Aragats Hotel — Hotel in Aragats

The Aragats hotel only opened a couple of months ago and turned out to be a really beautiful place to stay. It is situated in the village of Aragats/Vardenut, roughly 45 km north of Yerevan and close to Aragats mountain. I stayed there for one night during a 10-day trip through Armenia. ||The building is quite modern, the interieur is nicely decorated with an elegant lobby and tastefully equipped rooms. The room itself was perfectly clean, I had a nice view to the mountain scenery. The only (minor) thing which still could be improved is lack of space in the bathroom to leave personal belongings.||||E-mail communcation about my reservation was smooth. Upon arrival, the ladies at the reception were very helful and speak English very nicely (which is not common in Armenia outside of Yerevan). Staff in general was very friendly and it seems they take lots of efforts to attract customers.||||WiFi is working without problems, breakfast was really excellent. There's a large conference room avalable for meetings and seminars. ||||Parking is available free of charge in the yard of the hotel.||||Reservation is possible directly at the hotel website where prices are even lower than via booking.com. I would absolutely recommend this hotel.||||NS. If you come from the north, don't miss 'Gntunik' bakery in Aparan. I've hardly ever seen such a variety of baked stuff with sweet and salty filled pies, bread and much...

The big downside was the food which at the moment lets the place down. It is served in a room they call the Canteen. Another name might be better though not necessarily more appropriate! We were disappointed after reading some positive reviews. Breakfast both mornings was clearly prepared well in advance and featured amongst other items mashed potato one morning and boiled the next. This was accompanied by a variety of processed meats which are an acquired taste that we do not possess. There was cheese and jam and honey but the bread was not fresh on any of the meals. || We had dinner one night, again very disappointing and not good value for money. Again the bread was not new and the main courses were frankly below avererage ( and that's after a month of meals in Armenia) There appeared to be a bottle of beer and a bottle of Coke included in the meal price but not bottle opener was offered or available. We didn't want either but it would have been nice if alternatives were offered, for example a glass of wine. || The worst aspect of the food is that some of it, like the cheese, was clearly recycled and represented the next meal. ||We had intended to extend our stay and though we were happy with the hotel and staff we could not stand another day of the food so we moved...

The big downside was the food which at the moment lets the place down. It is served in a room they call the Canteen. Another name might be better though not necessarily more appropriate! We were disappointed after reading some positive reviews. Breakfast both mornings was clearly prepared well in advance and featured amongst other items mashed potato one morning and boiled the next. This was accompanied by a variety of processed meats which are an acquired taste that we do not possess. There was cheese and jam and honey but the bread was not fresh on any of the meals. || We had dinner one night, again very disappointing and not good value for money. Again the bread was not new and the main courses were frankly below avererage ( and that's after a month of meals in Armenia) There appeared to be a bottle of beer and a bottle of Coke included in the meal price but not bottle opener was offered or available. We didn't want either but it would have been nice if alternatives were offered, for example a glass of wine. || The worst aspect of the food is that some of it, like the cheese, was clearly recycled and represented the next meal. ||We had intended to extend our stay and though we were happy with the hotel and staff we could not stand another day of the food so we moved...