Pizza RIA — Restaurant in Yerevan

Somewhat torn in reviewing the pizza. Yes, dough is of excellent quality and ingredients are fresh. However, the quantity of the ingredients topping the pizza is insufficient. I ordered one fungi and one diablo. On the fungi the quantity of mushroom was insufficient and both pizzas lacked sufficient amounts of mozzarella cheese. I liked the tomato pilati sauce on the pizzas but on the fungi, there was too much liquid; there needed to be less sauce, more mozzarella. In general, the pizza diameter is too small so I needed to order two pizzas to get filled. I mostly felt like I was eating dough more than anything else. Interior seating is very cramped; there is hardly any space to stretch your legs. Interior is interspersed with small round tables but the pizzas are so small that two pizzas can easily be accommodated on them. (Not sure how Pizza Ria manages in winter when there presumably would be no outdoor dining and all diners would need to squeeze inside.) Given the smallish size of the pizzas and the dearth of ingredients on the pizzas, I cannot say that my order turned out to be good value for money. Taste was good but, alas, I expected more. Service was prompt. However, I brought my own condiments: chili flakes, mixed fresh ground black, red and white ground pepper and fresh green chili pepper. Turned out to be a good move as there are no such condiments on the tables for customers to avail of. If you ask, in fairness, they will bring you chili oil or hot sauce but not the...

We ordered a calzone about 20 minutes before they closed, they said it would be done in five or six minutes which should have had me suspicious. We went to the grocery store next door to grab some things while we waited.

We picked it up a few minutes before they closed and then went back to our hotel to eat it. Lo and behold the dough was almost completely raw and they had already closed. We decided to go back the next morning to see if they could remake it and they had the nerve to tell us raw dough was ricotta in a very unconvincing manner. I've worked in pizza places before, I know the difference between ricotta and dough.

5000 dram for a raw calzone and they wouldnt even remake one for us.

Avoid, absolutely...

This is the best pizza in Yerevan. Let me rephrase: this is the only pizza in Yerevan that I consider as delicious Italian pizza.

I checked many pizzas in the city including so-called "real Italian restaurants" aka Cafe De Angelo, Nepolitana and Casa Nostra - screw them all. They have no idea how to bake the pizza so it will be soft inside, delicious, easy tearing crust

Pizza RIA - knows how to do it. I tried Quattro Formaggi (my pizza test) and after 7 months of seeking - I found it. The only thing that I would work on is making cheese quality superior, but I think it's hard to bring in flavorous parmesan in big volumes and keep the price balanced.

Anyway, in context of...