A clay bowl of lamb and potato stew on the onyx counter, with red wine and bread
Est. 1968

An Armenian Table

Meze made for reaching across. Nothing on this table is meant to be eaten alone.

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The Experience

An Order to the Table

Meze first. Then the grill. Then dessert, and one more glass of wine. The order hasn't changed since 1968.

Chef's picks

Seen from above: a glazed fish steak with lemon and broccoli, with sparkling water and bread rolls on a marble table

Salmon Steak

Charcoal-grilled and served with vegetables

Boat-shaped bread with egg yolks, melted cheese and slices of cured beef on a wooden board

Yerevan Khachapuri

Home-made bread baked with basturma, egg and melted cheese

Seen from above: a halved aubergine topped with tomato and melted cheese on a blue plate, with white wine and bread

Stuffed Aubergine

Grilled aubergine stuffed with mixed vegetables, topped with cheese

A steaming clay bowl of lamb and potato stew on a marble table, with dips, flatbread and red wine

Armenian Goulash

Lamb stewed in a rich tomato sauce with vegetables

Marinated meat skewers grilling over glowing charcoal
The Charcoal Grill

Everything Begins With Fire

The meze gets you started. The grill is what you'll remember: marinated rib-eye, lamb chops and spiced minced lamb on pita, cooked to order over live charcoal, the way it has been since 1968.

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For the Table

The Banquets.

Everything.At once.

Seen from above: dips, salads and warm bread on a wooden board, with drinks, on a table by the window
Vegetarian Banquet
Grilled meat with salad and red wine on a marble table, with a guest reaching in with a fork
Armenian Meat Banquet
Seen from above: lamb chops in a dark glaze with pomegranate seeds, with red wine, salads and bread on a marble table
Armenian Special Banquet

Meze, lavash and hot starters, all at once. Then the chef’s mixed khorovats off the charcoal. You order nothing. We bring everything.

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Meat & Vegetarian Banquets

Meat £36.95, vegetarian £28.50, per person. Served straight to your table.

Minimum 6

The Special Banquet

£45 per person. Our most generous spread, built for a full celebration.

Early Bird Menu

Two Courses, Before Five

£21 · Monday – Friday, 12:00 – 5:00pm

Spicy lentil soup, borsch, hummus, tabbouleh, falafel, dzknik, babaghanoush, panirov borek or Ararat pieStarter
Kofte, sausage omelette, golubtsy, kookoo omelette, havi khorovadz or pasus dolmaMain

Not available on Bank Holidays or between 15th November and 1st January.

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The menu, in full

Every dish on the printed menu, with its price. The banquets and the Early Bird are above. Download the menu as a PDF.

Vegetarian & vegan starters

Soup

  • Spicy lentil soup VG£7.50
  • Borsch£7.50

    Ukrainian beetroot and vegetable soup, served with sour cream and brown bread

Vegetarian sharing platter

£9.95 per person, for a minimum of two

  • Meze

    Hummus, ikra, tabbouleh, babaghanoush, mutabal, panirov borek and falafel, served with lavash

Cold salads and dips

All dips are served with warm pita.

  • Jajuk V£6.50

    Yoghurt with shredded cucumber, chopped dill and garlic

  • Armenian special salad VG£6.95

    Fresh assorted greens topped with pomegranate and mulberry sauce

  • Hummus VG£6.50

    Chickpea purée, tahini and garlic blended with olive oil and lemon juice

  • Ikra VG£7.50

    Minced aubergine, sweet peppers and fresh greens cooked in olive oil

  • Mutabal VG£7.50

    Grilled aubergine dip with tahini, olive oil and garlic

  • Armenian vegetable salad VG£7.50

    Tomato and cucumber with greens, onions and herbs

  • Ttu VG£7.50

    Assorted pickles

  • Tabbouleh VG£7.00

    Bulgur (cracked wheat) with chopped vegetables, mint, olive oil and lemon juice

  • Babaghanoush VG£7.50

    Grilled aubergine with chopped tomatoes, onion, peppers, parsley, oil and lemon

  • Rolls of aubergine V£7.50

    Fried aubergine slices rolled with spicy cheese

Hot

  • Megrelsky khachapury V£10.50

    Double cheese bread pastry

  • Feta in filo V£8.50

    Feta wrapped in filo pastry, dressed with honey and sesame seeds

  • Falafel V£7.00

    Broad beans, chickpeas, coriander and cumin, fried in oil

  • Panirov borek V£6.50

    Deep-fried filo pastries filled with spinach and cheese

  • Mushroom blini V£6.95

    Fried chopped mushrooms and onion wrapped in a pancake

Meat & fish starters

Soup

  • Solyanka£12.00

    A sour soup with smoked meats, gherkins, potatoes, olives and lemon, served with soured cream

Meat sharing platter

£11.50 per person, for a minimum of two

  • Meze

    Ararat pie, kufta, dolma, olivieh, babaghanoush, mutabal, hummus and tabbouleh

Cold

  • Selodka£7.50

    Salted herring with boiled potatoes, dill and fresh onion rings

  • Selodka pod shuboy£8.00

    Salted herring under layers of cooked, chopped vegetables and egg, covered with mayonnaise

  • Basturma£8.50

    Finely sliced, air-dried cured beef

  • Olivieh£7.50

    Potatoes, green peas, carrots, gherkins and beef with mayonnaise, parsley, dill and olive oil

Hot

  • Yerevan khachapuri£12.50

    Ajaruly khachapury: slightly spicy basturma baked in home-made bread, topped with egg and melted cheese

