Restaurant Ararat

A pleasant time at this local restaurant. The food was very good overall. All the starters were solid except for one that I wasn’t a fan of. The host and waitress were very nice

I will not hesitate to say that in 10 years that I live in Chicago this is THE MOST RIDICULOUS food place I’ve been to. We came for a diner on a weekday, 2 people, and we did call ahead. The lady who works as a hostess/server on weekdays is extremely unprofessional. Fist of all, she gave us an unhappy look when we asked to dine in and told us they’re closing soon (even though she new we were coming). Then she heard us speaking Russian and decided to let us dine in. Once we were seated and given the menu, she REPEATEDLY told us that main chef comes only on Saturdays and that we should come back on Saturday for fresh food. It was Thursday. She said that we should order meat and avocado salad, and if we want anything else, she does not recommend it and we can order at our own risk. We did order those dishes. Avocado salad came less than 1 minute after we ordered and the AVOCADO WAS ROTTEN. They recommended us a fresh dish with rotten ingredients. After that we told them that we want to ca

Imagine going to eat at some one’s house… it is a lot like that! Freshly home-made food that is comforting. The plates and forks are a throw back of my grandmas dishes but I loved it. It made me feel like we were special guests at a tea party. Service was slow and that’s why I took one star away, but service was friendly enough. Our waitress didn’t speak fluent English so she did not seem confident to speak much with us but she understood us alright. I recommend going for the lunch specials because ordering a la carte was a little pricey. I will go back to try more dishes!!