Yerevan
A favourite Yerevan wine bar, In Vino features a great selection of new-world and old-world wines from France, Italy, Portugal, South Africa and, proudly,…
Must-see nightlife in Armenia
Armenia
Named after the nearby 13th-century Silk Road bridge, this terrific winery offers the region's best wine-tasting experience. Reds (the speciality) derive…
Yerevan
Through an archway of a 19th-century building that once housed Soviet literati, Mirzoyan Library is much more than a cafe. It's also a photo book library …
Yerevan
With the look and feel of a Parisian boulevard cafe, Gemini keeps its band of regulars happy with the city's best coffee (we love both the Armenian and…
Yerevan
Sharing a floor with a vinyl store and carpet shop, this bar is one of Yerevan's funkiest places to grab a drink. The vintage-vinyl theme is evidenced…
Yerevan
A favourite among diaspora Armenians, the always-busy Calumet (French for 'peace pipe') is a great place to hang out on cushions and chat over a Kilikia…
Yerevan
The craft beer revolution has finally arrived in Yerevan. Over 20 different flavours are on tap at Dargett's massive brewery, including a great pilsener…
Northern Armenia
The sign says it's a refrigerator shop and you have to ring the doorbell to get in (tell them Lonely Planet sent you), but there's a good reason for that …
Yerevan
The Velvet Revolution is alive and well at this underground cocktail bar and vinyl club. Illuminated in a red hue cast by Victorian lampshades, Yerevan’s…
Northern Armenia
Popular with Vanadzor's youth, Teynik is an anticafe, meaning you pay per hour to get unlimited tea or coffee and snacks. It's a great deal considering…
Northern Armenia
Established to give local teens a place to hang out, study, work on social initiatives and/or make a few bucks serving tables, this cafe is an excellent…
Northern Armenia
With beer on tap and 670 wines in the cellar, many of them Armenian, Carahunge is the best place for a drink in Dilijan. There's plenty of seating indoors…
Yerevan
Housed in a mansion once owned by a Soviet oligarch, the Kond House feels a lot like an underground house party. You can chug beer by the kitchen bar,…
Armenia
Conservative Gyumri is slim on nightlife options, so this basement pub opened in 2018 is a welcome sight. Dimly lit with wooden crate seating, funky decor…
Armenia
Prominently located on the main highway, Hin Areni is a professional outfit that produces a quaffable red using Areni grapes and a dry white using…
Yerevan
Armenia's first and formerly only microbrewery (until Dargett came around), Beer Academy is clearly German-inspired with boards of bratwurst, heaping cuts…
Yerevan
In a pavilion overlooking Poplavok pond, this lounge-cafe is a male-dominated spot for a coffee during the day and an okay live-jazz venue at night…
Yerevan
In the afternoon, Eden is so laid-back it's almost comatose. The pace picks up slightly on warm summer nights, when regulars enjoy beers and nargilehs …
Yerevan
A jazzve is a long-handled coffee pot in which rich Armenian coffee is brewed, and this popular chain of cafes specialises in coffee made this way. It…
Yerevan
A cafe overlooking the Cascade sculpture garden, Malócco serves Starbucks coffee and has an international menu of sandwiches, salads, pasta and steak. The…
Yerevan
Mezzo has long attracted Yerevan's bold and Botoxed to its ritzy two-level club. The pink-and-purple decor feels very dated, but there's nightly live…
Yerevan
Nothing fancy here – just good French-press coffee, books to read (there's a decent English selection) and a tranquil atmosphere. The food is bland and…
Yerevan
A dark basement club that's usually dead until it cranks up after midnight. Music is international dance hits. There's a cover charge of AMD1000 on Friday…
