Ararat Grill Bar brings Armenian cooking to Sunny Isles Beach, with some dishes from other Caucasian countries rounding out the menu. There's overlap with the Georgian restaurants common to South Florida, but the Armenian specialties are the reason to come: lahmajun, a ground meat flatbread finished with a squeeze of lemon juice and rolled up before eating, and tolma, grape leaves stuffed with a warm, meaty, dill-forward filling.
The lula kebab is on the menu but isn't the standout; the osetra sturgeon kebab is, prized enough to be compared to the wagyu of the Caspian Sea. Cheesy bread dishes, by contrast, lean more Georgian than Armenian and are worth skipping in favor of the restaurant's core specialties.
The lula kebab is on the menu but isn't the standout; the osetra sturgeon kebab is, prized enough to be compared to the wagyu of the Caspian Sea. Cheesy bread dishes, by contrast, lean more Georgian than Armenian and are worth skipping in favor of the restaurant's core specialties.