Vegan guide to Armenia
Where to eat, what to buy and where to go — a guide to vegan Armenia.
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Yerevan
Vegan places in Yerevan
Kruzhok / Gargulya. Chef Dasha comes up with new dishes and gives familiar favourites a vegan twist — think solyanka or pancakes with a savoury minced filling. We especially recommend the giant not-fish sandwich to go with the soups! There’s also a great selection of craft beer and kombucha, plus board games for a relaxed evening with friends.
73 Israelyan St | Instagram, Telegram channel
EcoSpace. A selection of wholesome and tasty vegan dishes. We recommend the raw cheesecakes, especially the blackcurrant one.
24 Moskovyan St | Instagram, Website and menu
Muha. A creative punk collective of musicians who care, and a bar with excellent vegan shawarma and burgers on the menu.
3 Baghramyan Ave | Instagram, Telegram channel
2022. Right now they are working as a pastry garage: order today, pick up tomorrow — fruit mochi, muffins, cinnamon buns and much more.
5/2 Mashtots Ave | Instagram
Vegan food to buy
Eco Jan. A small health food shop with an impressive selection of hard-to-find products: dried yuba (tofu skin), Jerusalem artichoke syrup, seitan, and more. There’s also a range of plant-based alternatives, including frozen patties and schnitzels, as well as creamy cashew non-cheese by SCOBY. Here you can also find natural cosmetics, perfumes, and personal care products. Not everything is vegan.
9 Vardanants St | Instagram
SCOBY. A wide range of fermented plant-based foods, including not-yogurt, not-cheese, tempeh, kimchi, kombucha, miso, sauces, and more.
Vegan options in Yerevan
SweetLi by Lilit. A pastry shop offering healthy desserts, including cakes and tarts, ice cream, sweets, mochi, chocolate, baklava, granola, and nut butters. Check the ingredients though: lactose-free does not necessarily mean vegan.
4/1 Sayat-Nova Ave | Instagram
Letters and Numbers. A coworking space, coffee shop, and event venue. The menu includes a selection of vegan desserts, such as buns, mochi, cheesecake, cream horns, and “potato” cakes.
35G Tumanyan St | Website, Instagram, Telegram community
Hummus Kimchi. An Israeli-Korean bar with vegan options, and vegan specials on Wednesdays. You can also buy tofu from "2022" here, which we highly recommend. The breaded eggplant is worth trying too. If you order kimchi, say that you need the vegan version.
16 Saryan St | Instagram
Voch luys voch mut. A coffee shop with vegan cinnamon or poppy seed buns, tartlets and mochi; sometimes there is lemon cake.
20 Saryan St | Instagram
Karmir Specialty Coffee. Yet another coffee shop on our list. On Saturdays and Sundays, you can find vegan specials from “2022” here.
Mij Coffee Shop. This coffee shop also has buns and mochi.
31/114 Moskovyan St
Ver Var Climbing Yerevan. A climbing gym for both beginners and experienced climbers. You can also find cinnamon buns and poppy seed buns here.
28 Khorenatsi St | Website, Instagram, Telegram channel
Gadyuka. The bar has a kitchen with plenty of vegan options.
15/2 Vardanants St | Instagram
Neko Yerevan. A family-run Asian café with no service charge. You can find vegan mochi here.
27 Demirchyan St | Instagram
Tufenkian Kharpert Restaurant. Quiet luxury with a surprisingly good selection of bright, flavourful vegan dishes. We recommend the pumpkin and apricot brownie and the orange and apple salad.
48 Hanrapetutyan St | Instagram
Ringo. Ringo has three vegan doughnut flavors: powdered sugar, raspberry jam, and apple and cinnamon. The potato pies (pirozhki) have no animal products in them either.
Many locations around the city | Instagram
Blackfin. A good spot for tasty vegan Asian food. The menu includes vegetable soba and five vegan sushi roll options.
22/1 Paronyan St | Instagram
JanPho. An excellent Asian place where vegans will find considerably more than just chuka seaweed salad and cucumber rolls. One advantage here: every ingredient is described in detail, so oyster sauce will not slip in unnoticed among the vegan ones.
47 Nalbandyan St | Instagram
Green Bean Cascade. You can order a vegan burger with a plant-based patty, a vegan brownie, and rich hot chocolate made with plant milk and chocolate of your choice.
38 Isahakyan St | Facebook
The Punjabi Kitchen. Indian food. We recommend the chickpea curry and the fresh spiced samosas with masala chai (ask for it without milk).
14/2 Khanjyan St
Indian food in general shouldn’t be overlooked. Indian Mehak and Flavours Of India, for instance, both have enormous menus.
