Sayat Nova East Armenian Restaurant

Fun restaurant. Nice atmosphere - staff looked uninterested, especially the owner. Food was delicious but the way it was presented on the plate and served looked sloppy.  Good place to hang out with friends for something different and drinks. But not where I go for quiet indulgence.

This is a good close place for lunch if you're at Northwestern med center campus.  They're pretty quick with the food.  The hummus is outstanding (of course, that should be difficult to get wrong), baba ganoush and tabouleh are very good as well.  I usually get the app trio of the three as my meal.  It's reasonably priced, but given that there is always seating and it comes with endless pita, this place works for me.  One bummer is that they have RC as their cola on tap.  Of course, I'm a diet coke fan, so that's the one drawback.  They do have an excellent assortment of loose teas which are great during the winter time.

I can't believe I never reviewed Sayat Nova.

I've been to this place for some after hours parties in the past and those were fun.  Didn't have anything to do with the restaurant, though.

So a group of friends went here for dinner once.  I have to say, NONE of us was satisfied.  First of all the vegetarian options were quite limited.  I'm not picky... in the sense that as long as there's 1-2 decent options I won't complain.  It's been so long, I don't even remember what I ordered, but I do know I didn't really like it.  And the price?!  This place was way over-priced.

So solely based on that experience, I wouldn't give them 1 star.  Paired with my own experience, I know none of my friends (none of whom are vegetarians, by the way) enjoyed what they had either.  It was the same comments from everyone - too expensive and food could've been better.

Service-wise, it was fine.  Nothing out of the oridinary - either in a good way or bad.