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
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Yerevan
Armenia's first and formerly only microbrewery (until Dargett came around), Beer Academy is clearly German-inspired with boards of bratwurst, heaping cuts…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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Yerevan
A cafe overlooking the Cascade sculpture garden, Malócco serves Starbucks coffee and has an international menu of sandwiches, salads, pasta and steak. The…
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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…
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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…
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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…