10 Koryun St; 10/20 Davit Anhaght St | Indian Mehak website, Flavours Of India on Facebook
Krispy Kod. Fast food with free delivery. They have the first vegan hot dog in Yerevan.
9/1 Hrachya Kochar St | Instagram
Artlunch and SAS Foodcourt. Short on cash but still want a balanced meal? Come to Artlunch or SAS Foodcourt, where putting together a filling vegan plate is no trouble at all. We recommend rice with lentils, grilled vegetables and potatoes with mushrooms. Wrap it all in lavash and life is good!
All over the city
Mr. Gyros. One of the few fast food chains with vegan items: a veggie burger, a veggie gyros, crispers with hummus, and salads. Often open through the night.
A fast food chain | Instagram
Falafel in Yerevan
Falafel Box. Levantine food is full of naturally vegan options. Excellent falafel and hummus.
12 Khorenatsi St | Instagram
New Spidag. A tiny place run by a Syrian-Armenian couple. A very wide choice of vegetables, spices and pickles. The falafel in pita comes with fresh mint leaves.
1/6 Marshal Baghramyan Ave | Instagram
Falafel Food Court. Open until 1 a.m., which makes it a handy late-night option. With your falafel, try the sea buckthorn juice from the village of Malishka — there are only a few places in Yerevan where you can find it.
1/6 Marshal Baghramyan Ave | Website
Lebanon Shawarma. Enormous falafel. If you are lucky, you will try one of the best falafels in Yerevan. The vegan falafel is served with tahini by default.
25 Komitas Ave | Website
Al Darvandi. Inexpensive and tasty falafel, in the same building as Lebanon Shawarma. Make sure to ask if the sauce is vegan.
25 Komitas Ave
Jaco Restaurant & More. Excellent falafel in the Komitas area.
38 Gyulbenkyan St | Website
Byblos. A Lebanese family restaurant. Your falafel comes with a stunning tahini-based sesame sauce!
64 Aram St | Instagram
Zhingyalov hats in Yerevan
A vegan classic in Armenia: an Artsakh flatbread filled generously with fresh herbs. The herbs vary with the season, but there are always plenty of them. Cheap, flavourful, and wonderfully juicy.
Jengyalov hac. A café right in the city centre that specialises in nothing but zhingyalov hats. Get one each — they’re more filling than they look!
62 Teryan St | Facebook
Liana makes delicious zhingyalov hats and cooks it right in front of you. An eight-minute walk from the Zoravar Andranik subway station.
21/4 Yervand Kochar St
Another good spot for zhingyalov hats is in the underpass at Barekamutyun subway station. When you come out of the station, walk straight ahead for a bit, then turn left. Closed on Sundays.
Groceries
Vegan products
Plant milk. Can be found in any supermarket; the cheapest is at Fix Price and Carrefour.
Tofu. Available at several cafés, including Hummus Kimchi and Future Diner. The cheapest options are at Colibri and Eco Jan, while the most expensive is at SAS Exclusive (not all SAS locations carry it though).
Marketplaces
Vegan products and ready-made foods can be ordered through Ozon, including products from Greenwise, Vego, Высший вкус, and others. There’s also a good selection of soy cream cheese, oat condensed milk, smoked tofu, sauces and mayonnaise, cakes, sweets, and dandelion “honey” (syrup).
Wildberries. You can also find plenty of vegan products here, from lenten mayonnaise and skincare to vitamin supplements and more.
Oregano. A spice shop with relatively cheap soy chunks. You can always call ahead — they’ll help you find what you need and can even send photos of the products. Courier delivery is also available, with payment by bank transfer.
Dilijan
A vegan place in Dilijan
Vegan Budka. A project by vegan chef Kris Yashina, offering a range of frozen ready meals and vegan staples: pancakes, tofu fritters, patties, sausages, chebureki, eggplant parmigiana, stuffed peppers, cheeses, sour cream, and sauces. There’s also a hot soup of the day.
53/2 Myasnikyan St | Instagram, Telegram channel
Vegan options in Dilijan
TAVA. One of the most vegan-friendly — and most expensive — places in town. The menu includes several kinds of pizza, vegetable “steaks”, grilled avocado, and tolma with sun-dried tomatoes. Look out for the clay pots of beans and grains, such as lobahash and pokhindz; ask for olive oil instead of butter. There are also several warm salads. A vegan brownie can be made on request, although it is not on the menu.
The zhingyalov hats stall. An Artsakh flatbread filled with herbs, with the filling changing depending on the season and what’s available.
Next to the Tsiran shop, 59 Myasnikyan St
Cafe #2. Ask for the lenten menu, which includes lentil soup, a vegan burger with a lentil patty, and an orange muffin.
