CENTER
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.
MARCO POLO Bar-Restaurant - $$
European and Georgian dishes
1/3 Abovian St.
Tel: 561-926, 525-550, 545-352 delivery on order
Notes: Annex with marine decor and small cabinettes for tete-a-tetes.
OLD TBILISI - $$
7 ALek Manukian
Tel: 273-344
NEAR CENTER
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).
GINETUN - C
Georgian, Russian
48 Nalbandian St.
Tel: 580-416
Notes: open 10:00-24:00, serves kupati, salyanka "Ostri" (sausage soup with peppers), salad "Olivye", beef cutlet "Zrazi" w/mushrooms (meat roll with mushroom filling) 1000 AMD, Khinkali, Pilmenni. A la carte can make it moderately priced, but the food is fantastic and worth the extra trek to get there.
OASIS - $
Georgian, sandwiches
50a Mashtots Ave.
Tel: 563-421
Notes: open: 11:00-19:00, has English Speaking waiters. Menu includes tasty and cheap blinchik, Adjarian Khachapuri, sandwiches and soups.
VERNATUN - $
Georgian
1 Pushkin St.
Tel: 582-371
Notes: open: 10:00-22:00, serves excellent Khinkali and Khorovatz. Menu up to 3000 AMD
OUTSIDE CENTER
HAVLABAR GEORGIAN Restaurant - $
Georgian cuisine
12 Azatutian St., Yerevan
Tel: 257-785