Friday, December 12, 2014

Karloff

Today, when thinking where to spend the perfect Sunday evening with my friends an idea of going to Karloff was born. Karloff is a Czech brewery in Yerevan near Opera.
Karloff shortly describing is a Czech version of Paulaner. It has a quite big area: a little balcony for sitting outside, the first floor and the underground floor. The balcony here is very tiny and it is comfortable to sit there only if you are just going to drink as the tables are too small to accommodate the dishes. The first floor here many tables placed  that are just right for 4 persons. The tables at the underground floor are actually bigger or it is more right to say longer as they are for more people. The underground floor has a lot of big tables and benches around those tables. This place looks like the big hall in the Harry Potter movie. There is some simple but at the same time very Czech style interior here: a lot of dark-colored wood, semi-round arches and lamps. The overall combination looks nice. The first floor is a bit smaller than the zero floor. It has tables and chairs for 4 persons. The style here is the same as the one on the zero floor.
One strange thing about this place is that whenever I pass by here there is never a lot of people here so that made me think that maybe the place is not the best one in its category. The later facts made me such that it certainly is not the best one but just a mediocre Czech pub. Well, the first thing to make me unhappy was the waiter that for no reason was unhappy and grumpy. The food here is OK but when looking at the prices someone would assume that they should be delicious. We ordered here draft beer that was again OK along with the sausages, cheese balls and Greek salad. The worst part was the cheese balls that really had no taste, no sauce came with it, and there were only six of them that were actually very tiny. And the worst part was that it cost 1700 AMD. The Greek salad actually was not that bad and I actually enjoyed it.
Now if you think were to go, this will not be the first place I would advise you but at the same time I cannot say never go here. So, the choice is up to you, maybe you will be luckier than us.