Tavern Yerevan
📍 Kentron, Yerevan
The institution for a first Armenian dinner: wood-panelled rooms, enormous platters and every classic done properly. Always full — book ahead.
★ Must try: Khorovats platter with grilled vegetables
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Lavash
📍 Kentron, Yerevan
Armenian classics rethought with a light hand, in a bright space near the Opera. The lavash arrives warm from the tonir, theatrically.
★ Must try: Lamb kyufta and the honey-gata dessert
Dolmama
📍 Kentron, Yerevan
A 19th-century house, candle-lit rooms and the dolma that gave it its name. The place for a special evening rather than a quick bite.
★ Must try: Classic dolma in grape leaves
Sherep
📍 Republic Square, Yerevan
Big, buzzing and open-kitchen: modern Caucasian cooking at honest prices two steps from Republic Square. Great for groups.
★ Must try: Clay-pot beef with local herbs
In Vino
📍 Saryan street, Yerevan
The wine bar that started the Saryan street renaissance: hundreds of Armenian labels, sharing boards, and tables spilling onto the pavement.
★ Must try: Areni noir flight with cheese board
Anoush by the Garden
📍 Kond, Yerevan
A family courtyard kitchen in old Kond serving the Lent-born vegetarian repertoire: herb-packed zhingyalov hats, bean dolma, grilled vegetables.
★ Must try: Zhingyalov hats stuffed with 15 wild herbs
Ishkhan House
📍 Sevan lakeshore
Plastic chairs, lake view, and the best sig and trout on Sevan’s shore — smoked on site. Zero design, maximum flavour.
★ Must try: Smoked whitefish (sig) with lavash and herbs
Green Bean
📍 Kentron, Yerevan
Yerevan’s reliable morning stop: proper flat whites, big vegetarian breakfasts and fast Wi-Fi. Fills with laptops by 10am.
★ Must try: Armenian breakfast board with honey and tan