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Sweet Coast
Cake Mecca
"Sweet Coast" in Yerevan offers a wide variety of desserts you can pair with their great coffee. I personally really enjoy their pistachio cream pie...
By
Alan
Grigorian
Sakurada
Udonlicious
Yes, udon noodles are being prepared in Yerevan, Armenia, in "Sakurada", and they are oishi (delicious in Japanese)!
By
Alan
Grigorian
Smoking Chef
Protein fix
"Smoking Chef" is one of my favorite restaurants in Yerevan. Know what a josper grill is? I love Armenian BBQ, but sometimes you need a change of pace...
By
Alan
Grigorian
Mehak
The flavor Mahal
"Mehak" is an Indian restaurant in Yerevan that makes extraordinarily delicious food! I like how they include local produce. Try their vegetable pakora!
By
Alan
Grigorian
Babylon
Mesopotamian cuisine
"Babylon" in Yerevan is a culinary bridge between the ancient Armenian and Iraqi cuisines. Most of all, I love their incredible dish called the Masgouf...
By
Alan
Grigorian
Derian Restaurant 1
Syrian-Armenian cuisine
"Derian Restaurant 1": a Syrian-Armenian restaurant that also happens to be one of my favorites in Yerevan. Everything I've tried there's been delicious.
By
Alan
Grigorian
Mama Jan
Homey and creative food
"Mama Jan" in Yerevan is an intercultural space with food for body and soul. They also hold cultural & spiritual events. But that strawberry lassi...!
By
Sofia
Manukyan
Botanical Garden
For tree lovers
The "Botanical Garden" in Yerevan is great not only for nice longs walks in a mini-forest, but also for witnessing an impressive Soviet-era greenhouse...
By
Sofia
Manukyan
Vahakni Pool
Cool off in the hot Yerevan summer
If I had to choose a single pool in Yerevan, it would be the "Vahakni Pool" and bar, located in the private residential suburb of Vahakni...
By
Raffi
Elliott
George’s DOM
Have brunch in an indoor-garden
Central Yerevan's quickly-gentrifying Saryan street is home to a new eatery: George’s DOM. The atmosphere's really something special...
By
Raffi
Elliott
Industrial Ruins
Post-industrial ruin paradise
The industrial ruins to the south of Yerevan's downtown make a perfect playground for ''ruin porn'' photographers and soviet architecture enthusiasts...
By
Raffi
Elliott
Artists' Building
A Soviet institution
The "Artists' Building" in Yerevan is Brezhnev-era apartment tower were many artists, artisans & new occupants practice their craft to this day...
By
Raffi
Elliott
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