Ararat Tavern

Ararat Tavern sits on Sayat-Nova Avenue in Kentron and runs a full Armenian menu built around tolma — cabbage, grape leaf, summer, and lamb versions from 3900 to 4900 ֏ — alongside tzhvzhik, homemade pork roast, and Georgian-leaning khachapuri (Adjarian, Megrelian, Imeretian, 2300–3700 ֏). The grill section covers pork loin, ribs, tenderloin, and lamb BBQ sets for 3-4 people, plus fish dishes like sterlet, sig, and trout done on the grill or boiled with vegetables. Soups include spas, kharcho, borsch, and solyanka, and the salad list has aveluk (mountain sorrel) alongside Caesar and Greek. Cold appetizers run from cheese and pickle assortments to homemade meat platters and assorted fish for 12000 ֏. Dishes for 3-4 persons — chakhokhbili with rabbit, Vardenis fried pork, ossobuco, Kars — suit groups looking to share. Desserts stay Armenian and regional: pakhlava, gata, éclair, pokhindz with ice cream. The bar list is long: Armenian brandies (Nairi, Vaspurakan, Akhtamar, Noy), flavored Artsakh vodkas, and imported spirits up to Macallan 15 and Don Julio 1942, plus cocktails like Mojito, Margarita, and Long Island Iced Tea. With an average check around 9500 ֏, it fits both a family dinner over tolma and khachapuri, or a longer evening working through the grill and whiskey list.