The heat is SICK!
Anyway, so I HAVE to talk about a new cafe that opened up by the Opera, yes another one ... if I'm not mistaken there are about 10 of them by the Opera now.
The new one is called Jazzve. First, any Turkish named establishment in Armenia is NOT ACCEPTABLE with me; second the service sucks, and the most important being they have "face-control". I know this judgmental procedure exists in many parts of the world to some point, but for a country that is striving to develop a middle class society, this is really not the right time to do this.
I have acquaintances, expats, that were sitting at the cafe recently and told me this story ... 4 innocent looking local guys dressed in black wanted to sit in the wicker furniture so-called "very important people" section of Jazzve, but the hostess looked at them up and down and said, "Your kind does not belong in this section, you can sit over there," pointing to the "not so very important people" section. In the meantime, the VIP section had hastaviz (thick-necked) rabiz guys talking out loud on their phones, "Aper ....."
TWO THUMBS DOWN for JAZZVE! (I say, "The hell with them!")
I might have bragged about Melody cafe before, and I'm going to brag again. Melody I and II are located right at the corner of Tumanyan/Mashtots behind the gates, next to Jazzve. Both are very popular, with good service and super inexpensive. They also have a full dining menu now, and again very cheap and pretty decent. For less than $2 you can get a sandwich and a delicious fresh fruit drink (check out the raspberry and strawberry fresh juices ... and tell them to mix it with crushed ice.)
TWO THUMBS UP for MELODY!
Onto Phoenicia and SOHO Restaurants. The same expat family manages them both. This is a warning for anyone visiting these restaurants ... IF the owner of Phoenicia or the manager of SOHO approaches you and says, "How is everything? Would you like to drink something? Come on, drink something, it's on the house" DON'T BELIEVE IT! They ALWAYS put it on your bill afterwards.
Can anyone tell I'm p_ssed off? This is MY "life in armenia."
Anyway, so I HAVE to talk about a new cafe that opened up by the Opera, yes another one ... if I'm not mistaken there are about 10 of them by the Opera now.
The new one is called Jazzve. First, any Turkish named establishment in Armenia is NOT ACCEPTABLE with me; second the service sucks, and the most important being they have "face-control". I know this judgmental procedure exists in many parts of the world to some point, but for a country that is striving to develop a middle class society, this is really not the right time to do this.
I have acquaintances, expats, that were sitting at the cafe recently and told me this story ... 4 innocent looking local guys dressed in black wanted to sit in the wicker furniture so-called "very important people" section of Jazzve, but the hostess looked at them up and down and said, "Your kind does not belong in this section, you can sit over there," pointing to the "not so very important people" section. In the meantime, the VIP section had hastaviz (thick-necked) rabiz guys talking out loud on their phones, "Aper ....."
TWO THUMBS DOWN for JAZZVE! (I say, "The hell with them!")
I might have bragged about Melody cafe before, and I'm going to brag again. Melody I and II are located right at the corner of Tumanyan/Mashtots behind the gates, next to Jazzve. Both are very popular, with good service and super inexpensive. They also have a full dining menu now, and again very cheap and pretty decent. For less than $2 you can get a sandwich and a delicious fresh fruit drink (check out the raspberry and strawberry fresh juices ... and tell them to mix it with crushed ice.)
TWO THUMBS UP for MELODY!
Onto Phoenicia and SOHO Restaurants. The same expat family manages them both. This is a warning for anyone visiting these restaurants ... IF the owner of Phoenicia or the manager of SOHO approaches you and says, "How is everything? Would you like to drink something? Come on, drink something, it's on the house" DON'T BELIEVE IT! They ALWAYS put it on your bill afterwards.
Can anyone tell I'm p_ssed off? This is MY "life in armenia."
posted by Der Hova at 5:47 PM
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