17/1 Gorki St | Facebook
Shaurmyan. They have falafel, but ask for it without the garlic sauce — it contains milk.
32/2 Myasnikyan St | Instagram
The Spot. Vegan desserts and specials pop up from time to time, and they also sell merch supporting homeless animals. Dog-friendly. Check their Telegram channel for the current menu and what’s in stock.
2/10 Getapnya St | Instagram, Telegram channel
Muraz Café & Cocktail Bar. A cosy place with nicely presented, restaurant-style dishes. The vegan selection is limited to a vegetable bowl (it’s worth checking what’s in the sauce) and a few side dishes. On the plus side, they’ll make coffee and bubble tea with plant milk at no extra charge, and the bubble tea is made with tapioca pearls.
33 Myasnikyan St | Telegram channel
Shame Burger. The menu has hummus, falafel and other starters. Better to check the ingredients.
33 Myasnikyan St | Facebook (empty page)
Mustard. There is a falafel wrap and a veggie burger. Double-check the ingredients.
80 Myasnikyan St | Instagram
Fish House. They sometimes have oat condensed milk, as well as soy, chocolate, and coconut milk. You can also find miso paste, dried shiitake and wood ear mushrooms, various types of noodles, red curry paste, and rice paper there. Tofu comes and goes — usually silken Jions (always fine) and a firm no-name brand (which is sometimes past its expiry date). You can also message them in advance and ask them to stock specific products for you.
7 Shahumyan St
Home-cooked food in Dilijan
Biba & Boba. Vegan snacks, kimchi, hummus, tempeh, ready-made frozen food.
The Art of Bread by Lilit. Long-fermented sourdough bread, with vegan versions of almost every kind. The vegan cinnamon rolls deserve a mention!
Bread in Dilijan. You can order sourdough bread delivered to your home; Marina bakes it.
Frozen vareniki can be ordered from Olga Rudamyotkina, a Molokan. She can also make lenten vareniki on request. She makes fried pirozhki as well, with potato, potato and mushrooms, or cabbage. These are vegan by default, although it’s always worth double-checking. Olga posts her menu from time to time in the Life in Dilijan chat; she doesn’t have a Telegram channel of her own.
A general tip for Dilijan: check out the Life (Events) in Dilijan Telegram chat — the "Кафе, бары, рестораны" and "Домашняя еда" topics, where venues and cooks post menus, specials and updates.
Cosmetics
Cruelty-free cosmetics
Glow Vegan. A cosmetics database where you can check each product’s ingredients and whether it was tested on animals.
Skincare in Armenia
bba organic. A Californian brand created by an Armenian. The ingredients are certified organic — marula oil, green tea and chamomile extracts, for instance. Available online only, shipped by post.
22|11. Founded by biochemist Tigran Geoletsyan, who worked in the beauty industry for many years. Most of the ingredients come from Armenia, and whatever is missing is sourced in Europe and Asia. Recyclable packaging.
La Hoja. Handmade natural cosmetics: shampoos in a convenient solid form, soy wax massage candles and a wide choice of solid perfumes. All made in Armenia.
lav. A stylish, affordable brand of good-quality shower gels and body lotions. Available at major supermarkets and cosmetics chains across the city.
Lucin Organics. Skincare and haircare products made with natural oils and extracts. Produced in the USA and Armenia; the founder is based between the two countries.
Nairian Armenia. Two physical shops, plus their own eco-farm and laboratory in Aragatsotn. Their products are cruelty-free, and most have vegan formulas, but some contain honey or beeswax, so check the ingredients before buying.
Tavush Mountain Shop. Handmade soap straight from the mountains around Dilijan. Scented with lavender, cocoa and even Armenian red wine.
The Body Shop. A British brand with shops around the world. Be careful: the brand is no longer fully vegan. It’s best known for its nourishing body butters in a range of fruit and nut scents.
And now makeup
Mood Mineral. A Yerevan-based project focused on natural cosmetics. Their mineral makeup is particularly well suited to sensitive or problem skin — something worth considering given Yerevan’s air quality.
Ne Beauty and Noorb Beauty. Professional nail-product lines made by the Armenian manufacturer MENOK. The company states that its products are not tested on animals and are therefore cruelty-free, but it’s still worth checking the ingredients when you buy. If you’re looking for vegan nail polish, avoid ingredients such as carmine (E120), beeswax, shellac, and guanine.
Vanity Cosmetics. A luxury makeup brand from makeup artist Ani Gulayan.
Sources
The original vegan guide to Armenia
Discussions in the Telegram chat
The old vegan map of Yerevan
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Last updated: September 2026