  • Kofta£7.95

    Kololak: balls of spicy minced lamb with onion, tomatoes and Armenian spices

  • Yershig£7.95

    Home-made lamb sausage cooked in spicy tomato sauce with fresh herbs

  • Ararat pie£7.50

    Deep-fried savoury pastries filled with minced lamb, parsley, nutmeg and egg

  • Dzknik F£8.00

    Whitebait tossed in flour and deep-fried, served with lemon and special sauce

  • Garides£11.50

    King prawns cooked in garlic butter and white wine sauce with fresh chilli

  • Octopus£12.95

    Delicately marinated and charcoal-grilled, served with special sauce

  • Kalamari F£8.95

    Deep-fried fresh squid, served with special sauce

Vegetarian & vegan mains

  • Armenian-style vegetable mussaka VG£16.95

    Layers of potato, aubergine, peppers, courgettes and mushrooms, topped with béchamel

  • Stuffed aubergine£15.95

    Grilled aubergine stuffed with mixed vegetables, topped with cheese

  • Mushroom blini V£14.95

    Chopped mushrooms and onion wrapped in a pancake, served with fresh salad

  • Pasus dolma VG£15.95

    Traditional Armenian marinated cabbage, stuffed with grated vegetables

  • Mushroom stroganoff V£15.95

    Mushrooms and fried onions in a sour cream sauce, served with rice

  • Vareniky V£14.50

    Dumplings with mushrooms and mashed potato

Khorovats, from the charcoal grill

Every grilled dish is served with fresh onions and herbs, and all of them are gluten-free.

  • Shish khorovadz£19.95

    Marinated cubes of lean lamb

  • Shashlik£21.50

    Lamb chops marinated with special spices, served with Armenian special salad

  • Mixed khorovadz£21.95

    Lamb chops, chicken thighs and pork, served with Armenian special salad

  • Khozy khorovadz£17.95

    A fine cut of pork marinated with Armenian spices

  • Tavari shish khorovadz£26.50

    Traditional village-style marinated rib-eye

  • Havi khorovadz£16.50

    Marinated chicken thighs

  • Trchny£17.95

    Home-made minced chicken and turkey lulu kebab

  • Nur havi£18.95

    Chicken breast marinated in pomegranate sauce

  • Madzunov khorovadz£19.95

    Two skewers of spicy minced lamb on pita, topped with yoghurt

Fish

All fish is charcoal-grilled and served with vegetables.

  • Garides£23.95

    King prawns cooked in garlic butter and white wine sauce with fresh chilli

  • Whole sea bass£24.95
  • Salmon steak£21.95

Mains

  • Chicken Kyiv£18.95

    Minced chicken breast in breadcrumbs, filled with herbs and garlic butter, served with mashed potato

  • Tapakac chut£19.95

    Pan-fried baby chicken, served with mashed potato

  • Armenian goulash£23.95

    A lamb stew cooked in a rich tomato sauce with vegetables, served with rice

  • Lconac smbuk£16.95

    Aubergine stuffed with spiced minced lamb, served with spicy carrot salad

  • Garan mater£22.50

    Lamb chops cooked in pomegranate sauce with herbs, served with mashed potato

  • Siberian pelmeni£15.95

    In broth, pork and beef. Ask your waiter about other fillings

  • Khinkali£16.95

    Georgian dumplings with minced veal and pork and special spices. Ask your waiter about other fillings

  • Tavari khashlama£19.95

    Beef ribs cooked with aubergine, garlic and fresh herbs

  • Dolma£17.95

    Vine leaves stuffed with minced meat, rice, onion and herbs, served with jajuk

  • Golubtsy£16.95

    Cabbage rolls stuffed with minced chicken, rice and herbs, cooked in tomato sauce and served with sour cream

Sides & breads

  • Armenian garlic bread£4.50
  • Armenian garlic bread with ajika£4.95
  • Chef’s lavash£2.50

    Thin home-made Armenian bread, baked in the tandoor

  • Brown bread£3.00
  • Pita bread£2.00
  • Mixed bread basket£4.95
  • Olives£4.50
  • Chips£3.50
  • Rice£2.95
  • Mashed potato£3.95

Desserts

  • Honey cake£7.50
  • Honeymoon cake£7.50
  • Caramel cake£7.00
  • Armenian traditional paklava£8.00
  • Chocolate fudge cake£8.00

    Served with ice cream

  • Armenian Taverna special£10.00

    Ice cream rolled in a pancake with summer fruit

Coffee & tea

Coffee

  • Armenian coffee£3.50
  • Single espresso£3.00
  • Double espresso£3.25
  • Americano£3.25
  • White Americano£3.75
  • Cappuccino£3.95
  • Latte£4.50
  • Liqueur coffee£7.95

    Ask which liqueurs we have

  • Irish coffee£7.50
  • Armenian cognac coffee£8.50

Tea

  • English breakfast tea£2.75
  • Herbal teas£3.25
  • Armenian mixed herbal tea£3.50
  • Armenian mountain tea£4.00

V vegetarian · VG vegan · F contains flour. Please ask your waiter for allergy advice. A 12.5% service charge is added to your bill.

Seen from above: a pancake with strawberries, berries, mint and pink ice cream on a cream plate, with a glass of red wine on a green table
To Finish

Stay for something sweet

Paklava layered with walnuts and honey. Honeymoon cake. Ice cream rolled into a warm pancake with whatever fruit is in season.

Then an Armenian coffee, and no hurry at all about drinking it.

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