 587-175, 561-518, 587-054, 525-115, 560-122
Fax: 151-504 (AT&T)
E-mail: sil@arminco.com
PIZZA H.U.T. - C+
Hanrapetetiun and Tumanian
1300 AMD for the best salad bar in town.
POTATO BURRITO - C
Isahakian St./Abovian St. Intersection
Notes: One of several fast food trailers running along the ring park. Cheap at 100-250 AMD.
PROSHIAN STREET ("Khorovats Street") used to be a reliably cheap place to grab grilled meat. Going upscale in that inimitable Yerevan way, with prices leading the way: one skewer of grilled meat now averages 1700 AMD.
QUEEN BURGER - C+
http://www.webnet.am/directory/bars_cafes_pizzas/queenburger/eng.htm
Burgers and fries
Metro Station Zorovar Andranik
ROBIN HOOD - C+
Pizza, grill
18 Jumanian St.
Tel: 566-144
Notes: open 10:00-23:00; pizza, grill; taped music.
SHARMA STANDS
Along all major streets, GUM, Shukas, Parks, Yarmakas.
Sharma and Middle Eastern sandwich stands proliferate through the city. 100 AMD for Sharma sandwich, 150-250 AMD for more meaty fare. Best is along Tigran Mets and Isahakian Streets. This is street food.
SIS BURGER - C+
5 Koriun St.
Tel: 521-032
Notes: open 09:00-21:00, has a cheese burger for 700 AMD, fries for 250 AMD. KING BURGER, in the same building serves same fare for the same price.
SMAK Bistro - C+
Abovian and Sayat-Nova intersection
SMAK Salad - C+
Mashtots at Isahakian Sts. (the corner as you turn to Cascade)
Notes: Good hamburgers, cheeseburgers, sandwiches, salads, French fries, and cocktails. SMAK Salad upscale version.
SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN
Tigran Mets below H'raparak Square, opposite Apotheka
1050+ for full meal (sandwich, fries, drink). New self-serve by Republic Square, the food is what you would imagine for a KFC rip off, but filling and cheap
YUM-YUM DONUTS - C+
Donuts
39/12 Mashtots Ave.
Notes: stuff yourself silly with fried air, um, American donuts. Almost as good as Krispy Kreme, as good as Dunkin Donuts.
OUTSIDE CENTER:
AREG - C+http://www.areg.am/80, Burnazjan, near David Sasuntsi Square, 3 block north.
Tel: 456-213
E-mail: anazo@lx2.yerphi.am
Notes: Part of a guest house, grill, home cooking, very good, affordable.
HOTEL SEBASTIA - C+
Armenian, Russian, grill, sandwiches
46, Leningradian St.
Tel. 394700
Notes: Popular night venue, night trade. Food is good, as a result. Not for women travelers!